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SAMSN7L1RAT

SAMS/Nimbus-7 Level 1 Radiance Data V001 (SAMSN7L1RAT) at GES DISC

SAMSN7L1RAT is the gridded Nimbus-7 Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (SAMS) Level 1 Radiance Data Product. The radiances were selected to derive gas concentrations at the wavelength bands 15 (CO2), 25-100 (H2O) 4-5 (CO and NO), and 7.7 (N2O and CH4) microns in the stratosphere and mesosphere, with a vertical resolution of 10 km. The instrument scanned the vertical from about 15 km to 140 km. The data were recovered from the original magnetic tapes, and are now stored online as orbit files in their original proprietary binary format each with about 14 orbits per day. The data for this product are available from 26 October 1978 through June 9 1983. The principal investigators for the SAMS experiment were Prof. John T. Houghton and Dr. Fredric W. Taylor from Oxford University. This product was subsequently used to create the SAMS/Nimbus-7 Level 1 Radiance Data from CD-ROM product (SAMSN7L1RAD_CDROM), a set of 53 CD-ROMs.

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Bounding Rectangle:

N: 67.5 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180

Data Format(s):

Distribution: binary

Temporal Extent:

1978-10-26 to 1983-06-10

Platform(s):

Nimbus-7

Data Center(s):

NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

Instrument(s):

SAMS

Version:

001

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Title: SAMS/Nimbus-7 Level 1 Radiance Data V001
Version: 001
Creator: Oxford University AOPP
Publisher: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Release Date: 2019-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
Linkage: https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/SAMSN7L1RAT_001.html

READ-ME: https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Nimbus7_SAMS_Level1/SAMSN7L1RAT.001/doc/README.SAMSN7L1RAT.001.pdf, README Document
USER'S GUIDE: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Product_Quality/N7_Users_Guide.pdf, Nimbus 7 User's Guide
USER'S GUIDE: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Product_Quality/N7_SAMS_DataUserGuide_19890016933.pdf, Nimbus 7 SAMS User's Guide
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Nimbus/N7_SAMS_Inventory.xlsx, N7 SAMS Inventory

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Data Dates

Creation	1982-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	1984-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Processing Level

Quality The data should be used with care and one should first read the Nimbus-7 User's Guide. Users should cite this data product in their research.

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Complete
Use Constraints
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: The stratospheric and mesospheric sounder on Nimbus 7

Publication Date: 1980-03-06

Author(s): J.R. Drummond, J.T. Houghton, G.D. Peskett, C.D. Rodgers, M.J. Wale, J. Whitney, E.J. Williamson

Series: Philos. Trans. R. Soc.

Volume: A296

Pages: 219-241

DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1980.0166

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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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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
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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
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	2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
Last Revision	2019-07-29T00:00:00.000Z

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Format: binary

Format Type: Native

Media: Online Archive

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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

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