MLS/Aura Level 2 Cloud Ice Product V004 (ML2IWC) at GES DISC

Description

ML2IWC is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) standard product for cloud ice water content derived from radiances measured by the 240 GHz radiometer. The data version is 4.2. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82 degrees to +82 degrees latitude), with each profile spaced 1.5 degrees or ~165 km along the orbit track (roughly 15 orbits per day). The recommended useful vertical range is from 215 to 82.5 hPa, and the vertical resolution is about 3 km. Users of the ML2IWC data product should read sections 3.15 and 3.16 of the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 4 Quality Document for more information. The data are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5), which is based on the version 5 Hierarchical Data Format, or HDF-5. Each file contains two swath objects (profile and column data), each with a set of data and geolocation fields, swath attributes, and metadata.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ML2IWC_004
33 Data Quality and Description Document https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/v4-2_data_quality_document.pdf
21 Users are encouraged to register with the MLS science team to obtain updates and information about this data product. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/forms/reguser.php
33 EOS MLS Retrieval Process Algorithm Theoretical Basis https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/eos_algorithm_atbd.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAura%2FMLS%2FDATA2015
21 List of publications. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/publications.php
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2IWC.004/contents.html
34 ML2IWC_004.png https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/ML2IWC_004.png
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML2IWC_004.html
21 MLS Science Team Home Page. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/
21 Access the data via HTTP. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2IWC.004/

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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