SAMSN7L3ZMTG is the Nimbus-7 Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (SAMS) Level 3 Zonal Means Composition Data Product. The Earth's surface is divided into 2.5-deg latitudinal zones that extend from 50 deg South to 67.5 deg North. Retrieved mixing ratios of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) are averaged over day and night, along with errors, at 31 pressure levels between 50 and 0.125 mbar. Because the N2O and CH4 channels cannot function simultaneously, only one type of measurement is made for any nominal day. The data were recovered from the original magnetic tapes, and are now stored online as one file in its original proprietary binary format. The data for this product are available from 1 January 1979 through 30 December 1981. The principal investigators for the SAMS experiment were Prof. John T. Houghton and Dr. Fredric W. Taylor from Oxford University. This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00180 (old ID 78-098A-02C).
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Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 70 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: binary |
Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | Nimbus-7 | |
Data Center(s): | NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC | Instrument(s): | SAMS |
Version: | 001 |
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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
Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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Nimbus | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.2
Greenbelt,
MD
20771
301-614-5121
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt,
MD
20771
Format: binary
Format Type: Native
Media: Online Archive
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