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AIM/CIPS polar mesospheric cloud and gravity wave images and numerical data

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/AIM/CIPS/PT90M

Description
The AIM Cloud Imaging and Particle Size instrument (CIPS) is a panoramic imager that measures solar ultraviolet radiation scattered by the atmosphere back to the satellite. The fundamental measurement is an albedo, which is the measured radiance divided by the input solar irradiance. From the measured albedo, the presence and structure of PMCs and gravity waves (GWs) are derived. CIPS PMC data products include cloud albedo, particle radius, and ice water content. GWs can be inferred from the Rayleigh Albedo Anomaly (RAA) data product, which shows GW-induced albedo deviations from the background atmosphere. PMC and RAA images are available since May of 2007. Data products have 56.25 km2 spatial resolution and are available on a per-orbit basis; PMC data are also available as daily maps and as season-long summary files.

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spase://NASA/NumericalData/AIM/CIPS/PT90M
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
AIM/CIPS polar mesospheric cloud and gravity wave images and numerical data
ReleaseDate
2020-07-07 21:14:16Z
Description
The AIM Cloud Imaging and Particle Size instrument (CIPS) is a panoramic imager that measures solar ultraviolet radiation scattered by the atmosphere back to the satellite. The fundamental measurement is an albedo, which is the measured radiance divided by the input solar irradiance. From the measured albedo, the presence and structure of PMCs and gravity waves (GWs) are derived. CIPS PMC data products include cloud albedo, particle radius, and ice water content. GWs can be inferred from the Rayleigh Albedo Anomaly (RAA) data product, which shows GW-induced albedo deviations from the background atmosphere. PMC and RAA images are available since May of 2007. Data products have 56.25 km2 spatial resolution and are available on a per-orbit basis; PMC data are also available as daily maps and as season-long summary files.
Contacts
Role Person StartDate StopDate Note
1. GeneralContact spase://SMWG/Person/Cora.Randall
InformationURL
Name
Documentation directory on the SPDF server
URL
InformationURL
Name
Info interface page at LASP.
URL
PriorIDs
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/AIM/CIPS/All_Data
spase://VSPO/NumericalData/AIM/CIPS/PT90M
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
FTPS from SPDF (not with most browsers)
URL
Description
In CDF via FTP from CDAWeb
AccessURL
Name
HTTPS from SPDF
URL
Description
In CDF via HTTP from CDAWeb
Format
NetCDF
Encoding
None
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Data interface page at LASP.
URL
Description
For levels 2, 3a, 4 only; see InformationURL for other data
Format
NetCDF
Encoding
GZIP
AccessInformation
RepositoryID
Availability
Online
AccessRights
Open
AccessURL
Name
Browse Images at LASP.
URL
Description
For levels 2, 3a, 4 only; see InformationURL for other data
Format
PNG
InstrumentIDs
MeasurementType
ImageIntensity
TemporalDescription
TimeSpan
StartDate
2007-06-01 00:00:00
RelativeStopDate
-P2M
Cadence
PT90M
ObservedRegion
Earth.NearSurface