15 datasets

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2025 · Image data

The Nimbus-6 High Resolution Infrared Radiometer (HIRS) and (SCAMS) Merged Level 2 Radiation, Temperature and Humidity Sounding Data for the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) data product contains measurements at standard pressure levels from 1000 to 1 mbar. This product was generated by the former Goddard Applications Directorate on the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processin

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2025 · Image data

The NMCN6L3GARP is the Nimbus-6 Level 3 NMC Data Systems Test for the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) product. The product consists of meterological parameters, such as relative humidity, temperature, wind speed, etc. an a regular lat/lon grid reported every 12 hours. Data Systems Tests (DST) 5 and 6 were conducted to assess the NMC's numerical analysis and forecasting, and to determine

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2025 · Image data

The NMCN6L2GARP is the Nimbus-6 Level 2 NMC Data Systems Test for the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) product. The product consists of meterological parameters, such as relative humidity, temperature, wind speed, etc., reported every 6 hours. Data Systems Tests (DST) 5 and 6 were conducted to assess the NMC's numerical analysis and forecasting, and to determine the impact of meteorologi

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data

The SCAMSN6IM data product consists of images of brightness temperatures, water vapor and temperature on 70 mm film strips from the Nimbus-6 Scanning Microwave Spectrometer. Each display contains eight vertical strips of data from one orbit. All strips have the same geographic coverage, but each represents a different parameter. The first three are brightness temperatures for channels 2 (31.65 GHz

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data

The HIRSN6IM data product consists of images of brightness temperatures on 70 mm film strips from the Nimbus-6 High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder. Each display contains black and white images at either full vertical scale (F) or partial vertical scale (P). A full scale mode image will contain one orbit of data or 125 minutes of data, while a partial scale mode image will contain twice the

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data

ESMRN6IM is the Nimbus-6 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) data product containing daily brightness temperature images from 70-mm photofacsimile film strips (both positives and negatives). Each frame contains two sets with a geographic grid and either 10 (F = full scale) or 5 (P1,P2 = partial scale) parallel strips of imagery, each containing one-half of an orbit swath (ascending o

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · Raster · GeoTIFF

This data set consists of daily, global grayscale TIFF images derived from radiative temperatures measured in the 6.7 µm window (6.5 µm - 7.0 µm). These data were detected by the Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) on board the Nimbus 4, Nimbus 5, and Nimbus 6 satellites, respectively, during 1970-1971, 1973-1975, and 1975. The Nimbus satellites used the THIR 6.7 µm window to map the w

NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · Raster · GeoTIFF

This data set consists of daily, global grayscale TIFF images derived from radiative temperatures measured in the 11.5 µm window (10.5 µm - 12.5 µm). These data were detected by the Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) on board the Nimbus 4, Nimbus 5, and Nimbus 6 satellites, respectively, during 1970-1971, 1973-1975 and 1975. The Nimbus satellites used the THIR 11.5 µm window to measur

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2018 · Image data

LRIRN6L2IPAT is the Nimbus-6 Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer (LRIR) Level 2 Inverted Profiles of Temperature and Ozone data product. The product contains daily profiles of temperature and ozone concentration profiles that were inverted from radiances measured in four spectral regions: two in the 15 micron carbon dioxide band; one in the 9.7 micron ozone band; and one located in the rotational w

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2017 · Image data

PMRN6L1RAD_CDROM is the gridded Nimbus-6 Pressure Modulated Radiometer (PMR) Level 1 Radiance Data Product. The radiances are measured at CO2 lines in the 15 micron band. The purpose of the PMR experiment is to measure the temperature of the upper stratosphere and mesosphere from 40 to 90 km with a vertical resolution of about 10 km, and 500 km horizontal resolution. This product contains radiance

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2014 · Image data

The Nimbus-6 Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS) Level 2 data product contains water vapor and temperature profiles, as well as antenna and brightness temperatures. SCAMS was designed to map tropospheric temperature profiles, water vapor abundance, and cloud water content to be used for weather prediction even in the presence of clouds, which block conventional satellite infrared sensors. The

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2014 · Image data

The Nimbus-6 High Resolution Infrared Radiometer (HIRS) Level 1 Calibrated Radiances for the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) data product contains daily infrared radiances. The HIRS was designed to measure surface temperature and albedo, temperature and H2O profiles, cloud liquid water content, cloud amount and outgoing longwave fluxes in the infrared. The data, originally written on IB

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2013 · Image data

THIRN6L1CH115 is the Nimbus-6 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 Ra

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2013 · Image data

The THIRN6IM data product consists of daily montages of brightness temperatures on 70 mm photofacsimile film strips from the Nimbus-6 Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer measured at 6.7 and 11.5 microns. Daytime and nighttime orbital swaths are displayed in strips, each corresponding to a distance approximately from pole to pole and a width from horizon to horizon. The ground resolution of 22

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2013 · Image data

THIRN6L1CH67 is the Nimbus-6 Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data at 6.7 microns product and contains radiances expressed in units of equivalent brightness temperature measured in the 6.7 micron (water vapor) channel. The data, originally written on IBM 360 machines, were recovered from magnetic tapes, also referred to as Nimbus Meteorological Radia