The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, Instrument is one of four Instruments on the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics, TIMED, Satellite. The primary Goal of the SABER Experiment is to provide the Data needed to advance our understanding of the fundamental Processes governing the Energetics, Chemistry, Dynamics, and Transport in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere. SABER accomplishes this with Global Measurements of the Atmosphere by using a 10-Channel Broadband Limb-Scanning Infrared Radiometer covering the Spectral Range from 1.27 µm to 17 µm. These Measurements are used to provide Vertical Profiles of Kinetic Temperature, Pressure, Geopotential Height, Volume Mixing Ratios, VMR, for these Trace Species: Ozone, O₃, Carbon Dioxide, CO₂, Water, H₂O, Atomic Oxygen, O, and Atomic Hydrogen, H. These Measurements also used to provide Volume Emission Rates, VER, for 5.3 µm NO, 2.1 µm OH, 1.6 µm OH, and 1.27 µm O(¹Δ), Cooling Rates and Heating Rates for many CO₂, O₃, and O₂ Bands, and Chemical Heating Rates for seven important Reactions. This Description Text is adapted from the SABER Data and Experiment Home Page, NASA Langley, http://saber.gats-inc.com.
This Numerical Data Document describes the TIMED SABER H₂O Version 2.07 Data Product.
The SABER H₂O Data have not been made publicly available until the Release of this Version 2.07 Data Product due to Radiance Errors of unknown Origin and Magnitude that recently were identified and corrected. The Cause of the Errors was determined to be unaccounted for Spectral Out-of-Band Radiance in the H₂O Channel centered at 6.8 µm arising from Ozone Emission in the 9.6 µm Band. The corrected SABER Radiances have been used to produce a long-term H₂O Database labeled as Version 2.07. Water Vapor Volume Mixing Ratio (VMR) Vertical Profiles are now available in the SABER Data Archive covering the Stratosphere and Mesosphere extending from near the Tropopause at approximately 100h Pa, about 16 km Altitude, up to the Mesopause Region at approximately 0.006 hPa, about 83 km Altitude, and over the Time Period from January 25, 2002 to the present Day. This Description Text is adapted from the TIMED Mission Data Center, MDC, Web Page, JHU/APL, http://saber.gats-inc.com/SABER_H2O_Overview.pdf.
Version:2.3.0
The Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, Instrument is one of four Instruments on the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics, TIMED, Satellite. The primary Goal of the SABER Experiment is to provide the Data needed to advance our understanding of the fundamental Processes governing the Energetics, Chemistry, Dynamics, and Transport in the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere. SABER accomplishes this with Global Measurements of the Atmosphere by using a 10-Channel Broadband Limb-Scanning Infrared Radiometer covering the Spectral Range from 1.27 µm to 17 µm. These Measurements are used to provide Vertical Profiles of Kinetic Temperature, Pressure, Geopotential Height, Volume Mixing Ratios, VMR, for these Trace Species: Ozone, O₃, Carbon Dioxide, CO₂, Water, H₂O, Atomic Oxygen, O, and Atomic Hydrogen, H. These Measurements also used to provide Volume Emission Rates, VER, for 5.3 µm NO, 2.1 µm OH, 1.6 µm OH, and 1.27 µm O(¹Δ), Cooling Rates and Heating Rates for many CO₂, O₃, and O₂ Bands, and Chemical Heating Rates for seven important Reactions. This Description Text is adapted from the SABER Data and Experiment Home Page, NASA Langley, http://saber.gats-inc.com.
This Numerical Data Document describes the TIMED SABER H₂O Version 2.07 Data Product.
The SABER H₂O Data have not been made publicly available until the Release of this Version 2.07 Data Product due to Radiance Errors of unknown Origin and Magnitude that recently were identified and corrected. The Cause of the Errors was determined to be unaccounted for Spectral Out-of-Band Radiance in the H₂O Channel centered at 6.8 µm arising from Ozone Emission in the 9.6 µm Band. The corrected SABER Radiances have been used to produce a long-term H₂O Database labeled as Version 2.07. Water Vapor Volume Mixing Ratio (VMR) Vertical Profiles are now available in the SABER Data Archive covering the Stratosphere and Mesosphere extending from near the Tropopause at approximately 100h Pa, about 16 km Altitude, up to the Mesopause Region at approximately 0.006 hPa, about 83 km Altitude, and over the Time Period from January 25, 2002 to the present Day. This Description Text is adapted from the TIMED Mission Data Center, MDC, Web Page, JHU/APL, http://saber.gats-inc.com/SABER_H2O_Overview.pdf.
