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    • NEMS/Nimbus-5 Level 2 Output Data V001 (NEMSN5L2) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: March 26, 2024

    NEMSN5L2 is the Nimbus-5 or Nimbus-E Microwave Spectrometer (NEMS) Level-2 Output Data product and contains surface reflectivity, water vapor, liquid water, layer thickness, temperature at standard pressure levels, surface brightness temperature, and surface type information, as well as the input antenna and brightness temperatures at 5 microwave channels (H2O channels 22.235 and 31.4 GHz, and O2 channels 53.65, 54.9 and 58.8 GHz). The NEMS instrument views the nadir with a footprint is a 180-km diameter circle on the earth's surface. Data are available for the time period from 1972-12-17 to 1973-10-31 with data for about five days stored in a single binary data file.

    The principal investigator for the NEMS experiment was David H. Staelin from MIT. An advanced version of this instrument, the Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS) was flown on the subsequent Nimbus-6 satellite.

    Access & Use Information

    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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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4119.1339
    https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032%3C1953%3ARSOATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Nimbus-5 NEMS data coverage 17 Dec 1972.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1990675367-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2012-06-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2013-05-01
    Category Nimbus, 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 David H. Staelin. 2021-01-04. NEMSN5L2. Version 001. NEMS/Nimbus-5 Level 2 Output Data V001. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/4SN4932GXC8R. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NEMSN5L2_001.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator David H. Staelin
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview Description Nimbus-5 NEMS data coverage 17 Dec 1972.
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Nimbus/images/NEMSN5L2_Sample.png
    Harvest Object Id 81aadfd7-00fd-4477-9579-db3075bcacf5
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/4SN4932GXC8R
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1126/science.182.4119.1339, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032%3C1953%3ARSOATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name NEMSN5L2
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 3d58ba4cb2de2b7d232075e3f53a7ee88c4879619bd02a67b934d196bf616b5e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1972-12-17T00:00:00Z/1973-10-31T23:59:59.999Z

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