Fundamental Climate Data Record of Microwave Imager Radiances, Edition 3 ...

• Main Authors: Fennig, Karsten, Schröder, Marc, Hollmann, Rainer
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) 2017
• Subjects: Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5676/eum_saf_cm/fcdr_mwi/v003; https://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira/action/viewDoiDetails?acronym=FCDR_MWI_V003

The CM SAF FCDR of Microwave Imager Radiances comprises inter-calibrated brightness temperatures (BTRs) from the SMMR, SSM/I and SSMIS radiometers. It covers the time period from October 1978 to December 2015 including all available data from the SMMR radiometer aboard Nimbus–7, the SSM/I radiometers aboard F08, F10, F11, F13, F14, and F15 and the SSMIS radiometers aboard F16, F17, and F18. It provides homogenised and inter-calibrated BTRs in a user friendly data format. SMMR, SSM/I and SSMIS data are used for a variety of applications, such as analyses of the hydrological cycle and remote sensing of sea ice. The improved homogenization and inter-calibration procedure ensures the long term stability of the FCDR for climate related applications. All available raw data records have been reprocessed to a common standard, starting with the calibration of the raw Earth counts, to ensure a completely homogenized data record. The data processing accounts for several known issues with the instruments and corrects ...