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OAS accession Detail for 0275436, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 1
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0275436 | archive
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Title: |
GHRSST Level 3U Global Subskin Sea Surface Temperature from TMI onboard TRMM satellite (GDS version 2) for 1999-08-03 (NCEI Accession 0275436) |
Abstract: |
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) is a well calibrated passive microwave radiometer, similar to the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), that contains lower frequency channels required for sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals. The TRMM is part of the NASA's mission to planet Earth, and is a joint venture between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure precipitation, water vapor, sea surface temperature (SST) and surface wind in the global tropical regions and was launched in 27 November 1997 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Japan. The TRMM satellite travels west to east in a 402 km altitude semi-equatorial processing orbit that results in day-to-day changes in the observation time of any given earth location between 38S and 38N. Remote Sensing Systems (REMSS) has produced a Version-7.1a TMI SST dataset for the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) by applying an algorithm to the 10.7 GHz channel through a removal of surface roughness effects. In contrast to infrared SST observations, microwave retrievals can be measured through clouds, which are nearly transparent at 10.7 GHz. Microwave retrievals are also insensitive to water vapor and aerosols. The algorithm for retrieving SSTs from radiometer data is described in "AMSR Ocean Algorithm." |
Date received: |
20220917 |
Start date: |
19990803 |
End date: |
19990803 |
Seanames: |
World-Wide Distribution |
West boundary: |
-179.875 |
East boundary: |
179.875 |
North boundary: |
40 |
South boundary: |
-40 |
Observation types: |
satellite data |
Instrument types: |
TMI |
Datatypes: |
ICE - COVERAGE, PRECIPITATION RATE, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED
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Submitter: |
Armstrong, Edward M. |
Submitting institution: |
US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center |
Collecting institutions: |
Remote Sensing Systems |
Contributing projects: |
GHRSST |
Platforms: |
TRMM (33LY) |
Number of observations: |
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Supplementary information: |
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Availability date: |
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Metadata version: |
1 |
Keydate: |
2022-12-04 11:27:37+00 |
Editdate: |
2022-12-04 11:27:55+00 |