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Nimbus  

Definition

  • The Nimbus satellites, first launched in 1964, carried a number of instruments: microwave radiometers, atmospheric sounders, ozone mappers, the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), infrared radiometers, etc. Nimbus-7, the last in the series, provided significant global data on sea-ice coverage, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric chemistry (i.e. ozone distribution), the Earth's radiation budget, and sea-surface temperature. (en)

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  • NIMBUS (en)

Change note

  • 2015-07-07 19:59:16.0 [gee-cee] Insert Concept add broader relation (NIMBUS [bb2151c0-a808-4e9f-8960-c5841ff040b6,158075] - M - O [a31c2828-9b6d-44e9-b6ad-7ae81030f322,149461]);
  • 2015-07-07 20:00:06.0 [gee-cee] insert Definition (id: null text: The Nimbus satellites, first launched in 1964, carried a number of instruments: microwave radiometers, atmospheric sounders, ozone mappers, the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), infrared radiometers, etc. Nimbus-7, the last in the series, provided significant global data on sea-ice coverage, atmospheric temperature, atmospheric chemistry (i.e. ozone distribution), the Earth's radiation budget, and sea-surface temperature. language code: en);
  • 2017-10-10 14:34:07.0 [sritz] update PrefLabel (Nimbus);
  • 2017-10-10 14:34:27.0 [sritz] update Definition (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/nimbus.html);
  • 2017-10-10 15:18:21.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: NIMBUS language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/bb2151c0-a808-4e9f-8960-c5841ff040b6

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