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SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM

SCR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Radiance Data from CD-ROM V001 (SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM) at GES DISC

SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM is the gridded Nimbus-5 Selective Chopper Radiometer (SCR) Level 1 Radiance Data Product. The radiances are measured by 16 channels at 2.3 to 15 micrometers with a ground resolution of 25 km. This product contains corrected and uncorrected radiances in a daily 4 degree latitude x 10 degree longitude grid format, as well as the original orbit format and reformatted copies of the original tapes. This was the follow-on to the SCR experiment flown on Nimbus-4. The data for this product are available from 13 December 1972 to 20 April 1978. The principal investigator for the SCR experiment was Dr. John T. Houghton from Oxford University. This product was created by the Oxford University's Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) group. The data are stored on a set of 28 CD-ROMs in ASCII files of hexadecimal characters, and are available in gzipped Unix tar archive files. The first CD-ROM contains the gridded radiance data and a few original tape data files, the subsequent CD-ROMs contain the remaining compressed copies of the original data tapes. The byte-ordering in the data files follows the DEC convention for 16-bit integers of less significant byte first. Normal 2's complement integer storage is assumed.

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Bounding Rectangle:

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

Data Format(s):

Distribution: ASCII

Temporal Extent:

1974-12-12 to 1978-04-20

Platform(s):

Nimbus-5

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

Instrument(s):

SCR

Version:

001

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Title: SCR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Radiance Data from CD-ROM V001
Version: 001
Creator: Oxford University AOPP
Publisher: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Release Date: 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
Linkage: https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM_001.html

READ-ME: https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Nimbus5_SCR_Level1/SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM.001/doc/README.SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM_001.txt, README Document
USER'S GUIDE: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Product_Quality/N5_Users_Guide.pdf, Nimbus 5 User's Guide
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Product_Quality/DataCatalogNimbus5.tar.gz, Nimbus 5 Data Catalog

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Data Dates

Creation	1998-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	1998-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

Processing Level

Quality The data should be used with care and one should first read the Nimbus-5 User's Guide. Users should cite this data product in their research.

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Complete
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The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data use policy for NASA data can be accessed at https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/data-use-policy. For information on how to properly cite and acknowledge data from the NASA GES DISC, refer to https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=data-policy.

Publication References

Title: Remote sounding of atmospheric temperature from satellites. IV: The selective chopper radiometer for Nimbus 5

Publication Date: 1973-08-28

Author(s): P. Ellis, G. Holah, J.T. Houghton, T.S. Jones, G. Peckham, G.D. Peskett, D.R. Pick, C.D. Rodgers, H. Roscoe, R. Sandwell, S.D. Smith, E.J. Williamson

Series: Proc. R. Soc.

Volume: A334

Pages: 149-170

DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1973.0085

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ISO Topic Categories

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Project Short Name	Campaigns	Project Dates
Nimbus	No campaigns listed.	No dates provided.

Coverage Type	Zone Identifier	Geometry	Granule Representation
HORIZONTAL		CARTESIAN	CARTESIAN

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- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL

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
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
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JAMES JOHNSON
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JAMES JOHNSON
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  Code 610.2
  Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5121

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GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
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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
301-614-5224

301-614-5268

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Metadata Dates

Creation	2017-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2018-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

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Format: ASCII

Format Type: Native

Media: Online Archive

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SCR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Radiance Data from CD-ROM V001 (SCRN5L1RAD_CDROM) at GES DISC

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NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

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

JAMES JOHNSON

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

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