DMSP-F8 SSM/I Pathfinder Land Surface Products

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Title: DMSP-F8 SSM/I Pathfinder Land Surface Products

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Publication_Place: Boulder, CO U.S.A.

Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

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Online_Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/nsi-0042.html

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The Pathfinder Program, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is tasked to produce long-term data sets for global change research. The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set has been generated using the land classification algorithms developed by Neale, and the land surface temperature algorithms developed by McFarland. This data set includes both the land classification and land surface temperature products. The Pathfinder Level 2 Land Products data set is in swath format. Coverage is global land surface, and covers 1 August 1987 through 31 March 1988. Data are available on 8 mm tape or ftp on request. The SSM/I Pathfinder Level 3 Land Products data set has been generated using the Level 2 data described above. The Level 2 data were interpolated to a longitude-latitude grid with a resolution of one degree. For the Benchmark Period, the data were averaged over periods of five days (a pentad) or one month, although, for the land classification product, the most commonly occurring land class (the mode of the distribution within each bin) was chosen as the class for that bin and for the period. The data set, including both pentad and monthly grids, covers 1 August 1987 through 31 December 1988.

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REFERENCE: Satellite/Instrument/Data Processing Documentation Hollinger, J. P., R. Lo, G. Poe, R. Savage, and J. Peirce. 1987. Special Sensor Microwave/Imager User's Guide. Hollinger, J. P., ed. 1989.DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation - Final Report - Volume I, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. Hollinger, J. P. 1991. DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation Final Report - Volume II, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. Wentz, F.J. 1991. Revision-1 User's Manual SSM/I Antenna Temperature Tapes, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, 70 pp. Journal Articles and Study Reports McFarland, M. J., and C. Neale. 1991. Land Parameter Algorithm Validation and Calibration. DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation - Final Report, Volume II, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, chap 9, pp 1-64. McFarland, M.J., R. L. Miller, and C. M. U. Neale. 1990.Land Surface Temperature Derived From the SSM/I Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):839-845. Neale, C.M.U., M.J. McFarland, and K. Chang. 1990.Land Surface-Type Classification Using Microwave Brightness Temperatures From The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):829-838. Hollinger, J. P., J. L. Peirce, and G. A. Poe. 1990. SSM/I Instrument Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 28(5):781-790.

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Beginning_Date: 19870801

Ending_Date: 19881231

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

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North_Bounding_Coordinate: 88.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE CLASSES

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Address: University of Colorado

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Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +1 (303) 492-2468

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: nsidc@nsidc.org

Resource_Description: SI-079

Resource_Description: NSIDC-0042

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NOAA/NASA SSM/I Pathfinder Level 2 and Level 3 Land Surface Products Data Guide

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Metadata_Review_Date: 20120514

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Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

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City: Lanham

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