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AIRS/Aqua Level 2 Support retrieval (AIRS-only) V005 (AIRS2SUP) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_AIRS2SUP_V005

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Summary

Abstract: This product is similar to AIRX2SUP. It is newest product produced using AIRS IR only because the radiometric noise in AMSU channel 4 started to increase significantly (since June 2007).

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a facility instrument aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA > ON-LINE ARCHIVE

Description: Access the AIRS Level-2 support product (AIRS only) by FTP.

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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: AIRS Science Team/Moustafa Chahine

Dataset Title: AIRS/Aqua Level 2 Support 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: 2007-05-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 50 km
Longitude Resolution: 50 km
Horizontal Resolution Range: 50 km - < 100 km or approximately .5 degree - < 1 degree
Temporal Resolution: 6 Minute(s)
Temporal Resolution Range: 1 minute - < 1 hour

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Quality Please see URL link ('Project summary information regarding Framnes Mountains satellite image map'). Data source: Two SPOT XS scenes (246-490, 246-491), both acquired 13 March 1988, and two Landsat TM scenes (135-108, 137-107), acquired 14 Novemeber 1989 and 21 January 1992 respectively. Projection and Grid: Transverse Mercator, grid zone 41. Co-ordinates: Geographical and UTM. Horizontal datum: World Geodetic System 1984. Magnetic Variation: 65.3 degrees west in February 1997, and moves westerly by about 0.1 degrees each year. Nomenclature: Names have been approved by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia.

Access Constraints Contact the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=framnes_sat when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

Satellite Image Map

Framnes Mountains

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

HENK BROLSMA

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3528

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: mapping at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-06-15

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