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Meltpond2000 Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Brightness Temperatures
Entry ID: NSIDC-0208

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Summary
Abstract: The Meltpond2000 project was the first in a series of Arctic and Antarctic aircraft campaigns to validate sea ice algorithms developed for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), primarily to quantify errors in AMSR-E sea ice products resulting from the presence of melt ponds. The AMSR-E validation effort addresses data quality through comprehensive ... View entire text
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 76.42   S: 68.97   E: -63.2   W: -105.02
Min Altitude: 1371.6 M Max Altitude: 5791.2 M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: M. Klein, A.J. Gasiewski, D. Cavalieri, T. Markus
Dataset Title: Meltpond2000 Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer Sea Ice Brightness Temperatures
Dataset Release Date: 2004-02-13
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0208.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-06-26
Stop Date: 2000-07-06
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Instrument
INFRARED RADIOMETERS Ancillary Description
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Project
Quality Data in the TB maps are not compensated for incident angle variations caused either by aicraft roll and pitch or, in the case of the SLFMR, by the cross-track scanning mode. Although the PSR scans at fixed angles, aircraft pitch and roll variations influence the incident angle by as much as +/- 3 deg in angle, or roughly +/- 7 K for vertical and +/- 4 K for horizontal polarization over water. All channels worked well providing approximately 0.5 K to 1 K root-mean-square (RMS) noise for 20 ms integration. One exception was the 89 GHz vertical channel, which was not calibrated due to spurious noise (Klein et al. 2001). The 89 GHz noise is presumed to be from iron epoxy debris on the sensor.
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COMPLETE
Originating Center
NSIDC_DAAC
Data Center
NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0208

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
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Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 647 MB total
Distribution Format: MATLAB data and programs
Personnel
MARIAN KLEIN
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: marian.klein at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
NOAA/Environmental Technology Laboratory
Division of Microwave Systems Development
325 Broadway
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80305-3328
Country: USA
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Publications/References
Cavalieri, D.J. 2000. EOS Aqua AMSR-E sea ice validation program: Meltpond2000 flight report. NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM 2000-209972. Greenbelt, MD, USA: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Ivanoff, A. 'Meltpond2000.' Sea Ice Remote Sensing. 23 May 2003. http://polynya.gsfc.nasa.gov/seaice_mp2000.html. Accessed January 2004.

Klein, M., A.J. Gasiewski, K. Schuler, D. Cavalieri, T. ... View entire text
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-02-12
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-14

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