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    • THIR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data at 11.5 microns V001 (THIRN5L1CH115) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    THIRN5L1CH115 is the Nimbus-5 Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data at 11.5 microns product and contains radiances expressed in units of equivalent brightness temperature measured in the 10.5 - 12.5 (11.5) micron channel. The data, originally written on IBM 360 machines, were recovered from magnetic tapes, also referred to as Nimbus Meteorological Radiation Tapes (NMRT-THIR). The data are archived in their original IBM 36-bit word proprietary format, also referred to as a binary TAP file.

    The Nimbus-5 satellite was successfully launched on December 11, 1972. The THIR experiment on Nimbus-5 continued the measurements made by its predecessor flown on Nimbus-4. The THIR instrument is a two channel high resolution scanning radiometer designed to perform two major functions: The 11.5 micron channel provides both day and night cloud top or surface temperatures. The ground resolution at the sub-point is 8 km and operates day and night. The 6.7 micron channel gives information on the moisture content of the upper troposphere and stratosphere and the location of jet streams and frontal systems. The water vapor channel has a resolution of the sub-point is 22 km and operates mostly at night. The THIR Principal Investigator was Andrew W. McCulloch from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The Nimbus-5 THIR data are available from December 19, 1972 (day of year 354) through March 1, 1975 (day of year 60). The THIRN5L1CH67 product contains the 6.7 micron channel data.

    This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00020 (old ID 72-097A-08C).

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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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1273652199-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2013-12-27
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2013-12-27
    Category Nimbus, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    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 Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). 2013-12-27. THIRN5L1CH115. Version 001. THIR/Nimbus-5 Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data at 11.5 microns 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://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/THIRN5L1CH115_001.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/THIRN5L1CH115_001.png
    Harvest Object Id 77f812ad-2e6f-492b-9ccb-03c72c03b515
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1273652199-GES_DISC.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name THIRN5L1CH115
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c052f164cb6bd94e69826baa533d14d665d04ab99e6a3e9bca0b86a29dcabe10
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1972-12-19T00:00:00Z/1975-03-01T23:59:59.999Z

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