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Polar Pathfinder Sampler (PPSM): Combined Time Series of Atmospheric and Surface Measurements from the AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I and TOVS Satellites
To address the needs of the cryospheric science community, the SMMR-SSM/I, AVHRR and TOVS research teams collaborated to make it as easy as possible for the Polar Pathfinders and related data sets to be used together. The teams employed a common projection, the NSIDC Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid), file naming conventions and validation methods to develop consistently processed data sets that are easy to combine and contrast.
The Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM is an innovative assemblage of atmospheric and surface measurements from all three Pathfinders. Included is a two-year period of daily merged Pathfinder data sets at 100 km-resolution, placed in a multidimensional structure known as the "P-Cube." In addition, samples of full-resolution Special Sensor Microwave Imager(SSM/I), TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (both the 1.25 km and 5 km products) Polar Pathfinder data sets are included, also in Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid), making it easy to compare parameters at multiple resolutions. The new product provides data for a wide range of polar climate research applications, but is especially keyed to the needs of investigators dealing with large-scale atmospheric changes, surface heat and mass balance studies, and sea ice modelling. This dataset is public
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1999-12-10T02:25:17
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 1999-12-10T02:25:17
- Identifier
- National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) / a6ca5bc1b36d1b1a83cba4e4ac4b0bac
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- PPSM
- time-series
- atmospheric
- surface
- meteorology
- cryosphere
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1978-10-18T23:00:00
- End date
- 1998-12-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: Errata for Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM documentation for 1.25 km AVHRR product7
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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National Snow and Ice Data Center website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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The Polar Pathfinder Programme at NSIDC
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: PPSM List of References
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: Errata for Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM documentation for 1.25 km AVHRR product7
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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National Snow and Ice Data Center website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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The Polar Pathfinder Programme at NSIDC
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: PPSM List of References
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- a6ca5bc1b36d1b1a83cba4e4ac4b0bac XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2023-09-28T00:26:33
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
