AIRS#

These products are retrieved from AIRS measurements via the Optimal estimation method.

AIRS Reanalysis Stream - Version 1 (V1)#

Data coverage time period:

  • September 1, 2002 to March 31, 2020.

Summary Products#

  • Carbon monoxide (CO) - Column-averaged dry air mixing ratio from the surface to the Top of the Atmosphere (TOA), also known as XCO

  • Methane (CH4) - Column-averaged dry air mixing ratio for the partial column between 826 hPa and the Top of the Atmosphere (TOA), also known as free tropospheric XCH4

  • Ozone (O3) - AIRS - Vertically integrated total column and tropospheric column

  • Semi-heavy water vapor (HDO / Delta-D) - Partial column between 850 and 250 hPa, expressed in parts per thousand relative to the deuterium content of ocean waters (also known as Delta-D)