1. NSIDC CLPX Cryosphere Science Data Product Metrics
Prepared by the ESDIS SOO Metrics Team for the Cryosphere Science Data Review
January 11-12, 2006

2. Complements the data products table of metrics
Purpose
Complements the data products table of metrics
Presents the discipline data by significant parameters
# of products, archive, distribution, # of users
Allows reviewers to distinguish individual products for further analysis
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3. Non-ECS Product Data Metrics Summary
Field
Definition
Acronym
Product ID
Identifier assigned to a product
Product Name
Product name and short description
Level
Product processing level
Instrument
Name of an EOS instrument
Mission
Name of EOS mission
Category
Grouping code for related products
Archive Date
Date when a product was inserted in the archive
Granules Archived
Total granules stored as of 09/30//2005 and granules archived per FY GA
Archive Volume
Total storage (GBs) as of 09/30/2005 and amount archived per FY AV
Distinct End Users per Product per FY
Counts of unique users of a product within a FY UU
Total End Users per Product per FY
A simple sum of the data across all FYs; it does not rectify for unique users across the entire range
UU Total
Distribution Granules per Product per FY & Total
Total granules distributed as of 09/30//2005 and granules distributed per FY DG
Distribution Volumes per Product per FY & Total
Total volume (GBs) distributed as of 09/30/2005 and amount distributed per FY DV
Base
Data prior to FY03
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4. Sample Science Data Product Review Charts and Tables
Standard set of charts & tables
Table characterizing the discipline data set
Detailed descriptions of products
Archive volume of discipline data by product level
Focus on Product Subsets
Product by End User, Product by Archive Volume
Table of products with selected parameters
Scatter plots (3) of Products by demand and distribution parameters
Sample time profiles
Archive, distribution, and users by FY
Single product or data set
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5. Summary Table of CLPX Data Products
Air
In Situ
Model
Sat
Total
# of Products 6 12 3 7 28
Min # of Unique End Users Requesting a Product 5
Max # of Unique End Users Requesting a Product 19 20 24
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6. CLPX Products Detailed Descriptions
Product ID
Subset
Name
NSIDC-0153
Atmosphere (Air)
CLPX-Airborne: Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) Imagery
NSIDC-0155
CLPX-Airborne: Multiband Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Imagery
NSIDC-0156
CLPX-Airborne: Airborne GPS Bistatic Radar
NSIDC-0157
CLPX-Airborne: Infrared Orthophotography and LIDAR Topographic Mapping
NSIDC-0158
CLPX Airborne Gamma Snow and Soil Moisture Surveys
NSIDC-0159
CLPX-Airborne: Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer (POLSCAT) Data
NSIDC-0161
In Situ data
CLPX Ground-Based Infrared Images of the LSOS Site
NSIDC-0164
CLPX-Ground: Ground-Based Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar
NSIDC-0165
CLPX-Ground: Ground Based Passive Microwave Radiometer (GBMR-7) Data
NSIDC-0166
CLPX-Ground: Ground-based L and Ku band polarimetric scatterometry
NSIDC-0167
CLPX-Ground: University of Michigan Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer
NSIDC-0168
CLPX-Ground: Micrometeorological Data at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
NSIDC-0169
CLPX-Ground: Snow Measurements at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
NSIDC-0170
CLPX-Ground: Sub-Canopy Energetics at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
NSIDC-0172
CLPX-Ground: ISA Main Meteorological Data
NSIDC-0175
CLPX-Ground: ISA Snow Depth Transects and Related Measurements
NSIDC-0176
CLPX-Ground: ISA Snow Pit Measurements
NSIDC-0178
CLPX-Ground: ISA Soil Moisture Measurements
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7. CLPX Products Detailed Descriptions
Product ID
Subset
Name
NSIDC-0179
Model Results
CLPX-Model: Local Analysis and Prediction System: 4-D Atmospheric Analyses
NSIDC-0180
CLPX NOAA FSL Rapid Update Cycle 20 km (RUC-20) Dataset
NSIDC-0211
CLPX-Model: Rapid Update Cycle 40km (RUC-40) Model Output Reduced Data
NSIDC-0144
Satellite data
CLPX-Satellite: SSM/I Brightness Temperature Grids
NSIDC-0145
CLPX-Satellite: AMSR-E Brightness Temperature Grids
NSIDC-0146
CLPX-Satellite: Radarsat Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
NSIDC-0149
CLPX-Satellite: Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery
