Dataset Information

calendar: standard
comments: File
model: geos/das
center: gsfc
Title: MERRA-2 Monthly Gridded Innovations and Observations airs_aqua
ShortName: M2_AIRS_AQUA
LongName: MERRA-2 Monthly Gridded Innovations and Observation AIRS_AQUA
VersionID: 1
Format: NetCDF-4
ProcessingLevel: 4
Source: NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
DataSetQuality: These binned observations include parameters for bias and difference from analysis and first-guess.
Comment: These data represent the observations assimilated during the processing of MERRA-2, which have been binned to the MERRA-2 grid.
RelatedURL: https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA-2/
MapProjection: Geographic latitude/longitude
Datum: WGS-84
Filename: merra2.airs_aqua.200401_06z.nc4
SpatialCoverage: global
Institution: NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
WesternmostLongitude: -180.0
EasternmostLongitude: 179.375
LatitudeResolution: 0.5
LongitudeResolution: 0.625
DataResolution: 0.5x0.625
IdentifierProductDOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/MERRA2_AIRS_AQUA
GranuleID: merra2.airs_aqua.200401_06z.nc4
RangeBeginningDate: 2004-01-01
RangeBeginningTime: 03:00:00.000000
RangeEndingDate: 2004-01-31
RangeEndingTime: 08:59:59.999999
Conventions: CF-1-8
ProductionDateTime: 2025-09-08T13:17:58Z
IdentifierProductDOIAuthority: https://doi.org
SouthernmostLatitude: -90.0
NorthernmostLatitude: 90.0
Unlimited_Dimension: time


Variables in this Dataset

wavelength: Array of 32 bit Reals [levels = 0..116]
long_name: channel wavelength
units: micrometers
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
standard_name: sensor_band_central_radiation_wavelength
origname: wavelength
fullnamepath: /wavelength
mean_omf: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: omf
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature mean O-minus-F
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: mean_omf
fullnamepath: /mean_omf
mean_bias: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: bias
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature mean bias
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: mean_bias
fullnamepath: /mean_bias
stdv_bias: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: bias
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature square root of variance bias
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: stdv_bias
fullnamepath: /stdv_bias
stdv_obs: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: obs
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature square root of variance observations
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: stdv_obs
fullnamepath: /stdv_obs
mean_obs: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: obs
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature mean observations
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: mean_obs
fullnamepath: /mean_obs
mean_oma: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: oma
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature mean O-minus-A
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: mean_oma
fullnamepath: /mean_oma
stdv_omf: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: omf
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature square root of variance O-minus-F
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: stdv_omf
fullnamepath: /stdv_omf
frequency: Array of 32 bit Reals [levels = 0..116]
long_name: channel frequency
units: gigahertz
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: frequency
fullnamepath: /frequency
stdv_oma: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: oma
units: K
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature square root of variance O-minus-A
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: stdv_oma
fullnamepath: /stdv_oma
nobs_obs: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..0][levels = 0..116][latitude = 0..360][longitude = 0..575]
grid_name: grid01
grid_type: linear
time_statistic: instantaneous
comments: obs
long_name: airs_aqua brightness temperature number observations
units: count
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
origname: nobs_obs
fullnamepath: /nobs_obs
latitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [latitude = 0..360]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
origname: latitude
fullnamepath: /latitude
levels: Array of 64 bit Reals [levels = 0..116]
units: level
description: satellite channel
type: channels
long_name: satellite channel
positive: up
origname: levels
fullnamepath: /levels
longitude: Array of 64 bit Reals [longitude = 0..575]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude
origname: longitude
fullnamepath: /longitude
time: Array of 64 bit Reals [time = 0..0]
long_name: time
calendar: standard
standard_name: time
units: minutes since 20040101 06:00:00
begin_time: 06:00:00
begin_date: 20040101
origname: time
fullnamepath: /time