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Title:

Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II)

Source:

EOSDIS Langley DAAC
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157B
Hampton, Virginia 23681-001
tel: 804-864-8656

Description:

This CD-ROM contains over 14 years (October 1978 - January 1993) of polar Arctic and Antarctic aerosol profiles obtained with the Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II) satellite experiment. The SAM II instrument, aboard the Earth-orbiting Nimbus-7 spacecraft, was designed to measure solar irradiance attenuated by aerosol particules in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere.

Documentation

There is a small booklet associated with the CD-ROM which describes its contents. Additional documentation and software is available on the CD-ROM.

Distribution

There is one (1) CD-ROM.