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DYCOMS-II: DMSP SSM/I Water Vapor Imagery

Summary

The DMSP SSM/I Water Vapor Imagery (GIF) 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 National Center For Atmospheric Research/Earth Observing Laboratory (NCAR/EOL: http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dycoms). The images were produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Environmental Technology Laboratory (ETL) from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I). Images are available once per day. The products cover the period from 1-30 July 2001 and cover the region from about 45 S to 45 N and 0 to 180 W. The products were acquired from the NOAA/ETL. All images are in GIF format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/VEFV-YZT5-GY0H
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-05-16)
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Related projects	DYCOMS-II: Dynamics and Chemistry of Marine Stratocumulus Phase II
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Satellite
Platforms	DMSP
Instruments	SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
GCMD Science Keywords	WATER VAPOR Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_sat_dmsp_vapor.txt [2 KiB]
Related links	info: DYCOMS-II Missions homepage: DYCOMS-II Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2001-07-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-07-30 23:59:59

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

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
author: NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory

Citation

NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory. 2008. DYCOMS-II: DMSP SSM/I Water Vapor Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/VEFV-YZT5-GY0H. Accessed 21 Jan 2026.

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