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AIRS/Aqua Level 3 8-day standard physical retrieval (AIRS-only) V005 (AIRS3ST8) at GES DISC
 Entry ID: GES_DISC_AIRS3ST8_V005

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Summary
Abstract: The AIRS Only Level 3 8-Day Gridded Retrieval Product contains standard retrieval means, standard deviations and input counts. Each file covers an 8-day period, or one-half of the Aqua orbit repeat cycle. The mean values are simply the arithmetic means of the daily products, weighted by the number of input counts for each day in that grid box.

The geophysical parameters have been averaged and binned into 1 x 1 deg grid cells, from -180.0 to +180.0 deg longitude and from -90.0 to +90.0 deg latitude. For each grid map of 4-byte floating-point mean values there is a corresponding 4-byte floating-point map of standard deviation and a 2-byte integer grid map of counts. The counts map provides the user with the number of points per bin that were included in the mean and can be used to generate custom multi-day maps from the daily gridded products.

The geophysical parameters are: Skin Temperature, Surface Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Tropopause, Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Amount/Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Reflectance, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Ozone, Surface Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution.

(The Shortname for this product is AIRS3ST8).

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Link: GET DATA > ON-LINE ARCHIVE
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Description: Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multi-day standard physical retrieval product (AIRS only) data using Simple Subset Wizard (Search and subset by date and spatial region).


Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument,
algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found.


Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: AIRS data support home page at Goddard Earth Sciences Data Information and
Service Center/Distributed Active Archive Center (GES DISC DAAC). Online
documentation, software to read, visualize and analyze AIRS data and data
access information are available from this web site.


Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION > USER'S GUIDE
Description: README Document for AIRS3ST8


Geographic Coverage
 N: 90.0 S: -90.0  E: 180.0  W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: AIRS Science Team/Moustafa Chahine
Dataset Title: AIRS/Aqua Level 3 8-day standard physical retrieval (AIRS-only)
Dataset Release Date: 2007-07-26
Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dataset Publisher: Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
Version: 005
Data Presentation Form: Digital Science Data
Online Resource: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/data-holdings/by-data-product/ai...


Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2007-06-03


Location Keywords
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN
OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN


Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 50 km
Longitude Resolution: 50 km
Temporal Resolution: Twice per day (daytime and nighttime)


Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE >ALTITUDE >TROPOPAUSE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE >SURFACE PRESSURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >AIR TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >SKIN TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE >SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >PRECIPITABLE WATER    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR >WATER VAPOR    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD FREQUENCY    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD HEIGHT    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD TOP PRESSURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION    [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >LAND TEMPERATURE >SKIN TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES >EMISSIVITY    [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES >REFLECTANCE    [Definition]
OCEANS >OCEAN TEMPERATURE >SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE    [Definition]
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY >OXYGEN COMPOUNDS >OZONE    [Definition]


ISO Topic Category
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER


Platform
AQUA >Earth Observing System, AQUA    [Information]


Instrument
AIRS >Atmospheric Infrared Sounder    [Information]


Project
DODS >Distributed Oceanographic Data System    [Information]
EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]
ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]
AQUA >Earth Observing System (EOS), AQUA    [Information]
OPENDAP >Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol    [Information]
CWIC >CEOS WGISS Integrated Catalog    [Information]


Access Constraints
Not publicly available at the moment.


Keywords
RADIANCE
INFRARED
CALIBRATED
GEOLOCATED
TEMPERATURE
EOSDIS


Data Set Progress
PLANNED


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    [Information]
Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
 Phone: 301-614-5224
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services 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: 58 MB
Distribution_Format: HDF-EOS
Fees: None


Personnel
ED ESFANDIARI
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 301-614-5960
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: asghar.e.esfandiari at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA


Publications/References
Jones, J. M., and M. Widmann, 2003: Instrument-and tree-ring estimates of the Antarctic Oscillation. J. Climate, 16, 3511-3524.
Marshall, G. J., 2003: Trends in the Southern Annular Mode from observations and reanalyses. J. Climate, 16, 4134-4143.

Jones, J. M., and M. Widmann, 2004: Atmospheric science - Early peak in Antarctic Oscillation index. Nature, 432, 290-291.

Marshall, G. J., 2007: Half-century seasonal relationships between the Southern Annular Mode and Antarctic temperatures. Int. J. Climatol., 27, 373-383.

Visbeck, M., 2009: A station-based Southern Annular Mode index from 1884 to 2005. J. Climate, 22, 940-950.

Jones, J. M., R. L. Fogt, M. Widmann, G. J. Marshall, P. D. Jones, and M. Visbeck, 2009: Historical SAM Variability. Part I: Century length seasonal reconstructions. J. Climate, in press.
http://polarmet.osu.edu/acd/sam/jclim_part1_rev.pdf

Fogt, R. L., J. Perlwitz, A. J. Monaghan, D. H. Bromwich, J. M. Jones, and G. J. Marshall, 2009: Historical SAM Variability. Part II: 20th century variability and trends from reconstructions, observations, and the IPCC AR4 Models. J. Climate, revised.
http://polarmet.osu.edu/acd/sam/fogt_etal_revised_060109.pdf

Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-10-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-15

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