| References | |
|---|---|
| official web page | http://www.remss.com/measurements/upper-air-temperature/ |
| Climate Explorer URL | climexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?rss_tlt |
| Climate Explorer filename | SSMIData/rss_tlt_v4_0.nc |
| Variable | |
| name | TLT |
| units | degrees K |
| long_name | monthly averaged single channel brightness temperature |
| Netcdf global metadata | |
| comment | This is MSU / AMSU combined data |
| REFERENCES | C. A. Mears and F. J. Wentz: Sensitivity of Satellite-Derived Tropospheric Temperature Trends to the Diurnal Cycle Adjustment, Journal of Climate 29, pp. 3629-3646 |
| HISTORY | Fri Aug 25 12:16:10 2023: ncatted -a units,longitude,m,c,degrees_east -a units,latitude,m,c,degrees_north rss_tlt_v4_0.nc Fri Aug 25 12:16:10 2023: ncrename -v brightness_temperature,TLT -v months,time -d months,time rss_tlt_v4_0.nc Fri Aug 25 12:16:10 2023: ncks -O -v brightness_temperature rss_Tb_Maps_ch_TLT_V4_0.nc rss_tlt_v4_0.nc Produced from version 4.0 RSS monthly merged monthly maps for MSU and AMSU using the idl routine $MAIN$ |
| INSTITUTION | Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA, USA |
| TITLE | RSS Version 4.0 MSU/AMSU Brightness Temperatures, Channel TLT |
| NCO = netCDF Operators version 5.1.0 (Homepage = nco.sf.net, Code | http://github.com/nco/nco) |
| geospatial_lat_min | -90.f |
| geospatial_lat_max | 90.f |
| geospatial_lat_units | degrees_north |
| geospatial_lon_min | 0.f |
| geospatial_lon_max | 360.f |
| geospatial_lon_units | degrees_east |
| geospatial_lat_resolution | 2.5f |
| geospatial_lon_resolution | 2.5f |
| time_coverage_start | 1978-01-15 |
| time_coverage_end | 2023-12-15 |
| climexp_url | climexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?rss_tlt |