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Atmospheric profile datasets and profile manipulation tools
Atmospheric profile datasets
Model-derived and observation-based datasets
| Dataset | # profiles | # levels | Pmin | variables | data source | Contact/download |
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| TIGR v3 | 2311 | 40 | ? | P,T,q (O3 climatology) | radiosonde | LMD website |
| ECMWF 50L | 13766 | 50 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q (O3 climatology) | model | ECMWF |
| ECMWF 60L | 13495 | 60 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3 (+cloud/surface) | model | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
| NOAA-88/89 | ~8000 | 66,101 | 0.005, 1 hPa | P,T,q | rocket/radiosonde | Chris Barnet, NOAA |
| SeeBor V4.0 | 15705 | 101 | 0.005 hPa | P,T,q,O3 | mixed | SeeBor website |
| UMBC | 49 | 101 | 0.005 hPa | P,T,q,O3,CO,CH4,N2O | radiosonde/? | Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset] |
| Garand | 42 | 43 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3,CO2,CO,CH4,N2O | radiosonde/SAGE | Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset] |
| CIMSS Ozone | 380 | 40 | ? | O3 | ozonesonde | Hal Woolf, CIMSS |
| ECMWF trace gas | 43 | 90 | 0.005 hPa | CO2,CO,CH4,N2O | mixed | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download data] |
| MOZART trace gas | 98304 | 67 | 0.005 hPa | O3,CO,CH4,N2O | model | Xu Liu, NASA |
Summary of profile subsets used to date in fast RT model development
| Parent dataset | # profiles | # levels | Derived models/usage | Contact/download |
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| TIGR v2 | 43 | 43,90 | RTTOV,RTIASI,RTAIRS | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF |
| ECMWF trace gas | 43 | 90 | RTIASI,RTAIRS | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download dataset] |
| NOAA-88 | 32 | 40,42,101 | PFAAST, ? | Hal Woolf, CIMSS |
| UMBC | 49 | 101 | SARTA,AIRS-RTA,Gastropod | Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset] |
| ECMWF 50L | 117 | 43 | Model validation | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
| Garand | 42 | 43 | Garand RT model intercomparison | Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset] |
| ECMWF 60L | 52 | 101 | AIRS RT model intercomparison | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
Observational validation datasets
Refer to the group's validation datasets web page.
Profile manipulation tools
- f90 code to map profiles from the AIRS 101
pressure levels to arbitrary fast model pressure levels, provided by Roger
Saunders for the AIRS RT model intercomparison
- documentation and code to test the adjoint of profile interpolation routines, provided by Louis Garand
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