[Keyword='LEAF AREA INDEX']
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SAFARI 2000 TOVS SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS, 1-DEG, 1999-2001 Entry ID: s2k_tovs |
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Summary
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Abstract:
NOAA's TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) is a suite of three sensors: the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU), the High resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS), and the Stratospheric Sounding Unit (SSU) aboard the NOAA series of polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellites. TOVS-derived data provide a means to investigate long-term climate change and interannual variability and study local and periodic phenomena such as El Nino and stratospheric warmings. A set of the derived meteorological parameters for southern Africa have been selected by SAFARI 2000. The data were extracted from 1 degree x 1 degree global fields, with data from each satellite's local AM and PM orbits provided separately.Selected parameters for SAFARI 2000 data set:Layer mean temperature at 4 coarse layers Total effective cloud fraction Cloud fractions at 7 pressure layers Longwave cloud radiative forcing Outgoing long-wave radiation Cloud top pressure Precipitation estimate Precipitable water vapor above the surface and four pressure levels Surface pressure Cloud top temperature Cloud fraction at 7 pressure layers Surface skin temperature Specific humidity at surface and at 5 pressure layers Temperature at multiple levels Retrieved virtual temperature between levelsThe data files are stored as annual files of pentad (5-day) images. The pentads are stored in band sequential [BSQ] format (one image after the other) within the yearly files, 73 pentads per file. There is one file for each of the AM and the PM satellite overpasses for each parameter provided.
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Geographic Coverage
| N: 5.0 | S: -35.0 | E: 60.0 | W: 5.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
IREDELL, L.SUSSKIND, J.
Dataset Title: SAFARI 2000 TOVS SURFACE AND ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS, 1-DEG, 1999-2001 Dataset Release Date: 2004 Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center Data Presentation Form: Online Files Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/717 Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=717&term2attribut... |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1999-01-01 |
| Stop Date: 2001-12-31 |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> AFRICA
> SOUTHERN AFRICA
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Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >SKIN TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >WATER VAPOR [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD FREQUENCY [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD TOP PRESSURE [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION >RADIATIVE FORCING [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| NOAA-10 >National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10 [Information] |
| NOAA-11 >National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 [Information] |
| NOAA-12 >National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12 [Information] |
| NOAA-9 >National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9 [Information] |
Instrument
| HIRS/2 >High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2 [Information] |
| MSU >Microwave Sounding Unit [Information] |
Project
| EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information] |
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
| SAFARI 2000 >The Southern African Regional Science Initiative Project [Information] |
| CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog [Information] |
Keywords
| TOVS-MSU |
| TOVS-SSU |
| SAFARI 2000 |
| TOVS-HIRS/2 |
| PRECIPITATION |
| CLOUD TOP PRESSURE |
| VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE |
| WATER VAPOR PROFILES |
| CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE |
| ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE |
| PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR |
| OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION |
| LAND SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE |
| OCEAN SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE |
| LONGWAVE CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING |
| RADIATIVELY EFFECTIVE FRACTIONAL CLOUD COVER |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)
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Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/ Dataset ID: 717
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Personnel
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L.
IREDELL Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT |
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ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA |
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-06-28
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-03-16
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