NSSDCA ID: ESRB-00017
Availability: At NSSDC, Ready for Offline Distribution (or Staging if Digital)
Time span: 1978-11-16 to 1980-01-30
The Subtarget Radiance Tape (STRT) data set contains earth-emitted and reflected radiances that were observed at 0.2- to 4- and 5- to 50-micrometer wavelengths by the narrow-field-of-view scanner on the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiment on Nimbus-7 from a number of viewing angles. The calibrated radiances and ancillary information are sorted into 2070 target areas (TA), which are approximately 500 x 500 km each and are further divided into nine subtarget areas (STA). Ancillary information includes cloud cover data from the first version of the Nimbus 7 Temperature and Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR) Cloud-ERB type (CLE) and topographic and geographic data. The data set was supplied by NOAA on IBM tapes, each containing 6 days of data for a total of 272 days. A software tape is also available. An alternate algorithm was used to reprocess the STRT data for the period 11/16/78 to 6/20/80 and is available on the Subtarget Radiance Revised (SRR) dataset (78-098A-07V).
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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Dr. Larry L. Stowe | Data Provider | NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service | l.l.stowe@noaa.gov |