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The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a grating spectrometer (R = 1200) aboard the second Earth Observing System (EOS) polar-orbiting platform, EOS Aqua. In combination with the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB), AIRS constitutes an innovative atmospheric sounding group of visible, infrared, and microwave sensors. The AIRS Only Level 3 Monthly Gridded Retrieval Product contains standard retrieval means, standard deviations and input counts. Each file covers a calendar month. The mean values are simply the arithmetic means of the daily products, weighted by the number of input counts for each day in that grid box. The geophysical parameters have been averaged and binned into 1 x 1 deg grid cells, from -180.0 to +180.0 deg longitude and from -90.0 to +90.0 deg latitude. For each grid map of 4-byte floating-point mean values there is a corresponding 4-byte floating-point map of standard deviation and a 2-byte integer grid map of counts. The counts map provides the user with the number of points per bin that were included in the mean and can be used to generate custom multi-day maps from the daily gridded products. The thermodynamic parameters are: Skin Temperature (land and sea surface), Air Temperature at the surface, Profiles of Air Temperature and Water Vapor, Tropopause Characteristics, Column Precipitable Water, Cloud Amount/Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Reflectance, Emissivity, Surface Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution. The trace gases parameters are: Total Amounts and Vertical Profiles of Carbon Monoxide, Methane, and Ozone. The actual names of the variables in the data files should be inferred from the Processing File Description document.

Product Summary

Platforms
Aqua
Instruments
AIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-09-01 to Present
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1238517301-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
283
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Tropopause ,
Surface Pressure ,
Air Temperature ,
Upper Air Temperature ,
Total Precipitable Water ,
Water Vapor ,
Cloud Height ,
Cloud Top Pressure ,
Cloud Top Temperature ,
Cloud Vertical Distribution ,
Emissivity ,
Sea Surface Temperature ,
Skin Temperature ,
Carbon Monoxide ,
Geopotential Height ,
Humidity ,
Water Vapor Profiles ,
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Outgoing Longwave Radiation ,
Methane ,
Atmospheric Ozone

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AIRS Science Team, & Texeira, J. (2013). Aqua AIRS Level 3 Standard Monthly Product using AIRS IR-only V6 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/AQUA/AIRS/DATA321 Date Accessed: 2026-04-30

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Evaluation of ERA5, FLDAS and AIRS temperature data in Central Java and Its utilization as a basis for climate-based policy Harmoko, Iis Widya, Zainuri, Muhammad, Wirasatriya, Anindya, Supari Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
The Predictive Power of Combining Chemical and Dynamical Variables for Strode, Sarah, Duncan, Bryan, Anderson, Daniel, Oman, Luke D., Orbe, Clara, Deushi, Makoto, Jockel, Patrick, Manyin, Michael Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide
Impacts of the QuasiBiennial Oscillation and the El NinoSouthern Oscillation on stratospheretotroposphere ozone transport: Assessment with chemistryclimate ... Zhang, Zhiyi, Wang, Zhiting, Liang, Jing, Luo, Jiali Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Long-term trends and chemometric analysis of atmospheric air quality matrices in Nigeria (20032023) using NASA GIOVANNI satellite data Omokpariola, Daniel Omeodisemi, Nduka, John Kanayochukwu, Anagboso, Martin Osita, Omokpariola, Patrick Leonard Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Nitrogen Dioxide, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
Observations of the Clear-Sky Spectral Longwave Feedback at Surface Temperatures between 210 and 310 K Roemer, Florian E., Buehler, Stefan A. Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Preterm births attributable to criteria air pollutant exposure in Partha, Debatosh B., Yasmin, Sumiya, Nath, Hrithik Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Population
Correlated Modes of Spatiotemporal Variations Between Biomass Burning Chutia, Lakhima, Wang, Jun, Chen, Xi, Lu, Zhendong, Zhou, Meng, Wilcox, Eric M. Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Carbon Monoxide, Tropopause, Methane, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Pressure Thickness, Tropospheric Ozone, Air Mass/Density
