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DOD Satellite Data

Summary

Satellite images archived in KuDA are derived from either the NOAA or the Dept of Defense polar orbiting weather satellites. This dataset contains images that are derived from the Department of Defense's polar orbiting weather satellites. The Department of Defense's DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program) had three satellites transmitting during 1991 (F8, F9, & F10). These satellites carry a sensor called the Operational Line Scanner (OLS) which is the one source of images for KuDA (the other source of images is NOAA's AVHRR). The OLS is a two-channel sensor with a broadband visible channel and an IR channel.

Data are in TDF and .TAR format.

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/354.022
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Related projects	KOFSE: Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	DMSP F-10 DMSP F-8 DMSP F-9
Instruments	Operational Linescan System - OLS
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE VISIBLE RADIANCE Expand keywords
Documentation	DMSPinfo.tar [57 KiB] image.readme [26 KiB] README.image [12 KiB] source.tar [331 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1991-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1991-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 21.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 44.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 54.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

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UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2019. DOD Satellite Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/354.022. Accessed 16 Jan 2021.

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