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UW/CIMSS Baseline Fit Global Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Database

Data available
This is a global land surface database between 3.7 and 14.3 micron on a 0.05 degree resolution grid.
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
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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.
Date information last updated and by whom
December 18, 2006 by Eva E. Borbas.
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.
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