NSIDC has officially switched its processing stream for near-real-time passive microwave brightness temperatures from the SSM/I sensor on board the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F13 satellite to the SSMIS sensor on the DMSP-F17 satellite. This change in the processing stream was necessary due to a failing recorder on F13.
Data Announcement
New Processing Stream for Near-Real-Time PM Brightness Temperatures
FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009