Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) Temperature Data Record (TDR) in netCDF

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 temperature data record (TDR) contains earth-located sets of SSMIS antenna 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
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00798/html
0 Order interface for SSM/I SDR netCDF data. http://www.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=DMSP
0 Information and links about SSM/I and SSMIS sensors aboard DMSP satellites. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ssmi
0 Information and links about SSM/I and SSMIS sensors aboard DMSP satellites. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ssmi
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
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  • dmsp 5d-3/f18
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f16
  • national climatic data center
  • nesdis
  • special sensor microwave imager/sounder
  • dmsp 5d-3/f17
  • brightness temperature
  • noaa
  • global
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f18
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • ssmis
  • defense meteorological satellite program-f17
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • spectral/engineering
  • microwave
  • national centers for environmental information
  • dmsp 5d-2/f16

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