nasa-lambda.yaml

Name: NASA Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA)

Description: |
  NASA data for cosmic microwave background (CMB) analysis is made available here by the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA), which is a part of NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC). LAMBDA hosts the data archives of over 30 different CMB missions spanning 30+ years. The data archive for each mission may contain a range of data types from low-level time-ordered data to high level science-ready products such as sky maps and angular power spectra. Also provided in consistent formats are a variety of full sky maps in complementary wavebands that are useful for CMB analysis, such as maps of radio synchrotron or infrared dust emission.
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  Data provided here are normally stored in the generic Flexible Image Transport System ([FITS](https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/fits.html)) format common in astronomy. Sky maps are generally provided in the Hierarchical Equal-Area isoLatitude Pixelization ([HEALPix](https://healpix.sourceforge.io/)) scheme, though the older COsmic Background Explorer (COBE) data is stored in COBE Quadrilateralizated Spherical Cube pixelization ([CSC](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/skymap_info_new.html)). See the links for each mission for more information on the data and how to use it. LAMBDA also provides user support, both generic and mission-specific, through a helpdesk available through the website's [Feedback page](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/contact/contact.html)."

Documentation: "[The LAMBDA Website](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/)"

Contact: "[LAMBDA Feedback](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/contact/contact.html)"

ManagedBy: "[LAMBDA](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/)"

UpdateFrequency: "Various."

Tags:
  - aws-pds
  - astronomy
  - archives
  - datacenter
  - imaging
  - satellite imagery

License: There are no restrictions on the use of this data.
Citation:
Resources:
  - Description: the [Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/wmap/current/index.html).otal size of 2 TB.
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::nasa-lambda/cobe/map/dr5
    Region: us-west-2
    Type: S3 Bucket

  - Description: The [COBE/Far-InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer (FIRAS)](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/firas_products.html).  Total size of 9.4 GB.
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::nasa-lambda/cobe/firas
    Region: us-west-2
    Type: S3 Bucket

  - Description: The [COBE/Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment  (DIRBE)](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/dirbe_overview.html).  Total size of 95 GB.
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::nasa-lambda/cobe/dirbe
    Region: us-west-2
    Type: S3 Bucket

  - Description: The [COBE/Differential Microwave Radiometer  (DMR)](https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/dmr_overview.html).  Total size of 25 GB.
    ARN: arn:aws:s3:::nasa-lambda/cobe/dmr
    Region: us-west-2
    Type: S3 Bucket

 
DataAtWork:
  Tutorials:
    - Title: HEASARC/LAMBDA cloud access
      URL:  https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/archive/cloud.html
      AuthorName: NASA/HEASARC
      AuthorURL: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  Tools & Applications:
    - Title: LAMBDA Tools
      URL: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/toolbox/
      AuthorName: NASA/LAMBDA 
      AuthorURL: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  Publications:
    - Title: CMB Experiment Bibliography
      URL: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/papers/
      AuthorName: Various; curated by LAMBDA 
      AuthorURL: https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/