AIRS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Level 1B Infrared (IR) quality assurance subset

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 Near Real Time (NRT) Level 1B Infrared (IR) quality assurance subset

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/airs_QA_subset.shtml

Description:

Abstract:

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a facility instrument aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. AIRS data will be generated continuously. Global coverage will be obtained twice daily (day and night) on a 1:30pm sun synchronous orbit from a 705-km altitude. The AIRS IR Level 1B QA Subset contains Quality Assurance (QA) parameters that a user of may use to filter AIRS IR Level 1B radiance data to create a subset of analysis. QA parameters indicate quality of granule-per-channel, scan-per-channel, field of view, and channel and should be accessed before any data of analysis. It also contains "glintlat", "glintlon", and "sun_glint_distant" that users can use to check for possibility of solar glint contamination. AIRS IR Level 1B radiance data can be found in AIRIBRAD. (The Shortname for this product is AIRIBQAP_NRT). Coverage: Global, Twice Daily (Daytime and Nighttime) Resolution: 13.5 km at nadir; 41 km x 21.4 km at the scan extremes Spectral Range: 2378 channels from 3.74 - 4.61 um 6.20 - 8.22 um 8.8 - 15.4 um

Purpose:

Not Available

Supplemental_Information:

Not Available

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20130517

Ending_Date: 20130524

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 > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > INFRARED WAVELENGTHS > INFRARED RADIANCE

Theme_Keyword: AQUA > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM, AQUA

Theme_Keyword: AIRS > ATMOSPHERIC INFRARED SOUNDER

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: Radiance

Theme_Keyword: Infrared

Theme_Keyword: Geolocated

Theme_Keyword: Flux

Theme_Keyword: Eosdis

Theme_Keyword: Nrt

Theme_Keyword: Relative_start_date: -7

Theme_Keyword: IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: Twice Per Day (daytime And Nighttime)

Temporal_Keyword: Daily - < Weekly

Access_Constraints: Data are expected to be available from the GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) about one year after launch. The DAAC Science Team will provide regular updates regarding data product releases in the future.

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

V5_CalVal_Status_Summary.pdf http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v5_docs/AIRS_V5_Release_User_Docs/V5_CalVal_Status_Summary.pdf

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Not Available

Completeness_Report:

Not Available

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Not Available

Process_Date: Unknown

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 13.5 km IFOV at nadir; 41 km x 21.4 km at the scan extremes

Longitude_Resolution: 13.5 km IFOV at nadir; 41 km x 21.4 km at the scan extremes

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_AIRIBQAP_NRT_V005

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HDF-EOS

Transfer_Size: 3.8 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://discnrt1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/ftp/data/Aq...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Level 1B Infrared (IR) quality assurance subset by FTP. User registration is required. Register for a username and password at the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) web site (http://earthdata.nasa.gov/lance/).

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://discnrt1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/Aq...

Access_Instructions:

Access the AIRS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Level 1B Infrared (IR) quality assurance subset through OPeNDAP.

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://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 DAAC). 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:

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/data-holdings/b...

Access_Instructions:

AIRS IR Quality Assurance Subset NRT information

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/nrt/data-holdings/ai...

Access_Instructions:

AIRS NRT Data Products

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/v3_do...

Access_Instructions:

Fees: None

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051206

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130319

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