A dataset is defined here as:
- a data record,
- from a single instrument,
- from a single satellite,
- containing a single observable or geophysical variable.
Please feel free to report omissions or errors, e.g. by submitting comments below.
| Observable or Geophysical variable | Instrument | Satellite | Time period | Reprocessing, if any | |
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Significant wave height |
Altimeter |
ERS-1 |
Aug 1991-Jun 1996 |
ESA | |
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Significant wave height |
Altimeter |
ERS-2 |
May 1995-Jul 2003 |
ESA | |
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Significant wave height |
Altimeter |
ENVISAT |
Jul 2003-May 2012 |
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Significant wave height |
Altimeter |
JASON-1 |
Oct 2003-Jul 2013 |
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Significant wave height |
Altimeter |
JASON-2 |
Mar 2009-present |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
SASS |
SEASAT |
Jul 1978-Oct 1978 |
NASA JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC (PO.DAAC) |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
AMI |
ERS-1 |
Apr 1992-Jul 1997 |
ESA |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
AMI |
ERS-2 |
Nov 1995-Jul 2011, with long gaps |
ESA |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
NSCAT |
ADEOS-1 |
Sep 1996-Jun 1997 |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
SEAWINDS |
QUIKSCAT |
Feb 2000-Nov 2009 |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
SEAWINDS |
ADEOS-2 |
Apr 2003-Oct 2003 |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
ASCAT |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-present |
EUMETSAT |
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Backscatter sigma0 |
SCAT |
OCEANSAT-2 |
Mar 2011-present |
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Total column ozone |
TOMS |
NIMBUS-7 |
Nov 1978-May 1993 |
NASA v8.6 retrievals |
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Total column ozone |
TOMS |
METEOR-3 |
Aug 1991-Dec 1994 |
NASA v8.6 retrievals |
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Total column ozone |
TOMS |
EARTHPROBE |
Jul 1996-Dec 2005 |
NASA v8.6 retrievals |
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Total column ozone |
TOMS |
ADEOS-1 |
Oct 1996-Jun1997 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Total column ozone |
SCIAMACHY + |
ENVISAT |
Aug 2002-Apr 2012 |
KNMI reprocessed data available for 2008 |
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Total column ozone |
OMI + |
EOS-AURA |
Oct 2004-present |
KNMI reprocessed data available for 2008 |
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Total column ozone |
GOME-2 + |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-Dec 2012 |
ESA-CCI Ozone ? |
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Ozone profile |
BUV |
NIMBUS-4 |
Apr 1970-May 1977 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
BUV |
AE-E also known as Atmosphere Explorer 55 |
Nov 1975-Jun 1981 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV |
NIMBUS-7 |
Nov 1978-Jun 1990 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-9 |
Mar 1985-Feb 1998 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-11 |
Jan 1989-May 2003 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-14 |
Jan 1996-Jan 2006 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-16 |
Oct 2000-Oct 2008 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-17 |
Jan 2003-Dec 2011 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-18 |
Oct 2005-Dec 2011 |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
SBUV/2 |
NOAA-19 |
Jun 2011-present |
NASA v8.6 ? |
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Ozone profile |
GOME + |
ERS-2 |
Jan 1996-Dec 2002 |
ESA CCI Ozone ? |
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Ozone profile |
MLS |
UARS |
Sep 1991-Aug 2001 |
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Ozone profile |
MLS |
EOS-AURA |
Oct 2004-present |
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Ozone profile |
MIPAS + |
ENVISAT |
Jul 2002-Apr 2012 |
ESA CCI Ozone |
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Ozone profile |
FTS |
ACE |
Mar 2004-Sep 2010 |
v2.2 (currently being reprocessed after Oct 2010) from http://www.ace.uwaterloo.ca/index.html |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
GPS/MET |
Selected short time periods in 1995, 1996, 1997 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2007.3200 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
CHAMP |
May 2001-Oct 2008 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2009.2650 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
SAC-C |
Aug 2001-Nov 2002 and Mar 2006-Aug 2011 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
GRACE-A |
Feb 2007-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC versions 2009.2650 and 2010.2640 reprocessed datasets |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-1 |
Jul 2006-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-2 |
Jul 2006-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-3 |
Jul 2006-Jul 2010 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-4 |
Jul 2006-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-5 |
Jul 2006-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
COSMIC FM-6 |
Jul 2006-Jun 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
TERRASAR-X |
Feb 2008-Dec 2012 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
C/NOFS |
Mar 2010-Dec 2011 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2010.2640 reprocessed dataset |
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Bending angles |
GPS radio occultation receiver |
METOP-A |
Sep 2007-Dec 2011 |
UCAR CDAAC version 2011.2980 reprocessed dataset |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
METEOSAT-1 |
Dec 1978-Nov 1979 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-2 |
