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

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):
ICEBERGSICE EXTENTRADAR BACKSCATTERSEA ICESEA ICE ELEVATIONSEA ICE MOTIONSIGMA 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 Coverage:Not Specified
NSIDC does not archive or provide citation guidance for these data.