Data Description
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program -
The DMSP is a Department of Defense (DoD) program which is responsible
for designing, building, launching, and operating polar-orbiting environmental satellites.
Data collected are from four instruments: Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), Special
Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSM/IS), Special Sensor Microwave Sounder (SSM/T), and
the Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Profiler (SSM/T2). When the first SSM/IS
instrument, aboard the F-16 platform, became operational in November 2005, it combined and
extended the imaging and sounding capabilities of three previously separate DMSP microwave
instruments: SSM/I, SSM/T and SSM/T2.
Details - Metadata, Documentation
Begin Date | 1987-07-16 |
Platforms | F8, F10, F11, F12, F13, F14, F15, F16, F17, F18, F19 |
Spatial Coverage | Global |
Processing Level | NOAA Level 1b |
Data Producer | DMSP Program |
Themes | See Product Metadata |
Metadata | See Product Details |
DMSP Data Available | CLASS Help |
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End Date | Present |
Instruments | DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
Spatial Resolution | 175 km |
Distribution Format | Binary |
Data Steward | NOAA / NESDIS / NCEI |
Update Frequency | asNeeded |
DMSP Software | DMSP Software |
Related Web Site | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
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