The Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) has been processing and archiving Special Sensor Microwave / Imager (SSM/I) data since 1990. Prior to May 1995, the SSM/I data source for the GHRC was the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). Since May, 1995, the source has been the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC). Data is obtained from FNMOC and processed at the GHRC within hours of its reception. Each day full resolution or "swath" brightness temperatures (Tb's) and reduced resolution "gridded" data sets are generated. Browse images of the gridded files are created in both HDF raster and GIF formats. HDF represents the Hierarchical Data Format, the data format standard for NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

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DMSP F13 (START DATE: 1995-05-03 STOP DATE: Ongoing)
DMSP F14 (START DATE: 1997-05-10 STOP DATE: Ongoing)
DMSP F15 (START DATE: 2000-02-23 STOP DATE: Ongoing)

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