May 1982-Aug 1988 |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-3 |
Jan 1989-Jan 1991 / Jan 1993-May 1995 (XADC) |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-4 |
Jun 1989-Fev 1994 |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-5 |
Nov 1991-Feb 2007 |
EUMETSAT for Nov 1991-Feb 1997/June 1998-Dec 2000 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-6 |
Fev 1997- Jun 1998 (+ few dates in Jan 99 and Jan 2000) |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-7 |
June 1998-present |
EUMETSAT for June 1998-Dec 2000 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
SEVIRI |
METEOSAT-8 |
Mar 2004-present |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
SEVIRI |
METEOSAT-9 |
Jun 2006-present |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GOES |
Before 1995 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GOES |
After 1995 |
CIMSS |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GOES-9 |
May 2003-Jun 2005 |
JMA |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GMS-1 |
Jan 1979-Nov 1984 |
JMA for Jan 1979-Nov 1979 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GMS-3 |
Dec 1984-Feb 1987 |
JMA for Mar 1987-Dec 1989 |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GMS-4 |
Dec 1989-Jun 1995 |
JMA |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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GMS-5 |
Jun 1995-May 2003 |
JMA |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
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MTSAT-1R |
Jun 2005-Sep 2009 |
JMA |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-7 |
Jan 1982-Fev 1985 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-7/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-9 |
Fev 1985-Nov 1988 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-9/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-10 |
Nov 1986-Sep 1991 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-10/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-11 |
Nov 1998-Sep 1994 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-11/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-12 |
Sep 1991-Dec 1998 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-12/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-14 |
Fev 1995-Dec 2000 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-14/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-15 |
Dec 1999-Dec 2002 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-15/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-16 |
Jan 2001-Nov 2007 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-16/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-17 |
Oct 2002-Dec 2009 |
CIMSS ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-17/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
NOAA-18 |
May 2005-Dec 2010 |
CIMSS, though no data for 2007 and 2008 ftp://stratus.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/winds/histavhrr/newversion/noaa-18/ |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
AVHRR |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-Dec 2012 |
EUMETSAT |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MODIS |
EOS-Terra |
Jan 2000-present |
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Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) |
MODIS |
EOS-Aqua |
Jun 2002-present |
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Brightness temperature |
HRIR |
NIMBUS-1 |
Aug 1964-Sep 1964 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/HRIRN1L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
HRIR |
NIMBUS-2 |
May 1966-Nov 1966 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/HRIRN2L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
HRIR |
NIMBUS-3 |
Apr 1969-Mar 1970 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/HRIRN3L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
MRIR |
NIMBUS-2 |
May 1966-Jul 1966 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/MRIRN2L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
MRIR |
NIMBUS-3 |
Apr 1969-Feb 1970 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/MRIRN3L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
THIR |
NIMBUS-4 |
Apr 1970-Apr 1971 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN4L1CH115_V001/summary?keyw… https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN4L1CH67_V001/summary?keywo… |
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Brightness temperature |
THIR |
NIMBUS-5 |
Dec 1972-Mar 1975 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN5L1CH115_V001/summary?keyw… https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN5L1CH67_V001/summary?keywo… |
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Brightness temperature |
THIR |
NIMBUS-6 |
Jun 1975-Aug 1977 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN6L1CH115_V001/summary?keyw… https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN6L1CH67_V001/summary?keywo… |
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Brightness temperature |
THIR |
NIMBUS-7 |
Oct 1978-May 1985 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/THIRN7L1CLDT_V001/summary?keywo… |
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Brightness temperature |
SIRS-A |
NIMBUS-3 |
Apr 1969-Jun 1970 |
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Brightness temperature |
SIRS-B |
NIMBUS-4 |
Apr 1970-Apr 1971 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH |
DMSP block 5D F-1 |
Sep 1976-Sep 1979 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH |
DMSP block 5D F-2 |
Jun 1977-Jun 1978 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH |
DMSP block 5D F-3 |
Apr 1978-Dec 1979 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH |
DMSP block 5D F-4 |
Jun 1979-Aug 1980 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
VTPR |
NOAA-2 |
Jan 1973-Oct 1974 |
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Brightness temperature |
VTPR |
NOAA-3 |
Mar 1974-Dec 1974 |
