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NOAA AVHRR and TOVS Digital CCT product in SHARP level 1B format

Entry ID: AVHRR.TOVS.SHARP1

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Summary

Abstract: SHARP is the ESA-Earthnet format for AVHRR and TOVS data. It stands for
Standard-family HRPT Archive Request Product. It adopts the
internationally-recognised Standard-Family Tape Format as defined by the
Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG).

AVHRR scenes (4 minutes of data), which can cover an area 3000 x 6000km, are
provided in SHARP format. TOVS data ...

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Description: ESA service library

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -5.0

E: 50.0

W: -45.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Earthnet Programme Office

Dataset Title: SHARP-1 Technical Specification of CCT Format

Dataset Release Date: February, 1989

Version: Release 1.1

Data Presentation Form: on paper

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1981-07-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

EP-TOMS > Earth Probe-TOMS

METEOR-3

NIMBUS-7

Instrument

TOMS > Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Ancillary Keywords

Climate Diagnostics

Data Center

Arctic Research Office, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GERMAR BERNHARD Email: germar at germar.org

Publications/References

Manney, G. L., M. L. Santee, M. Rex., N. J. Livesey, M. C. Pitts, P. Veefkind, E. R. Nash, I. Wohltmann, R. Lehmann, L. Froidevaux, L. R. Poole, M. R. Schoeberl, D. P. Haffner, J. Davies, V. Dorokhov, H. Gernandt, B. Johnson, R. Kivi, E. Kyrö, N. Larsen, P. F. Levelt, A. Makshtas, C. T. McElroy, H. Nakajima, M. C. Parrondo, D. W. Tarasick, P. von der Gathen, K. A. Walker, and N. S. Zinoviev (2011), Unprecedented Arctic ozone loss in 2011 echoed the Antarctic ozone hole, 478, 469-475, Nature, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v478/n7370/full/nature10556.html.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-12-12

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-12-12

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