| Data available |
This is a global land surface database between
3.7 and 14.3 micron on a 0.05 degree resolution grid.
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| Developer |
Institution: Space Science and Engineering
Center,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Developer: Suzanne W. Seemann and Eva E. Borbas |
| Scientific documentation |
| Seemann, S.W., E.E. Borbas, R.O. Knuteson, G.R. Stephenson, H.-L. Huang, 2007: Development of a Global Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Database for Application to Clear Sky Sounding Retrievals from Multi-spectral Satellite Radiance Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, accepted April 2007 |
| Selected references |
| How to access information |
| Format information |
| Date project began or when data was first available |
Version
1 was first available on the Internet on May 7 2005.
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| Date information last updated and by whom |
December 18, 2006 by Eva E. Borbas.
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| Date information last checked and by whom, and date for next check and by whom |
The website and the database is checked regularly
by Suzanne W. Seemann and Eva E. Borbas. The next update
of the database is planned for Jun 2007.
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| Confirmed users of database |
This is a list of institutions from which individuals have downloaded the data since August 2006. Registration is necessary to access the data. SSEC/UW, NOAA/NESDIS, UMBC, ESA/ESRIN, Noveltis, EUMETSAT, JPL, AER, Naval Research Lab, U of Tokyo, U of Milan, Peking University, Seoul National Univ., Stellenbosch University, MTA-Turkey, Institute of Atmospherical Optics-Russia, TOMSK State Univ.-Russia |