BUVN4L1DCM_001

BUV/Nimbus-4 Dark Current Study Master Data V001 (BUVN4L1DCM) at GES DISC

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  • Abstract
    The Nimbus-4 BUV Level-1 Dark Current Study Master Data is derived from the BUV Level 1 Radiance (RUT) product and contains the geophysical indices and classification, geographic and geomagnetic coordinates, solar magnetic parameters and angles; monochromator and photometer pulse count and analog data, and energetic trapped particles. There is one-to-one correspondence between this product and the dark current working data files, the difference is the working product data have been filtered. The data were originally created on IBM 360 machines and archived on magnetic tapes. The data have been restored from the tapes and are now archived on disk in their original IBM binary file format. Each file contains about one orbit of data from the nighttime descending node. The data files consist of 140 4-byte word records which are blocked with up to 25 records. The average size of an orbit file is 480 kB. This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAC-00045 (old ID 70-025A-05H).

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    Data Dates
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    Processing Level

    1B

    Quality
    The data should be used with care and one should first read the Nimbus-4 BUV Dark Current Study document, as well as the Nimbus-4 User's Guide, section 7 describing the BUV experiment. Users should cite this data product in their research.
    Collection Progress

    Complete

    Publication References
    • The Nimbus-4 User's Guide - Section 7: The Backscatter Ultraviolet Spectrometer (BUV) Experiment
      1970-01-01

      Publisher NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

      Author(s) D. F. Heath, and A. J. Kruger

      Pages: 149-172

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    Science Keywords
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
    • ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTHS
    • ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE
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Ancillary Keywords
  • Dark Current
ISO Topic Categories
  • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Platforms
  • Earth Observation Satellites
    Nimbus-4
    Instruments
    • BUV
Projects
Project Short Name Campaigns Project Dates
Nimbus No campaigns listed. No dates provided.

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Location Keywords
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION
    • GLOBAL

Data Centers

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  • NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    ARCHIVER
    Goddard 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 Author
    JAMES JOHNSON

    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Code 610.2
    Greenbelt, MD 20771

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    GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

    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

    • Email
    • 301-614-5224
    • 301-614-5268

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