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SSMI_extract

Comment:

This Table contains extracted ground data from SSM/I images.

Principal investigator:

Jim MERRIT

The fields of the table are:

1. GRID_ID : This column contains the name of the grid where the data was taken.
2. GRID_ORDER : This column contains the number of the station in the grid cell.
3. OBS_DATE : This column contains the date on which the observation was made in the format DD-MMM-YY.
4. OBS_TIME : This column contains the time when the observation was made, in GMT.
5. ORBIT : This column contains the orbit type : A)scending or D)escending.
6. FREQUENCY : This column contains the frequency expressed in GHz.
7. POLARIZATION : This column contains the polarization : H)orizontal or V)ertical.
8. BRIGHTNESS_TEMP : This column contains the Brightness Temperature, expressed in Kelvin.
9. CERT_LEVEL : This column contains the certification level for the data : T)est,C)hecked by PI, U)nchecked by PI.
10. REV_DATE : This column contains the revision date for the data in the format DD-MMM-YY.

Associated keywords

• Brightness Temperatures
• SSM/I

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