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    • VISSR/SMS-2 Infrared Imagery on 70mm Film V001 (VISSRSMS2IMIR) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    VISSRSMS2IMIR is the Visible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Infrared Imagery on 70mm Film data product from the second Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS-2). This set of IR imagery (10.5 to 12.5 micrometer) was originally produced on commercial image-generation equipment from digital tapes and was made available on 70-mm film, from which they were later scanned to digital TIFF image files. Each TIFF scan contains 2 or 3 pictures, and there are several hundred scans from an original 70 mm film roll which are combined into a ZIP file. Each picture contains a title on the top boundary and a 33-level gray scale on the right boundary that represents brightness temperatures. It may have a combination of the following options: 1) contrast enhancement, 2) image sectorization, and 3) 1/16-size imagery. The maximum effective size covers 500 sq km, represented by 4000 by 3904 pixels. Each element has a maximum resolution of 3.7 km. The title contains the satellite identification, picture number, picture type, coordinate numbers of the top left pixel relative to the visible sensor, start time of sectorized image, and pixel scaling and sector size identification.

    The SMS-2 satellite was initially parked over the equator at longitude 105W on Feb 22, 1975 viewing the hemisphere below the satellite. It was moved to its final operational position at 135W on Dec 19, 1975. The VISSR experiment was operated by the NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), as well as scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

    This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00038 (old ID 75-011A-04C).

    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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    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Typical SMS-2 VISSR visible 70mm film image.

    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 C2386956718-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2018-03-13
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-03-13
    Category GOES, 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 NOAA NESDIS. 2022-08-22. VISSRSMS2IMIR. Version 001. VISSR/SMS-2 Infrared Imagery on 70mm Film 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/IVA12OZC461E. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/VISSRSMS2IMIR_001.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator NOAA NESDIS
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview Description Typical SMS-2 VISSR visible 70mm film image.
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/VISSRSMS2IMIR_001.png
    Harvest Object Id f308c4ed-5514-463f-8189-6df8a45b3222
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/IVA12OZC461E
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 135.0 -90.0 -25.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name VISSRSMS2IMIR
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash efa670ebea6e2c84a6dbffffe87b542f9ec9ce4762997c20b1a9dabe0af36ec8
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1975-02-22T00:00:00Z/1980-02-01T23:59:59.999Z

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