Data Announcement

Data set update: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures

The DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 data set, accessible through the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated through 31 August 2020. This data set contains gridded data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) in three equal-area projections: Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, and full global. The temporal coverage for this data set is now 09 July 1987 through 31 August 2020.

Data set DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/3EX2U1DV3434

The MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR, Version 1 (NSIDC-0630) data set, available from the NSIDC DAAC, will replace the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Pathfinder Daily EASE-Grid Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 (NSIDC-0032) data set beginning in 2021. Please read our announcement from 7 July 2020 for further details:

https://nsidc.org/the-drift/data-update/user-notice-dmsp-SSMI_SSMIS-pathfinder-daily-ease-grid-brightness-temperatures-at-nsidc-daac/