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Description

This data set (NmAVCS3H) consists of daily, global image composites constructed from Nimbus 1 (1964) and Nimbus 2 (1966) Advanced Vidicon Camera System (AVCS) imagery. Each composite is provided as a set of three HDF5-formatted files: separate North and South Polar projections in the 5 km Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid) and an equatorial projection in a 10 km equidistant grid for the region between 60 N and 60 S.

Product Summary

Platforms
Nimbus-1 ,
Nimbus-2
Instruments
AVCS Nimbus-1 ,
CAMERAS ,
AVCS Nimbus-2
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers
10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1964-08-31 to 1964-09-22 ,
1966-05-15 to 1966-08-20 ,
1966-08-22 to 1966-09-03
Concept ID
C3299808369-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
388
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
VISIBLE IMAGERY

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Gallaher, D., & Campbell, G. G. (2013). Nimbus Advanced Vidicon Camera System Remapped Visible Imagery Daily L3, HDF5, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/NIMBUS/NMAVCS3H Date Accessed: 2026-01-11

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