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    • MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl) Mixing Ratio on Assorted Grids V005 (ML3DBCH3CL) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    ML3DBCH3CL is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) daily binned on various vertical grids product for methyl chloride (CH3Cl) derived from radiances measured by the 640 GHz radiometer. The data version is 5.1. Data coverage is from August 2, 2005 to current. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82 to +82 degrees latitude) at a spatial resolution of 4 degrees latitude by 5 degrees longitude. The recommended useful vertical range is between 147 and 4.64 hPa, and the vertical resolution ranges between 4-6 km in the lower stratosphere and 8-10 km above 14 hPa. Users of the ML3DBCH3CL data product should read chapter 4 and section 3.3 of the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 5 Quality Document for more information.

    The data files are archived in the netCDF4 format, which is also compatible with HDF5 readers and tools. Each file contains six group objects: lat-lon map vs pressure, lat vs pressure zonal mean, lat-lon map vs "potential temperature", lat vs "potential temperature" zonal mean, "equivalent latitude" vs "potential temperature" zonal mean, and vortex average vs "potential temperature". Each group has a set of data (average, min, max, std dev, rms) and geolocation fields, grid attributes, and metadata.

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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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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2042565209-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2021-04-29
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-04-29
    Category Aura, 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 Santee, M., Livesey, N., Read, W., and Fuller, R.. 2021-04-29. ML3DBCH3CL. Version 005. MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Methyl Chloride (CH3Cl) Mixing Ratio on Assorted Grids V005. 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/Aura/MLS/DATA/3502. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML3DBCH3CL_005.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator Santee, M., Livesey, N., Read, W., and Fuller, R.
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/ML3DBCH3CL_005.png
    Harvest Object Id 14761230-1404-4c72-b436-523bba0e36e4
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/MLS/DATA/3502
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -82.0 180.0 82.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name ML3DBCH3CL
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 48a9e1f09aee9181e2e141469cb8c5d7dcb12d207cca6bbd7b3ff18b8d92ab48
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2004-08-02T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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