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DMSP and NOAA Satellite Imagary of the Kuwait Oil Fires
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Satellite data were taken of the Kuwait oil fires during and after the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
Description
Over 600 oil wells, storage tanks, and refineries were ignited by the Iraqi army as they fled Kuwait in February 1991. The fires produced large smoke plumes which had a significant environmental effect on the Persian Gulf region.
Polar orbiting satellites, operated by the DoD Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and the NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satallite (POES) series, obtained extensive imagery and data of the Persian Gulf region. Approximately 1000 images are available at the Kuwait Data Archive. Satellite imagery were obtained using the Operational Linescan System (OLS) and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) instrument on the DMSP F8, DMSP F9, and DMSP F10 spacecraft.
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Satellite imagery were obtained from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument on the NOAA-9, -10, -11, and -12 spacecraft. Data from the AVHRR instrument consists of Local Area Coverage (LAC) at 1-km resolution and Global Area Coverage (GAC) at 4 km resolution. Digital data is also available from OLS and SSM/I on the DMSP series and from the AVHRR and TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) on the NOAA POES series.
Visible data are represented by albedo. Infrared and microwave data are represented as brightness temperatures. Satellite imagery are available on-line from the Kuwait Data Archive for users running X-windows.
This tool is intended to serve as a visual catalog so that users can browse images before ordering. Off-line satellite imagery can be transferred to other media or sent via ftp. The KuDA is accessed via internet: telnet kuda.atd.ucar.edu (login: kuda; password: science). or see the KuDA Home Page at: 'atd.ucar.edu/kuwait/kuda_title.html'
Links
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584588-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214584588-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer · Albedo · Brightness Temperature · Brightness Temperature · Contaminant Levels/Spills · Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10 · Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F8 · Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F9 · Fossil Fuel Burning · Gas Flaring · Infrared Imagery · Microwave Imagery · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12 · National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9 · Not provided · Oil Spills · Operational Linescan System · SOUNDERS · Special Sensor Microwave/Imager · TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder · Visible Imagery
- Inferred from text
- Image 65% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 31 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214584588-SCIOPS | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avhrr | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ols | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:sounders | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:ssm-i | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:tovs | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-radiation/albedo | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-impacts/contaminant-levels-spills | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-impacts/fossil-fuel-burning | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-impacts/gas-flaring | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/environmental-impacts/oil-spills | 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[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/infrared-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/microwave/brightness-temperature | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/microwave/microwave-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths/visible-imagery | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:dmsp-5d-2-f10 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:dmsp-5d-2-f8 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:dmsp-5d-2-f9 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-10 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-11 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-12 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:noaa-9 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| 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 |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |