AIRS ESDTs Sorted by ShortName

Last Updated on 03/07/01
By Edward T. Olsen

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{24 hour test file name in braces}

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AIRA2TMC AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Transmittances AIRS/Aqua transmittance coefficients used to compute the transmittances for the 15 AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 Channels L2.trcoef.amsu.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRAASCI AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A geolocated science counts AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 geolocated counts for scene footprints   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRABCTB AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A L1B Daily Browse Color Table AIRS/Aqua 8-bit color tables for AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 Level 1B Daily Browse Images BR.L1B.AMSU_hdf_color_tbl.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRABDBR AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Daily Browse AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A 2 L1B Observed Radiances Daily Browse Product consisting of a set of 8-bit pseudo-color global maps of selected channels calibrated observed radiances at 1 sq deg resolution, separately for ascending and descending passes   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRABMLN AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A L1B Daily Browse Non-Sea Condition Limb Adj Coef AIRS/Aqua limb adjustment coefficients for 15 AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 channel brightness temperatures for 30 view angles of scan to be used in the case of non-ocean surface BR.L1B.AMSU_limb_nosea.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRABMLS AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A L1B Daily Browse Ocean Surf Condition Limb Adj Coef AIRS/Aqua limb adjustment coefficients for 15 AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 channel brightness temperatures for 30 view angles of scan to be used in the case of ocean surface BR.L1B.AMSU_limb_sea.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRABPAR AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Calibration Parameters AIRS/Aqua calibration data for AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 L1B processing L1B.AMSU_AncMain.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRABQAP AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A QA Product AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 L1B QA internal debugging product for AIRS Instrument Team   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRABRAD AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Geolocated Brightness Temperatures AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 combined geolocated and calibrated brightness temperatures in Kelvins   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRABSLC AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Sidelobe Correction Matrices AIRS/Aqua side lobe correction data for AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 L1B processing L1B.AMSU_SLCorr.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRABSLI AIRS/Aqua AMSU-A Cold Sidelobe Interpolation Arrays AIRS/Aqua side lobe interpolation data for AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 L1B processing L1B.AMSU_SLInterp.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRACRV AIRS/Aqua calibration conversion data numbers ranges AIRS/Aqua calibration conversion data numbers ranges. The starting and ending data numbers values for each applicable polynomial conversion range, as well as a number identifying the corresponding entries in the polynomial conversion constants table. L1A.tlm_calcurve_airs.v1.0.0.anc ASCII Ver 2.1.5  
AIRBAQAP AIRS/Aqua AIRS/VIS L1A QA Product AIRS/Aqua AIRS/VIS L1A subset product for QA monitoring by AIRS Instrument Team   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRH2AAW AIRS/Aqua HSB ASCII Weight AIRS/Aqua weighting coefficients for combining 9 HSB spots within AMSU-A footprint for each of 30 AMSU-A scan angles L2.M.weight.hsb.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRH2TMC AIRS/Aqua HSB Transmittances AIRS/Aqua transmittance coefficients used to compute the transmittances for the 5 HSB Channels (note: channel 1 is not implemented) L2.trcoef.hsb.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHASCI AIRS/Aqua HSB geolocated science counts AIRS/Aqua HSB geolocated counts for scene footprints   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHBCTB AIRS/Aqua HSB L1B Daily Browse Color Table AIRS/Aqua 8-bit color tables for HSB Level 1B daily browse images BR.L1B.HSB_hdf_color_tbl.