Nimbus-5 ESMR Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 2
Data set id:
NSIDC-0077
DOI: 10.5067/CIRAYZROIYF9
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
Version 2 release
Overview
The Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) data set consists of gridded brightness temperature arrays for the Arctic and Antarctic, spanning 11 December 1972 through 16 May 1977. The ESMR instrument senses horizontally polarized radiation at a frequency of 19 GHz. The data are gridded to a polar stereographic projection at 25 km resolution and adjusted to partially remove instrument drift and sensitivity shifts. Daily data that could not be adjusted are missing from this data set. Data are in 2-byte integer flat-binary format.
Parameter(s):
BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
Nimbus-5
Sensor(s):
ESMR
Data Format(s):
Binary
Temporal Coverage:
11 December 1972 to 16 May 1977
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 day
Spatial Resolution:
- 25 km
- 25 km
Spatial Reference System(s):
NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic North
EPSG:3411
NSIDC Sea Ice Polar Stereographic South
EPSG:3412
Spatial Coverage:
N:
-50
S:
-90
E:
180
W:
-180
N:
90
S:
50
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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