DYCOMS-II Satellite: DMSP Infrared Imagery (JPG) 1.0 General Information The DMSP Infrared Imagery (JPG) is one of several satellite products collected as part of the Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II: Entrainment Studies (DYCOMS-II) project field catalog operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS; http://www.joss.ucar.edu/dycoms/catalog/). The images were produced by the Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center (NPMOC) in San Diego California from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Infrared channel. Images are available at DMSP satellite overpass times which during DYCOMS-II were typically around 01-04 UTC and 14-17 UTC. The products cover the period from 1 - 31 July 2001 and cover the region from about 20 - 55 N and 105 - 150 W. The products were acquired from the NPMOC (http://www.npmoc-sd.navy.mil/products/products.htm) All images are in JPG format. 2.0 Data Contact Scot Loehrer (loehrer@ucar.edu) 3.0 Product Information None. 4.0 Quality Control Procedures UCAR/JOSS conducted no quality checks on these data. 5.0 File Naming Convention The file names are structured as follows: dmsp.yyyymmddhhmm.ir.f-12.jpg Where dmsp is the type of satellite used yyyy is the four digit year mm is the two digit month dd is the two digit day hh is the two digit hour (UTC) mm is the two digit minute ir.f-12 is the name of the product and the satellite (f-12, f-13, and f-14) 6.0 References None.