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SCMR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Calibrated and Geolocated Radiances V001 (SCMRN5L1RAD) at GES DISC

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

SCMRN5L1RAD is the Nimbus-5 Surface Composition Mapping Radiometer (SCMR) Level 1 Calibrated and Geolocated Radiances data product. SCMR measured (1) terrestrial radiation in the 8.3 to 9.3 micron and 10.2 to 11.2 micron intervals and (2) reflected solar radiation in the 0.8 to 1.1 micron range. Surface composition and sea surface temperatures could be obtained from these measurements. The SCMR had an instantaneous field of view (FOV) of 0.6 mrad, equivalent to a ground resolution of 660 m at nadir. The scan mirror rotated at 10 rps to provide scan lines 800 km wide across the spacecraft track. Data are available from December 11, 1972 through December 30, 1972. A modified version of this instrument, the Heat Capacity Mapping Radiometer, was flown on the Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) in 1978.

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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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Dates

Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Graphic Preview

Example data coverage of a Nimbus 5 SCMR Level 1 data file.

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
Maintainer
Identifier C2257303503-GES_DISC
Data First Published 2018-07-30
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2018-07-30
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 NASA/GSFC. 2022-05-06. SCMRN5L1RAD. Version 001. SCMR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Calibrated and Geolocated Radiances 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/10.5067/252PDBEURQZE. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/SCMRN5L1RAD_001.html. Digital Science Data.
Creator NASA/GSFC
Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
Graphic Preview Description Example data coverage of a Nimbus 5 SCMR Level 1 data file.
Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Nimbus/images/SCMRN5L1RAD_Sample.png
Harvest Object Id a8589a3b-ab6a-437d-b522-ff3631499b1a
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/252PDBEURQZE
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
Program Code 026:001
Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
Series Name SCMRN5L1RAD
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 4e386252b160afc0253ff99d1977d03ea52161f326c5f8d793ccae3a2e6d6a1e
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1972-12-11T00:00:00Z/1972-12-30T23:59:59.999Z

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