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Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics Dynamics, TIMED, Mission Data Center, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, Data and Experiment Home Page, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences, GATS, Inc.
Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, Rules of the Road for Data Usage Web Page, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences, GATS, Inc.
Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, Temperature and CO₂ Retrieval Accuracies Web Page, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences, GATS, Inc.
Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry, SABER, H₂O Data Product, Version 2.07, Description Web Page, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton University, and Global Atmospheric Technologies and Sciences, GATS, Inc.
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Epoch Time, Default Time
Event Number for the Current File
Date of Observation
Instrument Scan Mode, 0=Down, 1=Up
Phase of Day at Tangent Point, 0=Day, 1=Night, 2=Twilight, Twilight Range: 85° < Solar Zenith Angle < °95))
Orbit Phase at Tangent Point, 0=Ascending, 1=Descending
Separation Angle, Loss of Signal, LOS, and Moon
Tangent Point Height at Separation Angle
Magnetic Ap Index, Daily Value
Magnetic Kp Index, 3 Hour Values
Solar F10.7 Index, Daily Value
Solar F10.7 Index, 81 Day Average
Zurich Sunspot Number, all Fill
Spacecraft Position, Solar Zenith Angle
Earth-Sun Distance
Aurora Flag, all Fill
Time since Midnight in Milliseconds versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Latitude versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Longitude versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Altitude versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Latitude, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Longitude, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Altitude, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Latitude, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Latitude, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Longitude, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Longitude, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Solar Zenith Angle, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Solar Zenith Angle, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Local Solar Time, averaged over the lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Local Solar Time, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Height versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Latitude versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Longitude versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Solar Zenith Angle versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Solar Zenith Angle versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Local Solar Time versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Local Solar Time versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Elevation Angle versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Elevation Angle versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Time since Midnight in Milliseconds versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Latitude versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Longitude versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Altitude versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Height versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Latitude versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Tangent Point Longitude versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Latitude, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Longitude, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Spacecraft Position, Altitude, averaged over the upper Part of the Scan
Geopotential Height versus Tangent Point Height
Atmospheric Pressure versus Tangent Point Height
Atmospheric Neutral Kinetic Temperature versus Tangent Point Height
Atmospheric Neutral Gas Density versus Tangent Point Height
Ozone, O₃, (9.6 µm) Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height
Ozone, O₃, (1.27 µm) Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height
Ozone, O₃, (1.27 µm) Mixing Ratio, MR, at 92 km, Line Plot
Water, H₂O, Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height, all Fill
Carbon Dioxide, CO₂, Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height, all Fill
Atomic Oxygen, O, Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height
Atomic Hydrogen, H, Mixing Ratio, MR, versus Tangent Point Height
Atomic Oxygen, O₂(¹Δ), unfiltered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Atomic Oxygen, O₂(¹Δ), filtered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Atomic Oxygen, O₂(¹Δ), Volume Emission Rates, VER, at 92 km, Line Plot
Hydroxyl, OH 16, 1.6 µm Channel, unfiltered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Hydroxyl, OH 16, 1.6 µm Channel, filtered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Hydroxyl, OH 16, 1.6 µm Channel, Volume Emission Rates, VER, at 85 km, Line Plot
Hydroxyl, OH 20, 2.0 µm Channel, unfiltered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Hydroxyl, OH 20, 2.0 µm Channel, filtered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height
Hydroxyl, OH 20, 2.0 µm Channel, Volume Emission Rates, VER, at 85 km, Line Plot
Nitric Oxide, NO, unfiltered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Nitric Oxide, NO, filtered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height, upper Part of the Scan
Nitric Oxide, NO, unfiltered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Nitric Oxide, NO, filtered Volume Emission Rates, VER, versus Tangent Point Height, lower Part of the Scan
Nitric Oxide, NO, Volume Emission Rates, VER, at 120 km, Line Plot