Spatial Statistical Data Fusion (SSDF) Level 3: CONUS Near-Surface Vapor Pressure Deficit from Aqua AIRS, V2 (SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD)

Description

This data set provides an estimate of the vapor pressure deficit. It infers a value for each grid point based on nearby and distant values of the input Level-2 datasets and estimates of the variance of those values, with lower variances given higher weight. The Spatial Statistical Data Fusion (SSDF) surface continental United States (CONUS) products, fuse data from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) instrument on the EOS-Aqua spacecraft with data from the Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite (CrIMSS) instruments on the Suomi-NPP spacecraft. The CrIMSS instrument suite consists of the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) infrared sounder and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) microwave sounder. These are all daily products on a ¼ x ¼ degree latitude/longitude grid covering the continental United States (CONUS). The SSDF algorithm infers a value for each grid point based on nearby and distant values of the input Level-2 datasets and estimates of the variance of those values, with lower variances given higher weight. Performing the data fusion of two (or more) remote sensing datasets that estimate the same physical state involves four major steps: (1) Filtering input data; (2) Matching the remote sensing datasets to an in situ dataset, taken as a truth estimate; (3) Using these matchups to characterize the input datasets via estimation of their bias and variance relative to the truth estimate; (4) Performing the spatial statistical data fusion. We note that SSDF can also be performed on a single remote sensing input dataset. The SSDF algorithm only ingests the bias-corrected estimates, their latitudes and longitudes, and their estimated variances; the algorithm is agnostic as to which dataset or datasets those estimates, latitudes, longitudes, and variances originated from.

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34 SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD_2.png https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD_2.png
21 SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD_2.html https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD_2.html
21 https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/Data_Fusion/SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD.2/
21 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD+2
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 https://sounder.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Data_Fusion/SNDRAQIL3SSDFCVPD.2/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2F4RE39DE0GLVE
33 Spatial Statistical Data Fusion (SSDF) Product User Guide:File Format and Definition https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/SSDF_CONUS_VPD_v2.README.pdf
33 SSDF ATBD Journal Article "Data Fusion of AIRS and CrIMSS Near Surface Air Temperature" https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10510524.1 https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Sounder/SSDF.V2.ATBD.pdf

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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