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
CLASS Beginning Date | 19870716 |
Ending Date | Present |
ISO Metadata | Complete Record |
Instruments | SSM/T > Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature, SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder, SSM/T-2 > Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature Profiler, SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager |
Transfer Size | T1/T2/EDR/SDR/TDR = .12/.7/5/5.7 mb |
Related Web Site | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
Coverage | Geographic Region > Global |
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Update Frequency | continual |
Pixel Resolution | 175/45/45/175 km (T1/T2//EDR/TDR) |
Format | binary, direct access, netCDF |
Units of Measure | radiances |
DMSP Data Available | CLASS Help |
DMSP Software | DMSP Software |
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