Imaging · collection · 2013
THIR/Nimbus-6 Level 1 Meteorological Radiation Data at 11.5 microns V001 (THIRN6L1CH115)
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/3o9cehjtz2xt
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.
Description
The data, originally written on IBM 360 machines, were recovered from magnetic tapes, also referred to as Nimbus Meteorological Radiation Tapes (NMRT-THIR).
The data are archived in their original IBM 36-bit word proprietary format, also referred to as a binary TAP file. The Nimbus-6 satellite was successfully launched on June 18, 1975. The THIR experiment on Nimbus-6 continued the measurements made by its predecessors flown on Nimbus-4 and Nimbus-5.
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The THIR instrument is a two channel high resolution scanning radiometer designed to perform two major functions: 1) The 11.5 micron channel provides both day and night cloud top or surface temperatures, with a resolution at nadir of 8 km, and operates day and night. 2) The 6.7 micron channel gives information on the water vapor content of the upper troposphere and stratosphere and the location of jet streams and frontal systems, with a resolution at nadir of 22 km, and operates mostly at night.
The THIR Principal Investigator was Andrew W. McCulloch from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. This product was previously available from the NSSDC with the identifier ESAD-00125 (old ID 75-052A-12C).
Links
Get the data
- Resource disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/THIRN6L1CH115_001.html ↗
Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website.
landing page · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Nimbus 6 User's Guide docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Prod… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource nsidc.org/data/nimbus/data ↗
Additional Nimbus data and images can be found at NSIDC
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Nimbus 6 Data Catalog docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/Nimbus/3.3_Product_Documentation/3.3.5_Prod… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Nimbus6 THIR Ch115 Inventory docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Nimbus/N6_THIR_Ch115_Inventory.xlsx ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- README Document acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Nimbus6_THIR_Level1/THIRN6L1CH115.001/doc/README.THIRN6L1… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1273652170-GES_DISC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Access the data via HTTPS. acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Nimbus6_THIR_Level1/THIRN6L1CH115.001 ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C1273652170-GES_DISC ↗
Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers.
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/THIRN6L1CH115_001.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/thir-nimbus-6-level-1-meteorological-radiation-data-at… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/3o9cehjtz2xt ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1273652170-GES_DISC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=22ca8166-69d1-4986-bf7e-b608697b6… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1273652170-GES_DISC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Brightness Temperature · Nimbus-6 · Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 73%
Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1273652170-GES_DISC | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 22ca8166-69d1-4986-bf7e-b608697b6e9d | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (73%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:thir | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/brightness-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:nimbus-6 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |