TOVSADNH_01

TOVS GLA DAILY GRIDS from NOAA-11 V01 (TOVSADNH) at GES DISC

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  • Abstract
    This dataset (TOVSADNH) contains the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) level 3 geophysical parameters derived using data from NOAA-11 and the physical retrieval method of Susskind et al. (1984) and processed by the Satellite Data Utilization Office of the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres at NASA/GSFC. This method, which is hydrodynamic model- and a priori data-dependent, is designated as the so-called Path A scheme by the TOVS Pathfinder Science Working Group. The 20 channel High resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 2 (HIRS2) and the 4 channel Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) aboard the NOAA-xx series of Polar Orbiting Satellites are used to produce global fields of the 3-dimensional temperature-moisture structure of the atmosphere. In addition to profiles of temperature and moisture, the HIRS2/MSU data are used to derive important quantities such as land and sea surface temperature, outgoing longwave radiation, cloud fraction, cloudtop height, total ozone overburden and precipitation estimates. The Path A system steps through an interactive forecast-retrieval-analysis cycle. In each 6 hour synoptic period, a 2nd order General Circulation Model (Takacs et al., 1994) is used to generate the 6 hour forecast fields of temperature and humidity. These global fields are used as the first guess for all soundings occuring within a 6 hour time window centered upon the forecast time. These retrievals are then assimilated with all available insitu measurements (such as radiosonde and ship reports) in the 6 hour interval using an Optimal Interpolation (OI) analysis scheme developed by the Data Assimilation Office of the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres. This analysis is then used to specify the initial conditions for the next 6 hour forecast, thus completing the cycle. The retrieval algorithm itself is a physical method based on the iterative relaxation technique originally proposed by Chahine (1968). The basic approach consists of modifying the temperature profile from the previous iteration by an amount proportional to the difference between the observed brightness temperatures and the brightness temperatures computed from the trial parameters using the full radiative transfer equation applied at the observed satellite zenith angle. For the case of the temperature profile, the updated layer mean temperatures are given as a linear combination of multichannel brightness temperature differences with the coefficients given by the channel weighting functions. Constraints are imposed upon the solution in order to ensure stability and convergence of the iterative process. For more details see Susskind et al (1984). There are level 3 data product files for five TOVS satellites, each of which is in the HDF format and each representative of a different averaging time period. All files contain the same number of geophysical parameter arrays stored as HDF Scientific Data Sets (SDSs). The time periods include daily, 5 day (pentad) and monthly, with the AM and PM portions of the orbits treated separately. All data are mapped to a 1 degree longitude by 1 degree latitude global grid.

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    Data Dates
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    Processing Level

    3

    Quality
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    Complete

    Publication References
    • Determination of the Temperature Profile in an atmosphere from its Outgoing Radiances
      1968-01-01

      Author(s) Chahine, M. T.

      J. Opt. Soc. Am.

      Edition: 58

      Pages: 1634-1637

    • First Guess Dependence of a Physically Based Set of Temperature Humidity Retrievals from HIRS2/MSU Data
      1988-01-01

      Author(s) Reuter, D., J. Susskind, and A. Pursch

      J. Atm. Ocean. Tech.

      Edition: 5

      Pages: 70-83

    • Remote Sensing of Weather and Climate Parameters from HIRS2/MSU on TIROS-N
      1984-01-01

      Author(s) Susskind, J., J. Rosenfield, D. Reuter, and M. T. Chahine

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Edition: 89D

      Pages: 4677-4697

    • Retrieval of Sea-Surface Temperatures from HIRS2/MSU
      1985-01-01

      Author(s) Susskind J. and D. Reuter

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Edition: 90C

      Pages: 11602-11608

    • Cloud Fields Derived from Analysis of HIRS2/MSU Sounding Data
      1987-01-01

      Author(s) Susskind, J., D. Reuter, and M. T. Chahine

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Edition: 92D

      Pages: 4035-4050

    • Documentation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) General Circulation Model Version 1
      1994-01-01

      Author(s) Takacs, L., A. Molod, and T. Wang

      NASA Technical Memorandum

    • Outgoing Longwave Radiation Computed from HIRS2/MSU Sounding
      1990-01-01

      Author(s) Wu, M. L. C. and J. Susskind

      J. Geophys. Res.

      Edition: 95D

      Pages: 7579-7602

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    Science Keywords
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
    • OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
    • OZONE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
    • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
    • SURFACE PRESSURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
    • OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
    • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
    • AIR TEMPERATURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
    • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
    • SKIN TEMPERATURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
    • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
    • VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
    • UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
    • VERTICAL PROFILES
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
    • UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
    • VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
    • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
    • HUMIDITY
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
    • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
    • LAYERED PRECIPITABLE WATER
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
    • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
    • TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • CLOUDS
    • CLOUD PROPERTIES
    • CLOUD FRACTION
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • CLOUDS
    • CLOUD PROPERTIES
    • CLOUD TOP PRESSURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • CLOUDS
    • CLOUD PROPERTIES
    • CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • ATMOSPHERE
    • PRECIPITATION
    • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
    • EARTH SCIENCE
    • OCEANS
    • OCEAN TEMPERATURE
    • SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Other Descriptive Keywords
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Ancillary Keywords
  • DAILY
  • CLIMATE CHANGE
  • CLOUD FRACTION
  • EOSDIS
  • GRID DATA
  • GROUND TEMPERATURE
  • HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
  • RADIATION
  • RADIATION BUDGET
  • SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
  • SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • SST
  • SURFACE PRESSURE
  • UPPER AIR
  • UPWARD RADIATION
ISO Topic Categories
  • CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
  • ELEVATION
  • GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
  • IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
  • OCEANS

Acquisition Information Fields:

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Platforms
  • Earth Observation Satellites
    NOAA-11
    Instruments
    • HIRS/2
    • MSU
    • TOVS
Projects
Project Short Name Campaigns Project Dates
TOVS Pathfinder No campaigns listed. No dates provided.
CWIC No campaigns listed. No dates provided.

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Location Keywords
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION
    • GLOBAL

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  • NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    ARCHIVER
    Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

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  • JOEL SUSSKIND
    Technical Contact
    JOEL SUSSKIND

    Goddard Space Flight Center
    Mailstop 613.0
    Greenbelt, MD 20771

    • Email
    • 301-286-7210
    • 301-286-2323
  • THOMAS HEARTY
    Metadata Author
    THOMAS HEARTY

    Distributed Active Archive Center Global Change Data Center
    Code 610.2
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt, MD 20771

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    Data Center Contact
    GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

    NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC

    Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
    Code 610.2
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt, MD 20771

    • Email
    • 301-614-5224
    • 301-614-5268

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    File Distribution Information
    • HDF

      Format Type: Native

      Media: Online Archive

      Average File Size: 9 MB