Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Fundamental Climate Data Record (CDR) of AMSU-B and MHS Brightness Temperature, Version 1

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• Personal Author:
  Hager, Lori ; Lemieux, Paul
• Corporate Authors:
  National Centers for Environmental Information (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)
• Description:
  The NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) brightness temperature (Tb) in "window channels" and "water vapor" channels. The data cover a time period from 1998 to 2010. The data is roughly at 16 km resolution over the entire globe with 90 observations per scan using channels - 89, 150, 157, 183 +/- 1, 183 +/- 3, 183 +/- 7, 190 GHz. The AMSU-B sensor was flown on NOAA-15, -16, and -17 satellites. The MHS sensor was flown on NOAA-18, -19 and MetOp-A satellites and replaced the AMSU-B sensor (which has very similar attributes) and was flown on NOAA-15, -16 and -17. Visual inspections and verification of the various corrections were applied to the data to improve data accuracy.
• Subjects:
  • Brightness temperature
  • Atmospheric radiation
  • Data curation
  • Artificial satellites in meteorological optics
• Series:
  NOAA Technical Information Series NESDIS DSMR-00287
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/av90-5v82
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/34455/noaa_34455_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.26 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6670fb1dac03e18a7c4762569ffea36791ebbc01204c53bc0566337371e9bce7737050bdf9e224ccce14903c92886c6409304b067213699262a025dbea84d0e