MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Cloud Ice (IWC) on Assorted Grids V005 (ML3DBIWC) at GES DISC

Description

ML3DBIWC is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) daily binned on various vertical grids product for cloud ice water content (IWC) derived from radiances measured by the 240 GHz radiometer. The data version is 5.1. Spatial coverage is near-global (-82 to +82 degrees latitude) at a spatial resolution of 4 degrees latitude by 5 degrees longitude. The recommended useful vertical range is from 215 to 82.5 hPa, and the vertical resolution is about 3 km. Users of the ML3DBIWC data product should read chapter 4 and sections 3.15 and 3.16 of the EOS MLS Level 2 Version 5 Quality Document for more information. The data files are archived in the netCDF4 format, which is also compatible with HDF5 readers and tools. Each file contains six group objects: lat-lon map vs pressure, lat vs pressure zonal mean, lat-lon map vs "potential temperature", lat vs "potential temperature" zonal mean, "equivalent latitude" vs "potential temperature" zonal mean, and vortex average vs "potential temperature". Each group has a set of data (average, min, max, std dev, rms) and geolocation fields, grid attributes, and metadata.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level3/ML3DBIWC.005/
33 Data Quality and Description Document https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/v5-0_data_quality_document.pdf
21 MLS Science Team Home Page. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ML3DBIWC_005
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAura%2FMLS%2FDATA%2F3514
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
21 List of publications. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/publications.php
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML3DBIWC_005.html
34 ML3DBIWC_005.png https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/ML3DBIWC_005.png
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_MLS_Level3/ML3DBIWC.005/contents.html
33 EOS MLS Retrieval Process Algorithm Theoretical Basis https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/eos_algorithm_atbd.pdf

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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