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    • AIRS/Aqua L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V006 (AIRH2SUP) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) 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 (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. This product is similar to AIRX2SUP. However, it contains science retrievals that use the 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 Support Product includes higher vertical resolution profiles of the quantities found in the Standard Product, plus intermediate outputs (e.g., microwave-only retrieval), research products such as the abundance of trace gases, and detailed quality assessment information. The Support Product profiles contain 100 levels between 1100 and .016 mb; this higher resolution simplifies the generation of radiances using forward models, though the vertical information content is no greater than that in the Standard Product profiles. The intended users of the Support Product are researchers interested in generating forward radiance or in examining research products, and the AIRS algorithm development team. The Support Product is generated at all locations as Standard Products. An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data with 30 footprints cross track by 45 scanlines of AMSU-A data or 135 scanlines of AIRS and HSB data. There are 240 granules per day, with an orbit repeat cycle of approximately 16 day.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-399-2014

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Sample plot of AIRS Level 2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) H2O Column Density Profile and Cloud Fraction.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1243477377-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2002-08-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2003-02-05
    Category Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation AIRS Science Team/Joao Teixeira. 2013-01-15. AIRH2SUP. Version 006. AIRS/Aqua L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V006. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/Aqua/AIRS/DATA209. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/AIRH2SUP_006.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator AIRS Science Team/Joao Teixeira
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview Description Sample plot of AIRS Level 2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) H2O Column Density Profile and Cloud Fraction.
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/AIRH2SUP_006.png
    Harvest Object Id 082b0bb3-a66f-4a35-8f66-a60b71f0f5d8
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Aqua/AIRS/DATA209
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -90.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-399-2014
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name AIRH2SUP
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0e6f58affa4837e35b5ed7f5c6d7d00a8a266c33f7411114aea5901a110f4fb7
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-08-30T00:00:00Z/2003-02-05T23:59:59.999Z

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