The Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison generates an visible (~0.65 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 visible composites are created every hour for a total of 24 images per day. Most input satellite observations included in the composite were procured within 15 minutes of the top of the synoptic hour. 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: POES/NOAA, GOES -East and ?West, METOSAT, MTSAT, FY-2, Kalpana-1, and Terra/Aqua.
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Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: 28.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: McIDAS AREA format (archive), netCDF, GIF/JPEG, flat file |
Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Not provided, GOES, GOES-11, INSAT, METEOSAT, NOAA POES, Terra, Aqua, GOES-12, MSG, GOES-13, MTSAT-1R, GOES-14, GOES-15 | |
Data Center(s): | UWI-MAD/SSEC/AMRC | Instrument(s): | AVHRR, GOES I-M Imager, IMAGING RADIOMETERS, MODIS, VHRR, SEVIRI, AVHRR-2, AVHRR-3, GOES N-P Imager |
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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.
Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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POLARCAT | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
ARCTAS | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | NO_SPATIAL |
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Format: McIDAS AREA format (archive), netCDF, GIF/JPEG, flat file
Format Type: Native
Media: Internet (Web, FTP, rsync, McIDAS ADDE, RAMADDA)
Fees: None