Polar Pathfinder Sampler (PPSM): Combined Time Series of Atmospheric and Surface Measurements from the AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I and TOVS Satellites

To address the needs of the cryospheric science community, the SMMR-SSM/I, AVHRR and TOVS research teams collaborated to make it as easy as possible for the Polar Pathfinders and related data sets to be used together. The teams employed a common projection, the NSIDC Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid), file naming conventions and validation methods to develop consistently processed data sets that are easy to combine and contrast.

The Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM is an innovative assemblage of atmospheric and surface measurements from all three Pathfinders. Included is a two-year period of daily merged Pathfinder data sets at 100 km-resolution, placed in a multidimensional structure known as the "P-Cube." In addition, samples of full-resolution Special Sensor Microwave Imager(SSM/I), TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (both the 1.25 km and 5 km products) Polar Pathfinder data sets are included, also in Equal-Area Scalable Earth-Grid (EASE-Grid), making it easy to compare parameters at multiple resolutions. The new product provides data for a wide range of polar climate research applications, but is especially keyed to the needs of investigators dealing with large-scale atmospheric changes, surface heat and mass balance studies, and sea ice modelling. This dataset is public

Date (Publication): 1999-12-10T02:25:17

Date (Creation): 1999-12-10T02:25:17

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a6ca5bc1b36d1b1a83cba4e4ac4b0bac

Citation identifier: National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) / a6ca5bc1b36d1b1a83cba4e4ac4b0bac

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Author
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)		unknown	Author
National Snow and Ice Data Centre		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Schweiger, A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Fowler, C.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Maslanik, J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Scambos, T.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Haran, T.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Armstrong, Richard	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Francis, J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Brodzik, M.J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Hauser, R.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Marquis, M.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Varani, A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Meshek, M.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Cheshire, L.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC)		unknown	Publisher

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PPSM
time-series
atmospheric
surface
meteorology
cryosphere

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atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1978-10-18T23:00:00

End date: 1998-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a6ca5bc1b36d1b1a83cba4e4ac4b0bac	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://nsidc.org/index.html	National Snow and Ice Data Center website

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://nsidc.org/daac/pathfinder/index.html	The Polar Pathfinder Programme at NSIDC

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ppsm/references.html	BADC Doc: PPSM List of References

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ppsm/errata.html	BADC Doc: Errata for Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM documentation for 1.25 km AVHRR product7

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2026-02-25T03:26:21

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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