NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Mean Layer Temperature-NOAA, Version 5

Description

The Mean Layer Temperature - NOAA CDR V5.0 is a monthly global dataset with 2.5°×2.5° grid resolution covering the period from November 1978 to present. The dataset measures mean layer atmospheric temperatures from the lower-troposphere to the lower-stratosphere. The dataset was inter-calibrated and merged from three generations of microwave sounders, MSU, AMSU-A, and ATMS, with 16 polar-orbiting satellites including TIROS-N, NOAA-6, NOAA-7, NOAA-8, NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, MetOp-A, Aqua, SNPP, and NOAA-20. The dataset includes temperature mid-troposphere (TMT, MSU channel 2 merged with AMSU-A channel 5 and ATMS channel 6), temperature upper-troposphere (TUT, MSU channel 3 merged with AMSU-A channel 7 and ATMS channel 8), temperature lower-stratosphere (TLS, MSU channel 4 merged with AMSU-A channel 9 and ATMS channel 10), and temperature lower-troposphere (TLT, derived from combinations of TMT, TUT, and TLS). TLT, TMT, TUT, and TLS measure layer temperatures peaking roughly at 3km, 5km, 10km, and 17km, respectively, above the Earth's surface. Features in the dataset development include a use of backward merging approach, development of an observation- and semi-physically-based algorithm for diurnal drift adjustment, and removal of spurious calibration drifting errors in NOAA-15, NOAA-14, NOAA-12, and NOAA-11 through recalibration. Satellite microwave sounding observations in stable sun-synchronous orbits (Aqua, MetOp-A, SNPP, NOAA-20) were used as a reference in the backward merging process. Bias corrections and satellite recalibration have resulted in inter-consistent CDR records for reliable climate change investigation.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.ncdc.noaa:C01708/html
0 CDR overview and documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/climate-data-records/mean-layer-temperature-noaa
0 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/mean-layer-temperature-noaa/access/
0 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/mean-layer-temperature-noaa/doc/
21 THREDDS Data Server (TDS) for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/satellite/mean-layer-temperature-noaa/catalog.html
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
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 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
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 Website address for the publication https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022JD037472
0 To download the Mean Layer Temperature Reference Time Series https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/smcd/emb/mscat/data/RTCDR/

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  • vertical location
  • 1 km
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/star
  • horizontal resolution range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
  • nesdis
  • earth
  • center for satellite applications and research
  • atmosphere
  • vertical resolution range:
  • suomi national polar-orbiting partnership
  • noaa
  • atmosphere - upper-air - temperature of deep atmospheric layers
  • troposphere
  • temporal resolution range: monthly climatology
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • advanced technology microwave sounder
  • suomi-npp
  • tiros-n
  • jpss-1
  • msu
  • aqua
  • metop-a
  • noaa polar orbiting environmental satellites
  • amsu-a
  • mean layer temperature-noaa
  • temperature
  • joint polar satellite system - 1
  • advanced microwave sounding unit-a
  • meteorological operational satellite - a
  • atms
  • earth observing system
  • noaa-6 through noaa-19
  • microwave sounding unit
  • climate data record
  • stratosphere
  • noaa poes

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