MTSAT-2 Satellite Data (AREA format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007

Summary
This data set contains data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) MTSAT-2
satellite during the CONvective TRansport of Active Species in the Tropics
experiment (CONTRAST) field phase. Data are included from both the northern
hemisphere and full disk scans. The 4km data are included for all five
channels as is the 1km data from the visible channel. The data are in McIDAS
AREA file format and were made available by NOAA/NESDIS.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 383.007
 * doi:10.26023/ZCKB-M9K5-5X0C
   https://doi.org/10.26023/ZCKB-M9K5-5X0C

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS),
 NOAA. 2014. MTSAT-2 Satellite Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing
 Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/ZCKB-M9K5-5X0C Accessed 23 Apr 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
 * CONTRAST: Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CONTRAST

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: 30 minute
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * MTSAT
 * Satellite, MTSAT-2

Instruments
 * MTSAT 2 Imager

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED IMAGERY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS > VISIBLE IMAGERY

Documentation
 * CONTRAST_MTSAT_README.txt [3 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/51041B1B5B7A5/CONTRAST_MTSAT_README.txt

Related links
 * info: CONTRAST Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/contrast-data-policy
 * homepage: CONTRAST
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/contrast
 * info: CONTRAST Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/contrast/tools/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2014-01-14 15:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2014-03-04 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 80.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -160.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), NOAA
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/457

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/383.007?format=isotc211