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Digital SAR Mosaic and Elevation Map of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Entry ID: NSIDC-0052

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Summary
Abstract: The Digital SAR Mosaic and Elevation Map of the Greenland Ice Sheet CD-ROM combines the most detailed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image mosaic available with the best current digital elevation model. The mosaic image shows both the location of the ice edge and the distribution of melt-related 'scatterers' on the surface. These scatterers include ice lenses and complex layered structure in the ... View entire text
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Description: Online documentation.
Multimedia Sample
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Caption:  A low-resolution sample view of the DEM and Radar image coverage.
 
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 84.0   S: 60.0   E: -10.0   W: -73.0
Min Altitude: 0 M Max Altitude: 3251.4 M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Mark Fahnestock, Simon Ekholm, Kenneth Knowles, Ron Kwok, Ted Scambos
Dataset Title: Digital SAR Mosaic and Elevation Map of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Dataset Release Date: 1997-01-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0052.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1991-01-01
Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Start Date: 1992-08-02
Stop Date: 1992-09-09
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2 km
Longitude Resolution: 2 km
Vertical Resolution: 13 m
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS Ancillary Description
NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites Ancillary Description
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Instrument
TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder Ancillary Description
MODIS > Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Ancillary Description
SEAWIFS > Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor Ancillary Description
TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Ancillary Description
Project
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints Publications of research results utilizing these data must acknowledge the
Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, MD, USA.
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
OBPG
Data Center
Ocean Biology Processing Group (OBPG), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GENE CARL FELDMAN
Phone: (301) 286-9428
Fax: (301) 286-0268
Email: gene.c.feldman at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Data System Manager
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 614.8
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Format: HDF, ASCII
Fees: none
Personnel
MELANIE F. MEAUX
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov
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Publications/References
The OI.v2 analysis is described in: Reynolds, R. W., N. A. Rayner, T. M.
Smith, D. C. Stokes and W. Wang, 2002: An improved in situ and satellite SST
analysis for climate. J. Climate, 15, 1609-1625.

The paper is available in Adobe Acrobat in the directory:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cmb/sst/papers/oiv2pap/
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-07-23
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-25

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