NASA DC-8 Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.020 Summary This data set contains the microwave brightness temperatures from the Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) that was on-board the NASA DC-8 aircraft that flew out of Townsville, Australia during the TOGA COARE field project. The data are in a binary format. Included with the data set is C code that was used to read the binary files. Also included are some quick look imagery. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 80.020 * doi:10.5065/D6QJ7G46 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7G46 Versions 1.0 Citation Wilheit, T. 2018. NASA DC-8 Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7G46 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 * TOGA_COARE: TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TOGA_COARE Additional information * Language: English Categories * Aircraft Platforms * NASA DC-8 Instruments * Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer - ESMR GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE Documentation * esmr_gif.txt [2 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53AF623CBFDB1/esmr_gif.txt * esmr_read.c [10 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53AF623CBFDC3/esmr_read.c * Read_Me.esmr [12 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53AF623CBFDB2/Read_Me.esmr Related links * homepage: TOGA COARE Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/toga-coare Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1993-01-11 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1993-02-26 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 0.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 140.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 155.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Thomas T. Wilheit https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2364 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.020?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/80.020?format=isotc211