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BOREAS FOLLOW-ON HMET-01 MERGED SSM/I AND RAIN GAUGE PRECIPITATION DATA

Entry ID: hmet01_ssmi_precip

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Summary

Abstract: A gridded data set has been assembled over the BOREAS hydro-meteorological study region that combines a precipitation data set based on a rain gauge network with precipitation estimates based on SSM/I satellite images. The result is an hourly precipitation data set covering 122 consecutive days beginning on June 1, 1996.

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Description: BOREAS FOLLOW-ON HMET-01 MERGED SSM/I AND RAIN GAUGE PRECIPITATION DATA

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 57.0

S: 52.0

E: -96.0

W: -107.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: SMITH, E.A.

Dataset Title: BOREAS FOLLOW-ON HMET-01 MERGED SSM/I AND RAIN GAUGE PRECIPITATION DATA

Dataset Release Date: 2001

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/606

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=606&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-06-01

Stop Date: 1996-10-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > MANITOBA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > SASKATCHEWAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

DMSP 5D-2/F10 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10

DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11

DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13

Instrument

RAIN GAUGES

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

BOREAS > The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

CWIC > CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 606

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE 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