Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 2 CLIMCAPS: Cloud Cleared Radiances V2 at GES DISC

Description

The CLIMCAPS (Community Long-term Infrared Microwave Coupled Product System) algorithm is used to analyze data from the AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) and AMSU (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit). The AIRS instrument is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. The AIRS in combination with the AMSU constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of infrared and microwave sensors. The AIRS Standard Retrieval Product consists of retrieved estimates of cloud and surface properties, plus profiles of retrieved temperature, water vapor, ozone, carbon monoxide and methane. The temperature profile vertical resolution is 100 levels total between 1100 mb and 0.1 mb, while moisture profile is reported at atmospheric layers between 1100 mb and 300 mb. The horizontal resolution is 50 km. Cloud-Cleared Radiances contain calibrated, geolocated channel-by-channel AIRS infrared radiances (milliWatts/m2/cm-1/steradian) that would have been observed within each AMSU footprint if there were no clouds in the FOV. An AIRS granule has been set as 6 minutes of data, 30 footprints cross track by 45 lines along track for each of the approximate 2378 channels. There are 240 granules per day, with an orbit repeat cycle of approximately 16 day.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FW0OHIT0RAM8O
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data//Aqua_Sounder_Level2/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR.2/
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_Sounder_Level2/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR.2/
21 Search the Earthdata website. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR+2
33 CLIMCAPS ATBD https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS.V2.ATBD.pdf
33 CLIMCAPS Science Application Guide https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS_V2_L2_science_guides.pdf
34 Sample plot of AIRS/AMSU CLIMCAPS Level 2 Cloud Cleared Radiances. https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR_02.png
33 CLIMCAPS Product User Guide:File Format and Definition https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS.V2.README.pdf
21 AIRS Documentation Page https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=AIRS+Documentation
21 AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument, algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found. https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FW0OHIT0RAM8O
34 Sample plot of AIRS/AMSU CLIMCAPS Level 2 Cloud Cleared Radiances. https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR_02.png
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data//Aqua_Sounder_Level2/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR.2/
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/Aqua_Sounder_Level2/SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR.2/
21 Search the Earthdata website. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=SNDRAQIML2CCPCCR+2
33 CLIMCAPS Product User Guide:File Format and Definition https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS.V2.README.pdf
33 CLIMCAPS ATBD https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS.V2.ATBD.pdf
21 AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument, algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found. https://airs.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
21 AIRS Documentation Page https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=AIRS+Documentation
33 CLIMCAPS Science Application Guide https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/CLIMCAPS_V2_L2_science_guides.pdf

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  • infrared-wavelengths
  • spectral-engineering
  • microwave
  • earth-science

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