Arctic Water Vapor Channel Satellite Composite Imagery
Summary
This dataset contains water vapor (~6.7 microns) Arctic satellite composite imagery. The Arctic composites are made every three hours (synoptic hour) creating a total of eight images per day. Most input satellite observations included in the composite were procured within 15 minutes of the top of the synoptic hour. No image is more than +/- 50 minutes from the top of the synoptic hour. Geostationary and Polar orbiting satellites used to generate the composite can include: GOES -East and -West, METOSAT, MTSAT, FY-2, Kalpana-1, and Terra/Aqua.
Data access
ORDER data for delivery by FTPAdditional information
Related projects: ACADIS, ARCSSObservational frequency: 3 hourly
Spatial type: raster
Categories: Arctic, Satellite
Platforms: Satellite, Aqua MODIS, Satellite, NOAA AVHRR Imagery
Documentation:
- DIF_UW_arctic_watervapor.html [28 KB]
- SampleArcticComposites.pdf [7575 KB]
Related links:
- companion: Arctic Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery
- companion: Arctic Longwave Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery
- companion: Arctic Shortwave Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery
- companion: Arctic Visible Band Satellite Composite Imagery
- homepage: Arctic Satellite Composite Project
Temporal coverage
Begin datetime: 2008-03-01 00:00:00, End datetime: 2011-12-31 23:59:59
Spatial coverage
Minimum latitude: 28.000000, Minimum longitude: -180.000000Maximum latitude: 90.000000, Maximum longitude: 180.000000
Point of contact
Matthew A. LazzaraInvestigator
Antarctic Meteorological Research Center
E-Mail address: mattl at ssec dot wisc dot edu