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
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 North
    EPSG:6931
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 South
    EPSG:6932
  • WGS 84 / NSIDC EASE-Grid 2.0 Global
    EPSG:6933
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    90
    S:
    -90
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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