EDIS TIROS-N 1024 Mosaic Data provides global gridded visible satellite imagery collected by the Television and Infrared Observation Satellite. The dataset was created by the Environmental Data and Information Service (EDIS) under SCIOPS in support of the First GARP Global Experiment. It covers the period from January to June 1979.
Use Cases
- Analyzing global cloud cover patterns from visible satellite imagery for the first half of 1979.
- Validating historical weather reanalysis models like those from the FGGE using the gridded mosaic data.
- Studying the evolution of specific meteorological events during 1979 using the time-series of global imagery.
- Calibrating or benchmarking early satellite-era climate models with this foundational observational dataset.
Strengths
- Data is specifically tied to the major First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) of 1979.
- Provides a consistent global gridded mosaic from a defined 6-month period.
Limitations
- The dataset is over 40 years old and may not align with modern data formats or resolutions.
- Specific technical details like spatial resolution, row count, and file formats are unknown.
- Limited to visible spectrum imagery from the TIROS-N satellite, excluding other spectral bands.
Provenance
- Source
- Environmental Data and Information Service (EDIS), provided via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Visible satellite data collected by the TIROS-N satellite and processed into a global gridded mosaic.
- Time Range
- January 1979 to June 1979.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global coverage.