** #DOCUMENTATION_FILE_NAME:
** #NODC_ACCESSION_NUMBER:  
** #NODC_REFERENCE_NUMBER:   
** #NODC_NOTES:
#NODC_DOCUMENTATION_DATE: 19951120
#DOCUMENTOR: Brigitte G. Baeuerle
** #NODC_REVIEWER: 
** #DATE_RECEIVED:
#SUBMISSION_MEDIUM: FTP (compressed)
#SUBMITTER_NAME: Phil Mislinski
#SUBMITTER_INSTITUTION: Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University
of Colorado
#SUBMITTER_STREET_ADDRESS: Campus Box 431
#SUBMITTER_CITY: Boulder
#SUBMITTER_STATE: CO
#SUBMITTER_COUNTRY: USA
#SUBMITTER_ZIP_CODE: 80309
#SUMITTER_TELEPHONE_NO: 303-492-8868
#SUBMITTER_INTERNET: mislinski@smaug.colorado.edu
#SUBMITTER_EMAIL: n/a
#PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR_NAME: Bill Emery
#PI_INSTITUTION: Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University
of Colorado
#PI_STREET-ADDRESS: Campus Box 431
#PI_CITY: Boulder
#PI_STATE: CO
#PI_COUNTRY: USA
#PI_ZIP_CODE: 80309
#PI_TELEPHONE_NO: 303-492-8591
#PI_INTERNET: emery@frodo.colorado.edu
#PI_EMAIL: n/a
#PROJECT: TOGA COARE
#ASSOCIATED_PROJECTS:
#FUNDING AGENCY:
#GRANT/CONTRACT-NO:
#COLLECTION_INFORMATION:
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a five-channel
scanning radiometer that was installed on the NOAA-11 and NOAA-12
Polar Orbiting Satellites. The radiometer provides day and night
imaging in the visible (VIS) and infrared (IR), sea surface
temperature (SST) determination, estimation of heat budget components
and identification of snow and sea ice. The near-IR channel (channel
3: 3.55-3.99 um) and the two IR channels (channel 4: 10.2-11.5 um;
channel 5: 11.5-12.5 um) are used to compute SST.
#PLATFORM_TYPE: satellite
#PLATFORM_NAME: NOAA 11, NOAA 12 Polar Orbiting Satellite
#COLLECTION_METHODS:
Full-resolution images for all bands, with a nadir field of view of
1.1 km, digitized to 10-bit precision, and corrected for panoramic
distortion, were globally broadcasted as direct readout at VHF and
S-band frequencies to local users. This real-time transmission which is
called High Resolution Picture Transmission (HRPT), was received at
Townsville, Australia.
#PROCESSING_METHODS:
Satellite Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature (MCSST) maps were
produced from the AVHRR data.
#ANALYSIS_METHODS:
#INSTRUMENTS: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)
#PUBLICATIONS:
#ASSOCIATED_DATASETS: SMSST composites
#ASSOCIATED_VERSIONS:
** #DATA_SET_NAME:
#DATA_FILES: 61 files
mcsst       -   indicates a multi-channel sea surface temperature map 
1.14.27     -   dates covered by the image.  
                The format is (year.)month.day.(month.)day; if no year 
                is present the image is from the 92-93 TOGA COARE project.
img.con     -   indicates a raw image with overlayed contours
img.enh     -   indicates a raw image without overlayed contours
img.con.smo -   indicates a smoothed image with overlayed contours

mcsst.1.14.27.img.con.Z
mcsst.1.14.27.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.1.14.27.img.enh.Z
mcsst.1.21.2.3.img.con.Z
mcsst.1.21.2.3.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.1.21.2.3.img.enh.Z
mcsst.1.28.2.10.img.con.Z
mcsst.1.28.2.10.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.1.28.2.10.img.enh.Z
mcsst.1.7.20.img.con.Z
mcsst.1.7.20.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.1.7.20.img.enh.Z
mcsst.10.1.14.img.con.Z
mcsst.10.1.14.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.10.1.14.img.enh.Z
mcsst.10.15.28.img.con.Z
mcsst.10.15.28.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.10.15.28.img.enh.Z
mcsst.10.22.11.4.img.con.Z
mcsst.10.22.11.4.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.10.22.11.4.img.enh.Z
mcsst.10.8.21.img.con.Z
mcsst.10.8.21.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.10.8.21.img.enh.Z
mcsst.11.12.25.img.con.Z
mcsst.11.12.25.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.11.12.25.img.enh.Z
mcsst.11.19.12.2.img.con.Z
mcsst.11.19.12.2.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.11.19.12.2.img.enh.Z
mcsst.11.26.12.9.img.con.Z
mcsst.11.26.12.9.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.11.26.12.9.img.enh.Z
mcsst.11.5.18.img.con.Z
mcsst.11.5.18.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.11.5.18.img.enh.Z
mcsst.12.10.23.img.con.Z
mcsst.12.10.23.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.12.10.23.img.enh.Z
mcsst.12.17.30.img.con.Z
mcsst.12.17.30.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.12.17.30.img.enh.Z
mcsst.12.24.1.6.img.con.Z
mcsst.12.24.1.6.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.12.24.1.6.img.enh.Z
mcsst.12.3.16.img.con.Z
mcsst.12.3.16.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.12.3.16.img.enh.Z
mcsst.12.31.1.13.img.con.Z
mcsst.12.31.1.13.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.12.31.1.13.img.enh.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.d.img.con.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.d.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.d.img.enh.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.img.con.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.90.6.1.14.img.enh.Z
mcsst.90.6.8.21.img.con.Z
mcsst.90.6.8.21.img.con.smo.Z
mcsst.90.6.8.21.img.enh.Z
mcsst.90.6.8.21.smo35.img.enh.Z

#DOCUMENTATION_FILES: mcsst.readme
#NUMBER_OF_OBSERVATIONS: 120 days
#DATA_SET_VOLUME: 13,900,000 bytes
#SOURCE_COMPUTER: SUN Sparc20
#SOURCE_COMPUTER_OPERATING_SYSTEM: SUN Unix
#SOURCE_COMPUTER_LANGUAGE: c
#COMPUTER_CHARACTER_CODE: ASCII
#ORIGINATOR_DATASET_IDENTIFIER: mcsst
#DATA_DATES: 19921101-19930228
#LEFT_GEOGRAPHIC_UPPER_BOUND: 20N 140E
#RIGHT_GEOGRAPHIC_LOWER_BOUND: 20S 180
#DEPTH_RANGE: n/a
#GEOGRAPHIC_REGION: Western Pacific Ocean, warm pool, TOGA COARE
large scale domain, southern hemisphere
#DATA_TYPE: Sea Surface Temperature maps
#PARAMETERS: SST
#FORMAT_DESCRIPTION:
binary, maps
#FORMAT_PUBLICATION:
#FORMAT_COMMENTS:
#SAMPLE_DATA:
#MISC_DOCUMENTATION:

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