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    • MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly Binned Geopotential Height (GPH) on Assorted Grids V004 (ML3MBGPH) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    ML3MBGPH is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) monthly binned on various vertical grids product for geopotential height (GPH) derived from radiances measured by the 118 and 240 GHz radiometers. The data version is 4.2. Data coverage is from August 2004 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 261 and 0.001 hPa, and the vertical resolution varies between ~3.6 and 6 km. Users of the ML3MBGPH data product should read chapter 4 and section 3.8 of the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 4 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 theta, lat vs theta zonal mean, equivalent lat vs theta zonal mean, and vortex average vs theta. 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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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    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 November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1725339145-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2020-03-06
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2020-03-06
    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 Schwartz, M., Livesey, N., Read, W., and Fuller, R.. 2020-04-20. ML3MBGPH. Version 004. MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly Binned Geopotential Height (GPH) on Assorted Grids V004. 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/3208. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML3MBGPH_004.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator Schwartz, 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/ML3MBGPH_004.png
    Harvest Object Id 5d74eaa4-387a-48a3-bbe4-4f06a98b2d80
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/MLS/DATA/3208
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -82.0 180.0 82.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name ML3MBGPH
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 33212d9df8ff739ccdc5832cc7e0cba6ee7c64e0601d3bc60fe9c184806515fa
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2004-08-02T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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