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    • Operational Linescan System (OLS) - Derived Products (including posters and slides)

    Metadata Updated: November 4, 2022

    Visible and thermal 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.

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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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    Metadata Date October 31, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 4, 2022
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2006 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NGDC STP DMSP

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date October 31, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date November 4, 2022
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 2006 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:G10107
    Access Constraints Use Constraints: Orders filled manually, Access Constraints: Orders filled manually
    Bbox East Long 180
    Bbox North Lat 90
    Bbox South Lat -90
    Bbox West Long -180
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id feeb9cb4-500b-4135-9321-ff46648511eb
    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.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -90.0], [180.0, -90.0], [180.0, 90.0], [-180.0, 90.0], [-180.0, -90.0]]]}
    Progress underDevelopment
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2006-01-01

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