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    • Atmospheric Composition Ammonia Volume Mixing Ratio L3 (AIRSAC3MNH3 V3) from AIRS/AMSU on NASA Aqua at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The mass concentration ammonia in the atmosphere, consists of products generated for the study of atmospheric ammonia. Atmospheric ammonia is an important component of the global nitrogen cycle. In the troposphere, ammonia reacts rapidly with acids such as sulfuric and nitric to form fine particulate matter. These ammonium containing aerosols affect Earth's radiative balance, both directly by scattering incoming radiation and indirectly as cloud condensation nuclei. Major sources of atmospheric ammonia involve agricultural activities including animal husbandry, especially concentrated animal feeding operations and fertilizer use. Major sinks of atmospheric ammonia involve dry deposition and wet removal by precipitation, as well as conversion to particulate ammonium by reaction with acids. Measurements of ambient NH3 are sparse, but satellites provide a means to monitor atmospheric composition globally. Using the AIRS/AMSU satellite this algorithm provides monthly measurements of derived atmospheric NH3 for September 2002 through August 2016.

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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-13-12469-2013
    https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5467-2016
    https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072305
    https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.084994
    https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2002.808236

    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 mass concentration of ammonia in the atmosphere derived from the AIRS/AMSU satellite data.

    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 C1619004533-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2019-03-22
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-03-22
    Category Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    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 Juying Warner. 2019-06-05. AIRSAC3MNH3. Version 3. Atmospheric Composition Ammonia Volume Mixing Ratio L3. 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/10.5067/06YIT7GX74FN. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/AIRSAC3MNH3_3.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator Juying Warner
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview Description Sample plot of mass concentration of ammonia in the atmosphere derived from the AIRS/AMSU satellite data.
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/AIRSAC3MNH3.v3.png
    Harvest Object Id 2e5731b8-f7da-47db-9a81-e2c9d9849335
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/06YIT7GX74FN
    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-13-12469-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5467-2016, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072305, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.084994, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2002.808236
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name AIRSAC3MNH3
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f11ee676315268a25126ee8f1ffccd561cc1a3fb54944d88cef40f7ae22b414a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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