Description
The Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) is a series of passive microwave conically scanning imagers and sounders onboard the DMSP satellites beginning with F-16. SSMIS improves upon the surface and atmospheric retrievals of the previous Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), and upon the atmospheric temperature and water vapor sounding capabilities of both the Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder (SSM/T-1) and the Special Sensor Microwave Humidity Sounder (SSM/T-2). The SSMIS imaging and sounding sensors are able to estimate atmospheric temperature, moisture, and surface parameters. This sensor data record (SDR) contains SSMIS brightness temperatures since November 2005 that have been surface tagged, calibrated, Doppler corrected, cross polarization and spill-over corrected or APC corrected according to Earth surface type, averaged along scan and along the ground track. The data have been converted to netCDF 3-hourly files.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| SSM/I and SSMIS Monitoring and Documentation | Unknown | Information and links about SSM/I and SSMIS sensors aboard DMSP satellites. | Open resource |
| SSM/I and SSMIS Monitoring and Documentation | Unknown | Information and links about SSM/I and SSMIS sensors aboard DMSP satellites. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA CLASS: Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data | Unknown | Order interface for SSM/I SDR netCDF data. | Open resource |
Tags
- brightness temperature
- defense meteorological satellite program-f16
- defense meteorological satellite program-f17
- defense meteorological satellite program-f18
- dmsp 5d-2/f16
- dmsp 5d-3/f17
- dmsp 5d-3/f18
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth science
- geographic region
- global
- microwave
- national centers for environmental information
- national climatic data center
- nesdis
- noaa
- special sensor microwave imager/sounder
- spectral/engineering
- ssmis
- u.s. department of commerce