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Description

This data set provides daily gridded brightness temperatures derived from passive microwave sensors and distributed in a polar stereographic projection. Orbital data from nine channels and for each 24-hour period are mapped to respective grid cells using a simple sum and average method (drop-in-the-bucket method).

Version Description

  • Updated version to reflect the beginning of the F17 data record
  • The source for this data set, RSS, changed from their version from V4 to V7
  • RSS V7 cross-calibrates between all SSM/I and SSMIS sensors as well as AMSR-E and WindSat, providing interconsistency of brightness temperatures from the sensors

Product Summary

Platforms
DMSP 5D-3/F17
Instruments
SSMIS
Spatial Extent

N: -39 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers
Spatial Reference System(s)
Multiple EPSG codes (see User Guide)
Location
HUDSON BAY ,
POLAR ,
ARCTIC OCEAN ,
ATLANTIC OCEAN ,
BERING SEA ,
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2006-12-14 to 2019-03-31
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Concept ID
C2984879776-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
DEPRECATED
Number of Files/Granules
0
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Brightness Temperature

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

Maslanik, J., & Stroeve, J. (2019). DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 2 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AN9AI8EO7PX0 Date Accessed: 2026-06-10

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Snow depth product over Antarctic sea ice from 2002 to 2020 using multisource passive microwave radiometers Shen, Xiaoyi, Ke, Chang-Qing, Li, Haili Brightness Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Roughness, Brightness Temperature, Freeboard
An enhanced resolution brightness temperature product for future conical scanning microwave radiometers Nunziata, Ferdinando, Alparone, Matteo, Camps, Adriano, Park, Hyuk, Zurita, Alberto M., Estatico, Claudio, Migliaccio, Maurizio ANTENNA TEMPERATURE, Brightness Temperature, Brightness Temperature
On the use of preconditioners to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of iterative methods to enhance the spatial resolution of radiometer measurements Alparone, Matteo, Nunziata, Ferdinando, Estatico, Claudio, Migliaccio, Maurizio Brightness Temperature, Brightness Temperature
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Ice Sheet Snowmelt in Antarctica and Greenland Using Microwave Radiometer Data Liang, Lei, Li, Xinwu, Zheng, Fei Brightness Temperature, Brightness Temperature
Empirical parametrization of Envisat freeboard retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice based on CryoSat-2: progress in the ESA Climate Change Initiative Paul, Stephan, Hendricks, Stefan, Ricker, Robert, Kern, Stefan, Rinne, Eero Brightness Temperature
Atmospheric forcing of sea ice anomalies in the Ross Sea polynya region Dale, Ethan R., McDonald, Adrian J., Coggins, Jack H. J., Rack, Wolfgang Brightness Temperature
Unsupervised detection of contextual anomaly in remotely sensed data Liu, Qi, Klucik, Rudy, Chen, Chao, Grant, Glenn, Gallaher, David, Lv, Qin, Shang, Li Brightness Temperature
Environmental controls of marine productivity hot spots around Antarctica Arrigo, Kevin R., van Dijken, Gert L., Strong, Aaron L. Brightness Temperature
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