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POES NOAA AMSU-A Data [NOAA/NESDIS]

Summary

The NOAA POES AMSUA Data set is one of several satellite data sets collected by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS) as part of the EPIC project. Included in the data set are measurements from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) system aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES). The data cover the period from 7 September - 28 October 2001. Data are available at POES satellite overpass times. These data were acquired from the NOAA Satellite Active Archive (http://www.saa.noaa.gov) and are in level1B format.

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.063
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Related projects	EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
Spatial Type	grid
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	POES NOAA-15 POES NOAA-16
Instruments	Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A - AMSU-A
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_sat_poes_amsua.txt [7 KiB]
Related links	info: EPIC Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2001-09-07 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-10-28 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -120.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -90.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

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Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS), NOAA. 2011. POES NOAA AMSU-A Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.063. Accessed 31 Oct 2020.

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