gov.noaa.ncdc:C00951 eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact 2026-07-09T20:32:28 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Channel 12 Brightness Temperature Version 3 (Version Superseded) HIRS Ch12 Brightness Temperature 2016 publication Version 3 doi:10.7289/V5N58JC9 NCEI DSI 3629_03 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00951 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Climate Data Record Program Office +1 (828) 271-4800 cdr_program.ncdc@noaa.gov collaborator DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Climate Data Record Program Office +1 (828) 271-4800 hirs_ch12_contacts@noaa.gov collaborator Shi, Lei DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator Shi, Lei DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce author Bates, John DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce author DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Climate Data Record Program Office +1 (828) 271-4800 cdr_program.ncdc@noaa.gov author Bates, John DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce collaborator https://doi.org/10.7289/V5N58JC9 HTTPS Information HIRS Ch12 Brightness Temperature - NOAA Landing Page This dataset provides advanced scientific researchers a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of upper tropospheric water vapor along with HIRS brightness temperatures that are suitable for long-term information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/sds/cdr/CDRs/HIRS_Ch12_Brightness_Temperature/ HTTPS Information Operational Climate Data Records in the NOAA CDR Program Access to the published CDR, source code, and documentation. information imageDigital *Note: This dataset version has been superseded by a newer version. It is highly recommended that users access the current version. Users should only use this version for special cases, such as reproducing studies that used this version.* The High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) of intersatellite calibrated channel 12 brightness temperature (TB) product is a gridded global monthly time series product spanning from 1978 to 2017. Among the twenty channels in the HIRS instrument, channel 12 measures upper tropospheric water vapor (UTWV). Multiple polar orbiting satellites in the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) series and MetOp-A have carried HIRS instruments. Due to the independence in calibration of the individual HIRS instruments, biases exist between satellites. Examination of the intersatellite biases shows that the biases are scene brightness temperature dependent. These HIRS channel 12 measurements from the NOAA POES and MetOp-A are calibrated to a baseline satellite based on intersatellite bias correction data. The differences from the last version include that the dataset is now provided as monthly mean 2.5x2.5 degree latitude/longitude in netcdf format. This CDR is key to understanding water vapor feedback climatology and has been used to study long-term water vapor variability, to evaluate climate models, and to study large-scale atmospheric circulations. This dataset provides advanced scientific researchers a high quality Climate Data Record (CDR) of upper tropospheric water vapor along with HIRS brightness temperatures that are suitable for long-term global studies and climate monitoring of upper tropospheric water vapor. These global observations play an important role in better modeling and understanding of tropical convection and its role in weather-climate connections from intraseasonal to interannual time scales. completed historicalArchive superseded DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA Climate Data Record Program Office +1 (828) 271-4800 hirs_ch12_contacts@noaa.gov pointOfContact notPlanned https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/C00951.jpg NOAA CDR HIRS Ch12 Brightness temperature JPEG NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program project Keyword Thesaurus Title Satellite product Keyword Thesaurus Title Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Atmospheric - Upper-air - Upper-air Water Vapour theme Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) 2017 publication Release 2017 World Meteorological Organization, United Nations https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables HTTP Information GCOS Essential Climate Variables Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. information custodian Vertical Location > Troposphere place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Vertical Location > Troposphere stratum Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher NOAA OneStop Project project Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Profilers/Sounders > HIRS > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Earth Observation Satellites > NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) > NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2018 revision Version 8.6 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords HTTPS Web Browser Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher *Note: This dataset version has been superseded by a newer version. It is highly recommended that users access the current version. Users should only use this version for special cases, such as reproducing studies that used this version.* otherRestrictions Cite as: Shi, Lei; Bates, John; and NOAA CDR Program (2016). NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky HIRS Channel 12 Brightness Temperature, Version 3.0. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. DOI:10.7289/V5N58JC9 [access date]. otherRestrictions Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. 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NCEI Dataset Landing Page for the Current Version https://doi.org/10.25921/zqqa-ks18 Landing Page NCEI Dataset Landing Page for the Current Version Landing page for the Current Version. information crossReference collection Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Channel 12 Brightness Temperature (TB), Version 3 2022 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/t2hk-pq48 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper Data Stewardship Maturity Report for NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Intersatellite Calibrated Clear-Sky High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Channel 12 Brightness Temperature (TB), Version 3 2021 publication NOAA Institutional Repository publisher https://doi.org/10.25923/t2hk-pq48 HTTPS Web Browser DSMR Publication at the NOAA Institutional Repository Report documenting the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity for this dataset. information crossReference sciencePaper Three decades of intersatellite-calibrated High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder upper tropospheric water vapor 2016-02-09 publication Volume 116, Issue D4 DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014847 Journal of Geophysical Research publisher https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JD014847 HTTPS Web Browser Three decades of intersatellite-calibrated High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder upper tropospheric water vapor Paper on generating a climatologically homogenized time series of the upper tropospheric water vapor (UTWV), intersatellite calibration for 3 decades of HIRS Ch12 clear-sky measurements. information crossReference sciencePaper grid eng; USA climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 1 -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 ground condition 1978-11-22 2017-12-31 time short time (time) lon float longitude (longitude) lat float latitude (latitude) ch12 float NOAA Climate Data Record of monthly mean for HIRS CH12 clear-sky limb-corrected intercalibrated brightness temperature (brightness_temperature) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata - Appendix B, NOAA Data Product Levels 2002-10-09 publication FGDC-STD-012-2002 Federal Geographic Data Committee Secretariat c/o U.S. Geological Survey 590 National Center Reston, VA 20192 publisher Standards Working Group, Federal Geographic Data Committee originator https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf HTTPS PDF Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002 The purpose of this standard is to provide extensions to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) for describing geospatial data obtained from remote sensing. information Level 2 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. XML NetCDF 3 NetCDF 3 https://doi.org/10.7289/V5N58JC9 HTTPS Landing Page NCEI Dataset Landing Page Landing page for the dataset. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS Web Browser Contact NCEI Contact NCEI for more information and to request access to the archived data. Requests are subject to NCEI order fulfillment constraints. offlineAccess dataset The data were produced and archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). For more information, see associated processing documentation. For a complete description of the processing steps, see the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document and Data Flow Diagram. DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Level 1B from CLASS High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Level 1B Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) publisher https://www.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=TOVS Web Browser High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Level 1B Access page for CLASS Family TOVS and the HIRS Level 1B dataset. information 1 0 180 -90 90 1979 2021-01-01 repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 dataset Data Stewardship Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment MM-Stew The Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix (DSMM) is a unified framework that defines criteria for each of nine components based on measurable practices, which can be used to apply a progressive, 6-level rating to an individual dataset, representing stewardship maturity stages rated as Not Assessed or Not Available (Level 0), adHoc (Level 1), minimum (Level 2), intermediate (Level 3), advanced (Level 4), and optimal (Level 5). Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment was evaluated by the metadata content editor for the NOAA OneStop project using the Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template v4.0. The Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template 2016-06-27 publication NCDC-CICS-SMM_0001_Rev.1 v4.0 06/27/2016 doi:10.10.6084/m9.figshare.1211954 Peng, Ge CICS-NC/NCEI author https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1211954 HTTPS Web Browser The Scientific Data Stewardship Maturity Assessment Model Template Landing page for quality evaluation procedure. information 2016-06-27T00:00:00 intermediate minimal minimal advanced intermediate advanced intermediate advanced intermediate asNeeded Bulk metadata change applied on 2023-06-23. See version control repository history for metadata change details.