AIRS_05_2003 {FRK}

AIRS data for May 2003

Description

Mid-tropospheric CO2 measurements from the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS). The data are measurements between 60 degrees S and 90 degrees N at roughly 1:30 pm local time on 1 May through to 15 May 2003. (AIRS does not release data below 60 degrees S.)

Usage

AIRS_05_2003

Format

A data frame with 209631 rows and 7 variables:

year

year of retrieval

month

month of retrieval

day

day of retrieval

lon

longitude coordinate of retrieval

lat

latitude coordinate of retrieval

co2avgret

CO2 mole fraction retrieval in ppm

co2std

standard error of CO2 retrieval in ppm

References

Chahine, M. et al. (2006). AIRS: Improving weather forecasting and providing new data on greenhouse gases. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 87, 911–26.