Atmos Composition
Modeling
Documentation
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Documentation Package for Version 5.0 Data Release
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Page Contents:
- User Guide
- Quality Assurance (QA) Documentation
- Data Product Readers
- Channel Properties, Calibration and Validation
- Other Supporting Documents
* Denote key documents, must read in order to properly understand and use AIRS data products.
| User Guide | |
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Document Filename
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Description
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| V5_Data_Release_UG.pdf * | The master overview document. |
| V5_Changes_from_V4.pdf * | Summary of changes. |
| V5_Released_ProcFileDesc.pdf | The big book of released AIRS Data Products. |
| V5_ProcFileDesc.pdf | The big book of all AIRS Data Products, including non‑public products. |
| V5_L1B_QA_Quick_Start.pdf | Provides a quick start identification of the most basic QA parameters that a user should access before using any data for analysis |
| V5_L2_Standard_Product_QuickStart.pdf * | Discussion of key L2 products, their QA , and caveats and suggestions for the users. |
| V5_L2_Cloud_Cleared_Radiances | Discussion of Error Estimates and Suggested Quality Control for AIRS Level-2 Clear Column Radiances |
| V5_L2_Levels_Layers_Trapezoids.pdf * | Discussion of the concepts of levels, layers and trapezoids upon which AIRS products are reported. |
| V5_L2_Standard_Pressure_Levels.pdf | Table of Level 2 standard pressure levels. Many users have difficulty accessing attributes, so here is a table. |
| V5_L2_Support_Pressure_Levels.pdf | Table of Level 2 support pressure levels. Many users have difficulty accessing attributes, so here is a table. |
| V5_Retrieval_Flow.pdf | Comparison of V4, V5 and V5 AIRS-Only retrieval steps |
| V5_Retrieval_Channel_Sets.pdf | Identifies by list and graphically the AIRS channels used in the retrieval code. |
| V5_Cal_Subset_QuickStart.pdf | Discussion of the new calibration subset radiance product. |
| V5_L3_QuickStart.pdf | Discussion of the L3 products. |
| V5_L3_Quantization_QuickStart.pdf | Distributional summaries derived from the Level 2 standard swath products. Provides a more comprehensive set of statistical summaries than simple means and standard deviations. |
| V5_L3_Standard_Pressure_Levels.pdf | Table of Level 3 standard pressure levels. Many users have difficulty accessing attributes, so here is a table. |
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Quality Assurance (QA) Documentation
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Document Filename
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Description
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| V5_L1B_QA_Quick_Start.pdf | Summary of QA user may wish to apply in choosing AIRS radiance channels. |
| Selected_AIRS_QA_Fields.pdf | Brief discussion of some L1B QA fields, unchanged since V4 delivery. |
| V5_L2_Quality_Control_and_Error_Estimation.pdf * | Discussion of the V5 quality control and error estimation. |
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Data Product Readers
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Document Filename
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Description
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| IDL swath and grid data readers | Batched readme files in tar fromat for IDL swath and grid data. |
| MATLAB swath and grid data readers | Batched readme files in tar format for MATLAB swath and grid data. |
| FORTRAN and C data readers | Batched files in tar format, with sample Input/Output |
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Channel Properties, Calibration and Validation
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Document Filename
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Description
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| Channel Properties files | Scientists choosing channels for radiance need these (batched files in tar format). |
| Calibration Properties |
Calibration properties for AIRS channels, which are associated with channel properties files (batched filesin tar format). |
| V5_CalVal_Status_Summary.pdf * | Summary of validation status of products. |
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Other Supporting Documentation
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Document Filename
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Description
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| V5_Data_Disclaimer.pdf * | Significant differences from V4 to V5, caveats, noHSB vs HSB, data validation states, instrument liens, tables of data outages. |
| V5_Test_Report.pdf | A report of extensive testing of the V5 product against ECMWF and comparison with V4. Not a validation. |
