National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

GEOS-5 FP-IT Product Details

Output Product Highlights

INPUT DATA:

Data Type	Source	Active/Passive	Time Period Used
AEROSOLS Terra & Aqua AOD	NCEP GDAS	Active	8/18/2011 - Present
TEMPERATURE Radiosonde, Aircraft, Dropsonde, Drifting Buoy Surface Marine, Splash Level Sea Surface	NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS	Active Active Active	8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present
PRESSURE METAR, Land Station, Splash Level Radiosonde Station, Marine Surface, Drifting Buoy	NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS	Active Active	8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present
RADIANCES Aqua AIRS & AMSU-A AMSU-A, HIRS4, ATMS SSM/IS, AMSR-E, AMSU-B, HIRS3, GOES13 MHS,IASI	NOAA SERVER NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS	Active Active Passive Active	8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present
WINDS Radiosonde, PIBAL, Wind Profiler, NEXRAD Aircraft, Dropsonde, Surface Marine Atlas Buoy, WINDSAT, ASCAT IR/VIS Cloud Drift, Water Vapor, PILOT Japanese Profiler	NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS	Active Active Active Active Passive	8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present
MOISTURE Radiosonde, Surface Marine, Splash Level, TMI Rain Rate	NCEP GDAS	Active	8/18/2011 - Present
GPS RADIO OCCULTATION GRACE-A, TerraSAR-X, METOP-A COSMIC-1, 4, 5, 6, C/NOFS CORISS	NCEP GDAS NCEP GDAS	Active Active	8/18/2011 - Present 8/18/2011 - Present
OZONE SBUV, OMI	NCEP GDAS	Active	8/18/2011 - Present

OUTPUT PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

3-D collections are on a 5/8 x 1/2 degree lon-lat horizontal grid
Near real-time data in 3-D and 2-D
42 pressure levels or 72 model grid layers
2-D data every hour, 3-D data every 3 hours

KNOWN PROBLEMS: None

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