@article{,
title= {noaa-ncei-ssmi-ssmis-hydrological-products},
journal= {},
author= {Hilawe Semunegus and NOAA NCEI Center for Weather and Climate},
year= {},
url= {https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ssmi-hydrological},
abstract= {The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) was a seven channel passive microwave radiometer which became operational in July 1987. The SSM/I series was replaced by an advanced sensor, the SSM/IS (Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder), which became operational in November of 2005.

Monthly averaged SSM/I and SSMIS products include precipitation, cloud liquid water, total precipitable water, snow cover, and sea-ice extent. These products can be used to evaluate the mean climate state and its interannual/seasonal variations, and to detect anomalies associated with large-scale (e.g. El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Arctic Oscillation) and regional climatic variations. A time series of the entire SSM/I and SSMIS archive includes data from July 1987–present.},
keywords= {NOAA, NCEI, SSMI, SSMIS, precipitation, cloud liquid water, total precipitable water, snow cover, sea-ice extent},
terms= {},
license= {},
superseded= {}
}