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Nimbus-7 Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Nimbus-7 satellite are integral for efforts to characterize the Earth's solar radiation budget. Explore Nimbus-7 datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS RSS-10 TOMS Circumpolar One-Degree PAR Images | TOMS | 1979-05-01 to 1989-09-30 | N: 65.5 S: 41.5 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Binary | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
| ISLSCP II Global Sea Ice Concentration | Computer, SMMR, SSM/I | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Sea Ice Concentration, Sea Ice Concentration, Sea Ice Concentration, Ice Extent |
| LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Inundated Areas, Amazon, Orinoco and Pantanal Basins: 1978-1987 | SMMR | 1978-12-01 to 1987-08-31 | N: 10 S: -21 E: -35 W: -80 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Discharge/Flow, Floods, Inundation |
| LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Mean Flooded Wetlands Habitat, Central Amazon Basin: 1979-1996 | SAR, SMMR | 1979-01-01 to 1996-06-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Land Use Classes, Floods, Inundation, Wetlands | |
| Pre-LBA TRACE-A Data | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, TOMS, OZONESONDES, OZONE SENSOR | 1992-08-18 to 1992-10-26 | N: -4 S: -40 E: 40 W: -125 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Aerosol Backscatter, Tropospheric Ozone, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Atmospheric Ozone, Trace Gases/Trace Species |
| ABoVE: Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snow Melt Duration Date Maps, 1988-2018 | SMMR, SSMIS, AMSR-E, SSM | 1988-02-09 to 2018-07-20 | N: 72.41 S: 51.6 E: -107.833 W: -180 | 1.1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Snow Cover, Snow Melt, Snow Cover, Snow Melt, Snow Melt |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SMMR Nimbus-7 NSIDC L1B Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 25x25km V1 (PRECIP_SMMR_NIMBUS7) at GES DISC | SMMR | 1979-01-02 to 1987-08-20 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 1 | COMPLETE | Precipitation Rate | |
| TOMS/N7 MS SO2 Vertical Column 1-Orbit L2 Swath 50x50 km V3 (TOMSN7SO2) at GES DISC | TOMS | 1978-11-01 to 1993-05-07 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 3 | COMPLETE | Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Volcanic Activity | |
| SMMR/Nimbus-7 Color Images V001 (SMMRN7IM) at GES DISC | SMMR | 1978-10-30 to 1983-11-02 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | COMPLETE | Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Sea Ice Concentration, Ice Fraction, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| THIR/Nimbus-7 Images of Daytime and Nighttime Brightness Temperature on 70 mm Film V001 (THIRN7IM) at GES DISC | THIR | 1978-10-29 to 1985-05-10 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | 001 | COMPLETE | Brightness Temperature |
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