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AIRS/Aqua Level 3 Daily standard physical retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V005 (AIRH3STD) at GES DISC

Entry ID: GES_DISC_AIRH3STD_V005

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Summary

Abstract: This product is similar to AIRX3STD. However, it contains science retrievals that use the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB). Because the HSB instrument lived only from September 2002 through January 2003 when it terminally failed, the data set covers these five months only.

The AIRS Level 3 Daily Gridded Product contains standard retrieval means, ... standard deviations and input counts. Each file covers a temporal period of 24 hours for either the descending (equatorial crossing North to South @1:30 AM local time) or ascending (equatorial crossing South to North @1:30 PM local time) orbit. The data starts at the international dateline and progresses westward (as do the subsequent orbits of the satellite) so that neighboring gridded cells of data are no more than a swath of time apart (about 90 minutes). The two parts of a scan line crossing the dateline are included in separate L3 files, according to the date, so that data points in a grid box are always coincident in time. The edge of the AIRS Level 3 gridded cells is at the date line (the 180E/W longitude boundary). When plotted, this produces a map with 0 degrees longitude in the center of the image unless the bins are reordered. This method is preferred because the left (West) side of the image and the right (East) side of the image contain data farthest apart in time. The gridding scheme used by AIRS is the same as used by TOVS Pathfinder to create Level 3 products. The daily Level 3 products have gores between satellite paths where there is no coverage for that day.

The geophysical parameters have been averaged and binned into 1 x 1 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 AIRH3STD).

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Description: Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 daily standard physical retrieval product (With HSB) by FTP.

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Caption: Sample data of AIRH3STD

Description: Sample data of the "AIRS/Aqua Level 3 daily standard physical retrieval
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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1992-02-03

Stop Date: 1992-10-21

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > EQUATORIAL

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY

OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE > TOTAL CARBON DIOXIDE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

OCEANS

Platform

SHIPS

Instrument

WATER BOTTLES
CO2 ANALYZERS

Project

IGBP > International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

JGOFS > Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, IGBP

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

BOTTLES ROSETTE

CARBON CYCLING

Originating Center

WHOI

Data Center

United States Joint Global Ocean Flux Study

Data Center URL: http://usjgofs.whoi.edu/
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt007/pco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt007/tco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt008/tco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt011/pco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt011/tco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt012/pco2
Dataset ID: eqpac/tt012/tco2

Data Center Personnel
Name: CINDY CHANDLER Contact Address: WHOI City: Woods Hole Country: USA

Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office

Data Center URL: http://www.bco-dmo.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROBERT C. GROMAN Phone: 508-289-2409 Fax: 508-457-2169 Email: rgroman at whoi.edu Contact Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Swift House MS#38 City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1127 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: On-line (World Wide Web)

Personnel

DAVID ARCHER

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (701) 667-3048

Fax: (701) 667-3054

Email: david.archer at ars.usda.gov

Contact Address:

USDA-ARS

North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory

803 Iowa Avenue

City: Morris

Province or State: MN

Postal Code: 56267

Country: USA

CATHERINE GOYET

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

University of Perpignan

52, Avenue de Villeneuve

66 860 Perpignan Cedex

Country: France

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-05-13

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