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRHBDBR AIRS/Aqua HSB Daily Browse AIRS/Aqua HSB L1B Observed Radiances Daily Browse Product consisting of a set of 8-bit pseudo-color global maps of all HSB channels calibrated observed radiances at 1 sq deg resolution, separately for ascending and descending passes   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHBMLC AIRS/Aqua HSB L1B Daily Browse Ocean and Non-Ocean Surf Condition Limb Adj Coef AIRS/Aqua limb adjustment coefficients for 5 HSB channel brightness temperatures for 30 view angles of scan to be used in the case of ocean surface or non-ocean surface BR.L1B.HSB_limb.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRHBPAR AIRS/Aqua HSB Calibration Parameters AIRS/Aqua calibration data for HSB L1B processing L1B.HSB_AncMain.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHBQAP AIRS/Aqua HSB QA Product AIRS/Aqua HSB L1B internal debugging QA product for AIRS Instrument Team   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHBRAD AIRS/Aqua HSB Geolocated brightness temperatures AIRS/Aqua HSB geolocated and calibrated brightness temperatures in Kelvins   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRHBSLC AIRS/Aqua HSB Sidelobe Correction Matrices AIRS/Aqua side lobe correction data for HSB L1B processing L1B.HSB_SLCorr.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRHBSLI AIRS/Aqua HSB Cold Sidelobe Interpolation Arrays AIRS/Aqua side lobe interpolation data for HSB L1B processing L1B.HSB_SLInterp.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRI2CBS AIRS/Aqua L2 Cleared Browse Subset AIRS/Aqua AIRS L2 Browse Subset providing selected AIRS IR channel calibrated cloud cleared radiances for each AMSU-A footprint for creation of a set of daily browse images   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRI2CCF AIRS/Aqua L2 Cloud Cleared Radiance Product AIRS/Aqua L2 Cloud Cleared Radiance Product is the infrared radiance emitted from cloud-free retrieved profiles, mW/m**2/cm**-1/steradian. A single spectrum is derived from a suite of nine AIRS infrared spectra, nine HSB spectra and one AMSU spectrum   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRI2CHP AIRS/Aqua IR L2 Channel Properties AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing for each AIRS IR channel the SRF centroid frequency (cm-1), Array Name, Calibration Channel Index, NeDT, FWHM, Cij, Centroid (x,y), RTA fitting error, radiometric quality and bad channel flag L2.I.channel_prop.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRI2CTB AIRS/Aqua L2 Cloud Cleared Radiance Daily Browse Color Table AIRS/Aqua 8-bit color tables for AIRS Level 2 cloud cleared radiance daily browse images BR.L2.CC_hdf_color_tbl.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRI2DBR AIRS/Aqua L2 Cloud Cleared Daily Browse AIRS/Aqua L2 Cloud Cleared Daily Browse Product consisting of a set of 8-bit pseudo-color global maps of selected AIRS IR channels cloud-cleared radiances at 1 sq deg resolution, separately for ascending and descending passes   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRI2FEV AIRS/Aqua FIRST retrieval 1st guess eigenvectors matrix AIRS/Aqua regression eigenvector file containing channel and eigenvector values, flags of using radiance, subtracting sample mean in covariance calculation, frequency file name and 203 records, which are mean value, eigenvectors, eigenvalues and noise L2.I.eigvec_allang.solang.nf.anc ASCII Ver 2.1  
AIRI2FRC AIRS/Aqua FIRST 1st guess principal component regression coeff AIRS/Aqua atmospheric profile regression coefficients for temperature, surface skin temperature, log(water vapor mixing ratio), water mixing ratio, log(ozone mixing ratio), IR surface emissivity and IR surface reflectivity L2.I.rcoef.solang.anc ASCII Ver 2.1  
AIRI2IFC AIRS/Aqua First Retrieval First Guess Eigenvectors AIRS Channels List AIRS/Aqua initial regression frequency list file giving the number of frequency used and each channel's frequency in (cm-1) L2.I.freq.eigvec.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRI2OLR AIRS/Aqua OLR ancillary data AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing standard atmospheric profiles and coefficients required for simplified rapid algorithm calculation of the outgoing longwave radiation and clear sky OLR in 14 wide bands from 2 cm**-1 to 2750 cm**-1 L2.F.coef_olr.anc ASCII Ver 2.1  
