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    AIRS/Aqua L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V006 (AIRX2SUP) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The Support Product includes higher vertical resolution profiles of the quantities found in the Standard Product plus intermediate output (e.g., microwave-only retrieval), research products such as the abundance of trace gases, and detailed quality assessment information. The Support Product profiles contain 100 pressure levels between 1100 and .016 mb; this higher resolution simplifies the generation of radiances using forward models, though the vertical information content is no greater than in the Standard Product profiles. The horizontal resolution is 50 km. The intended users of the Support Product are researchers interested in generating forward radiance, or in examining research products, and the AIRS algorithm development team. The Support Product is generated at all locations as Standard Products. An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 30 footprints cross track by 45 lines along track. There are 240 granules per day, with an orbit repeat cycle of approximately 16 day.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-399-2014
    https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.084994
    https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022551
    https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD02166
    https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024806
    https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024008
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2005/JD007020
    https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2002.808236

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1243477317-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2002-08-30
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category Aqua, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Harvest Source Id a73e0c30-4684-40ef-908e-d22e9e9e5f86
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Aqua/AIRS/DATA207
    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-14-399-2014, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.8.084994, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022551, https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD02166, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024806, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024008, https://doi.org/10.1029/2005/JD007020, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2002.808236
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    Temporal 2002-08-30T00:00:00Z/2016-09-24T23:59:59.999Z

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