MRIRN2IM_001
MRIR/Nimbus-2 Images of Daytime Brightness Temperature on 4 x 5 inch Film Sheets V001 (MRIRN2IM) at GES DISC
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Abstract
MRIRN2IM is the Nimbus-2 Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer (MRIR) data product consisting of 4 x 5 inch photographic film sheets. Each film sheet contains an entire orbit (daylight portion) of brightness temperatures measured at five wavelength bands: 6.4-6.9, 10-11, 14-16, 5-30, and 0.2-4.0 micrometers. There are also associated latitude grids, time, and gray scales representing different temperatures. The images are saved as JPEG 2000 digital files. About 3 weeks of images are archived into a TAR file. The processing techniques used to produce the data set and a full description of the data set are contained in section 4.3.4 of the "Nimbus II Users' Guide." The MRIR experiment measured the intensity and distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted by and reflected from the earth and its atmosphere in five selected wavelength intervals from 0.2 to 30 micrometers. Data for heat balance of the earth-atmosphere system were obtained, as well as measurements of water vapor distribution, surface or near-surface temperatures, and seasonal changes of stratospheric temperature distribution. The MRIR experiment was successful, and good data were obtained from launch on May 15 1966 until the recorder failed on July 29, 1966. This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00003 (old ID 66-040A-04B). -
Purpose
These images can be used to supplement the level-1 radiance data files from the MRIRN2L1 data product. - Search for granules from this collection
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- EARTH SCIENCE
- SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
- INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
- BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
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- CLOUD COVER
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- CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Earth Observation Satellites
Nimbus-2Instruments
- MRIR
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- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
ARCHIVERGoddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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JAMES JOHNSON
Metadata AuthorJAMES JOHNSON
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.2
Greenbelt, MD 20771- 301-614-5121
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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771- 301-614-5224
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MRIR/Nimbus-2 Images of Daytime Brightness Temperature on 4 x 5 inch Film Sheets V001
001Created by: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Published by: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)