IR Sounder Upper Tropospheric Humidity BT CDR

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The Infrared Radiation (IR) Sounder Upper Tropospheric Humidity Brightness Temperature (BT) Climate Data Record (CDR) measures upper tropospheric humidity. High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) level-1b data, in conjunction with cloud-clearing, limb-correction, and inter-satellite calibration, provide the CDR input. The final record has global coverage at a 2.5°x2.5° spatial resolution and provides data from 1978–present.

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Sample product image of NOAA CDR, IR Sounder Upper Tropospheric Humidity Brightness Temperatures. It depicts the tropospheric humidity, in Kelvin, across a Mercator map indicating higher levels of brightness across the central portions of the projection.

Principal Investigator

Lei Shi, NOAA NCEI

Citation

Cite dataset when used as a source. See the dataset's landing page for citation details at  doi:10.25921/mwe8-7e12

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Documentation

  • Brightness temperature (Ch12 clear-sky)