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HIgh Resolution Global Distributions of Temperature, Clouds, Aerosols, and 10 Trace Species Data from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument measurements

HIRDLS was a joint US-UK development effort, with sponsorship by the British National Space Centre and the Natural Environment Research Council in the UK, and by NASA in the US. HIRDLS was an mid-infrared limb-scanning radiometer (21 channels from 6.12 to 17.76 µm and provides sounding observations to observe the lower stratosphere with improved sensitivity and accuracy. HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of the A-train procession of polar orbiting satellites forming part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS).

This dataset collection contains data of the global distributions of temperature, clouds, aerosols, and 10 trace species O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, NO2, HNO3, N2O5, CFC11, CFC12, and ClONO2 in the stratosphere and upper troposphere at high vertical and horizontal resolution in the Earth's atmosphere between about 8 and 100 km, from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument.

The instrument provides high vertical resolution information despite the fact that the optical beam is partially obstructed between the scan mirror and the aperture, probably by a piece of inner lining material that became detached during launch. HIRDLS science-team members have produced correction algorithms that make use of the partial view of the atmosphere (vertical scans around azimuth angle of 47 degree line of sight to the orbital plane, on the side away from the sun). In spite of this anomaly, HIRDLS has retained most of its scientific capabilities to support the Aura Mission.

HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). Aura was launched on 15th July 2004 at 11:01:59 a.m. BST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

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Date (Publication)
2003-12-10T03:15:37
Date (Creation)
2003-12-10T03:15:37
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415
Author
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author
Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom
01793 411500
Author
  British National Space Centre (BNSC) - author
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  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - author
USA
Author
  British National Space Centre (BNSC) - author
Author
  Unavailable - Gill, J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Barnett, J.J. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Avallone, L. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Brasseur, G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Boville, B.A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Coffey, Micheal.T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Holton, J.R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Leovy, C.B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mankin, William.G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Toon, B. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Andrews, D.G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Harwood, R. ( author )
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  Unavailable - McIntyre, M.E. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Muller, H.G. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Mutlow, Chris T. ( author )
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  Unavailable - O'Neill, Alan ( author )
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  Unavailable - Pyle, John A. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Rodgers, C. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Seely, J.S. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Taylor, Frederick W. ( author )
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  Unavailable - Vaughan, Geraint ( author )
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  Unavailable - Wells, R.J. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Whitney, J.G. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - High, E.J. ( author )
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
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Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • HIRDLS
  • temperature
  • aerosol
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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Other constraints
Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
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Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/hirdls.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2004-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2014-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
HIRDLS Documentation Directory

No further details.

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AURA Validation Data Center

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HIRDLS website at Oxford University

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NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC)

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OnLine resource
RAL HIRDLS Validation Technical Note

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The HIRDLS UK project office

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series Series

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:26:56
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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