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    NEMS/Nimbus-5 Level 2 Output Data V001 (NEMSN5L2) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    NEMSN5L2 is the Nimbus-5 or Nimbus-E Microwave Spectrometer (NEMS) Level-2 Output Data product and contains surface reflectivity, water vapor, liquid water, layer thickness, temperature at standard pressure levels, surface brightness temperature, and surface type information, as well as the input antenna and brightness temperatures at 5 microwave channels (H2O channels 22.235 and 31.4 GHz, and O2 channels 53.65, 54.9 and 58.8 GHz). The NEMS instrument views the nadir with a footprint is a 180-km diameter circle on the earth's surface. Data are available for the time period from 1972-12-17 to 1973-10-31 with data for about five days stored in a single binary data file.

    The principal investigator for the NEMS experiment was David H. Staelin from MIT. An advanced version of this instrument, the Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS) was flown on the subsequent Nimbus-6 satellite.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4119.1339
    https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032%3C1953%3ARSOATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2

    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1990675367-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2012-06-06
    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
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/4SN4932GXC8R
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4119.1339, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032%3C1953%3ARSOATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ffa3a1ca4055552945d3f1443483fbc74c5cc21010cd83446c9429bedec8c41f
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1972-12-17T00:00:00Z/1973-10-31T23:59:59.999Z

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