gov.noaa.ncdc:C00786 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact 2025-12-15T16:18:26 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of MSU Level 1c Brightness Temperature, Version 1.0 MSU Brightness Temperature - NOAA 2013-08-01 publication Version 1.0 doi:10.7289/V51Z429F NCEI DSI 3656_01 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00786 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Climate Data Record Program Office +1 (828) 271-4800 +1 (828) 271-4328 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 447 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA cdr_program.ncdc@noaa.gov https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Information NOAA Climate Data Record Program Information on the NOAA CDR Program and data. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern publisher Zou, Cheng-Zhi DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Physical Scientist +1 301-683-3592 Cheng-Zhi.Zou@noaa.gov by email principalInvestigator Zou, Cheng-Zhi DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Physical Scientist +1 301-683-3592 Cheng-Zhi.Zou@noaa.gov by email author Wang, Wenhui DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Physical Scientist collaborator Wang, Wenhui DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Physical Scientist author NOAA CDR Program DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce collaborator NOAA CDR Program DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce author imageDigital This dataset contains Level 1c inter-calibrated brightness temperatures from the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) sensors onboard nine polar orbiting satellites (TIROS-N, NOAA-6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, and -14) spanning from 1978 to 2006. The dataset was produced by the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), and is a Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) of microwave brightness temperatures in the NOAA CDR Program. MSU is a four-channel microwave radiometer measuring at 50.3, 53.74, 54.96, and 57.95 GHz, and has ground spatial resolution of about 250 km in diameter at nadir. The native MSU Level 1b data were inter-calibrated using the Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) method to obtain a long-term data product to be used in climate analyses. For comparison, data files also include the operational data used in NWP forecasting along with the IMICA calibrated radiances, which minimize or remove the biases found in the operational calibration. In addition, limb adjusted radiances for both the IMICA and operational calibrations are included for certain type of climate applications, such as atmospheric layer temperature development using the radiance datasets. The orbital swath data files include MSU channels 2 through 4 for the IMICA calibration, and channels 1 through 4 for the operational calibration. The inter-calibrated MSU data are not expected to change for the dataset time period. This dataset provides advanced scientific researchers a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of Upper Atmospheric Layer Temperatures--a high quality Fundamental Climate Data Record of microwave brightness temperature for use in long-term climate analyses. 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It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher See the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for a description of the use limitations for this dataset. otherRestrictions Cite as: Zou, Cheng-Zhi; Wang, Wenhui; and NOAA CDR Program (2013): NOAA Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) of MSU Level 1c Brightness Temperature, Version 1.0. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Climatic Data Center. doi:10.7289/V51Z429F [access date]. otherRestrictions See the Use Agreement for this CDR available on the CDR page. otherRestrictions Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of MSU Level 1c Brightness Temperature (TB), Version 1.0 2022 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/e6pf-sq49 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of MSU Level 1c Brightness Temperature (TB), Version 1.0 2021 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/e6pf-sq49 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper NOAA Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR) of AMSU-A Level 1c Brightness Temperature, Version 1.0 2013-08-01 publication Version 1.0 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://doi.org/10.7289/V5X63JT2 HTTPS Landing Page NCEI landing page for AMSU Brightness Temperature - NOAA Related dataset landing page with general information and access links for that dataset. information gov.noaa.ncdc:C00787 crossReference project grid eng; USA climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 1 -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 ground condition 1978-01-01 2006-12-31 2 NESDIS-STAR_FCDR_MSU_V01R00_[SatelliteID]_D[YYYYMMDD]_S[HHMM]_E[HHMM].nc physicalMeasurement Year short Year DayOfYear short Day of the year MillisecondOfDay int Millisecond of the day ScanTime double Scan start time (UTC) in a referenced or elapsed time format (time) QualityFlag byte Scan line quality flags based on 32-bit MSU level-1b scan flags ASDFlag byte Ascending/Descending Flag Longitude float Longitude (longitude) Latitude float Latitude (latitude) SolarZenith float Solar zenith angle (solar_zenith_angle) SensorZenith float Satellite zenith angle (zenith_angle) SolarAzimuth float Solar azimuth angle (solar_azimuth_angle) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_CH1 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 1 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_LimbCorrection_CH1 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 1 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_OPR_CH1 byte OPR Calibration quality flag channel 1 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_CH2 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 2 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_LimbCorrection_CH2 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 2 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_OPR_CH2 byte OPR Calibration quality flag channel 2 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_CH3 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 3 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_LimbCorrection_CH3 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 3 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_OPR_CH3 byte OPR Calibration quality flag channel 3 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_CH4 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 4 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_OPR_LimbCorrection_CH4 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 4 brightness temperature derived using NOAA pre-launch calibration with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_OPR_CH4 byte OPR Calibration quality flag channel 4 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_CH2 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 2 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_LimbCorrection_CH2 