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    ESMR/Nimbus-6 Images of Brightness Temperature on 70 mm Film V001 (ESMRN6IM) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    ESMRN6IM is the Nimbus-6 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) data product containing daily brightness temperature images from 70-mm photofacsimile film strips (both positives and negatives). Each frame contains two sets with a geographic grid and either 10 (F = full scale) or 5 (P1,P2 = partial scale) parallel strips of imagery, each containing one-half of an orbit swath (ascending on left, descending on right). The spatial coverage is identical in each set, but each swath strip has a different dynamic range and polarization. The spatial resolution is about 20 x 45 km near nadir. The images are saved as TIFF digital files. About 5-10 months worth of images are archived into a ZIP file. Additional information about ESMR can be found in "The Nimbus 6 User's Guide."

    The primary objectives of the ESMR experiment were: (1) to derive the liquid water content of clouds from brightness temperatures over oceans, (2) to observe differences between sea ice and the open sea over the polar caps, and (3) to test the feasibility of inferring surface composition and soil moisture. To accomplish these objectives, the ESMR was capable of continuous global mapping of the 0.81 cm (37.0 GHz) microwave radiation emitted by the earth/atmosphere system, using both horizontal and vertical polarized components. The ESMR instrument performance was satisfactory until September 15, 1976, when the horizontal channel failed. Another ESMR instrument was flown on Nimbus 5.

    This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00201 (old ID 75-052A-03B).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

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    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2339155095-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2022-03-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category Nimbus, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
    Harvest Source Title nasa test json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/LUUX0GAITKXJ
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 39665cb6399cc69609f561c627439a20a152c27ba1dff85d230f9a4d0d6a368d
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1975-06-22T00:00:00Z/1977-08-11T23:59:59.999Z

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