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SSEC-ARCTIC-Composite-WaterVapor-ARC-0713843
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Arctic Satellite Composite Imagery - Water Vapor
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Arctic Composite Satellite Imagery
Water Vapor Imagery
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu
INVESTIGATOR
MATTHEW
A.
LAZZARA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
Space Science and Engineering Center
901 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Building
1225 West Dayton Street
Madison
WI
53706
USA
(608) 263-6738
Fax
(608) 262-0436
Telephone
amrc@ssec.wisc.edu
mattl@ssec.wisc.edu
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Arctic Satellite Composite Mosaic Imagery Image
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GOES I-M Imager
IMAGING RADIOMETERS
MODIS
Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
GOES N-P Imager
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GOES
NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
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INSAT
Indian National Satellite
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METEOSAT
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Terra
Earth Observing System, Terra (AM-1)
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Aqua
Earth Observing System, Aqua
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MSG
Meteosat Second Generation
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MTSAT-1R
Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1 Replacement
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2008-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
IN WORK
Horizontal
NO_SPATIAL
CARTESIAN
28.0
90.0
-180.0
180.0
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OCEAN
ARCTIC OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
ARCTIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
POLAR
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A lack of coverage typically but not always in the center of the continent has been a characteristic in the composites. With the strict limits on qualified data to be input to a composite, and with no older data used or any other �synthetic� creation of data, regions without coverage do result. This �black hole� region has been reduced in recent years due to improvements in satellite coverage and observations, but still remains as a limitation of the composite.
The Arctic composites are available at no cost. However, we request that any use of the data acknowledged as from: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (or SSEC, UW-Madison if short on space). This project is funded by the Arctic Natural Science Program, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Grant ARC-0713843.
The Arctic composites are available at no cost. However, we request that any use of the data acknowledged as from: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (or SSEC, UW-Madison if short on space). This project is funded by the Arctic Natural Science Program, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Grant ARC-0713843.
English
ARCHIVER
DISTRIBUTOR
UWI-MAD/SSEC/AMRC
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
http://amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/
DATA CENTER CONTACT
MATTHEW
A.
LAZZARA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
Space Science and Engineering Center
901 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Building
1225 West Dayton Street
Madison
WI
53706
USA
(608) 263-6738
Fax
(608) 262-0436
Telephone
amrc@ssec.wisc.edu
mattl@ssec.wisc.edu
Internet (Web, FTP, rsync, McIDAS ADDE, RAMADDA)
McIDAS AREA format (archive), netCDF, GIF/JPEG, flat file
None
The Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison generates a water vapor (~6.7 microns) Arctic satellite composite imagery. Using a mosaic of all satellite data available allows the benefits of both the timeliness and routine observations of geostationary satellites as well as the high latitude coverage of the polar orbiting satellites. The Arctic composites are made every three hours (synoptic hour) creating a total of eight images per day. No image is more than +/- 50 minutes from the top of the synoptic hour. Geostationary and Polar orbiting satellites used to generate the composite can include: GOES -East and �West, METOSAT, MTSAT, FY-2, Kalpana-1, and Terra/Aqua.
A common use of the routinely generated composite is weather depiction and in particular, mid-tropospheric water vapor are the prime feature in the water vapor composites. Used by both scientists and forecasters, the Wisconsin composite provides the only routinely available composite using both geostationary and polar orbiting satellite imagery for the Arctic.
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu
Home page for the Arctic Satellite Composite Project
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