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Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II): Polar Arctic and Antarctic Aerosol Extinction Profiles

The SAM II instrument, aboard the Earth-orbiting Nimbus 7 spacecraft, was designed to measure solar irradiance attenuated by aerosol particles in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere.

This dataset collection contains 14 years of polar Arctic and Antarctic aerosol extinction profiles, atmospheric temperature and pressure data obtained from the Stratospheric Aerosol Instrument II (SAM II) on the NIMBUS 7 satellite.

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Date (Publication)
2007-02-06T00:35:52
Date (Creation)
2007-02-06T00:35:52
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/20959cc60f1dda630df224d73e7b5d8c
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 20959cc60f1dda630df224d73e7b5d8c
Author
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author
USA
Author
  Unavailable - McCormick, M. Patrick ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Powell, K. ( author )
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Principal investigator
  unknown - principal_investigator
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • SAM II
  • aerosol
  • polar
  • temperature
  • pressure
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1978-10-28T23:00:00
End date
1993-12-18T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Data are ASCII formatted ()

Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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BADC Doc: SAM 2 List of References

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data obtained from the Stratospheric Aerosol Instrument II (SAM II) on the NIMBUS 7 satellite. Data collected and prepared by NASA and published on CD-ROM. BADC obtained a copy to make available in the BADC archives to assist users wishing to access these data.
File identifier
20959cc60f1dda630df224d73e7b5d8c XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II): Polar Arctic and Antarctic Aerosol Extinction Profiles 4be22f465e970f2ef8423bcaf3272bf6
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-09T02:22:27
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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atmospheric conditions

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