AIRI2SRD AIRS/Aqua L2 Solar Radiances AIRS Static Ancillary file providing for each AIRS IR channel the solar radiance in W/(m2.sr.cm-1) and Calibration Channel Index L2.airs_solar_rad.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRI2TMC AIRS/Aqua IR Channel Transmittances AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing the coefficients for the Rapid Transmittance Algorithm for AIRS. The RTA is used to compute transmittances and hence the radiance for AIRS from the given atmospheric and surface conditions L2b.trcoef.airs.anc Binary Ver 2.0  
AIRIACAL AIRS/Aqua IR geolocated calibration counts AIRS/Aqua AIRS IR counts for space1 blackbody1 spectral calibration1 and photometric calibration sources including all engineering data needed to perform calibration   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIASCI AIRS/Aqua IR Geolocated Science Counts AIRS/Aqua AIRS IR geolocated counts for scene footprints   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIBCBS AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Browse Subset AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Browse Subset providing selected AIRS IR channel calibrated observed radiances for each AMSU-A footprint for creation of a set of daily browse images   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIBCTB AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Daily Browse Color Table AIRS/Aqua 8-bit color tables for AIRS Level 1B daily browse images BR.L1B.AIRS_hdf_color_tbl.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRIBDBR AIRS/Aqua AIRS Daily Browse AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Observed Radiances Daily Browse Product consisting of a set of 8-bit pseudo-color global maps of selected AIRS IR channels calibrated observed radiances at 1 sq deg resolution, separately for ascending and descending passes   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIBFPM AIRS/Aqua AIRS Focal Plane Map AIRS/Aqua AIRS Focal Plane Map givign positions of detectors on the instrument's focal plane L1B.airs_focal_plane_map.anc {L1B.airs_focal_plane_map.24hrtest.anc} HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRIBFRQ AIRS/Aqua AIRS Frequency List AIRS/Aqua list of nominal center frequencies for each AIRS detector L1B.airs_freq.anc {L1B.airs_freq.24hrtest.anc} HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRIBNLC AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Nonlinear Correction Coefficients AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing Level 1B AIRS IR nonlinearity correction coefficients, a2, Eobc and Ecav L1B.non_linear_corr.anc {L1B.non_linear_corr.24hrtest.anc} ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRIBPAR AIRS/Aqua L1B Calibration Parameters AIRS L1B Calibration Parameters including weights for combining CABB temperatures, allowed ranges for coefficients, and calibration window sizes. L1B.config_file1.anc {L1B.config_file1.24hrtest.anc} ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRIBPOL AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Polarization Correction Coefficients AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing Level 1B AIRS IR polarization correction coefficients, Pr, Pt and polarization angles L1B.polarization_corr.anc {L1B.polarization_corr.24hrtest.anc} ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRIBPOP AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Popcorn Correction Parameters AIRSAqua static ancillary file providing Level 1B AIRS IR popcorn correction parameters, sigma and popcorn flags L1B.popcorn_corr.anc {L1B.popcorn_corr.24hrtest.anc} ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRIBQAP AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B QA Product AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B QA Subset Product for monitoring algorithm performance by AIRS Instrument Team   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIBQPR AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B QA Parameters AIRS/Aqua low and high limits for Level 1B AIRS IR input (science, space, black body and spectral) counts, gains, offsets, input (bb, spectral, IR detector, grating, optical bench, and scan mirror) temperatures and red and yellow flag low and high limits L1B.airs_qa.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRIBRAD AIRS/Aqua AIRS Geolocated radiances AIRS/Aqua AIRS IR geolocated and calibrated radiances in units of mW/m**2/cm**-1/steradian   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRIBSFF AIRS/Aqua AIRS Spectral Features AIRS/Aqua AIRS Spectral Features for monitoring spectral drift L1B.spectral_feature.anc {L1B.spectral_feature.24hrtest.anc} HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRIBSVS AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1B Space View Selection Parameters AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file identifying the preselected space view AIRS IR channels. L1B.space_view_sel.anc {L1B.space_view_sel.24hrtest.anc} ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRM2MCM AIRS/Aqua MW Temperature Profile Covariance Matrix AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file for MW-only retrieval algorithm containing pressure at 100 levels, surface pressure, global-mean temperature at 101 levels and covariance matrix, global-mean relative humidity at 56 levels and covariance matrix L2.M.cov100av.