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DMSP SSM/I Daily Cloud Liquid Water Imagery

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Summary

Gif images of retrieved (column integrated) cloud liquid water products computed (Weng algorithm) daily at a spatial resolution of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees.
Data are from SSM/I instruments on DMSP, F10, F11, F13 and F14 providing complete coverage.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/ZVWT-YEV2-C0F
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-10-29)
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Related projects	RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002 SALLJEX: South American Low-Level Jet Experiment PACS: Pan American Climate Studies BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003 EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	DMSP F-10 DMSP F-11 DMSP F-13 DMSP F-14
Instruments	Special Sensor Microwave/Imager - SSM/I
GCMD Science Keywords	CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE Expand keywords
Documentation	SSMI.txt [7 KiB]
Related links	info: BAMEX Data Policy info: BAMEX Missions homepage: BAMEX Project Homepage homepage: EOL EPIC website homepage: EOL NAME website info: EPIC Data Policy info: EPIC Missions info: IHOP 2002 Data Policy info: IHOP 2002 Missions homepage: IHOP 2002 Project Homepage info: NAME Data Policy info: NAME Missions homepage: PACS EOL Homepage info: RICO Data Policy homepage: RICO Homepage info: RICO Missions info: SALLJEX Data Policy info: SALLJEX Missions homepage: SALLJEX Project Page info: VOCALS Data Policy homepage: VOCALS Homepage info: VOCALS Project Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-05-02 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-11-03 00:00:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -45.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 0.00

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

Additional contact information

author: Wesley K. Berg <wkb@cdc.noaa.gov>
originator: Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA

Citation

Berg, W., Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA. 2007. DMSP SSM/I Daily Cloud Liquid Water Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ZVWT-YEV2-C0F. Accessed 10 Sep 2024.

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