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  <idinfo>
    <datsetid> gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:4393 </datsetid>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin> DOD/USAF/AFWA &gt; Air Force Weather Agency, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense </origin>
        <pubdate> 20111101 </pubdate>
        <title> Nighttime Lights Annual Composites V4 </title>
        <citId> DMSP </citId>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract> The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) maintains an archive of all data recorded on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites as relayed to NGDC by Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), previouly referred to as Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC). The Nighttime Lights Time Series files are cloud-free composites made using all the available archived DMSP-OLS smooth resolution data for calendar years. In cases where two satellites were collecting data - two composites were produced. The products are 30 arc second grids, spanning -180 to 180 degrees longitude and -65 to 75 degrees latitude. </abstract>
      <purpose> Earth especially Urban Development Research </purpose>
      <supplinf> This program is a joint effort with extensive collaboration between the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Office, Air Force Weather Agency, the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and supporting research and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. </supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate> 2010 </begdate>
          <enddate> 20110601 </enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current> ground condition </current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress> In work </progress>
      <update> Annual </update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc> -180 </westbc>
        <eastbc> 180 </eastbc>
        <northbc> 75 </northbc>
        <southbc> -65 </southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt> NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords </themekt>
        <themekey> Earth Science &gt; Atmosphere &gt; Atmospheric Radiation &gt; Incoming Solar Radiation </themekey>
        <themekey> Earth Science &gt; Solid Earth &gt; Satellite Orbits </themekey>
      </theme>
    </keywords>
    <plainsid>
      <missname> Defense Meteorological Satellite Program </missname>
      <platflnm> Defense Meteorological Satellite Program </platflnm>
      <platfsnm> DMSP </platfsnm>
      <instflnm> Operational Linescan System </instflnm>
      <instshnm> OLS </instshnm>
    </plainsid>
    <accconst> No Constraints </accconst>
    <useconst> none </useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg> DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC &gt; National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </cntorg>
          <cntper> DMSP Data Manage </cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype> Physical and Mailing </addrtype>
          <address>
            325 Broadway E/GC2
          </address>
          <city> Boulder </city>
          <state> CO </state>
          <postal> 80305 </postal>
          <country> USA </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice> (303) 497-3053 </cntvoice>
        <cntfax> (303) 497-6513 </cntfax>
        <cntemail> ngdc.dmsp@noaa.gov </cntemail>
        <hours> 7:30 - 5:00 Mountain </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
  </idinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd> 20111221 </metd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg> DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC &gt; National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce </cntorg>
          <cntper> DMPS Data Manager </cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype> Physical and Mailing </addrtype>
          <address>
            325 Broadway E/GC2
          </address>
          <city> Boulder </city>
          <state> CO </state>
          <postal> 80305 </postal>
          <country> USA </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice> (303) 497-3053 </cntvoice>
        <cntfax> (303) 497-6513 </cntfax>
        <cntemail> ngdc.dmsp@noaa.gov </cntemail>
        <hours> 7:30 - 5:00 Mountain </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn> Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata </metstdn>
    <metstdv> FGDC-STD-012-1992 </metstdv>
    <metextns>
      <onlink> http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/downloadV4composites.html </onlink>
      <metprof> NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata </metprof>
    </metextns>
  </metainfo>
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