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TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters
Entry ID:
NSIDC-0027
Summary
Abstract:
The TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) data set consists of gridded daily and monthly Arctic and Antarctic atmospheric data derived from various NOAA satellites. TOVS Path-P daily files are available for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres from 60° poleward at 100 km gridded spatial resolution in an Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid). TOVS Path-P ...
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
J. A. Francis and A. J. Schweiger
Dataset Title:
TOVS Pathfinder Path-P Daily and Monthly Polar Gridded Atmospheric Parameters
Dataset Release Date:
1999-09-01, updated 2008
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0027.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1979-01-01
Start Date:
1979-07-12
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
100 km
Longitude Resolution: 100 km Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees Temporal Resolution: Daily, Monthly Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly Science Keywords
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Quality
The algorithm used to generate these grids has been validated directly through comparisons with surface observations from the CEAREX experiment and with radiosonde data from Soviet ice stations. Comparisons with other TOVS retrieval algorithms provided further validation. Additionally, Schweiger et al. (1999) found a strong correlation between the TOVS Path-P data and surface cloud observations obtained from the North Polar drifting meteorological stations, which indicates that the TOVS data effectively represent annual cloud cover.
Access Constraints
Users are strongly encouraged to register before accessing data. Registered users automatically receive release notes via e-mail containing notification of data manipulation or formatting modifications.
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IN WORK
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Size:
506,437 to 778,864 KB uncompressed
Distribution Format:
HDF
Fees:
None
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
732 688 2382
Email:
francis at imcs.rutgers.edu
Contact Address:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
City:
New Brunswick
Province or State:
New Jersey
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Brodzik, M.J. 1998. The EASE-Grid, A Versatile Set of Equal-Area Projections and Grids. Special report to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO. Chedin, A., N. A. Scott, C. Wahiche and P. Moulinier. 1985. The Improved Initialization Inversion Method: A high resolution physical method for temperature retrievals from satellites of the TIROS-N series. Journal of Climate and Applied ...
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
1999-09-01
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-06-30
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