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DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Entry ID:
NSIDC-0001
Summary
Abstract:
NSIDC produces daily gridded brightness temperature data from orbital swath data generated by the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F8, F11, and F13 platforms and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) aboard DMSP-F17. The SSM/I and SSMIS channels used to calculate brightness temperatures include 19.3 GHz vertical and ...
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Title:
DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date:
2006-01-01, updated 2011.
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado U.S.A.
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Version:
4
Online Resource:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0001.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1987-07-09
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution:
12.5 km
Longitude Resolution: 12.5 km Temporal Resolution: Daily Science Keywords
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Quality
Beginning with January 2000, processing of brightness temperature data was modified to include two additional quality control steps. The first performs a statistical analysis on the brightness temperature data to look for possible calibration errors. The second was an along-scan adjustment that corrects for interference by the cold-space reflector at scans of 100 or greater, and the difference between antenna temperature observations and the Wentz radiative transfer model. Corrections can be as large as one kelvin. brightness temperature data that included these additional quality control steps are only available for dates after January 2000.
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
FTP
Distribution Size:
0.2 MB to 1 MB
Distribution Format:
binary
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(303) 492-6199
Fax:
(303) 492-2468
Email:
nsidc at kryos.colorado.edu
Contact Address:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80309
Publications/References
Algorithm and Data User Manual (ADUM) for the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS). 2002. Northrop Grumman Corporation Space Systems Division. Technical Report 12621. Azusa, California USA.
Abdalati, W., K. Steffen, C. Otto, and K. C. Jezek. 1995. Comparison of Brightness Temperatures from SSM/I Instruments on the DMSP F8 and F11 Satellites for Antarctica and the Greenland Ice Sheet. ... Extended Metadata Properties
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Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-05-14
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