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TES Level 1B

Entry Title: TES/Aura L1B Spectra Limb V004

Entry ID: TL1BL_004

Tropospheric Composition

Description

TL1BL_004 is the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)/Aura L1B Spectra Limb Version 4 data product. TES Level 1B Spectra data contaisn radiometric calibrated spectral radiances and their corresponding noise equivalent spectral radiances (NESR). The geolocation, quality and some engineering data were also provided with this data product.

TES was an instrument aboard NASA's Aura satellite and was launched from California on July 15, 2004. Data collection for TES is complete. Each L1B data file contained data from a single TES orbit starting from the South Pole Apex. A Nadir sequence within the TES Global Survey was two low resolution scans over the same ground locations, thus pointing directly to the surface of the earth. The Nadir standard product consisted of four files, where each file is composed of the Global Survey Nadir observations from one of four focal planes for a single orbit, i.e. 72 orbit sequences. The Global Survey Nadir observations only used a single set of filter mix. The Global Survey Limb observations, however, used a repeating sequence of filter wheel positions and were pointed at various off-nadir angles into the atmosphere. Special Observations were only scheduled during the 9 or 10 orbit gaps in the Global Surveys and were conducted in any of three basic modes: stare, transect, step-and-stare. The mode used depends on the science requirement.

DOI

10.5067/AURA/TES/TL1BL_L1.004

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

NASA EOS ATB Documents: TES

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

PROCESSING HISTORY

TES Level 1B Versioning - Level 1B Standard and Special Observation Products

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Aura-TES L1B Products: Version 2 Quality Description

PRODUCT USAGE

TES Langley ASDC Project Guide

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Report of TES Level 1B Products Available from the ASDC

PUBLICATIONS

TES Publications

READ-ME

Basic IDL Tools for extraction information from TES L1B HDF product files Readme

From GCMD Science Keywords:

INFRARED RADIANCE
INFRARED WAVELENGTHS

Noise Equivalent Spectral Radiance (NESR)
Spectra

Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2004-11-16 - 2005-03-17

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

Aura

Earth Observing System, Aura

TES

Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-07-09

Last updated on 2020-11-16