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    • Aqua AIRS-MLS Matchup Indexes V1.0 (AIRS_MLS_IND) at GES_DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This dataset is part of MEaSUREs 2012 Program, and represent Aqua/AIRS-Aura/MLS collocation indexes, in netCDF-4 format. These data map AIRS profile indexes to those of MLS.

    The A-Train provides water vapor (H2O) retrievals from both the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS). While AIRS loses sensitivity to H2O at the elevated portions of the upper troposphere (UT), MLS cannot detect H2O below 316 hPa. Therefore, to obtain a full profile of H2O in the whole column of air, this dataset manages to join the two products together by utilizing their own averaging kernels (AK). In doing so, the dataset builds a solid H2O of the whole column of air, which will help understand the H2O budget and many processes governing the humidity around the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS).

    The short name for this collections is AIRS_MLS_IND

    Access & Use Information

    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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    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    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 C1451934338-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2018-01-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2018-01-19
    Category MEaSUREs, 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 Eric Fetzer, Brian Wilson, and Gerald Manipon. 2018-02-01. AIRS_MLS_IND. Version 1.0. Aqua AIRS-MLS Matchup Indexes V1.0. 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/MEASURES/WVCC/DATA209. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/AIRS_MLS_IND_1.0.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator Eric Fetzer, Brian Wilson, and Gerald Manipon
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/MEaSUREs/Fetzer/AIRS_MLS_H2O.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 0b451427-e18b-456d-abb8-d8f48740d8c3
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/WVCC/DATA209
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -82.0 180.0 82.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name AIRS_MLS_IND
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 66751663ef1ed4f53efb3e045f75fa7cd7066a3ab754c89ce3e0177bf98cba8e
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2004-08-08T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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