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    • Global Monthly and Seasonal Urban and Land Backscatter Time Series, 1993-2020

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Global Monthly and Seasonal Urban and Land Backscatter Time Series, 1993-2020, is a multi-sensor, multi-decadal, data set of global microwave backscatter, for 1993 to 2020. It assembles data from C-band sensors onboard the European Remote Sensing Satellites (ERS-1 and ERS-2) covering 1993-2000, Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) onboard EUMETSAT satellites for 2007-2020, and the Ku-band sensor onboard the QuikSCAT satellite for 1999-2009, onto a common spatial grid (0.05 degree latitude /longitude resolution) and time step (both monthly and seasonal). Data are provided for all land (except high latitudes and islands), and for urban grid cells, based on a specific masking that removes grid cells with > 50% open water or < 20% built land. The all-land data allows users to choose and evaluate other urban masks. There is an offset between C-band and Ku-band backscatter from both vegetated and urban surfaces that is not spatially constant. There is a strong linear correlation (overall R-squared value = 0.69) between 2015 ASCAT urban backscatter and a continental-scale gridded product of building volume, across 8,450 urban grid cells (0.05 degree resolution) from large cities in Europe, China, and the United States.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. 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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    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Sample browse graphic of the data set.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2492953186-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2022-09-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-09-30
    Category USPAT, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Frolking, S., T. Milliman, R. Mahtta, A. Paget, D. G. Long, and K. C. Seto. 2022-09-29. Global Monthly and Seasonal Urban and Land Backscatter Time Series, 1993-2020. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/gr2e-dh86. https://doi.org/10.7927/gr2e-dh86.
    Creator Frolking, S., T. Milliman, R. Mahtta, A. Paget, D. G. Long, and K. C. Seto
    Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/urbanspatial/urbanspatial-urban-land-backscatter-time-series-1993-2020/sedac-logo.jpg
    Harvest Object Id aa93a288-ce4d-45ac-af19-646b7657e303
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/gr2e-dh86
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 9c3a47097ab835f3afbe7c0865292039f9541bcba63f76f598552cc999d219c8
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-12-31T00:00:00Z

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