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Shuttle Imaging Radar B (SIR-B) Earth Surface Imagery

Entry ID: 84-108A-01A

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Summary

Abstract: This data set contains earth images acquired by the imaging radar,
SIR-B, on board the space shuttle Challenger in October 1985. This
imagery includes several independent data takes which provide imagery
over areas of Australia, Europe, western South America, North America,
and north eastern Africa as well as limited areas of the middle east,
Asia, and off the southern coast of Africa. This ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 60.0

S: -60.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: RICHARDSON, A

Dataset Title: Shuttle Imaging Radar B (SIR-B) Earth Surface Imagery

Online Resource: http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1984-10-07

Stop Date: 1984-10-13

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > North Atlantic

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ELEVATION

Platform

NOAA-10 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10

Instrument

HIRS/2 > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder/2

SOUNDERS

TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

MSU > Microwave Sounding Unit

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

TOVS PATHFINDER > TOVS Path A

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Ancillary Keywords

MONTHLY

CLIMATE CHANGE

Originating Center

GSFC_DAAC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: TOVS Pathfinder 5 Day Path A Grids

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Personnel

JOEL SUSSKIND

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-286-7210

Fax: 301-286-2323

Email: joel.susskind-1 at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 613.0

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Chahine, M. T., 1968, "Determination of the Temperature Profile in an
Atmosphere from its Outgoing Radiances", J. Opt. Soc. Am., 58, 1634-1637.

Reuter, D., J. Susskind, and A. Pursch, 1988, "First Guess Dependence of
a Physically Based Set of Temperature Humidity Retrievals from HIRS2/MSU
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2009-03-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-09

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