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    • NOAA Climate Data Record for Mean Layer Temperature (Upper Troposphere & Lower Stratosphere) from UCAR, Version 2

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2023

    The Temperatures of Troposphere / Stratosphere (TTS) (AMSU channel 7 and MSU channel 3) CDR is generated by using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Europe METeorological Operational satellite-A (Metop/A) satellites. High quality radiosonde observations (RAOBs) identified by coincident Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation (RO) temperature profile measurements from Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) and Challenging Mini-satellite Payload (CHAMP) are used to calibrate the AMSU channel 7 measurements from multiple NOAA and Metop-A missions. The calibrated AMSU TTS from 2001 to 2014 are then used to calibrate MSU TTS in the same time period and then the calibrated MSU TTS are used to calibrate those overlapped MSU TTS from 1980 to 2001.

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    Metadata Date August 10, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 29, 2016 (publication), December 4, 2015 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update quarterly

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    Harvested from ncdc

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 10, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) January 29, 2016 (publication), December 4, 2015 (creation)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact); DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00944
    Access Constraints Cite as: Ho, Shu-peng; Peng, Liang; and NOAA CDR Program (2016): NOAA Climate Data Record for Mean Layer Temperature (Upper Troposphere & Lower Stratosphere) from UCAR, Version 2 [Indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi:10.7289/V52F7KFQ [access date], See the Use Agreement for this CDR available on the CDR page., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 90.0
    Bbox South Lat -90.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update quarterly
    Graphic Preview Description Sample Image
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C00944_tts_ucar_200407.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id cf4f13d9-54c1-473c-be0b-bb6745b66627
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence
    Lineage The data were produced by the COSMIC Data Analysis and Archive Center at UCAR until mid 2018 and are archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Level 1B AMSU data from NOAA 15, 16, 18, and 19, and from METOP/A, and MSU data from TIROS, NOAA6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 are used.
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1986-11

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