BYU Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) Data Sets, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0261
NON-NSIDC DATA PRODUCT

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Overview

Brigham Young University (BYU) Center for Remote Sensing holds various data from the Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder (SCP) program. The SCP is a NASA-sponsored project to develop scatterometer-based data time series to support climate studies of the Earth's cryosphere and biosphere. Originally developed to measure winds over the ocean from space, scatterometer data includes polar ice and tropical vegetation. Because the scatterometer radar signal can penetrate the surface, a scatterometer can observe subsurface/subcanopy climate-related features. These data sets consist of an Antarctic iceberg database, current Antarctic iceberg locations, sea ice extent products, QuikSCAT sea ice motion, and QuikSCAT global sigma-0 browse images.
Parameter(s):
ICEBERGS
ICE EXTENT
RADAR BACKSCATTER
SEA ICE
SEA ICE ELEVATION
SEA ICE MOTION
SIGMA NAUGHT
Platform(s):
QUIKSCAT
Sensor(s):
SEAWINDS
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 July 1978 to present
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
Not Specified
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.