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HIgh Resolution Global Distributions of Temperature, Clouds, Aerosols, and 10 Trace Species Data from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument measurements
HIRDLS was a joint US-UK development effort, with sponsorship by the British National Space Centre and the Natural Environment Research Council in the UK, and by NASA in the US. HIRDLS was an mid-infrared limb-scanning radiometer (21 channels from 6.12 to 17.76 µm and provides sounding observations to observe the lower stratosphere with improved sensitivity and accuracy. HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of the A-train procession of polar orbiting satellites forming part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS).
This dataset collection contains data of the global distributions of temperature, clouds, aerosols, and 10 trace species O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, NO2, HNO3, N2O5, CFC11, CFC12, and ClONO2 in the stratosphere and upper troposphere at high vertical and horizontal resolution in the Earth's atmosphere between about 8 and 100 km, from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument.
The instrument provides high vertical resolution information despite the fact that the optical beam is partially obstructed between the scan mirror and the aperture, probably by a piece of inner lining material that became detached during launch. HIRDLS science-team members have produced correction algorithms that make use of the partial view of the atmosphere (vertical scans around azimuth angle of 47 degree line of sight to the orbital plane, on the side away from the sun). In spite of this anomaly, HIRDLS has retained most of its scientific capabilities to support the Aura Mission.
HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). Aura was launched on 15th July 2004 at 11:01:59 a.m. BST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2003-12-10T03:15:37
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2003-12-10T03:15:37
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- HIRDLS
- temperature
- aerosol
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2004-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2014-12-31T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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HIRDLS Documentation Directory
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- Resource Locator
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AURA Validation Data Center
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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HIRDLS website at Oxford University
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
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- Resource Locator
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The HIRDLS UK project office
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- Resource Locator
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RAL HIRDLS Validation Technical Note
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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HIRDLS Documentation Directory
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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AURA Validation Data Center
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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HIRDLS website at Oxford University
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC)
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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The HIRDLS UK project office
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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RAL HIRDLS Validation Technical Note
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2022-05-26T01:10:45
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
