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    • Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Film

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    The United States Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) is a polar orbiting meteorological sensor with two spectral bands (visible and thermal infrared) capable of acquiring global coverage on a daily basis at .27 km spatial resolution. Until 1992, there was no digital archive for DMSP-OLS data. Air Force meteorologists did their analysis using visible and thermal band film strips. The National Snow and Ice Data Center maintained an archive for OLS film from 1972-1992 through a cooperative institute with NOAA. In 1992, a digital archive for the OLS data was established at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC). In 1996, NGDC had the film archive shipped to the Federal Records Center at the Denver Federal Center due to storage limitations.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 18, 2015
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDC STP DMSP

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 18, 2015
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party Unknown
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:G01351
    Access Constraints Use Constraints: none, Access Constraints: In House Only
    Bbox East Long 180
    Bbox North Lat 90
    Bbox South Lat -90
    Bbox West Long -180
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
    Harvest Object Id 9abd696c-015a-4728-b9a4-54c26be7c13b
    Harvest Source Id e404f77a-c028-47ea-9804-e5967810b42f
    Harvest Source Title NGDC STP DMSP
    Licence Not distributed
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1972-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 1992-01-01

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