AIRS/Aqua L2G Precipitation Estimate V006 (AIRG2SSD) at GES DISC

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. This precipitation estimate from AIRS is using TOVS-like algorithm, and is intended for merging into the precipitation product of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). The precipitation estimate from AIRS Level 2 Support product, which are 6-min swath granules (240 per day) are combined here into one daily "Level 2G" global grid with dimensions (24x1440x720). Thus every hour is a "layer", and the resulting grid cell size is 0.25 degree (~25 km). Thus the grid size is made to fit TRMM products. Since AIRS precipitation is retrieved at AMSU footprint resolution, which is about 45 km at nadir, many grid cells in this 0.25-deg grid are "empty". The data are stored such that the first line is the South Pole. The geolocation information for every hour-layer is also provided in the file.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/AIRG2SSD_006.html
21 Access the data via HTTP. https://airsl2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aqua_AIRS_Level2/AIRG2SSD.006/
33 README Document https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/repository/Mission/AIRS/3.3_ScienceDataProductDocumentation/3.3.4_ProductGenerationAlgorithms/README.AIRS_V6.pdf
33 20070301_L2_ATBD_signed.pdf https://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atbd/20070301_L2_ATBD_signed.pdf
21 AIRS Documentation Page https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=AIRS+Documentation
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAqua%2FAIRS%2FDATA210
34 Sample image for layer 19 of the precipitation estimate from AIRS Level 2 Support product combined into one daily "Level 2G" global grid with dimensions (24x1440x720). Every hour is a "layer", and the resulting grid cell size is 0.25 degree (~25 km). https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/AIRG2SSD_006.png
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=AIRG2SSD+006
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://airsl2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_AIRS_Level2/AIRG2SSD.006/contents.html
21 AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument, algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found. https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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