MTSAT-2 Satellite Data (AREA format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007

Summary
This data set contains data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) MTSAT-2
satellite during the CONvective TRansport of Active Species in the Tropics
experiment (CONTRAST) field phase. Data are included from both the northern
hemisphere and full disk scans. The 4km data are included for all five
channels as is the 1km data from the visible channel. The data are in McIDAS
AREA file format and were made available by NOAA/NESDIS.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 383.007

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2014. MTSAT-2 Satellite Data. Version
 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007 Accessed 24 Jan 2021.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

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
 * CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CONTRAST

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: 30 minute
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * MTSAT
 * Satellite, MTSAT-2

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO

Documentation
 * CONTRAST_MTSAT_README.txt [3 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/383.007/CONTRAST_MTSAT_README.txt

Related links
 * info: CONTRAST Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/contrast/tools/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2014-01-14 15:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2014-03-04 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 80.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -160.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007?format=isotc211