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SMEX04 QuikSCAT/SeaWinds Backscatter Data, Sonora

Entry ID: NSIDC-0340

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Summary

Abstract: This data set includes data collected over the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04) area of Sonora, Mexico during 1 June to 30 September 2004. The SeaWinds scatterometer on NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite collected backscatter data. Data are provided in Brigham Young University - Microwave Earth Remote Sensing (BYU-MERS) Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR) images and ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 35.0

S: 20.0

E: -105.0

W: -115.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: David Long

Dataset Title: SMEX04 QuikSCAT/SeaWinds Backscatter Data, Sonora

Dataset Series Name: SMEX

Dataset Release Date: 2008-04-30

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: Digital media

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0340.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-06-01

Stop Date: 2004-09-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > MEXICO

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS

ISO Topic Category

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Project

USGS_SOFIA > South Florida Information Access

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints These data are subject to change and are not citable until reviewed and approved for official publication by the USGS

Ancillary Keywords

Broward County

Miami-Dade County

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

SOUTH FLORIDA INFORMATION ACCESS, FLORIDA INTEGRATED SCIENCE CENTER, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Data Center URL: http://sofia.usgs.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HEATHER S. HENKEL Phone: 727.803.8747 ext. 3028 Fax: 727.803.2032 Email: hhenkel at usgs.gov Contact Address: USGS-FISC-St. Petersburg 600 Fourth St. South City: St. Petersburg Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33701 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: None

Personnel

GEORGE AIKEN

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 303 541 3036

Fax: 303 447 2505

Email: graiken at usgs.gov

Contact Address:

U.S. Geological Survey

3215 Marine Street

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80303

Country: USA

ALICIA ALEMAN

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: alicia.m.aleman at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Aiken, G. R., 1992, Chloride Interference in the Analysis of Dissolved Organic Carbon by the wet oxidation method the Wet Oxidation Method, Environmental Sciences and Technology, v.26, p.2435-2439, Dorcrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Press.

Cotlove, E., Trantham, H. V., Bowman, R. L., 1958, An Instrument and Method for Automatic, Rapid, Accurate and Sensitive Titration of Chloride ... in Biologic Samples Titration of Chloride in Biologic Samples, Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, v.51, p.461-468, New York, NY, Elsevier Inc.

Garbarino, J. R., Taylor, H.E., 1979, An inductive-coupled plasma atomic-emission spectrometric method for routine water quality testing Routine Water Quality Testing, Applied Spectroscopy,
v.33, no.3, p.220-226, Frederick, MD, Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

Garbarino, J. R., Taylor, H. E., 1980, A Babington-type nebulizer for use in the analysis of natural water samples by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, Applied Spectroscopy, v.34, no.5, p.584-590, Frederick, MD, Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

Reddy, N. M., Schuster, P. F. , Harte, J. J., 1989, Summary of data from onsite and laboratory analyses of precipitation runoff from carbonate-stone surfaces, National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, June 1984 to November 1987, USGS Open-File Report, OFR 89-246, Reston, VA, U.S. Geological Survey, National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, June 1984 to November 1987.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr89246

Schroder, L. J., Fishman, M. J., Friedman, L. C., Darlington, G. W., 1980, The use of standard reference water samples by the U.S. Geological Survey Survey, USGS Open-File Report, OFR 80-738, Reston, VA, U. S. Geological Survey.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr80738

Skougstad, M. W., Fishman, M. J., Friedman, L. C., Erdman, D. E., Duncan, S. S., 1979, Methods for the determination of inorganic substances in water and fluvial sediments, USGS Open-File Report, OFR 85-495, Book 5, Chapter A1, Reston VA, U. S. Geological Survey, This publication is no longer current and has been superseded by a more recent publication: USGS Report: TWRI -05-A1.

Taylor, H. E., Schiller, A. M., Garbarino, J. R., Brinton, T. I., 1995, Intercomparison Experiments on Dissolved Trace-Metal Data from the Mississippi River and some of its Tributaries, 1989-1990, USGS Open-File Report, OFR 93-628, Reston VA, U.S. Geological Survey.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr93628

Wood, W. W., 1976, Guidelines for Collection and Field Analysis of Groundwater Samples for Selected Unstable Constituents, Techniques of Water Resources Investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, Book 1, Chapter D2, Reston VA, U. S. Geological Survey.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/twri/twri1-d2/

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2006-11-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-06-02

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