MLS/Aura Level 3 Daily Binned Cloud Ice (IWC) on Zonal and Similar Grids V005 (ML3DZIWC) at GES DISC

Description

ML3DZIWC is the EOS Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) daily binned on zonal and assorted 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 4 degree latitude zonal increments. The recommended useful vertical range is from 215 to 82.5 hPa, and the vertical resolution is about 3 km. Users of the ML3DZIWC 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 contain one year of data and are archived in the netCDF4 format, which is also compatible with HDF5 readers and tools. Each file contains four group objects: lat vs pressure zonal mean, 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 dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/ML3DZIWC_005.html
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level3/ML3DZIWC.005/
33 Data Quality and Description Document https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/v5-0_data_quality_document.pdf
21 List of publications. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/publications.php
33 EOS MLS Retrieval Process Algorithm Theoretical Basis https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/data/eos_algorithm_atbd.pdf
21 MLS Science Team Home Page. https://mls.jpl.nasa.gov/
34 ML3DZIWC_005.png https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/ML3DZIWC_005.png
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FAura%2FMLS%2FDATA%2F3574
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=ML3DZIWC_005
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/HDF-EOS5/Aura_MLS_Level3/ML3DZIWC.005/contents.html
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

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  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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