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FY-3A The daily products of Ice Water Thickness Index from MWHS level 2

Entry ID: FY-3A_MWHS_IWPI_Global_L2

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Summary

Abstract: The daily products of Ice Water Thickness Index from MWHS:

The daily products of Ice Water Thickness Index from MWHS are global geographic longitude/latitude project with a resolution of 0.1×0.1 degree. Each grid point contains the convective index , ice water path and ice water thickness of 3bands (CH3-5).

Purpose: The daily products of Ice Water Thickness Index from MWHS:

The IWP product can be used for the study of weather analysis, forecasting and climate change.

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Description: FENGYUN Satellite Data Center

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: China Meteorological Administration(CMA) National Satellite and Meteorological Center(NSMC)

Dataset Title: The daily products of Ice Water Thickness Index from MWHS.

Dataset Release Date: 2008-05-29

Dataset Release Place: Beijing, China

Online Resource: http://fy3.satellite.cma.gov.cn/ArssEn/Ord/Satellite.aspx?seriesCod...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2008-05-29

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1000 m
Longitude Resolution: 1000 m
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

FY-3A > FengYun-3A

Instrument

MWHS > MicroWave Humidity Sounder

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

FENGYUN Satellite Data Center, China

Data Center URL: http://satellite.cma.gov.cn/arssen/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA CENTER CONTACT Phone: 4006-121-701 Email: dataserver at nsmc.cma.gov.cn Contact Address: National Satellite Meteorological Center data services No. 46 Zhongguancun, Haidian District South Street City: Beijing Postal Code: 100081 Country: China

Distribution

Distribution Size: ~160.71 MB

Distribution Format: HDF

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2011-07-06

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-07-06

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