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Radiometer Data from Research Vessel Ron H. Brown

Introduction
Sponsor

The Data
Characteristics

The Files
Naming Conventions
Characteristics

Data Access & Contacts
FTP Site
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Radiometer data from RV Ron Brown

Introduction

Sponsor The distribution of these data sets is funded by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise. The data are not copyrighted; however, we request that when you publish data or results using these data, please acknowledge as follows:

The authors wish to thank Dr. Allen White, NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory's Air Sea Interaction Group, Boulder, CO for the production of these data and the Data and Information Services Center(Code 610.2) at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, which archives and distributes them under sponsorship of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise.

The Data

Characteristics

ParameterBandUnits
Brightness temperatures23tb
Brightness temperatures31tb
Vaporcm
Liquidcm

The Files

Naming Convention

The Ron Brown radiometer data files are named as follows:

YYMMDD.DAT

where

YY=year
MM=month
DD=day of month

Characteristics

FormatColumn Descriptions# FilesAvg File
Size		DataSet
Size
ASCII Text
12345678910
yr mon day hr min sec tb23 tb31 vaporliquid
53175KB9MB

Data Access

FTP Site

The Ron Brown Radiometer data from KWAJEX may be accessed from this page,

RV Ron Brown Radiometer Data Onlinelink to data

or directly via ftp:

ftp disc2.nascom.nasa.gov
logon: anonymous
passwd: <your internet address>
cd data/KWAJ/surface_data/rv_rhbrown/radiometer/

Points of Contact

The Principal Investigator for the microphysics data is

Dr. Allen White
NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
awhite@etl.noaa.gov
(303) 497-5155

For KWAJEX user services at the DISC contact:

For additional information, please contact the GES DISC User Services:

GES DISC User Services
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5224
Email: help-disc@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov

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