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRM2MEC AIRS/Aqua MW Emissivity Coefficients AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file for MW-only retrieval algorithm containing coefficients used to compute ocean-surface emissivity for 7 frequencies at 15 scan angles L2.M.ecof_705.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRV2PRM AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR L2 Generic Parameters AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR file providing the equivalent width and in-band solar flux with error estimates for the 4 channels. L2.vis_nir.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRVACAL AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR geolocated calibration counts AIRS/Aqua AIRS IR visible counts for space1 blackbody1 spectral calibration1 and photometric calibration sources including all engineering data needed to perform calibration   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVASCI AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR geolocated science counts AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR geolocated counts for scene footprints   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVBCPR AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR L1B Calibration Parameters AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR file providing initial gain, correction factor, conversion factor, smoothing window size, warm-up time, primary-secondary-backup bulbs, gain limit, minimum and maximum valid counts, num_samples_ave, num_samples_linear and cloud indicator L1B.vis_param.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVBQAP AIRS/Aqua VIS L1B QA Product AIRS/Aqua VIS L1B QA Subset Product for monitoring algorithm performance by AIRS Instrument Team   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVBQPR AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR L1B QA Parameters AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR file providing low and high limits for AIRS Level 1B (science, black body and photo) counts and offsets, and red and yellow flag low and high threshold limits for these quantities. Also provides limits to input VIS detector temperatures L1B.vis_qa.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVBRAD AIRS/Aqua VIS Geolocated radiances AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR geolocated radiances in four wavelength bands (centers near 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 microns, plus a broad-band channel), with IFOV (pixel size) being approximately 0.185 deg across track and 0.148 degrees along track (2.3 by 1.8 km at nadir)   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRVBVID AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR L1B Daily Surface Map AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR daily product of the largest (in magnitude) value of the AIRS Vegetation Index for every spot on the globe (gridded to 1 km), within one 24 hour period. Represents the least-cloudy observation at any given location   HDF Ver 2.1  
AIRVBVIM AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR L1B Multi-Day Surface Map AIRS/Aqua VIS/NIR multi-day product of the largest (in magnitude) value of the AIRS Vegetation Index for every spot on the globe (gridded to 1 km), taken from the most recent 10 days of data. Represents the least-cloudy observation at any given location   HDF Ver 2.1  
AIRX2AAC AIRS/Aqua Angle Correction Coefficients AIRS/Aqua Angle Correction Coefficients used to estimate how the radiances from an observation would change with a 1.1 degree change in zenith angle L2h.angle_adj_coef.anc Binary Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ABT AIRS/Aqua BRTemp Tuning Coefficients AIRS/Aqua AIRS IR brightness temperature tuning coefficients for each channel at each of 15 view angles, assuming symmetry around nadir L2h.brtemp_tuning_coef.anc Binary Ver 2.0  
