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Description

This data set contains brightness temperature readings. Brightness temperatures were measured using a KT-15 pyrometer flown on a P-3 aircraft over 2017 SnowEx campaign study areas in Colorado, USA: Grand Mesa, a snow-covered, forested study site about 40 miles east of Grand Junction; and Senator Beck Basin, approximately 80 miles to the SSE of Grand Mesa. Data represents the nadir brightness temperature below the aircraft.

Version Description

new data set

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA P-3
Instruments
KT15 Pyrometer
Spatial Extent

N: 40.000656 S: 36.993108 E: -102.042125 W: -109.050072

Location
COLORADO
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-02-10 to 2017-02-25
Concept ID
C3266795997-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
46
Processing Level
0
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

Chickadel, C., & Hall, D. (2018). SnowEx17 KT-15 Infrared Brightness Temperature, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/0K3PJQZ4OX4P Date Accessed: 2026-01-19

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