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NASA DC-8 Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Data

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TOGA_COARE

Summary

This data set contains the microwave brightness temperatures from the Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) that was on-board the NASA DC-8 aircraft that flew out of Townsville, Australia during the TOGA COARE field project. The data are in a binary format. Included with the data set is C code that was used to read the binary files. Also included are some quick look imagery.

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ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7G46
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-10-05)
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Related projects	TOGA_COARE: TOGA Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NASA DC-8
Instruments	Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer - ESMR
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE Expand keywords
Documentation	esmr_gif.txt [2 KiB] esmr_read.c [10 KiB] Read_Me.esmr [12 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1993-01-11 00:00:00
End datetime	1993-02-26 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 0.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 140.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 155.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Thomas T. Wilheit <wilheit@tamu.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Wilheit, T. 2018. NASA DC-8 Electronically Scanned Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QJ7G46. Accessed 02 Oct 2023.

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