Coastal Zone Colour Scanner (CZCS) - Level 0 data from NEODAAS Dundee Satellite Receiving Station

The Coastal Zone Colour Scanner (CZCS) was a multi-channel scanning radiometer aboard the US Nimbus 7 satellite. Nimbus 7 was launched 24 October 1978, and CZCS became operational on 2 November 1978. It was only designed to operate for one year (as a proof-of-concept), but in fact remained in service until 22 June 1986. Its operation on board the Nimbus 7 was limited to alternate days as it shared its power with the passive microwave scanning multi channel microwave radiometer.

CZCS measured reflected solar energy in six channels, at a resolution of 800 meters. These measurements were used to map chlorophyll concentration in water, sediment distribution, salinity, and the temperature of coastal waters and ocean currents.

The data were transferred to CEDA when the Dundee Satellite Receiving Station (NEODAAS Dundee node) facility was closed to continue the long term archive.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2020-05-06T12:53:12
Dataset Reference Date ()
2020-05-06T12:53:12
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c4f160a450f540f4bacb57b4bf2f4697
Identifier
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA Goddard) / c4f160a450f540f4bacb57b4bf2f4697
  NEODAAS Dundee Satellite Receiving Station - author
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA Goddard) - publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • CZCS
  • Radiometer
  • Nimbus 7
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • orthoimagery
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-information-policy/ . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
1978-11-02T00:00:00
End date
1986-06-22T23:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Data are in bzip2 format. ()

Resource Locator
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

Resource Locator
DOWNLOAD

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Resource Locator
CZCS webpage

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Resource Locator
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Resource Locator
CZCS webpage

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Quality Scope
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Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data was collected via the NEODAAS Dundee Satellite Receiving Station. This was then transferred to CEDA to allow the long term archive to continue.

Metadata

File identifier
c4f160a450f540f4bacb57b4bf2f4697 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Core datasets 82b29f96b8c94db28ecc51a479f8c9c6
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-12-20T00:44:51
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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