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    • MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly Binned Temperature on Assorted Grids V004 (ML3MBT) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    ML3MBT is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) monthly binned on various vertical grids product for temperature derived from radiances measured by the 118 and 240 GHz radiometers. The data version is 4.2. 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 from 261 to 0.001 hPa, and the vertical resolution is between 3 and 6 km. Users of the ML3MBT data product should read chapter 4 and section 3.22 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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    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 C1725339843-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. ML3MBT. Version 004. MLS/Aura Level 3 Monthly Binned Temperature 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/3221. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML3MBT_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/ML3MBT_004.png
    Harvest Object Id 5a09c5ce-937f-4dca-b929-d0d00ad48590
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/MLS/DATA/3221
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -82.0 180.0 82.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name ML3MBT
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash c3ecdc4889555eca333bc1f7fc31e1ca8fa51db301f07c85dc7a62abb3e54a51
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2004-08-02T00:00:00Z/2022-01-17T00:00:00Z

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