NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Channel 12 Brightness Temperature Version 3.2

Description

The High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) of intersatellite calibrated channel 12 brightness temperature product is a gridded global monthly time series product spanning from 1979 to the most current full month, updated monthly. Among the twenty channels in the HIRS instrument, channel 12 measures upper tropospheric water vapor. Multiple polar orbiting satellites in the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) and MetOp series have carried HIRS instruments. Due to the independence in calibration of the individual HIRS instruments, biases exist between satellites. Examination of the intersatellite biases shows that the biases are scene brightness temperature dependent. These HIRS channel 12 measurements from the NOAA POES and MetOp series are calibrated to a baseline satellite based on intersatellite bias correction data. The dataset is provided as monthly mean 2.5x2.5 degree latitude/longitude in netcdf format. This CDR is key to understanding water vapor feedback climatology and has been used to study long-term water vapor variability, to evaluate climate models, and to study large-scale atmospheric circulations.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Links to dataset on THREDDS server for sub-setting and downloading HIRS CH12 TB CDR https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/cdr/hirs-ch12/catalog.html
0 Information on AWS data access. https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-cdr-fundamental/
0 Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. http://AWS_S3_EXPLORER
21 Information on Microsoft Azure data access. https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-cdr.html
0 This dataset provides advanced scientific researchers a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of upper tropospheric water vapor along with HIRS brightness temperatures that are suitable for long-term https://doi.org/10.25921/zqqa-ks18
0 Access to the published CDR, source code, and documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/HIRS_Ch12_Brightness_Temperature/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Paper on generating a climatologically homogenized time series of the upper tropospheric water vapor (UTWV), intersatellite calibration for 3 decades of HIRS Ch12 clear-sky measurements. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014847
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/zqqa-ks18
0 Direct download location for the NOAA HIRS TB CDR data files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/hirs-brightness-temperature/access/
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • vertical location
  • hirs
  • national climatic data center
  • nesdis
  • earth observation satellites
  • water vapor
  • noaa climate data record (cdr) program
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air water vapour
  • troposphere
  • noaa onestop project
  • passive remote sensing
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • profilers/sounders
  • earth science
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • satellite
  • noaa polar orbiting environmental satellites
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • high resolution infrared radiation sounder
  • earth remote sensing instruments
  • national centers for environmental information
  • noaa poes (polar orbiting environmental satellites)
  • noaa poes

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