Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Vertical Profiles of Temperature and Atmospheric Constituents
The Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) measured vertical profiles of temperature and a number of atmospheric constituents. ISAMS was built by an instrument team based at Oxford University and launched on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) on 12th September 1991 and operated until July 1992. The Principal Investigator is Prof. Frederick Taylor.
ISAMS is an infra-red radiometer, which observes thermal emission from the Earth's limb. The technique of pressure modulator radiometry is used to derive vertical profiles of temperature, mixing ratios of carbon monoxide (CO), water vapour (H2O), methane (CH4), ozone (O3), nitric acid (HNO3), dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) and aerosol extinction. Further details can be found in the help file written at the BADC.
The data coverage extends from 80°S to 80°N, but at any one time this is usually restricted to 34°S to 80°N or 34°N to 80°S. The vertical coverage of the measurements is from the tropopause to the mesopause (15-80 km). The range over which retrievals are valid is outlined in the help file.
The BADC holds ISAMS data at level 3A and version 10 and ISAMS data at level 2 (uninterpolated profiles at measurement locations) and version 8, the latter has restricted access.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-10T03:05:31
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-10T03:05:31
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- ISAMS
- UARS
- temperature
- chemistry
- 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
- Begin date
- 1991-09-27T23:00:00
- End date
- 1992-07-28T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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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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BADC Doc: ISAMS L2 Help File
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Level 3AT V001
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: Acquiring ISAMS L2 data
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISAMS List of References
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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BADC Doc: ISAMS L2 Help File
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Level 3AT V001
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: Acquiring ISAMS L2 data
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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BADC Doc: ISAMS List of References
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
- fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79 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
- 2024-03-29T01:05:44
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3