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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. The AIRS Level 3 Daily Gridded Product contains standard retrieval means, standard deviations and input counts. Each file covers a temporal period of 24 hours for either the descending (equatorial crossing North to South at 1:30 AM local time) or ascending (equatorial crossing South to North at 1:30 PM local time) orbit. The data starts at the international dateline and progresses westward (as do the subsequent orbits of the satellite) so that neighboring gridded cells of data are no more than a swath of time apart (about 90 minutes). The two parts of a scan line crossing the dateline are included in separate L3 files, according to the date, so that data points in a grid box are always coincident in time. The edge of the AIRS Level 3 gridded cells is at the date line (the 180E/W longitude boundary). When plotted, this produces a map with 0 degrees longitude in the center of the image unless the bins are reordered. This method is preferred because the left (West) side of the image and the right (East) side of the image contain data farthest apart in time. The gridding scheme used by AIRS is the same as used by TOVS Pathfinder to create Level 3 products. The daily Level 3 products have gores between satellite paths where there is no coverage for that day. The geophysical parameters have been averaged and binned into 1 x 1 deg grid cells, from -180.0 to +180.0 deg longitude and from -90.0 to +90.0 deg latitude. For each grid map of 4-byte floating-point mean values there is a corresponding 4-byte floating-point map of standard deviation and a 2-byte integer grid map of counts. The counts map provides the user with the number of points per bin that were included in the mean and can be used to generate custom multi-day maps from the daily gridded products. The thermodynamic parameters are: Skin Temperature (land and sea surface), Air Temperature at the surface, Profiles of Air Temperature and Water Vapor, Tropopause Characteristics, Column Precipitable Water, Cloud Amount/Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Reflectance, Emissivity, Surface Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution. The trace gases parameters are: Total Amounts and Vertical Profiles of Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and Ozone. The actual names of the variables in the data files should be inferred from the Processing File Description document.

The value for each grid box is the sum of the values that fall within the 1x1 area divided by the number of points in the
box.

Product Summary

Platforms
AQUA
Instruments
AIRS
Spatial Extent

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

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-08-31 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
C1701805652-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
8568
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Carbon Monoxide ,
Geopotential Height ,
Tropopause ,
Methane ,
Atmospheric Ozone ,
Surface Pressure ,
Outgoing Longwave Radiation ,
Air Temperature ,
Upper Air Temperature ,
Humidity ,
Total Precipitable Water ,
Water Vapor ,
Water Vapor Profiles ,
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Cloud Height ,
Cloud Top Pressure ,
Cloud Top Temperature ,
Cloud Vertical Distribution ,
Emissivity ,
Skin Temperature ,
Sea Surface Temperature

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 Project. (2020). Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/UO3Q64CTTS1U Date Accessed: 2026-05-13

