Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II): species profiles, version 6.10

Species profiles (SPEC files) and revision information (INDEX) from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II), an instrument on board the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) which used the solar occultation technique to measure global profiles of aerosol extinction, temperature, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and water vapour in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. Version 1 of the data consist of monthly mean global image maps and associated gridded data for the period 1985-1993. Version 6.1 contains INDEX and SPEC files for the period October 1984 to July 2000 and was superseded by version 6.2, available for the period October 1984 to August 2005. Access to this dataset is partially restricted.

Species information includes aerosol extinction profiles at 1020, 525, 453, and 385 nanometers, number density profiles of ozone and nitrogen dioxide, plus molecular density and mixing ratio profiles of water vapour. It also includes aerosol surface area density and effective radius profiles, and retrieved molecular density for the middle atmosphere (40-75 km). All profiles are at 0.5-km vertical resolution. These products are nearly global in coverage, with data spanning from 80 North to 80 South.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2007-01-13T01:01:56
Dataset Reference Date ()
2007-01-13T01:01:56
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author
USA
  Unavailable - McCormick, M. Patrick ( author )
  Unavailable - Thomasson, Larry ( author )
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NASA Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center (LaRC DAAC) - point_of_contact
Atmospheric Sciences Data Center , Mail Stop 157D, NASA Langley Research Center , Hampton, Virginia , 23681-2199 , USA
+1 757 864 8656
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • SAGE II
  • occultation
  • profiles
  • chemistry
  • temperature
  • ozone
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/langley.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1984-09-30T23:00:00
End date
2005-08-30T23:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

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Data format
  • The files are unformatted (native format) binary files written on a DEC Alpha by a program compiled using the DIGITAL Fortran 90 V5.2-705 compiler. The data consists of two and four byte little endian integers and single and double precision little endian IEEE floating point data. Refer to the linked documentation and software provided to read these data. ()

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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SAGE 2 Documentation

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SAGE 2 Software

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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SAGE 2 Documentation

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data obtained by the SAGE II (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II) sensor on-board the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), an supplied to the BADC where they are stored.

Metadata

File identifier
53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II): Global Profiles of Aerosol Extinction, Temperature, Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide and Water Vapour bd5e5f99d8f789324698379efba64502
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-06-03T00:02:54
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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