The objective of this limited edition data collection is to examine products generated by the CLIMCAPS (Community Long-term Infrared Microwave Coupled Product System) algorithm to analyze Cross-track Infrared Sounder/Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (CrIS/ATMS) instruments, also known as CrIMSS (Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite). The CrIS/ATMS instruments used for this product are on board the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) platform and use the Normal Spectral Resolution (NSR) data. The CrIS instrument is a Fourier transform spectrometer with a total of 1305 NSR infrared sounding channels covering the longwave (655-1095 cm-1), midwave (1210-1750 cm-1), and shortwave (2155-2550 cm-1) spectral regions. The ATMS instrument is a cross-track scanner with 22 channels in spectral bands from 23 GHz through 183 GHz. The CLIMCAPS algorithm is based on the NUCAPS (NOAA Unique CrIS/ATMS Processing System) Optimal Estimation methodology and uses an a-prior first guess to start the process. A CLIMCAPS sounding is comprised of a set of parameters that characterizes the full atmospheric state and includes a variety of geophysical parameters derived from the CrIMSS data. These include surface temperature and infrared emissivity; full atmosphere profiles of temperature, water vapor and ozone; infrared effective cloud top characteristics; carbon monoxide, methane, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, and nitric acid. This daily one degree latitude by one degree longitude level-3 product starts with level-2 retrieval products applying the comprehensive quality control (QC) methodology. Comprehensive QC accepts a retrieval if the profile is good to the surface and ensures consistent analysis across all levels and variables.
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Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: netCDF |
Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | SUOMI-NPP | |
Data Center(s): | NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC | Instrument(s): | CrIS, ATMS |
Version: | 1 |
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Title: Methodology and information content of the NOAA NESDIS operational channel selection for the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Author(s): Gambacorta, A. and Barnet, C.D.
Series: IEEE transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume: 51
Issue: 6
Pages: 3207 - 3216
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2220369
Title: Fast- computation of monochromatic infrared atmospheric transmittances using compressed look-up tables
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Author(s): Strow, L.L., H.E. Motteler, R.G. Benson, S.E. Hannon and De Souza-Machado
Series: J. Quant. Spectrosc
Volume: 59
Pages: 303-317
DOI: Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V1
Title: Retrieval of Atmospheric and Surface Parameters From AIRS/AMSU/HSB Data in the Presence of Clouds
Publication Date: 2003-04-29
Author(s): Joel Susskind, Christopher D. Barnet, and John M. Blaisdell
Series: EEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing
Volume: 41
Issue: 2
Pages: 390-409
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808236
Title: Validation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Observations
Author(s): Journal Editors
Series: J. Geophys, Res. Atmospheres
Volume: 111
Issue: 9
DOI: 10.1029/2005/JD007020
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Suomi-NPP | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt,
MD
20771
301-286-9773
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt,
MD
20771
Format: netCDF
Format Type: Native
Media: Online Archive
Average File Size: 13 MB
Fees: None