
NSCAT Twice-Daily SIR-Enhanced EASE-Grid 2.0 Radar Backscatter, Version 1
Data set id: 
NSIDC-0786
DOI: 10.5067/APSWI5NK3PKJ
This is the most recent version of these data. 
Version Summary
Version Summary
 Initial release
Overview
This data set provides twice-daily enhanced-resolution radar backscatter images from 14 GHz NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) observations by applying the Scatterometer Image Reconstruction with Filtering (SIRF) algorithm. The algorithm incorporates a median filter and a simplified spatial response function. Multiple passes of the spacecraft are combined to produce a higher spatial resolution and fill in coverage gaps between the individual measurement footprints, which are not contiguous and have six-sided shapes. Overlapping imaging periods start each day and extend through 4- and 8-day periods. Data are gridded to Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and Temperate EASE-Grid 2.0 projections at 3.125 km and 25 km resolutions.
Parameter(s):
SIGMA NAUGHT
Platform(s):
ADEOS-I
Sensor(s):
NSCAT
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
Temporal Coverage:
- 14 September 1996 to 30 June 1997
Temporal Resolution:
- Varies
Spatial Resolution:
- 3.125 km
- 25 km
- 3.125 km
- 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
- WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 NorthEPSG:6931
- WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 SouthEPSG:6932
- WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 GlobalEPSG:6933
Spatial Coverage:
- N:90S:-90E:180W:-180
 Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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