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    • DMSP OLS - Operational Linescan System

    Metadata Updated: November 12, 2020

    Visible and infrared imagery from DMSP Operational Linescan System (OLS) instruments are used to monitor the global distribution of clouds and cloud top temperatures twice each day. The archive data set consists of low resolution global and high resolution regional, imagery recorded along a 3,000 km scan, satellite ephemeris and solar and lunar information. Infrared pixel values correspond to a temperature range of 190 to 310 Kelvins in 256 equally spaced steps. Onboard calibration is performed during each scan. Visible pixels are relative values ranging from 0 to 63 rather than absolute values in Watts per m^2. Instrumental gain levels are adjusted to maintain constant cloud reference values under varying conditions of solar and lunar illumination. Telescope pixel values are replaced by Photo Multiplier Tube (PMT) values at night. A telescope pixel is 0.55 km at high resolution (fine mode) and 2.7 km at low resolution(smooth mode). Low resolution values are the mean of the appropriate 25 high resolution values.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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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) January 1, 1992 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update daily

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDC STP DMSP

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 18, 2015
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 12, 2020
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 1992 (publication)
    Responsible Party Unknown
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:G01119
    Access Constraints Use Constraints: None, Access Constraints: No Constraints
    Bbox East Long 180.000000
    Bbox North Lat 90.000000
    Bbox South Lat -90.000000
    Bbox West Long -180.000000
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update daily
    Harvest Object Id 063d8c83-de9f-4df1-9765-a16de7d7a777
    Harvest Source Id e404f77a-c028-47ea-9804-e5967810b42f
    Harvest Source Title NGDC STP DMSP
    Licence While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1975-04-01

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