Deciphering Surface Water-Groundwater Connectivity Using Chemical and Stable Isotope Tracers (H and O) in the Headwaters of Sao Francisco River, Brazil de Carvalho Ramos, Marcela Aragao, Quaggio, Carolina Stager, dos Santos, Vinicius, Costa, Vladimir Eliodoro, de Vasconcelos Muller, Camila, Athayde, Gustavo Barbosa, Kirchheim, Roberto, Gastmans, Didier Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Satellite-based climate change trends and their implication for noncommunicable diseases in Nigeria (20032022) Omokpariola, Daniel Omeodisemi, Nduka, John Kanayochukwu, Anagboso, Martin Osita, Omokpariola, Patrick Leonard Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing
Dynamical drivers of free-tropospheric ozone increases over equatorial Southeast Asia Stauffer, Ryan M., Thompson, Anne M., Kollonige, Debra E., Komala, Ninong, Al-Ghazali, Habib Khirzin, Risdianto, Dian Yudha, Dindang, Ambun, Fairudz bin Jamaluddin, Ahmad, Sammathuria, Mohan Kumar, Zakaria, Norazura Binti, Johnson, Bryan J., Cullis, Patrick D. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Level Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Altitude, Ozone Profiles, Surface Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature, Fire Dynamics, Surface Radiative Properties, Land Surface Temperature
Regional and global air quality Wild, Oliver Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Application of satellite altimetry for studying the water vapour variability over the tropical Indian Ocean Nurzaman, Fathin, Wijaya, Dudy D., Putri, Nabila S. E., Abdullah, Noor N., Bramanto, Brian, Tanuwijaya, Zamzam A. J., Kuntjoro, Wedyanto, Setyadji, Bambang, Pradipta, Dhota Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Assessments of Arctic Cloud Vertical Structure From AIRS Using Wang, Xi, Liu, Jian Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Tiny rain makers: How aerosols shape extreme rainfall simulation accuracy Liu, Ying, Liu, Hai, Zhuo, Lu, Han, Dawei Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Systematic Underestimation of Canopy Conductance Sensitivity to Drought Green, J. K., Zhang, Y., Luo, X., Keenan, T. F. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Multi-year total ozone column variability at three Norwegian sites and the influence of Northern Hemisphere Climatic Indices Boccacci, Giulia, Bertolin, Chiara, Cavazzani, Stefano, Siani, Anna Maria Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
A Warmer and Wetter Arctic: Insights From a 20Years AIRS Record Boisvert, Linette, Parker, Chelsea, Valkonen, Elina Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Ice Concentration
Observed decreasing trend in the upper-tropospheric cloud top temperature Liu, Huan, Koren, Ilan, Altaratz, Orit Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
Spatiotemporal Variability of Global Atmospheric Methane Observed from Two Decades of Satellite Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders Zhou, Lihang, Warner, Juying, Nalli, Nicholas R., Wei, Zigang, Oh, Youmi, Bruhwiler, Lori, Liu, Xingpin, Divakarla, Murty, Pryor, Ken, Kalluri, Satya, Goldberg, Mitchell D. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Synthesis of Satellite and Surface Measurements, Model Results, and Reddy, Patrick J. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Nitrogen Dioxide
Transport pathways of carbon monoxide from Indonesian fire pollution to a subtropical high-altitude mountain site in the western North Pacific Ravindra Babu, Saginela, Ou-Yang, Chang-Feng, Griffith, Stephen M., Pani, Shantanu Kumar, Kong, Steven Soon-Kai, Lin, Neng-Huei Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Introducing new lightning schemes into the CHASER (MIROC) He, Yanfeng, Hoque, Hossain Mohammed Syedul, Sudo, Kengo Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Air Quality, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Industrial Emissions, Fossil Fuel Burning, Biomass Burning, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Compounds, Halocarbons And Halogens
Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and recovery on People's mobility and air quality in the United Arab Emirates using satellite and ground observations Shanableh, Abdallah, Al-Ruzouq, Rami, Hamad, Khaled, Gibril, Mohamed Barakat A., Khalil, Mohamad Ali, Khalifa, Inas, El Traboulsi, Yahya, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Jena, Ratiranjan, Alani, Sama, Alhosani, Mohamad, Stietiya, Mohammed Hashem, Al Bardan, Mayyada, AL-Mansoori, Saeed Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Downward Trend in Methane Detected in a Northern Colorado Oil and Gas Production Region Using AIRS Satellite Data Reddy, P. J., Taylor, C. Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Heat Flux, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction
Global changes in water vapor 19792020 Allan, Richard P., Willett, Kate M., John, Viju O., Trent, Tim Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Relationship between Satellite-Based Land Liu, Jiang, Hagan, Daniel Fiifi Tawia, Holmes, Thomas R., Liu, Yi Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Heat Flux, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover
Assessing progress toward the Paris climate agreement from space Weir, Brad, Oda, Tomohiro, Ott, Lesley E, Schmidt, Gavin A Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Assessment of PM2. 5 using satellite lidar observations: Effect of bio-mass burning emissions over India Lakshmi, N.B., Resmi, E.A., Padmalal, D. Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Vertical Profiles, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles
Determination of tropical belt widening using multiple GNSS radio occultation measurements Darrag, Mohamed, Jin, Shuanggen, Calabia, Andres, Samy, Aalaa Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Humidity, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature
Springtime Stratospheric Volcanic Aerosol Impact on Midlatitude Cirrus Sporre, M. K., Friberg, J., Svenhag, C., Sourdeval, O., Storelvmo, T. Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
NO2 anomalies-economy attribution and rapid climate response Savtchenko, Andrey K., Khayat, Mohammad G. Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature
Estimating surface solar irradiance from geostationary Himawari-8 over Australia: A physics-based method with calibration Qin, Yi, Huang, Jing, McVicar, Tim R., West, Sam, Khan, Maryam, Steven, Andrew D.L. Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Global Land Surface Temperature Change (2003-2017) and Its Relationship Liu, Jiang, Hagan, Daniel Fiifi Tawia, Liu, Yi Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Land Surface Temperature
PBL Height From AIRS, GPS RO, and MERRA2 Products in NASA GES DISC and Their 10Year Seasonal Mean Intercomparison Ding, Feng, Iredell, Lena, Theobald, Michael, Wei, Jennifer, Meyer, David Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Vertical Profiles, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Relative Humidity, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Mass Flux, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate, Heat Flux, Skin Temperature, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Ice Fraction
Variability and trends in surface solar spectral ultraviolet irradiance in Italy: on the influence of geopotential height and lower-stratospheric ozone Fountoulakis, Ilias, Diemoz, Henri, Siani, Anna Maria, di Sarra, Alcide, Meloni, Daniela, Sferlazzo, Damiano M. Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Tropopause, Methane, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Humidity, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Height, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Ozone Profiles
Water vapor anomaly over the tropical western Pacific in El Nino winters from radiosonde and satellite observations and ERA5 reanalysis data Du, Minkang, Huang, Kaiming, Zhang, Shaodong, Huang, Chunming, Gong, Yun, Yi, Fan Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
The downstream air pollution impacts of the transition from coal to natural gas in the United States Burney, Jennifer A. Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Sulfur Dioxide, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness
The CNRM Global Atmosphere Model ARPEGE-Climat 6.3: Description and Roehrig, Romain, Beau, Isabelle, SaintMartin, David, Alias, Antoinette, Decharme, Bertrand, Gueremy, JeanFrancois, Voldoire, Aurore, AbdelLathif, Ahmat Younous, Bazile, Eric, Belamari, Sophie, Blein, Sebastien, Bouniol, Dominique, Bouteloup, Yves, Cattiaux, Julien, Chauvin, Fabrice, Chevallier, Matthieu, Colin, Jeanne, Douville, Herve, Marquet, Pascal, Michou, Martine, Nabat, Pierre, Oudar, Thomas, Peyrille, Philippe, Piriou, JeanMarcel, Salas y Melia, David, Seferian, Roland, Senesi, Stephane Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High de Kok, Remco J., Kraaijenbrink, Philip D. A., Tuinenburg, Obbe A., Bonekamp, Pleun N. J., Immerzeel, Walter W. Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CH4_VMR_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CloudFrc_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopPres_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CloudTopTemp_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/ClrOLR_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudFrc_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudPres_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_sdev ascending/Data_Fields/CoarseCloudTemp_A_sdev N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_ct ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_ct N/A int16 0 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_err ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_err N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_max ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_max N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_min ascending/Data_Fields/CO_VMR_A_min N/A float32 -9999 N/A N/A N/A
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