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 2 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_IMICA_CH2 byte IMICA Calibration quality flag channel 2 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_CH3 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 3 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_LimbCorrection_CH3 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 3 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_IMICA_CH3 byte IMICA Calibration quality flag channel 3 fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_CH4 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 4 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) (brightness_temperature) fcdr_BrightnessTemperature_IMICA_LimbCorrection_CH4 float NOAA Climate Data Record of MSU channel 4 brightness temperature derived using Integrated Microwave Inter-Calibration Approach (IMICA) with limb correction (brightness_temperature) CalibrationFlag_IMICA_CH4 byte IMICA Calibration quality flag channel 4 SceneCounts_CH1 short Earth-view scene counts channel 1 WarmTargetCounts_CH1 short Warm target counts channel 1 ColdSpaceCounts_CH1 short Cold space counts channel 1 SceneCounts_CH2 short Earth-view scene counts channel 2 WarmTargetCounts_CH2 short Warm target counts channel 2 ColdSpaceCounts_CH2 short Cold space counts channel 2 SceneCounts_CH3 short Earth-view scene counts channel 3 WarmTargetCounts_CH3 short Warm target counts channel 3 ColdSpaceCounts_CH3 short Cold space counts channel 3 SceneCounts_CH4 short Earth-view scene counts channel 4 WarmTargetCounts_CH4 short Warm target counts channel 4 ColdSpaceCounts_CH4 short Cold space counts channel 4 LECT int Local equator crossing time in hhmm,Ascending or Descending Altitude int Satellite altitude in meter (height) WarmTargetTemperature12 float Warm target temperature for MSU channels 1 and 2 WarmTargetTemperature34 float Warm target temperature for MSU channels 3 and 4 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. netCDF 4 The NetCDF data files comply with the Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions and the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery (ACDD). netCDF 4 The NetCDF data files comply with the Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions and the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery (ACDD). netCDF 4 The NetCDF data files comply with the Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions and the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery (ACDD). https://doi.org/10.7289/V51Z429F HTTPS Landing Page NCEI Dataset Landing Page Landing page for the dataset. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/msu-brightness-temperature-noaa/access/ HTTPS Download NCEI Direct Download Direct download for dataset files. download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/satellite/msu-brightness-temperature-noaa/catalog.html HTTPS THREDDS NCEI THREDDS Catalog THREDDS Data Service for the dataset. download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=NSTAR_FCDR&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE HTTPS Data Search Application NCEI Archive Information Request System (AIRS) Search the data archive and submit an order for the dataset via the interface. search https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/climate-data-records/msu-brightness-temperature-noaa HTTPS Information MSU Brightness Temperature - NOAA Data access for the CDR product information https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-cdr-fundamental/ HTTPS Information Registry of Open Data on AWS Information on AWS data access. information Region: us-east-1 https://noaa-cdr-msu-brit-temp-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html HTTPS Download AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1) Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. download Region: us-east https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-cdr.html HTTPS Information Azure Landing Page (Region: us-east) Information on Microsoft Azure data access. information dataset The data were produced by NOAA STAR and are archived at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). The MSU FCDR algorithm was implemented at the orbital-level, with one inter-calibrated Level 1c file corresponding to one MSU Level 1b input file. In an orbit, Earth view raw counts data are converted to radiances scan-line by scan-line. Limb-corrected radiances are also generated to adjust off-nadir observations to nadir equivalent observations. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR > Center for Satellite Applications and Research, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor Source Code Package for MSU Brightness Temperature - NOAA CDR 2013-08-01 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/MSU%20Brightness%20Temperatures/SourceCode_01B-17.tar.gz HTTPS Web Browser CDR Source Code This source code is for reference only. The source code is provided to maintain transparency of the algorithm and processes used in creating the Climate Data Record (CDR). The source code is not intended to be portable to any computer system(s) beyond that of the original CDR producer's environment. download MSU FCDR Generation Flow Chart 2013-08-13 publication Rev 1 CDRP-DIA-0347 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/MSU%20Brightness%20Temperatures/DataFlowDiagram_01B-17.pdf HTTPS Web Browser CDR Data Flow Diagram Flowcharts for the CDR product. information Climate Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (C-ATBD) for MSU Brightness Temperature - NOAA CDR 2013-08-13 publication Rev. 1 CDRP-ATBD-0426 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/MSU%20Brightness%20Temperatures/AlgorithmDescription_01B-17.pdf HTTPS Web Browser Climate Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document ATBD for the CDR product. information NOAA Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Level 1b orbital data. NOAA MSU Level 1b dataset 1978 publication gov.noaa.ncdc:TOVS DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://www.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=TOVS Web Browser NOAA TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Level 1b Data NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) Online Data Search and Order information 1 -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1978-01-01 2006-12-31 repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 dataset Data Stewardship Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment MM-Stew The Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix (DSMM) is a unified framework that defines criteria for each of nine components based on measurable practices, which can be used to apply a progressive, 6-level rating to an individual dataset, representing stewardship maturity stages rated as Not Assessed or Not Available (Level 0), adHoc (Level 1), minimum (Level 2), intermediate (Level 3), advanced (Level 4), and optimal (Level 5). Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment was evaluated by the metadata content editor for the NOAA OneStop project using the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template v4.0. 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