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Brightness temperature |
VTPR |
NOAA-4 |
Dec 1974-Sep 1976 |
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Brightness temperature |
VTPR |
NOAA-5 |
Sep 1976-Dec 1978 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/1 |
NIMBUS-6 |
Aug 1975-Mar 1976 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/HIRSN6L1GARP_V001/summary?keywo… |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
TIROS-N |
Jan 1979-Feb 1981 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-6 |
Jul 1979-Apr 1983 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-7 |
Jul 1981-Feb 1985 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-8 |
Apr 1983-Jun 1984 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-9 |
Dec 1984-Nov 1988 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-10 |
Nov 1986-Sep 1991 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-11 |
Oct 1988-Apr 2000 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-12 |
Jul 1991-May 1997 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/2 |
NOAA-14 |
Apr 1995-Dec 2004 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/3 |
NOAA-15 |
Aug 1998-Jun 2000 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/3 |
NOAA-16 |
Oct 2000-May 2004 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/3 |
NOAA-17 |
Jul 2002-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/4 |
NOAA-18 |
DO NOT USE |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/4 |
NOAA-19 |
Jun 2009-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
HIRS/4 |
METOP-A |
Feb 2007-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
SCR |
NIMBUS-4 |
Jun 1970-Oct 1972 |
University of Oxford Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics Department in 2011 (data curated by project SEEDCORN) Copy of the data now at ECMWF |
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Brightness temperature |
SCR |
NIMBUS-5 |
Dec 1972-Mar 1978 |
University of Oxford Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics Department in 2011 (data curated by project SEEDCORN) Copy of the data now at ECMWF |
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Brightness temperature |
PMR |
NIMBUS-6 |
Jun 1975-Jun 1978 |
University of Oxford Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics Department in 2011 (data curated by project SEEDCORN) Copy of the data now at ECMWF |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
TIROS-N |
Oct 1978-Feb 1981 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-6 |
Jul 1979-Oct 1986 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-7 |
Jun 1981-Feb 1985 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-8 |
Apr 1983-Oct 1985 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-9 |
Dec 1984-Nov 1988 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-11 |
Sep 1988-Jan 2003 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSU |
NOAA-14 |
Jan 1995-May 2006 |
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Brightness temperature |
IRIS-B |
NIMBUS-3 |
Apr 1969-Jul 1969 |
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Brightness temperature |
IRIS-D |
NIMBUS-4 |
Apr 1970-Jan 1971 |
Data curated by NASA GES DISC |
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Brightness temperature |
SI-1 |
METEOR-28 |
Jul 1977-Sep 1977 |
Data on the personal computers of the PIs, Wolfgang Döhler and Dieter Oertel |
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Brightness temperature |
SI-1 |
METEOR-29 |
Jan 1979-May 1979 |
Data on the personal computers of the PIs, Wolfgang Döhler and Dieter Oertel |
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Brightness temperature |
IMG |
ADEOS-1 |
Oct 1996-Aug 1997 |
JAXA or NASA JPL ? |
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Brightness temperature |
AIRS |
EOS-Aqua |
May 2002-present |
NASA JPL AIRS v5 or v6 reprocessed dataset of L1B |
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Brightness temperature |
IASI |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
Imager |
GMS-5 |
Jun 1995-May 2003 |
JMA |
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Brightness temperature |
Imager |
GOES-9 |
May 2003-Jun 2005 |
JMA |
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Brightness temperature |
Imager |
MTSAT-1R |
Jun 2005-Dec 2009 |
JMA |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-2 |
May 1982-Aug 1988 |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-3 |
Aug 1988-Jan 1991 / Aug 1991-Jan 1993 (ADC) / Aug 1993-Dec 1995 (XADC) |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-4 |
Jun 1989-Feb 1994 |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-5 |
Feb 1994-Feb 2007 |
EUMETSAT for Feb 1994-Feb 1997 / Jun 1998-Dec 2000 (IOC) |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-6 |
Oct 1996-Jun 1988 |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
MVIRI |
METEOSAT-7 |
June 1998-present |
EUMETSAT for June 1998-Dec 2000 |
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Brightness temperature |
SEVIRI |
METEOSAT-8 |
Mar 2004-present |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
SEVIRI |
METEOSAT-9 |
Jun 2006-present |
EUMETSAT |
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Brightness temperature |
ESMR |
NIMBUS-5 |
Dec 1972-May 1977 |
NASA https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/uui/datasets/ESMRN5L1_V001/summary?keywords=… |
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Brightness temperature |
SCAMS |
NIMBUS-6 |
Jun 1975-May 1976 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH-2 |
DMSP block 5D F-6 |
Dec 1982-Aug 1987 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-7 |
Nov 1983-Sep 2002 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-8 |
Jun 1987-Aug 1994 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SSH-2 according to NASA, but SSMT according to all other sources |
DMSP block 5D F-9 |
Feb 1988-Apr 1992 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SAMS |
