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MSU Ch 4 Daily Lower Stratosphere Temps with Limb93 Correction V001 (MSULST) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_MSULST_V001

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Summary

Abstract: Section 1. General Description

Spencer and Christy (1990) demonstrated that accurate estimates of global
atmospheric temperatures could be derived from the Microwave Sounding Units
flown on NOAA's TIROS-N series of satellites. The MSU's have been
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Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Access MSU Daily Lower Tropospheric Temperature Data by FTP.

Link: GET DATA > OPENDAP DIRECTORY (DODS)

Description: Access MSU Daily Lower Tropospheric Temperature Data via OPeNDAP.

Link: GET DATA > MIRADOR

Description: MSU Limb93 Data access page. Data from the MSU LIMB93 processing is available
in two formats, namely, the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) and a native format
originally used by the data producer. In both cases, separate files are
provided for the Lower Tropospheric Temperature (LTT), the Upper Tropospheric
Temperature (UTT), the Lower Stratospheric Temperature (LST) and the Oceanic
Precipitation (OP). Each HDF file contains a single year of daily grids at 2.5
degree resolution. The native format files contain all 16 years of data in
single files, except for precipitation which is separated by year as in the
case of the HDF version of the data. The data and read programs are available
for both data formats via anonymous FTP.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Limb93 Documentation.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 89.0

S: -89.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Spencer R., Christy J.R.

Dataset Title: MSU Ch 4 Daily Lower Stratosphere Temps with Limb93 Correction

Version: 001

Online Resource: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/services/opendap/documents/lim93_read...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1979-01-01

Stop Date: 1993-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degree
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > BAROMETRIC ALTITUDE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ELEVATION

OCEANS

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Quality ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Not provided

LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: Unknown

COMPLETENESS REPORT: Completeness information not available.

LINEAGE/PROCESS STEP:
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Unknown
PROCESS DATE: Unknown

Access Constraints ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: None

DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

GLOBAL OCEAN

GOSIC

G3OS/

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE Phone: 828-271-4800 Fax: 828-271-4876 Email: ncdc.orders at noaa.gov Contact Address: 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120 City: Asheville Province or State: NC Postal Code: 28801-5001 Country: USA