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AIRS Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument are integral for atmospheric sounding system efforts, among other investigations. Explore AIRS datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Processing Level | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3STD) at GES DISC | 2002-08-31 to Present | 006 | ACTIVE | 3 | 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 | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Support Daily Product (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3SPD) at GES DISC | 2002-08-31 to 2003-02-06 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Support Product (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRX3SPD) at GES DISC | 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-25 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Daily Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3SPD) at GES DISC | 2002-08-31 to Present | 006 | ACTIVE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly CO2 in the free troposphere (AIRS+AMSU) 2.5 degrees x 2 degrees V005 (AIRX3C2M) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2012-02-29 | 005 | COMPLETE | 3 | Absorption, Radiative Forcing, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly CO2 in the free troposphere (AIRS-only) 2.5 degrees x 2 degrees V005 (AIRS3C2M) at GES DISC | 2010-01-01 to 2017-02-28 | 005 | COMPLETE | 3 | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Absorption, Radiative Forcing | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Quantization in Physical Units (AIRS+AMSU) 5 degrees x 5 degrees V006 (AIRX3QPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | Air Temperature, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Quantization in Physical Units (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 5 degrees x 5 degrees V006 (AIRH3QPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2003-02-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | Air Temperature, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Quantization in Physical Units (AIRS-only) 5 degrees x 5 degrees V006 (AIRS3QPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to Present | 006 | ACTIVE | 3 | Air Temperature, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Vertical Distribution | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRX3STM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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 | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3STM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2003-03-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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 | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Standard Physical Retrieval (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3STM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to Present | 006 | ACTIVE | 3 | 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 | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRX3SPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRH3SPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to 2003-03-01 | 006 | COMPLETE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS/Aqua L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V006 (AIRS3SPM) at GES DISC | 2002-09-01 to Present | 006 | ACTIVE | 3 | 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, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Types, Precipitation Rate | |
| AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask and radar reflectivities collocation indexes V4.0 (AIRS_CPR_IND) at GES_DISC | 2006-06-15 to 2015-01-30 | 4.0 | COMPLETE | 2 | Clouds | |
| AIRS-CloudSat cloud mask, radar reflectivities, and cloud classification matchups V3.2 (AIRS_CPR_MAT) at GES DISC | 2006-06-15 to 2012-12-14 | 3.2 | COMPLETE | 2 | Clouds | |
| Aqua AIRS Level 2 JoSFRA Retrieval Standard: Atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state per footprint V2 at GES DISC | 2002-08-30 to Present | 2 | ACTIVE | 2 | Atmospheric Temperature | |
| Aqua AIRS Level 3 Spectral Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) Monthly | 2002-08-31 to Present | 6.1 | ACTIVE | 3 | Outgoing Longwave Radiation | |
| Aqua AIRS-MLS Matchup Indexes V1.0 (AIRS_MLS_IND) at GES_DISC | 2004-08-08 to 2016-09-25 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 2 | Clouds | |
| Aqua AIRS-MODIS Matchup Indexes V1.0 (AIRS_MDS_IND) at GES_DISC | 2003-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1.0 | COMPLETE | 2 | Clouds | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 at GES DISC | 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25 | 7.0 | ACTIVE | 2 | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 at GES DISC | 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06 | 7.0 | ACTIVE | 2 | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | 2 | Infrared Radiance | |
| Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Cloud-Cleared Infrared Radiances (AIRS-only) V7.0 at GES DISC | 2002-08-30 to Present | 7.0 | ACTIVE | 2 | Infrared Radiance |
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