Nimbus-7 |
Mar 1979-May 1983 |
University of Oxford Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics Department in 2011 (data curated by project SEEDCORN) Copy of the data now at ECMWF |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-10 |
Apr 1992-Nov 1997 |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) Note: data should be archived elsewhere for the beginning of the mission, from Dec 1990 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-11 |
Apr 1992-May 2000 |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) Note: data should be archived elsewhere for the beginning of the mission, from Nov 1991 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-12 |
Sep 1994-Nov 1995 |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-13 |
Apr 1995-Nov 2009 |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-14 |
Apr 1997-Jul 1997 |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) |
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Brightness temperature |
SSMT |
DMSP block 5D F-15 |
Jan 2000-present |
NOAA NGDC (neither reprocessed nor re-acquired from original agency) |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
TIROS-N |
Oct 1978-Feb 1981 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-6 |
Jul 1979-Oct 1986 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-7 |
Jul 1981-Feb 1985 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-8 |
Apr 1983-Oct 1985 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-9 |
Dec 1984-Mar 1987 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-10 |
Nov 1986-Sep 1991 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-11 |
Sep 1988-Feb 1999 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-12 |
Jul 1991-May 1997 |
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Brightness temperature |
MSU |
NOAA-14 |
Apr 1995-Sep 2006 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
NOAA-15 |
Aug 1998-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
NOAA-16 |
Oct 2000-Jun 2009 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
NOAA-17 |
Jul 2002-Oct 2003 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
NOAA-18 |
Jul 2005-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
NOAA-19 |
Jun 2009-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
EOS-Aqua |
Dec 2002-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-A |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
SMMR |
SEASAT |
Jul 1978-Oct 1978 |
DATA LOCATION UNKNOWN |
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Brightness temperature |
SMMR |
NIMBUS-7 |
Oct 1978-Aug 1987 |
RSS and/or CSU and/or CM-SAF may have copies of L1 data |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-8 |
Sep 1987-Dec 1991 |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-10 |
Jan 1991-Nov 1997 Note: dataset used in ERA-Interim is shorter (Jan 1992-Jan 1993) |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-11 |
Jan 1992-Dec 1999 Note: dataset used in ERA-Interim is shorter (Jan 1993-Jan 1996) |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-13 |
May 1995-Dec 2008 Note: dataset used in ERA-Interim extends to 2009 (Jan 1996-Nov 2009) |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-14 |
May 1997-Aug 2008 Note: dataset used in ERA-Interim is shorter (Jun 1999-Aug 2008) |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I |
DMSP block 5D F-15 |
Feb 2000-Jul 2006 Note: dataset used in ERA-Interim is shorter (Jul 2000-Aug 2006) |
CM-SAF http://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_SSMI_V001 |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I-S |
DMSP block 5D F-16 |
Nov 2005-Sep 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
CM-SAF, or CSU |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I-S |
DMSP block 5D F-17 |
Mar 2008-Sep 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
CM-SAF, or CSU |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/I-S |
DMSP block 5D F-18 |
Mar 2010-Sep 2013 (as of 25 Oct 2013) |
CM-SAF, or CSU |
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Brightness temperature |
TMI |
TRMM |
Dec 1997-Dec 2011 |
JAXA |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSR |
ADEOS-2 |
Jan 2003-Oct 2003 |
JAXA |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSR-E |
EOS-AQUA |
May 2002-Oct 2011 |
JAXA |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/T-2 |
DMSP block 5D F-11 |
Jan 1993-May 2000 Note: NOAA NGDC seems to have data before 1993, from Apr 1992 (http://ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/availability.html) |
Met Office |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/T-2 |
DMSP block 5D F-12 |
Sep 1994-Jan 2002 |
Met Office |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/T-2 |
DMSP block 5D F-14 |
Apr 1997-Oct 2006 Note: NOAA NGDC seems to have data after 2006, until Aug 2008 (http://ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/availability.html) |
Met Office |
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Brightness temperature |
SSM/T-2 |
DMSP block 5D F-15 |
Aug 2000-May 2008 Note: NOAA NGDC seems to have data after 2008, until present (http://ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/availability.html) |
Met Office |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-B |
NOAA-15 |
ERA and JRA DO NOT USE |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-B |
NOAA-16 |
Oct 2000-Sep 2007 |
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Brightness temperature |
AMSU-B |
NOAA-17 |
Aug 2002-Dec 2009 |
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Brightness temperature |
HSB |
EOS-Aqua |
May 2002-Feb 2003 |
NASA JPL AIRS v5 or v6 reprocessed dataset of L1B |
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Brightness temperature |
MHS |
NOAA-18 |
Jul 2005-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
MHS |
NOAA-19 |
Jun 2009-Dec 2011 |
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Brightness temperature |
MHS |
METOP-A |
Jan 2007-Dec 2011 |