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EOS Land Validation Core Site: Mongu, Zambia, Africa

Entry ID: LANDVAL_MONGU

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Summary

Abstract: The EOS Land Validation Core Sites are intended as a focus for land
product validation over a range of biome types. These sites will
provide a focus for satellite, aircraft, and ground data collection of
land product validation, and will provide sites for which scientists
can readily access in situ and EOS instrument data.

The Mongu, Zambia EOS core validation test site provides data
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Description: Access to Mongu datasets

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -13.4

S: -17.4

E: 25.25

W: 21.25

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Chris Justice and Jeff Privette

Dataset Title: EOS Land Validation Core Site: Mongu

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD

Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC

Online Resource: http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/coresite.php?SiteID=21

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA > EASTERN AFRICA > ZAMBIA

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES

ISO Topic Category

INLAND WATERS

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

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

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

DMSP 5D-2/F8 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8

NIMBUS-7

Instrument

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

SMMR > Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Publications/References

Tedesco, M., X. Fettweis, T. Mote, J. Wahr, P. Alexander, J. Box, and B. Wouters (2012), Evidence and analysis of 2012 Greenland records from spaceborne observations, a regional climate model and reanalysis data., 6, 4939–4976, The Cryosphere Discuss, doi:10.5194/tcd-6-4939-2012.

Hanna, E., S. H. Mernild, J. Cappelen, and K. Steffen (2012), Recent warming in Greenland in a long-term instrumental (1881–2012) climatic context: I. Evaluation of surface air temperature records., 7, no. 4, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/045404

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2013-02-11

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-02-19

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