AIRS/Aqua Level 3 8-day standard physical retrieval (AIRS+AMSU)

Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: AIRS Science Team/Moustafa Chahine

Publication_Date: 20070726

Title: AIRS/Aqua Level 3 8-day standard physical retrieval (AIRS+AMSU)

Edition: 005

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital Science Data

Series_Information:

Series_Name:

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA

Publisher: Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)

Other_Citation_Details:

Online_Linkage: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/data-holdings/by-data-product/airsL3_ST8.shtml

Description:

Abstract:

The AIRS 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 AIRX3ST8).

Purpose:

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Supplemental_Information:

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Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20020901

Ending_Date: 20130228

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Description_of_Geographic_Extent:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > CARBON MONOXIDE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > PRECIPITABLE WATER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD PRECIPITABLE WATER

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES > EMISSIVITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES > REFLECTANCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE

Theme_Keyword: AQUA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, AQUA

Theme_Keyword: AIRS > ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER

Theme_Keyword: AMSU-A > ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT-A

Theme_Keyword: DODS > DISTRIBUTED OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: AQUA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS), AQUA

Theme_Keyword: OPENDAP > OPEN-SOURCE PROJECT FOR A NETWORK DATA ACCESS PROTOCOL

Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG

Theme_Keyword: Total Integrated Column Water Vapor Burden

Theme_Keyword: Total Integrated Column Cloud Liquid Water

Theme_Keyword: Total Integrated Column Carbon Monoxide

Theme_Keyword: Microwave Surface Emissivity

Theme_Keyword: Ir Surface Emissivity

Theme_Keyword: Total Integrated Column Ozone Burden

Theme_Keyword: Outgoing Longwave Radiation Flux

Theme_Keyword: Clear Sky Outgoing Longwave Radiation Flux

Theme_Keyword: Relative Humidity Profile

Theme_Keyword: Cloud Layer Pressure At Coarse Cloud Resolution

Theme_Keyword: Cloud Layer Pressure At Fine Cloud Resolution

Theme_Keyword: Water Vapor Mass Mixing Ratio Profile

Theme_Keyword: Tropopause Height

Theme_Keyword: Tropopause Temperature

Theme_Keyword: Effective Methane Volume Mixing Ratio Profile

Theme_Keyword: Effective Carbon Monoxide Volume Mixing Ratio Profile

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN

Place_Keyword: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: Once Per 8 Days (daytime And Nighttime)

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/data-holdings/by-data-product/images/airx3st8.jpg

Browse_Graphic_File_Description:

Sample data of the "AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multiday standard physical retrieval product (Without HSB)".

Browse_Graphic_File_Type:

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The V5 Level 3 gridded products are derived from the Level 2 standard swath products. The Level 2 quality indicators determine which of the Level 2 Standard Product data are combined to create the Level 3 Product. It is important that the user of Level 3 Products become familiar with these quality indicators, and we urge the user to read the documentation describing the AIRS Level 2 Standard Products and the AIRS Level 2 Quality Control and Error Estimation for a description of the quality indicators, how they are set and how to use them. V5_L2_Standard Product_QuickStart.pdf (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Release_User_Docs/V5_L2_Standard_Product_QuickStart.pdf) V5_L2_Quality_Control_and_Error_Estimation.pdf (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Release_User_Docs/V5_L2_Quality_Control_and_Error_Estimation.pdf) As a general rule, Level 2 retrieved quantities whose quality indicators are “best” (=0) or “good” (=1) are included in the sums that generate the Level 3 product.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

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Completeness_Report:

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Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 1 deg

Longitude_Resolution: 1 deg

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC > 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

Contact_Person: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

Address: Code 610.2

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5224

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-help-disc@lists.nasa.gov

Resource_Description: GES_DISC_AIRX3ST8_V005

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HDF-EOS

Transfer_Size: 58 MB

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

DATA CENTER URL

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/data/s4pa/Aqua_AIRS...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multiday standard physical retrieval product (Without HSB) by FTP.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/homep...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multiday standard physical retrieval product (Without HSB) data using Mirador.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://acdisc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multiday standard physical retrieval product (Without HSB) through OPeNDAP.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/SSW/#keywords=AIRX3S...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Level 3 multiday standard physical retrieval product using Simple Subset Wizard (Search and subset by date and spatial region).

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/#utf8=%E2%9C%93...

Access_Instructions:

Refine your granule search with ECHO's next generation Earth Science discovery tool (Reverb) using information from this record.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/services/wxs_ogc.sht...

Access_Instructions:

NASA GES DISC AIRS Gridded L3 data Web Map Service.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/

Access_Instructions:

AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument, algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found.

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/index.shtml

Access_Instructions:

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

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

ftp://acdisc.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/Aqua_AIRS_Lev...

Access_Instructions:

README Document for AIRX3ST8

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20061108

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130411

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: ED ESFANDIARI

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

Address: Code 610.2

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5960

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: asghar.e.esfandiari@nasa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time