NSIDC-0150
CLPX-Satellite: Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) Products
NSIDC-0151
CLPX-Satellite: MODIS Radiances, Reflectances, Snow Cover and Related Grids
NSIDC-0152
CLPX-Satellite: AVHRR/HRPT Brightness Temperatures and Reflectances
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8. CLPX Cryosphere Products Volume
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9. CLPX Atmosphere Data Products
Product ID
Name
Date
GA Total
AV Total
UU Total
GD Total
DV Total
NSIDC-0157
CLPX-Airborne: Infrared Orthophotography and LIDAR Topographic Mapping
02/03/04
147
6.3 19
177
7.4
NSIDC-0155
CLPX-Airborne: Multiband Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR) Imagery
03/19/04
459
1.3 8
2,683
7.9
NSIDC-0158
CLPX Airborne Gamma Snow and Soil Moisture Surveys
11/16/04 30
0.0 7
404
NSIDC-0159
CLPX-Airborne: Polarimetric Ku-Band Scatterometer (POLSCAT) Data
05/26/04 1 5 9
NSIDC-0153
CLPX-Airborne: Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) Imagery
07/31/03
3,536
92.6 2 89
1.8
NSIDC-0156
CLPX-Airborne: Airborne GPS Bistatic Radar
brokered
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10. CLPX In Situ Data Products
Product ID
Name
Date
GA Total
AV Total
UU Total
GD Total
DV Total
NSIDC-0169
CLPX-Ground: Snow Measurements at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
06/01/04
397
0.2 20
1,686
1.2
NSIDC-0176
CLPX-Ground: ISA Snow Pit Measurements
4,060
2.2 16
14,092
10.0
NSIDC-0175
CLPX-Ground: ISA Snow Depth Transects and Related Measurements
10/04/04
7,849
4.4 15
23,212
13.2
NSIDC-0164
CLPX-Ground: Ground-Based Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Radar
02/27/04 12
0.1 14
190
1.5
NSIDC-0172
CLPX-Ground: ISA Main Meteorological Data 24 13
338
2.9
NSIDC-0178
CLPX-Ground: ISA Soil Moisture Measurements
08/01/04
354 9
896
0.5
NSIDC-0161
CLPX Ground-Based Infrared Images of the LSOS Site
08/18/04 1
0.0 7
1,484
NSIDC-0165
CLPX-Ground: Ground Based Passive Microwave Radiometer (GBMR-7) Data
11/03/03
2,247
NSIDC-0167
CLPX-Ground: University of Michigan Ground-Based Microwave Radiometer 6 69
NSIDC-0168
CLPX-Ground: Micrometeorological Data at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
11/17/04 19
NSIDC-0166
CLPX-Ground: Ground-based L and Ku band polarimetric scatterometry 3 25
NSIDC-0170
CLPX-Ground: Sub-Canopy Energetics at the Local Scale Observation Site (LSOS)
08/17/04
113 5
503
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11. CLPX Model Results Products
Product ID
Name
Date
GA Total
AV Total
UU Total
GD Total
DV Total
NSIDC-0179
CLPX-Model: Local Analysis and Prediction System: 4-D Atmospheric Analyses
04/21/04
3,463
267.2 6 41
1.4
NSIDC-0180
CLPX NOAA FSL Rapid Update Cycle 20 km (RUC-20) Dataset
03/17/04
19,280
422.2 3
192
6.0
NSIDC-0211
CLPX-Model: Rapid Update Cycle 40km (RUC-40) Model Output Reduced Data
02/27/04 19
0.4
0.0
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12. CLPX Satellite Data Products
Product ID
Name
Date
GA Total
AV Total
UU Total
GD Total
DV Total
NSIDC-0151
CLPX-Satellite: MODIS Radiances, Reflectances, Snow Cover and Related Grids
11/04/03
63,783
34.0 24
9,201
13.1
NSIDC-0149
CLPX-Satellite: Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery
05/15/03
251
12.2 11 90
6.1
NSIDC-0145
CLPX-Satellite: AMSR-E Brightness Temperature Grids
02/27/04 1
0.0 7 21
0.1
NSIDC-0144
CLPX-Satellite: SSM/I Brightness Temperature Grids
08/03/04 6 17
NSIDC-0152
CLPX-Satellite: AVHRR/HRPT Brightness Temperatures and Reflectances
03/17/04
0.6 4 28
0.9
NSIDC-0150
CLPX-Satellite: Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) Products
08/07/03
872
6.5
NSIDC-0146
CLPX-Satellite: Radarsat Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
11/06/03
591
24.4
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13. Number of Distinct Users for CLPX Products
Low Archive
High Utilization
High Archive
High Utilization
Low Archive
Low Utilization
High Archive
Low Utilization
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14. Comparison of Distributed vs. Archived Volume for CLPX Products
> 100% of archive total
Distributed
< 1% of archive total
Distributed
< 10% of archive total
Distributed
< 100 % of archive total
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15. CLPX Product Profiles by FY Example Product
CLPX-Ground: ISA Snow Depth Transects and Related Measurements
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16. CLPX Product Profiles by FY Atmospheres Data Products
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