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Deducing land-atmosphere coupling regimes from SMAP soil moisture Makhasana, Payal R., Santanello, Joseph A., Lawston-Parker, Patricia M., Roundy, Joshua K. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Brightness Temperature, SIGMA NAUGHT, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Environmental Justice and Lessons Learned from COVID-19 OutcomesUncovering Hidden Patterns with Geometric Deep Learning and New NASA Satellite Data Zhen, Zhiwei, Lee, Huikyo, Segovia-Dominguez, Ignacio, Huang, Meichen, Chen, Yuzhou, Garay, Michael, Crichton, Daniel, Gel, Yulia R. 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
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plantsoil water relations Baur, Martin J., Friend, Andrew D., Pellegrini, Adam F. A. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Vegetation Water Content, Soil Moisture/Water Content
Seasonal variation of the atmospheric muon flux in the KM3NeT detectors Mulder, Jelmer, Bruijn, Ronald Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Trends and Interannual Variability of the Hydroxyl Radical in the Remote Anderson, Daniel C., Duncan, Bryan N., Liu, Junhua, Nicely, Julie M., Strode, Sarah A., FolletteCook, Melanie B., Souri, Amir H., Ziemke, Jerry R., GonzalezAbad, Gonzalo, Ayazpour, Zolal 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, Reflectance, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
A Bayesian Approach for Forecasting the Probability of Large Earthquakes Using Thermal Anomalies from Satellite Observations Jiao, Zhonghu, Shan, Xinjian 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
Analysis of Seismic Methane Anomalies at the Multi-Spatial and Temporal Scales Wang, Xu, Cui, Jing, Zhima, Zeren, Jiang, Wenliang, Huang, Yalan, Chen, Hui, Li, Qiang, Wang, Lin 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
Satellite-observed precipitation and total column water vapor Johnson, Sara E. A., Ye, Hengchun, Fetzer, Eric J., Li, Jingjing Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Satellite data geoprocessing to estimate PM2. 5 over the Megalopolis of Central Mexico Mora-Ramirez, Marco Antonio, Martinez-Luna, Edgar, Cruz-Nunez, Xochitl 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, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), Heat Flux, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction
Investigating the potential of remote sensing-based machine-learning algorithms to model Secchi-disk depth, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a in Lake Urmia Shamloo, Amirsepehr, Sima, Somayeh 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
New evidence for CH4 enhancement in the upper troposphere associated with the Asian summer monsoon Tao, Mengchu, Cai, Zhaonan, Zhu, Sihong, Liu, Yi, Feng, Liang, Fang, Shuangxi, Yi, You, Bian, Jianchun 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, Tropospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Brightness Temperature
Mid-latitude ionospheric disturbances during the major Sudden Stratospheric Warming event of 2018 observed by sub-ionospheric VLF/LF signals Sen, Arnab, Pal, Sujay, Mondal, Sushanta K. 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
Characteristics of the Arctic planetary boundary layer height from multiple radio occultations Chang, Liang, Song, Shuli, Feng, Guiping, Zhang, Yang, Gao, Guoping Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration
From Resilience to Vulnerability: Indigenous Agri-Food Systems of Wayanad District Swaran, V., Chandrika, C. S., Jamir, Chubamenla 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
Importance of Atmospheric Transport on Methanesulfonic Acid (MSA) Concentrations in the Arctic Ocean during Summer under Global Warming Jiang, Bei, Xie, Zhouqing, Chen, Afeng, Yue, Fange, Yu, Xiawei, Wang, Longquan, Gu, Weihua, Wu, Xudong, Chai, Zhangyan, Jin, Ruilin Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Comprehensive Evaluation and Comparison of AIRS, VASS, and VIRR Water Fan, Rongfeng, Zeng, Zhaoliang, Wang, Xin, Zhang, Lei, Cheng, Wei, Ding, Minghu Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Tropospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Cloud Fraction
Dynamic and thermodynamic processes related to sea-ice surface melt advance in the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea Liang, Hongjie, Zhou, Wen 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
Constraining the hydroxyl (OH) radical in the tropics with satellite observations of its driversfirst steps toward assessing the feasibility of a global observation ... Anderson, Daniel C., Duncan, Bryan N., Nicely, Julie M., Liu, Junhua, Strode, Sarah A., Follette-Cook, Melanie B. Sea Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Nitrous Oxide, Biomass Burning, Halocarbons And Halogens, Sulfur Compounds, Air Quality, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Fossil Fuel Burning, Industrial Emissions, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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Observed decreasing trend in the upper-tropospheric cloud top temperature Liu, Huan, Koren, Ilan, Altaratz, Orit Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
Monitoring Surface Water Content and Biogeochemical Responses In The Area Surrounding River Mouths Using Multi-Source Satellite Remote Sensing Kim, Youngwook, Park, Ji-Hyung, Du, Jinyang Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Land surface influence on convective available potential energy (CAPE) change during interstorms Zhang, Lily N., Short Gianotti, Daniel J., Entekhabi, Dara Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Propagation in the Drought Cascade: Observational Analysis Over the Continental US Entekhabi, Dara 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, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics
Assessment of gridded datasets of various near surface temperature variables over Heihe River Basin: Uncertainties, spatial heterogeneity and clear-sky bias Xu, Shuo, Wang, Dongdong, Liang, Shunlin, Liu, Yuling, Jia, Aolin 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
A Spatially Self-Adaptive Multiparametric Anomaly Identification Scheme Based on Global Strong Earthquakes Jiao, Zhonghu, Hao, Yumeng, Shan, Xinjian 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
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

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Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
ascending/Data_Fields/OLR_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/OLR_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/RelHumSurf_liquid_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/RelHum_liquid_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/SurfAirTemp_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/SurfPres_Forecast_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/SurfSkinTemp_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/Temperature_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotalCounts_A ascending/Data_Fields/TotalCounts_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/TotH2OVap_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/TotO3_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/TropHeight_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/TropPres_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/TropTemp_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A_ct ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A_sdev ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Emis_MW_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A_ct ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A_sdev ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/GPHeight_MW_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A_ct ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A_ct N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A_sdev ascending_MW_only/Data_Fields/Temperature_MW_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
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