TES Level 2
Entry Title: TES/Aura L2 Summary Profiles Special Observation V007
Entry ID: TL2SUMS_7
Clouds Radiation Budget Tropospheric Composition
Description
TL2SUMS_7 is the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)/Aura Level 2 Atmospheric Temperatures Limb Version 7 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. The satellite flew at an altitude of 705 km in an orbit that took it near Earth's North and South Poles. Each orbit, the spacecraft advanced 22° westward and, after 233 orbits (16 days) it was back to its starting point. This product contains atmospheric vertical profile estimates, along with retrieved surface temperature, cloud effective optical depth, column estimates, quality flags, and a priori constraint vectors.
Resources and Documentation
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
TES Level 2 Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: TES
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- Aura-TES L2 Products: Version 2 Data Quality Description
- Aura-TES L2 Products: Version 7 Data Quality Description
DATA QUALITY
- Report of TES Level 2 Special Observation Products Available from the ASDC
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CARBON MONOXIDE
- VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUDS
- SURFACE PRESSURE
- NITROGEN OXIDES > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
- ATMOSPHERIC NITRIC ACID > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
- WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- NITROGEN OXIDES
- ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
- ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
- WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- AIR QUALITY
- OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
- AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
- EMISSIVITY
- TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
- ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
- Carbon Monoxide (CO)
- Emissivity
- Methane (CH4)
- Nitric Acid (HNO3)
- Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Surface Air Temperature
- Tropospheric Ozone (O3)
- Water Vapor
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF-EOS5
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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2004-09-13 - 2018-01-22