NSSDCA ID: ESAD-00193
Availability: Data Available from Experimenter
Time span: 1971-05-08 to 1972-05-31
Global stratospheric analyses derived from the Nimbus 4 Selective Chopper Radiometer (SCR) data are available at cost from the Department of Atmospheric Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, England, OX1 3PU. These data are contained in a collection of 6 bound volumes. Most of the data in each volume consist of sets of 4 polar stereographic maps for the 1- to 10- and 10- to 100-mb thickness (mean temperature) fields. These maps are for alternate numbered days, where day 1 is defined as the first day of the year. Included with each map set is a plot of the satellite's orbital path, indicating where observations were obtained. For each 30 days of data (approximately), a series of temperature maps from a selected single day is included. This series consists of 8 maps of radiances (plotted as temperature) from channels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the SCR, representing emissions from heights near 2, 20, 70, and 90 mb, respectively. One map is given of each hemisphere plotted from each of the 4 channels. Along with the hemispheric map sets, 2 sets of charts are included. One contains an altitude cross-section of the zonal mean temperature data in the single-day hemispheric map series cited previously. The other consists of a table of zonal mean temperatures for each channel for the 30 days and a table of standard deviations of the daily (channel) zonal means from the monthly (channel) mean. A section devoted to data quality and instrument calibration parameters is also included in the introduction to each volume. Coverage of this data set is as follows -- May 8 to July 7, 1971 (volume 1), July 8 to September 5, 1971 (volume 2), September 6 to November 4, 1971 (volume 3), November 7, 1971 to January 7, 1972 (volume 4), January 7 to March 7, 1972 (volume 5), and March 9 to May 8, 1972 (volume 6).
Questions and comments about this data collection can be directed to: Coordinated Request and User Support Office
Name | Role | Original Affiliation | |
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Prof. John T. Houghton | Data Provider | Oxford University | john-houghton@seh.ox.ac.uk |
Prof. John T. Houghton | General Contact | Oxford University | john-houghton@seh.ox.ac.uk |