Pathfinder Climate Data

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Resource Abstract:
The NOAA/NASA Pathfinder climate data CD-ROM contains seven data sets: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)Land and Ocean, TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Paths A, C1, C2, Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Precipitation and Atmospheric Moisture for the Benchmark Period of April 1987 to December 1988. These data sets can be viewed with a variety of applications including GeoVu, the NCEI multi-platform data browse and visualization software application, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) Collage, IMDISP, Spyglass, and Idrisi.
Citation
Title Pathfinder Climate Data
publication  Date   1997-01-01
Edition First
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  National Geophysical Data Center
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, Boulder, CO
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organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
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organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
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organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Address
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
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organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Address
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Address
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
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1401 Constitution Avenue, NW Room 5128, Washington, DC, 20230 Country USA
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Linkage for online resource
name NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Climate Data
URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ecosys/cdroms/Pathfinder98/pathfind.htm
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Description Home page of Pathfinder Data
Topic Category:  geoscientificInformation
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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Temperature > Skin Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Precipitable Water
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Clouds > Cloud Liquid Water
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Clouds > Cloud Top Pressure
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Radiation Budget > Outgoing Longwave Radiation
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > Vegetation > Vegetation Index
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > RADIANCE OR IMAGERY > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Temperature > Skin Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
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INFOTERRA > Subject disciplines > Climate studies > Climate studies
INFOTERRA > Subject disciplines > Weather studies > Weather studies
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AVHRR Land
Temperature
AVHRR Ocean
TOVS A
TOVS C1
TOVS C2
Pathfinder
Satellite
Precipitation
Atmospheric Moisture
SSM/I
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project Keywords
ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
revision  Date   2016-12-12
publication  Date   1995-04-24
Edition 8.4.1
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URL: http://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keyword_list.html
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Global
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
revision  Date   2016-12-01
publication  Date   1995-04-24
Edition 8.4.1
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Description This page describes the NASA GCMD Keywords, how to reference those keywords and provides download instructions.
Theme keywords (theme):
Geophysics
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Title Science Domain > Earth Science
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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INFOTERRA
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Title Organization > Commercial Organization
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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NOAA
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Indexing
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Title Method > information processing
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
Water Vapor
Water
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Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Data Set
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Title Resource Type > Dataset
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Satellite
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Title Realm > Planetary Structure
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Ocean
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Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
Vegetation
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Title Material > Biological Material
publication  Date   2018-12-15
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Sat Dec 15 04:53:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Moisture
Centered
Temperature
Surface Temperature
Pressure
Air Temperature
Radiation
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Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-12-15
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Sat Dec 15 04:53:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Radiometer
AVHRR
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Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Software
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Title Resource Type > Software
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Precipitation
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Title Process > Atmospheric Process
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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purpose:
Scientific and Private Use
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Use Constraints: None
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Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
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Access Constraints: No Constraints
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -180.000000
eastBoundLongitude  180.000000
northBoundLatitude  90.000000
southBoundLatitude  -90.000000
Temporal Extent
1987-04-01 1988-12-31
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name DMSP Data Manager
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303.497.3053
Fax (303) 497-6513
Address
E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ngdc.dmsp@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30 - 4:30 Mountain
contact Instructions
Contact Data Center
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scope level  repository
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other component described  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Distributor
distributor contact - pointOfContact
individual Name DMSP Data Manager
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303.497.3053
Fax (303) 497-6513
Address
E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ngdc.dmsp@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30 - 4:30 Mountain
contact Instructions
Contact Data Center
Standard ordering process
fees $100.00/$75.00 plus handling and shipping outside the USA
Ordering Instructions  Ordering Instructions: The cdrom may be ordered directly via the online store at:http://ols.nndc.noaa.gov/plolstore/plsql/olstore.prodspecific?prodnum=G01296-CDR-A0001 Custom Order Process: Contact data center for information
turnaround
4 Days
Format
Format name ASCII
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Digital Transfer Options
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Linkage for online resource
URL: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ecosys/cdroms/Pathfinder98/pathfind.htm
Digital Transfer Options
Medium of distribution
name  cdRom
medium Format  iso9660

Metadata data stamp:  2015-09-18
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  annually
notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-012-2002) using the 2012-11-07 version of the FGDC RSE to ISO 19115-2 transform.
notes: Translated from FGDC 2014-01-31T19:22:36.542-07:00
notes: This record was automatically modified on 2015-09-18 to include references to NCEI where applicable.
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individual Name DMSP Data Manager
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 303.497.3053
Fax (303) 497-6513
Address
E/GC2 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80305 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ngdc.dmsp@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 7:30 - 4:30 Mountain
contact Instructions
Contact Data Center
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Metadata language  eng; USA
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Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:G01296

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)