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OAS accession Detail for 0086541, meta_version: 2. Current meta_version is: 3
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| Title: | TMI geolocated L2 orbital SST data set for 2012-02-04 (NODC Accession 0086541) |
| Abstract: | The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) is a well calibrated passive microwave radiometer, similar to SSM/I, that contains lower frequency channels required for sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals. The TRMM is a joint venture between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure precipitation, water vapor, SST and wind in the global tropical regions and was launched in November 1997. The TRMM satellite travels west to east in a 402 km altitude semi-equatorial precessing orbit that results in day-to-day changes in the observation time of any given earth location between 38S and 38N. Remote Sensing Systems has produced a Version-4 TMI ocean 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: | 20120313 |
| Start date: | 20120204 |
| End date: | 20120204 |
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| West boundary: | -179.99 |
| East boundary: | 180 |
| North boundary: | 39.03 |
| South boundary: | -39.11 |
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| Submitter: | Armstrong, Edward M. |
| Submitting institution: | US NASA; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center |
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| Supplementary information: | Entry ID: REMSS-L2P-TMI Projection_Information: Projection Type: Satellite native swath Ellipsoid_Type: WGS 84 Other Projection Details: Geolocation information included for each pixel Data Resolution: Latitude resolution: 0.224901043540842 Longitude resolution: 0.224901043540842 The temporal resolution: Daily This metadata record was generated from an original data set description (DSD) record in DIF format: http://www.ghrsst.org Reference: http://www.ssmi.com/tmi/tmi_description.html Sources: TRMM TRMM Sensors: TMI TRMM Microwave Imager |
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| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2012-03-13 19:34:42+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-01-12 15:54:28+00 |