Development of Level 3 (gridded) products for the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)

Author

Granger, Stephanie L. ; Leroy, Stephen S. ; Manning, Evan M. ; Fetzer, Eric J. ; Oliphant, Robert B. ; Braverman, Amy ; Lee, Sung-Yung ; Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

2506

Abstract

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) sounding system is a suite of infrared and microwave instruments flown as part of NASA´s Earth Observing System (EOS) onboard the Aqua platform. The AIRS dataset provides a daily, global view of Earth processes at a finer vertical resolution than ever before. However, analysis of the AIRS data is a daunting task given the sheer volume and complexity of the data. The volume of data produced by the EOS project is unprecedented; the AIRS project alone will produce many terabytes of data over the lifetime of the mission. This paper describes development of AIRS Level 3 data products that will help to alleviate problems of access and usability.

Keywords

artificial satellites; atmospheric techniques; climatology; data reduction; infrared imaging; microwave measurement; remote sensing; AIRS dataset; Aqua platform; Atmospheric Infrared Sounder; Earth Observing System; NASA; climate studies; data complexity; data reduction; global analysts; gridded data; infrared instruments; level 3 gridded products; microwave instruments; Atmospheric measurements; Earth Observing System; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Humidity measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Product development; Propulsion; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369804

Filename

1369804