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AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups

Entry ID: GES_DISC_AIRS_CPR_MAT_V3.1

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Summary

Abstract: This is AIRS-CloudSat collocated subset, in NetCDF 4 format. These data contain collocated: AIRS Level 1b radiances spectra, CloudSat radar reflectivities, and MODIS cloud mask. These data are created within the frames of the MEaSUREs project.

The basic task is to bring together retrievals of water vapor and cloud properties from multiple "A-train" instruments (AIRS, AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSU, MLS, ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > ON-LINE ARCHIVE

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Eric Fetzer, Brian Wilson, and Gerald Manipon

Dataset Title: AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups

Dataset Series Name: AIRS_CPR_MAT

Dataset Release Date: June 6, 2012

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA

Dataset Publisher: Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)

Version: 3.1

Issue Identification: AIRS_CPR_MAT_3.1

Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data

Other Citation Details: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/AIRS_CPR_MAT_V3.1.html

Online Resource: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/daac-bin/DataHoldingsMEASURES.pl?PROG...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-06-15

Stop Date: 2011-03-11

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

CLOUDSAT

AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA

Instrument

AIRS > Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

CLOUDSAT-CPR > CLOUDSAT CLOUD PROFILING RADAR

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Originating Center

GES DISC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: ANDREY SAVTCHENKO Phone: 301-614-5705 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Andrey.Savtchenko at nasa.gov Contact Address: Distributed Active Archive Center Global Change Data Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 15 KB - 722 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII

Personnel

KENNETH M. HINKEL

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 513-556-3421

Email: Ken_Hinkel at compuserve.com

Contact Address:

University of Cincinnati

Department of Geography

ML131

City: Cincinnati

Province or State: OH

Postal Code: 45221-0131

Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

Brown, J., Hinkel, K.M. and F.E. Nelson. 2000. The Circumpolar active layer monitoring (CALM) program: Research designs and initial results. Polar Geography, 24(3), 165-258.

Brown, J., and P.L. Johnson. 1965. Pedo-ecological Investigations, Barrow, Alaska. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Technical Report 159, Hanover, NH, 32 pages with appendices.

Kane, D.L., K.M. ... Hinkel, D.J. Goering, L.D. Hinzman, and S.I. Outcalt. 2001. Nonconductive heat transfer associated with freezing soils. Global and Planetary Change 29: 275-292.

Hinkel, K. M. 1997. Estimating seasonal values of thermal diffusivity in thawed and frozen soils using temperature time series. Cold Regions Science and Technology, 26, 1-15.

Hinkel, K.M. and F.E. Nelson. 2003. Spatial and temporal patterns of active layer depth at CALM sites in Northern Alaska, 1995-2000. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108(D2),10.129/2001JD000927.

Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E., Bockheim, J.G., Miller, L.M. and R.F. Paetzold. 2000. Spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture and depth of thaw at proximal acidic and nonacidic tundra sites, north-central Alaska, U.S. In: Advances in Soil Science: Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems, Chapt. 14, 197-209.

Hinkel, K. M., Outcalt, S. I. and A.E. Taylor. 1997. Seasonal patterns of coupled flow in the active layer at three sites in northwest North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 34, 667-678.

Hinkel, K.M., Paetzold, R.F., Nelson, F.E. and J.G. Bockheim. 2001. Patterns of soil temperature and moisture in the active layer and upper permafrost at Barrow, Alaska: 1993-1999. Global and Planetary Change, 29, 293-309.
Nelson, F.E., Hinkel, K.M., Shiklomanov, N.I., Mueller, G.R., Miller. L.L. and D.A Walker. 1998. Active-layer thickness in north-central Alaska: systematic sampling, scale, and spatial autocorrelation. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, 103(22), 28963-28973.

Miller, L.L., Hinkel, K.M., Nelson. F.E., Paetzold, R.F. and S.I. Outcalt. 1998. Spatial and temporal patterns of soil moisture and thaw depth at Barrow, Alaska U.S.A. In: Proceedings Permafrost--Seventh International Conference, Centre d'etudes nordiques, Universite Laval, Quebec, 731-737.

Outcalt, S. I., Hinkel, K. M., Meyer, E. and A.J. Brazel. 1997. Applications of Hurst rescaling to geophysical serial data. Geographical Analysis, 29(1), 70-88.

Outcalt, S. I., Hinkel, K. M. and L.L. Miller. 1997. Modeling the magnitude and time dependence of nonconductive heat-transfer effects in taiga and tundra soils. In: International Symposium on Physics, Chemistry, and Ecology of Seasonally Frozen Soils. CRREL Special Report 97-10, pp. 98-104.

Outcalt, S.I., Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E. and L.L Miller. 1998. Estimating the magnitude of coupled-flow effects in the active layer and upper permafrost, Barrow, Alaska U.S.A. In: Proceedings Permafrost--Seventh International Conference, Centre d'etudes nordiques, Universite Laval, Quebec, 869-873.

Paetzold, R.F., Hinkel, K.M., Nelson, F.E., Osterkamp, T.E., Ping, C.L. and V.E Romanovsky. 2000. Temperature and thermal properties of Alaska soils. In: Advances in Soil Science: Global Climate Change and Cold Regions Ecosystems, Chap. 16, 223-245.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-08-31

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-11

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