SAGE III-ISS Level 1B
Entry Title: SAGE III/ISS L1B Monthly Solar Event Transmission Data (NetCDF) V052
Entry ID: g3btmnc_52
Aerosols Radiation Budget
Description
g3btmnc_52 is the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) on the International Space Station (ISS) (SAGE III/ISS) Level 1 Monthly Solar Event Species Profiles (NetCDF) V052 data product. It contains pixel group transmission profiles for a month of solar events (the last day of each month is omitted) . SAGE III was Launched on February 19, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center, SAGE III-ISS is the second instrument from the SAGE III project, externally mounted on the ISS. This ISS-based instrument uses a technique known as occultation, which involves looking at the light from the Sun or Moon as it passes through Earth's atmosphere at the edge, or limb, of the planet to provide long-term monitoring of ozone vertical profiles of the stratosphere and mesosphere. The data provided by SAGE III-ISS includes key components of atmospheric composition and their long-term variability, focusing on the study of aerosols, chlorine dioxide, clouds, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen trioxide, pressure and temperature, and water vapor. SAGE data has historically been used by the World Meteorological Organization to inform their periodic assessments of ozone depletion. These new observations from the International Space Station will continue the SAGE team's contributions to ongoing scientific understanding of the Earth's atmosphere.
Resources and Documentation
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
SAGE III/ISS Data Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- SAGE III/ISS Version 5.2 Release Notes
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- DUST/ASH/SMOKE
- OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- LONGWAVE RADIATION
- AEROSOLS
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: No_Spatial
Locations
GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2017-05-31 - 2023-01-31