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Description

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 L3 support products are similar to the L3 standard products but contain fields which are not fully validated, or are inputs or intermediary values. Because no quality control information is available for some of these fields, values from failed retrievals may be included.

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Not provided

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-09-01 to Present
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1238517285-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
278
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Tropopause ,
Surface Pressure ,
Air Temperature ,
Upper Air Temperature ,
Total Precipitable Water ,
Water Vapor ,
Cloud Height ,
Cloud Top Pressure ,
Cloud Top Temperature ,
Cloud Vertical Distribution ,
Emissivity ,
Sea Surface Temperature ,
Skin Temperature ,
Carbon Monoxide ,
Geopotential Height ,
Humidity ,
Water Vapor Profiles ,
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Outgoing Longwave Radiation ,
Methane ,
Atmospheric Ozone ,
Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size ,
Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness ,
Cloud Types ,
Precipitation Rate

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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AIRS Science Team, & Texeira, J. (2013). Aqua AIRS Level 3 Support Monthly Product using AIRS IR-only V6 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/AIRS/DATA324 Date Accessed: 2025-12-07

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