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Description

The GOZCARDS Merged Data for Water Vapor 1 month L3 10 degree Zonal Averages on a Vertical Pressure Grid product (GozMmlpH2O) contains zonal means and related information (standard deviation, minimum/maximum value, etc.), calculated as a result of a merging process that ties together the source datasets, after bias removal and averaging. The merged H2O data are from the following satellite instruments: HALOE (v19; 1991 - 2005), ACE-FTS (v2.2u; 2004 - onward), and Aura MLS (v3.3; 2004 - onward). The vertical pressure range for H2O is from 147 to 0.01 hPa. The input source data used to create this merged product are contained in a separate data product with the short name GozSmlpH2O.

The GozMmlpH2O merged data are distributed in netCDF4 format.

Product Summary

Platforms
UARS ,
SCISAT-1/ACE ,
Aura
Instruments
HALOE ,
MLS ,
ACE-FTS
Spatial Extent

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

Geographic Region
GLOBAL ,
STRATOSPHERE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1991-09-01 to 2012-12-31
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
C1251051158-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
22
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Anderson, J., Froidevaux, L., Fuller, R. A., Bernath, P. F., Livesey, N. J., Pumphrey, H. C., Read, W. G., Russell III, J. M., & Walker, K. A. (2013). GOZCARDS Merged Data for Water Vapor Monthly Zonal Averages on a Geodetic Latitude and Pressure Grid v1.01 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/GOZCARDS/DATA3004 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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