CLPX-Airborne: Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer (POLSCAT) Data, Version 1

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This data set contains Ku-band polarimetric scatterometer (POLSCAT) data collected as part of the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX) to enable the development of a retrieval algorithm for snow water equivalent (SWE).

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bureauCode	[ "026:00" ]
identifier	10.5067/UHA2RPUMRDJ4
landingPage	https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/CLP/data/airborne/nsidc0159_polscat/
programCode	[ "026:000" ]
spatial	["CARTESIAN",[{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-106.025,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":40.00833,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-105.71694,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":39.76694},{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-106.81694,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":40.56667,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-106.54167,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":40.34167},{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-106.41694,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":40.78361,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-106.14167,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":40.575}]]
theme	[ "Earth Science" ]

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