Arctic Water Vapor Channel Satellite Composite Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.399 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: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) -East and -West, METEOSAT, Meteorological Satellites (MTSAT), FY-2, Kalpana-1, and Terra/Aqua. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.399 * doi:10.5065/D6BK19G8 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BK19G8 Versions 1.0 Citation Lazzara, M. 2012. Arctic Water Vapor Channel Satellite Composite Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BK19G8 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: raster * Frequency: 3 hourly * Language: English Grant Code ARC-0713843 ISO Topic Categories * imageryBaseMapsEarthCover Categories * Arctic * Optics * Satellite Platforms * FY-2 * GOES * MTSAT * Meteosat * Satellite, Aqua * Satellite, Kalpana-1 * Satellite, Terra Instruments * Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR * Meteosat Visible Infra-Red Imager - MVIRI * Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer - MODIS Sites * Arctic GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY Documentation * DIF_UW_arctic_watervapor.html [28 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/424ED1235179/DIF_UW_arctic_watervapor.html * SampleArcticComposites.pdf [7 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/424ED123517A/SampleArcticComposites.pdf Related links * companion: 106.396: Arctic Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.396 * companion: 106.413: Arctic Visible Band Satellite Composite Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.413 * companion: 106.398: Arctic Shortwave Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.398 * companion: 106.397: Arctic Longwave Infrared Satellite Composite Imagery https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.397 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * homepage: Arctic Satellite Composite Project http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu/ * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6BK19G8 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-03-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2011-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 28.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Matthew A. Lazzara https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/945 Additional contact information * author: Matthew A. Lazzara https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/945 * principalInvestigator: Matthew A. Lazzara https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/945 * principalInvestigator: Shelley Knuth https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1689 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.399?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.399?format=isotc211