Dataset
Limb Infra-red Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) Instrument: Methane and Nitrogen Dioxide measurements
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 1996-10-06
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-01-13
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 100 Files | 12MB
Abstract
Infrared radiances from the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) instrument, mounted on the Nimbus-7 satellite, were stored on a Radiance Archive Tape (RAT). RAT data was used to derive a series of products, two of which are held here. Firstly, the LIMS Inverted Profile Archival Tape (LAIPAT). This dataset contains mixing ratios of methane and nitrogen dioxide.
Citable as: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2007): Limb Infra-red Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) Instrument: Methane and Nitrogen Dioxide measurements. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0d401c19272d3f57ef1367dc64679310/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: LIMS, Methane, Nitrogen Dioxide
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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| Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11687315008312433
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| Access rules: |
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were collected by the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) instrument, mounted on the Nimbus-7 satellite, and were stored on a Radiance Archive Tape (RAT). The RAT data were used to derive a series of products held at NASA, a copy of which was obtained by the Geophysical Data Facility (GDF, The predecessor archive to the BADC) for UK users. |
| Data Quality: |
Data have since been superceeded by later versions of the data available from NASA - http://lims.gats-inc.com/
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| File Format: |
Data are ASCII formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by a combination of instruments deployed on platforms
and computations as detailed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) | Deployed on: NIMBUS 7 Satellite |
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for: NIMBUS 7 Satellite |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Deployed on NIMBUS 7 Satellite |
| Abstract | Deployed on NIMBUS 7 Satellite. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Air Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
- gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
- names: Air Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
- long_name: Geopotential Height
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0341
- gcmd_keyword: Geopotential Height
- names: Geopotential Height, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0341
- long_name: Infrared Imagery
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0420
- gcmd_keyword: Infrared Imagery
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0420, Infrared Imagery
- long_name: Infrared Radiance
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0421
- gcmd_keyword: Infrared Radiance
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0421, Infrared Radiance
- long_name: Infrared Wavelengths
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0056
- gcmd_keyword: Infrared Wavelengths
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0056, Infrared Wavelengths
- long_name: Nitric Acid
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0554
- gcmd_keyword: Nitric Acid
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0554, Nitric Acid
- long_name: Nitrogen Compounds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0558
- gcmd_keyword: Nitrogen Compounds
- names: Nitrogen Compounds, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0558
- long_name: Nitrogen Dioxide
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0559
- gcmd_keyword: Nitrogen Dioxide
- names: Nitrogen Dioxide, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0559
- long_name: Oxygen Compounds
- names: Oxygen Compounds
- long_name: Ozone
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G164
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds > Ozone
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Oxygen Compounds > Ozone, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G164
- long_name: Trace Gases
- names: Trace Gases
- long_name: Trace Species
- names: Trace Species
- long_name: Water Vapor
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0943
- gcmd_keyword: Water Vapor
- names: Water Vapor, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0943
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1978-10-24T23:00:00
End time:
1979-05-28T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
84.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-64.0000° |
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