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Description

The Near-Real-Time DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperature product provides near-real-time polar stereographic gridded daily brightness temperatures for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Version Description

initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
DMSP 5D-3/F17 ,
DMSP 5D-3/F18
Instruments
SSMIS
Spatial Extent

N: -60 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

,

N: 90 S: 60 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
ANTARCTICA ,
ARCTIC ,
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE ,
POLAR ,
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2016-04-01 to 2023-05-03
Temporal Resolution
1 Day
Concept ID
C2985431574-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. (1999). Near-Real-Time DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Daily Polar Gridded Brightness Temperatures, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AKQDND71ZDLF Date Accessed: 2026-08-05

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Retrieval of Near-Surface Ice Sheet Properties Using the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Radiometer Constellation Aksoy, Mustafa Brightness Temperature
Wind and wave influences on sea ice floe size and leads in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas during the summer-fall transition 2014 Wang, Yu, Holt, Benjamin, Erick Rogers, W., Thomson, Jim, Shen, Hayley H. Brightness Temperature
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