Arctic Composite Satellite Imagery - Longwave Infrared

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Originator: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Arctic Composite Satellite Imagery

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Series_Name: Longwave Infrared Imagery

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Publication_Place: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Publisher: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Online_Linkage: http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu

Description:

Abstract:

The Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison generates a longwave infrared (~12.0 microns) Arctic satellite composite imagery. Using a mosaic of all satellite data available allows the benefits of both the timeliness and routine observations of geostationary satellites as well as the high latitude coverage of the polar orbiting satellites. 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: POES/NOAA, GOES -East and -West, METOSAT, MTSAT, FY-2, Kalpana-1, and Terra/Aqua. A common use of the routinely generated composite is weather depiction and in particular, clouds are the prime feature in the longwave infrared composites. Used by both scientists and forecasters, the Wisconsin composite provides the only routinely available composite on an hourly basis using both geostationary and polar orbiting satellite imagery for the Arctic.

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Lazzara, M.A. and S.L. Knuth, submitted: Arctic and Antarctic satellite composite imagery, Polar Science, in review, 2011.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Lazzara, M.A., A. Colletti, and B.L. Diedrich, 2011: The possibilities of polar meteorology, environmental remote sensing, communications and space weather applications from artificial Lagrange orbit, Advances in Space Research 48, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2011.04.026.

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Beginning_Date: 20090510

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.0

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Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS

Theme_Keyword: AQUA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, AQUA

Theme_Keyword: GOES > NOAA GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES

Theme_Keyword: GOES-11 > GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE 11

Theme_Keyword: GOES-12 > GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE 12

Theme_Keyword: GOES-13 > GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE 13

Theme_Keyword: GOES-14 > GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE 14

Theme_Keyword: GOES-15 > GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE 15

Theme_Keyword: INSAT > INDIAN NATIONAL SATELLITE

Theme_Keyword: METEOSAT

Theme_Keyword: METOP > METEOROLOGICAL OPERATIONAL SATELITE

Theme_Keyword: MSG > METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION

Theme_Keyword: MTSAT-1R > MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TRANSPORT SATELLITE 1 REPLACEMENT

Theme_Keyword: NOAA POES > NOAA POLAR ORBITING ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES

Theme_Keyword: TERRA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, TERRA (AM-1)

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR-2 > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER-2

Theme_Keyword: AVHRR-3 > ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER-3

Theme_Keyword: GOES I-M IMAGER

Theme_Keyword: GOES N-P IMAGER

Theme_Keyword: IMAGING RADIOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: MODIS > MODERATE-RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: SEVIRI > SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER

Theme_Keyword: VHRR > VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER

Theme_Keyword: Arctic Satellite Composite Mosaic Imagery Image

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Access_Constraints: The Arctic composites are available at no cost. However, we request that any use of the data acknowledged as from: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (or SSEC, UW-Madison if short on space). This project is funded by the Arctic Natural Science Program, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Grant ARC-0713843.

Use_Constraints:

The Arctic composites are available at no cost. However, we request that any use of the data acknowledged as from: Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (or SSEC, UW-Madison if short on space). This project is funded by the Arctic Natural Science Program, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation Grant ARC-0713843.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: MATTHEW A. LAZZARA

Contact_Position: INVESTIGATOR

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Address: Antarctic Meteorological Research Center

Address: Space Science and Engineering Center

Address: 901 Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Science Building

Address: 1225 West Dayton Street

City: Madison

State_or_Province: WI

Postal_Code: 53706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (608) 262-0436

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (608) 263-6738

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: amrc@ssec.wisc.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mattl@ssec.wisc.edu

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu/images/SampleArcticComposites.pdf

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Sample Arctic composite imagery

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: PDF

Data_Quality_Information:

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

A lack of coverage typically but not always in the center of the continent has been a characteristic in the composites. With the strict limits on qualified data to be input to a composite, and with no older data used or any other “synthetic” creation of data, regions without coverage do result. This “black hole” region has been reduced in recent years due to improvements in satellite coverage and observations, but still remains as a limitation of the composite.

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 5 km

Longitude_Resolution: 5 km

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Contact_Person: Earth Observing Laboratory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80301

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-497-8154

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: codiac@ucar.edu

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: stott@ucar.edu

Resource_Description: SSEC-ARCTIC-Composite-Infrared-ARC-0713843

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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Format_Name: McIDAS AREA format (archive), netCDF, GIF/JPEG, flat file

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http://arctic.ssec.wisc.edu

Access_Instructions:

Home page for the Arctic Satellite Composite Project

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20111115

Metadata_Review_Date: 20120109

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Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office

Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Not Available

City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time