AIRX2AEI AIRS/Aqua Ancillary Error Estimate Inputs AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing null space estimates as well as ensemble error estimates for MW product and First Product, for temperature, water, ozone, liquid water, surface temperature, emissivity, reflectivity, and cloud parameters L2.F.error_est.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ANG AIRS/Aqua Principal Components for Angle Adjustments AIRS/Aqua limb correction coefficient file containing 15 scan angle regression coefficients. Each scan angle has 200 principal components and each principal component has 201 coefficients L2.I.ang_pc.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ASD AIRS/Aqua L2 Browse Summary Data AIRS/Aqua AIRS L2 Browse Summary Data providing selected AIRS retrieved quantities for each AMSU-A footprint for creation quick-look multi-day analysis   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2CAC AIRS/Aqua ARM/CART Correlative Truth     netCDF Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2CAV AIRS/Aqua AIRS L2 Channel Averaging/Extrapolation Parameters AIRS/Aqua ancillary file speeds decision whether to average or extrapolate an IR channel over 9 AIRS spots. Contains for each channel, for each scan position (assumed symmetric) pressure below which channel will not "see" clouds, based on large ensemble L2.cloud_avg.anc ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2CLI AIRS/Aqua Climatology to set Initial Guess Profiles AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing zonal-averaged climatological temperature, water vapor and ozone profiles. The zonal-averaged profiles are originally from the UARS project and have been interpolated to AIRS pressure levels L2.uars_clim.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2CSM AIRS/Aqua Surface Marine Correlative Truth     ASCII Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2CTB AIRS/Aqua AIRS L2 Retrieval Daily Browse Color Table AIRS/Aqua 8-bit color tables for AIRS Level 2 retrieval daily browse images BR.L2.RET_hdf_color_tbl.anc HDF Ver 2.0  
AIRX2CTC AIRS/Aqua Clear Test Coefficient Table AIRS/Aqua clear test coefficient table L2.I.cleartest_coef.v1.0.0.anc ASCII Ver 2.1.5  
AIRX2DBR AIRS/Aqua L2 Retrieval Daily Browse AIRS/Aqua L2 Retrieval Daily Browse Product consisting of a set of 8-bit pseudo-color global maps of selected AIRS retrieved quantities at 1 sq deg resolution, separately for ascending and descending passes   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ICM AIRS/Aqua First Physical Retrieval Covariance Matrix for L2 Parameters AIRS/Aqua error covariance matrix file providing 201 atmospheric parameters (100 temperature, 100 water vapor and 1 surface skin temperature) initial errors. First record is set to zero. following 201 record are 201 rows of covariance matrix L2.I.airs_covmtx.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ICW AIRS/Aqua First Cloud Clearing Weighting Function Sensitivities AIRS/Aqua weighting function table for each IR channel containing index (1,.. 2378), freq(cm-1), weighting peak(mb), variations(mb) of peak by temperature, h2o and O3 change, half width of peak(mb),log(half width of peak/peak) and total transmittance L2.I.peak_wgt.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2ITC AIRS/Aqua First Retrieval Temperature Channel List for AIRS and AMSU-A AIRS/Aqua frequency list used in the initial physical retrieval for temperature. It provides the number of channels used and the frequency (cm-1) of each channel L2.I.freq.tmp.ret.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2IWC AIRS/Aqua First Retrieval Water Channel List for AIRS and HSB AIRS/Aqua frequency list used in the initial physical retrieval for water vapor. It provides the number of channels used and the frequency (cm-1) of each channel L2.I.freq.h2o.ret.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2LAC AIRS/Aqua ARM/CART Truth Location     ASCII Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2LOC AIRS/Aqua Truth Location File AIRS/Aqua temporary product summarizing the locations of truth data in the input PREPQC file, along with some indexing and quality information   ASCII Ver 2.1 a temporary product so No officlal ESDT
AIRX2LSM AIRS/Aqua Surface Marine Truth Location     ASCII Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2MAC AIRS/Aqua ARM/CART Matchup     HDF Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2MAS AIRS/Aqua table of coefficients for the Masuda model of ocean IR emissivities AIRS/Aqua coefficients for the Masuda model of ocean IR emissivity based on wind speed and view angle. Masuda, et al. 1988. Emissivity of pure and sea waters for the model sea surface in the infrared window regions. Rem. Sens. Envir. v.24 p.313-329 L2.masuda.v1.0.0.anc ASCII Ver 2.1.5  
