Nimbus Data Rescue Project

Thanks to the the NASA-funded Nimbus Data Rescue Project, users can now download daily composites of the best images recovered from the Nimbus 1, 2, and 3 missions that spanned 1964 - 1970. Global

The Nimbus Data Rescue Project has released its third data set: Nimbus High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Digital Swath Data Level 1. Funded by NASA, NSIDC researchers enhanced these brightness

Recently recovered satellite images of Earth, captured between 23 April, 1969 to 21 January, 1970 by the Image Dissector Camera System onboard the Nimbus 3 satellite, are now available from NSIDC. A

NmAVCS1H consists of black-and-white Advanced Vidicon Camera System images that were acquired by the Nimbus 1 satellite during August and September, 1964 and by Nimbus 2 from May to August, 1966

Back in the 1960s, technology to process massive amounts of data and imagery did not exist. Advancements in technology now allow for the processing of film into a digital format. The Nimbus Data