Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

This site is currently in beta, and your feedback is helping shape its ongoing development.

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of IR Sounder Upper Tropospheric Humidity BT, Version 4.0

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset covers the IR Sounder Upper Trop Humidity BT CDR that is based on the high-Resolution Infrared Sounder (HIRS) suite of intersatellite calibrated channel 12 brightness temperature (BT) and from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measurement that is used to derive equivalent HIRS channel 12 BT. The channel is designed to measure upper tropospheric humidity. Cloud-screening is performed and clear-sky pixels are used to generate the product. The time series has a global coverage in monthly 2.5x2.5 degree latitude/longitude from 1978 to the present. It is developed at NCEI as version 4.0. The data are in NetCDF format, with a total volume of approximately 25 MB.

Find Related Datasets

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program Satellite Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Earth Science > Spectral/Engineering > Infrared Wavelengths > Brightness Temperature Atmospheric - Upper-air - Upper-air Water Vapour Vertical Location > Troposphere Vertical Location > Troposphere NOAA OneStop Project Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Profilers/Sounders > HIRS > High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Profilers/Sounders > Interferometers > IASI > Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer Earth Observation Satellites > NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites) > NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Meteorological Operational Satellite (METOP) > METOP-A Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Meteorological Operational Satellite (METOP) > METOP-B Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Meteorological Operational Satellite (METOP) > METOP-C Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) > TIROS-N Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-6 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-7 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-8 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-9 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-10 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-11 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-12 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-14 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-15 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-16 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-17 Space-based Platforms > Earth Observation Satellites > Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) > NOAA-19 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

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov