Data Announcement

Data Set Update: DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures

NSIDC has discovered some large data gaps in the 2018 F18 Brightness Temperature record affecting the DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 5 data set. Northern and Southern Hemisphere data files from 10 February through13 March 2018 and from 30 September through 31 October 2018 may contain only zero values. NSIDC is investigating the issue and will reprocess data files once the problem has been identified.