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Description

The GOZCARDS Source Data for Water Vapor 1 month L3 10 degree Zonal Averages on a Vertical Pressure Grid product (GozSmlpH2O) contains zonal means and related information (standard deviation, minimum/maximum value, etc.), calculated from original Level 2 satellite instruments and products. The source H2O data are from the following satellite instruments: HALOE (v19; 1991-2005), UARS MLS (v5; 1991-1997), ACE-FTS (v2.2; 2004-onward), Aura MLS (v2.2; 2004 onward). The vertical pressure range for H2O is from 147 to 0.01 hPa. The source data are used to create a merged product contained in a separate data product with the short name GozMmlpH2O.

The GozSmlpH2O source 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
C1251051277-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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Froidevaux, L., Anderson, J., Fuller, R. A., Bernath, P. F., Livesey, N. J., Pumphrey, H. C., Read, W. G., Russell III, J. M., & Walker, K. A. (2013). GOZCARDS Source 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/DATA3003 Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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