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Description

The Nimbus Advanced Vidicon Camera System Visible Imagery L1, HDF5 (NmAVCS1H) data set consists of black-and-white images captured by the Advanced Vidicon Camera Systems onboard the Nimbus 1 (1964) and Nimbus 2 (1966) satellites. Data are provided as HDF5-formatted files. Browse images are also available.

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
2 Kilometers x 2 Kilometers
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1966-05-15 to 1966-08-30
Temporal Resolution
91 Second
Concept ID
C3299796500-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
113961
Processing Level
1
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 Visible Imagery L1, HDF5, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/NIMBUS/NMAVCS1H Date Accessed: 2026-08-05

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