Related URL

Link: GET DATA > ON-LINE ARCHIVE Description: Access the AIRS Level 2 standard data set (AIRS only) by FTP. Link: GET DATA > MIRADOR Description: Search Mirador for the AIRS date set AIRS2RET. Link: GET DATA > OPENDAP DIRECTORY (DODS) Description: Access the AIRS Level 2 standard data set (AIRS only) through OPeNDAP. Link: GET DATA > SSW Description: Access the AIRS Level 2 standard data set (AIRS only) using Simple Subset Wizard (Search and subset by date and spatial region). Link: GET DATA > ECHO Description: Refine your granule search with ECHO's next generation Earth Science discovery tool (Reverb) using information from this record. 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 AIRS2RET.

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 2 Standard physical retrieval (AIRS-only) Dataset Release Date: 2007-05-31 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 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: 6 minutes

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]

Quality

Users should read information contained within the three documents below to avoid misuse of the L2 products in their research. /V5_CalVal_Status_Summary.pdf http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Re... V5_L2_Standard Product_QuickStart.pdf (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Re... V5_L2_Quality_Control_and_Error_Estimation.pdf (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Re...)

Access Constraints

Not publicly available at the moment.

Keywords

RADIANCE

ATMOSPHERE

CALIBRATED

GEOLOCATED

TEMPERATURE

CLOUD

WATER VAPOR

EOSDIS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

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: 4.7 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