Description

TL2SUP_7 is the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES)/Aura Level 2 Supplemental Profiles 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. After each orbit, the spacecraft advanced 22° westward. After 233 orbits (16 days) it was then back to its starting point. This product contains input data to the TES radiance forward model. These were profiles generated from climatology databases to be used in the forward model calculation but are not retrieved parameters. The process, referred to as retrieval, compared observed spectra to the modeled spectra and iteratively updates the atmospheric parameters. Level 2 data contains retrieved species (or temperature) profiles at the observation targets and the estimated errors. The geolocation, quality, and other data (e.g., surface characteristics for nadir observations) were also provided. L2 modeled spectra were evaluated using radiative transfer modeling algorithms. The process, referred to as retrieval, compared observed spectra to the modeled spectra and iteratively updated the atmospheric parameters. L2 modeled spectra were evaluated using radiative transfer modeling algorithms. The process, referred to as retrieval, compared observed spectra to the modeled spectra and iteratively updated the atmospheric parameters. L2 standard product files included information for one molecular species (or temperature) for an entire global survey or special observation run. A global survey consisted of a maximum of 16 consecutive orbits, over which 3,200 retrievals were performed.

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Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

TES Level 2 Read Software Package - Direct File Download (.tar)

PROJECT HOME PAGE

TES project home page

AURA Instrument Home Page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

• NASA EOS ATB Documents: TES

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• Aura-TES L2 Products: Version 2 Data Quality Description
• Aura-TES L2 Products: Version 7 Data Quality Description

MICRO ARTICLE

• Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Article: On the trail of global pollution drift

PI DOCUMENTATION

• 2013 TES Data User Session Presentation - Direct File Download (.ppt)

PROCESSING HISTORY

• TES Level 2 Versioning - Level 2 Standard and Special Observation Products

PUBLICATIONS

• TES Publications

READ-ME

• Basic IDL Tools for extraction information from TES L2 HDF Product files

SCIENCE DATA PRODUCT VALIDATION

• Earth Observing System (EOS) Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Data Validation Report (Version F08_11 data) - Version 7.0

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

• NASA Earthdata Forum - TES Project Specific Forum

USER'S GUIDE

• Earth Observing System (EOS) Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Level 2 (L2) Data User’s Guide (Up to & including Version 7 data) - Version 7.0
• TES Level 2 (L2) Data User's Guide (Up to & including Version 8 data)

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