N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Description
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 Only Level 3 Monthly Gridded Retrieval Product contains standard retrieval means, standard deviations and input counts. Each file covers a calendar month. The mean values are simply the arithmetic means of the daily products, weighted by the number of input counts for each day in that grid box. 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.
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Publications Citing This Dataset
| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Correction to: Long-term spatio-temporal trends in atmospheric aerosols and trace gases over Pakistan using remote sensing | Javed, Muhammad Adil, Mehmood, Usman, Tariq, Salman, Haq, Zia ul | 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), 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 | |
| Spatiotemporal Variability and Trend of Ozone Pollution from Satellite Data (2003- 2021) in Iraq | Hachim, Maha S., Rajab, Jasim M., Al-Salihi, Ali M., Lim, Hwee San | 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 | |
| Multi-year total ozone column variability at three Norwegian sites and the influence of Northern Hemisphere Climatic Indices | Boccacci, Giulia, Bertolin, Chiara, Cavazzani, Stefano, Siani, Anna Maria | 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 | |
| A Warmer and Wetter Arctic: Insights From a 20Years AIRS Record | Boisvert, Linette, Parker, Chelsea, Valkonen, Elina | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Long-term spatio-temporal trends in atmospheric aerosols and trace gases over Pakistan using remote sensing | Javed, Muhammad Adil, Mehmood, Usman, Tariq, Salman, Haq, Zia ul | 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), 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 | |
| Remote sensing of aerosols due to biomass burning over Kanpur, Sao-Paulo, Ilorin and Canberra | Tariq, Salman, ul-Haq, Zia, Nawaz, Hasan, Mehmood, Usman, Babar, Zaeem Bin | 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 | |
| Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols from Agricultural Residue Burning Over Pakistan | Tariq, Salman, Nawaz, Hasan, Ul-Haq, Zia, Mehmood, Usman | 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, Nitrogen Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide | |
| Temporal Upscaling of MODIS 1-km Instantaneous Land Surface Temperature to Monthly Mean Value: Method Evaluation and Product Generation | Liu, Xiangyang, Li, Zhao-Liang, Li, Jia-Hao, Leng, Pei, Liu, Meng, Gao, Maofang | 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 | |
| Spatiotemporal Variability of Global Atmospheric Methane Observed from Two Decades of Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders | Zhou, Lihang, Warner, Juying, Nalli, Nicholas R., Wei, Zigang, Oh, Youmi, Bruhwiler, Lori, Liu, Xingpin, Divakarla, Murty, Pryor, Ken, Kalluri, Satya, Goldberg, Mitchell D. | 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 | |
| Synthesis of Satellite and Surface Measurements, Model Results, and | Reddy, Patrick J. | 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, Nitrogen Dioxide | |
| Transport pathways of carbon monoxide from Indonesian fire pollution to a subtropical high-altitude mountain site in the western North Pacific | Ravindra Babu, Saginela, Ou-Yang, Chang-Feng, Griffith, Stephen M., Pani, Shantanu Kumar, Kong, Steven Soon-Kai, Lin, Neng-Huei | 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 | |
| Aedes aegypti in Southern Brazil: Spatiotemporal Distribution Dynamics and Association with Climate and Environmental Factors | de Oliveira, Joice Guilherme, Netto, Sergio Antonio, Francisco, Edenilson Osinski, Vieira, Caroline Pereira, Variza, Paula Fassicolo, Iser, Betine Pinto Moehlecke, Lima-Camara, Tamara Nunes, Lorenz, Camila, Prophiro, Josiane Somariva | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, 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, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, 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 | |
| Validation of INSAT3D and INSAT3DR Temperature Profile Retrievals Using GroundBased, Satellite, and Reanalysis Data | Gopikrishnan, G. S., Kuttippurath, J., Thapliyal, P. K., Shukla, M. V. | 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, Sea Level Pressure, Vertical Profiles, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | |
| Variation of AIRS-Retrieved CO2 over Uttarakhand, India, During 20102017 | Singh, Abhinay, Pandey, Chhavi P., Nandan, Hemwati, Semwal, Prapti | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, 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, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, 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, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Dew Point Temperature, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Sea Level Pressure, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing | |
| Determination of tropical belt widening using multiple GNSS radio occultation measurements | Darrag, Mohamed, Jin, Shuanggen, Calabia, Andres, Samy, Aalaa | Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Humidity, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature | |
| Downward Trend in Methane Detected in a Northern Colorado Oil and Gas Production Region Using AIRS Satellite Data | Reddy, P. J., Taylor, C. | 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, 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 | |
| Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and recovery on People's mobility and air quality in the United Arab Emirates using satellite and ground observations | Shanableh, Abdallah, Al-Ruzouq, Rami, Hamad, Khaled, Gibril, Mohamed Barakat A., Khalil, Mohamad Ali, Khalifa, Inas, El Traboulsi, Yahya, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Jena, Ratiranjan, Alani, Sama, Alhosani, Mohamad, Stietiya, Mohammed Hashem, Al Bardan, Mayyada, AL-Mansoori, Saeed | 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 | |
| Assessing progress toward the Paris climate agreement from space | Weir, Brad, Oda, Tomohiro, Ott, Lesley E, Schmidt, Gavin 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, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide | |
| Introducing new lightning schemes into the CHASER (MIROC) | He, Yanfeng, Hoque, Hossain Mohammed Syedul, Sudo, Kengo | 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, Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Air Quality, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Industrial Emissions, Fossil Fuel Burning, Biomass Burning, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Compounds, Halocarbons And Halogens | |
| An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Relationship between Satellite-Based Land | Liu, Jiang, Hagan, Daniel Fiifi Tawia, Holmes, Thomas R., Liu, Yi | Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, 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, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, 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, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover | |
| Global changes in water vapor 19792020 | Allan, Richard P., Willett, Kate M., John, Viju O., Trent, Tim | 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 | |
| Assessment of PM2. 5 using satellite lidar observations: Effect of bio-mass burning emissions over India | Lakshmi, N.B., Resmi, E.A., Padmalal, D. | 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, Sea Level Pressure, Vertical Profiles, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | |
| Heat wave and bushfire meteorology in New South Wales, Australia: air quality and health impacts | Islam, Mohammad S., Fang, Tianxin, Oldfield, Callum, Larpruenrudee, Puchanee, Beni, Hamidreza Mortazavy, Rahman, Md. M., Husain, Shahid, Gu, Yuantong | 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, 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 |
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.
For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.
| Name Sort descending | 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 |
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