Global Daily Atmospheric State Profiles from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Author

Pagano, Thomas S. ; Aumann, Hartmut H. ; Fetzer, Eric J. ; Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H. ; Chahine, Moustafa T.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the EOS Aqua spacecraft provides calibrated radiances and geophysical products for Earth science investigation and validation of processes affecting weather and climate. A description of the major products including temperature profiles, water vapor profiles, surface products, cloud products and composition products is presented. The wide variety of products available from AIRS make it uniquely able to address science questions involving interaction of geophysical variables in the climate system.

Keywords

atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; climatology; clouds; dust; infrared spectra; weather forecasting; AIRS; Atmospheric Infrared Sounder; EOS Aqua spacecraft; Earth science investigation; atmospheric state profiles; atmospheric temperature profile; calibrated radiances; climate affecting process; cloud products; dust; geophysical variables; surface temperature; trace gases; water vapor profiles; weather affecting process; Clouds; Ice surface; Instruments; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Sea surface; Temperature sensors; Weather forecasting; AIRS; Carbon Dioxide; Hyperspectral Infrared; Remote Sensing; Sounder; Temperature; Water Vapor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779297

Filename

4779297