AIRX2MAT AIRS/Aqua Matchups of Radiances, Retrievals and Radiosondes AIRS/Aqua matchups of observed and cloud cleared radiances, retrieved temperature and water vapor and collocated radiosonde data   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2MSM AIRS/Aqua Surface Marine Matchup     HDF Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2MTL AIRS/Aqua Truth Location Matchup     HDF Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AIRX2NLD AIRS/Aqua Namelist giving Values for L2 Parameters AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing default values for adjustable parameters required for AIRS Level 2 PGE execution. This format is that of FORTRAN namelist. This namelist has been tested on SUN and SGI L2_DEFAULTS100.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRX2QAP AIRS/Aqua L2 QA Product AIRS/Aqua QA Support Product for AIRS Science Team algorithm diagnosis. Contains quantities calculated at intermediate steps in the retrieval algorithm at 100 level vertical resolution. Voluminous product is very voluminous, generated infrequently   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2RBS AIRS/Aqua L2 Retrieval Browse Subset AIRS/Aqua AIRS L2 Browse Subset providing selected AIRS retrieved quantities for each AMSU-A footprint for creation of a set of daily browse images   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2RET AIRS/Aqua L2 Standard Product AIRS/Aqua primary products on 29 WMO pressure levels of roughly 1 km resolution in troposphere. Surface, cloud properties and profiles of temperature, water vapor mass mixing ratio and ozone volume mixing ratio with uncertainties and quality indicators   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRX2SUP AIRS/Aqua L2 Support Product AIRS/Aqua support products for retrieval algorithm research. Retrieval products on 100 levels between 1100 and 0.016 mb. Same products as the Standard Products at higher vertical resolution plus research quantities. For forward radiance calculations   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
AIRXADCM AIRS/Aqua Decom Map AIRS/Aqua Decommutation Map giving names and positions of each field in all AIRS suite packets L1A.decom_map.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRXAGEO AIRS/Aqua AIRS L1A Geolocation Parameters AIRS/Aqua static ancillary file providing AIRS IR field of view parameters to define footprints for DEM lookup, land fractions to land/water types per pixel and geometrical angles to transform spacecraft frame to instrument frame of reference. L1A.geolocation.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRXAPLY AIRS/Aqua polynomial conversion constants AIRS/Aqua polynomial conversion constants. The six constants used in polynomials for Data Number to Engineering Unit conversions, listed for each entry of the calibration conversion curve table, and identified by a unique number. L1A.tlm_polyconv_airs.v1.0.0.anc ASCII Ver 2.1.5  
AIRXARYL AIRS/Aqua Red and Yellow Limits AIRS/Aqua warning and error threshold levels for engineering data red and yellow flags L1A.tlm_rylim.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRXATCM AIRS/Aqua Conversion Method File AIRS/Aqua table of algorithms to be used in converting each engineering parameter L1A.tlm_conv_method.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRXATCS AIRS/Aqua Constant Sets AIRS/Aqua table of constants to be used in converting engineering parameters L1A.tlm_constant_sets.anc ASCII Ver 2.0  
AIRXGSTA AIRS/Aqua Statistics for Granule AIRS/Aqua retrieval statistics for granule, by retrieval type, comparing the retrievals of surface properties, temperature profile, water vapor profile, ozone profile and liquid water of MW, FIRST and FINAL stages to a truth granule during tests with simu   ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0 Local Only So No official ESDT
AIRXSTAT AIRS/Aqua Statistics for Scanline AIRS/Aqua retrieval statistics scanline-by-scanline, comparing the retrievals of surface properties, temperature profile, water vapor profile, ozone profile and liquid water of MW, FIRST and FINAL stages to a truth granule during tests with simulation dat   ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0 Local Only So No official ESDT
AORX2LTL AIRS/Aqua Truth Location Generated Externally     ASCII Post-Ver 2.1.5 ESDT for TDS (not present at DAAC)
AVIA_AN AIRS/Aqua Aviation Forecast AIRS/Aqua Aviation Forecast data provides an initial atmospheric state to the retrieval software   HDF Pre-Ver 2.0  
PMCO_HK AIRS/Aqua Carryout File AIRS/Aqua Carryout File containing information from Aqua spacecraft housekeeping packets including spacecraft mode, transmitter power, and AIRS-suite instrument passive analog engineering data   ASCII Pre-Ver 2.0 Note change in Shortname & collectionDescription