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Description

This data set contains infrared camera images collected during the 2017 SnowEx campaign in Grand Mesa and Senator Beck Basin, Colorado. Images were taken using a Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) camera system manufactured by QmagiQ and mounted to the P-3 aircraft, which was flown over the study areas. The QWIP camera records images at a rate of 60 Hz and has a field of view of 11x9 degrees. The QWIP camera can distinguish temperature variations of approximately 0.02°C.

This data set contains raw QWIP data, presented as "counts." Data are contained in TIFF image files with dimensions of 320x256 counts.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA P-3
Instruments
CAMERAS
Spatial Extent

N: 41.000656 S: 36.993108 E: -102.042125 W: -109.050072

Geographic Region
COLORADO
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2017-02-16 to 2017-02-25
Concept ID
C3266796551-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1695698
Processing Level
0
Science Keywords
Infrared Imagery

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Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Hall, D., & Jennings, D. (2018). SnowEx17 UM Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) Surface Temperature, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/QWOOEJQ87NM2 Date Accessed: 2025-12-13

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