07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:29:34 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 HIgh Resolution Global Distributions of Temperature, Clouds, Aerosols, and 10 Trace Species Data from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument measurements 2003-12-10T03:15:37 publication 2003-12-10T03:15:37 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) HIRDLS was a joint US-UK development effort, with sponsorship by the British National Space Centre and the Natural Environment Research Council in the UK, and by NASA in the US. HIRDLS was an mid-infrared limb-scanning radiometer (21 channels from 6.12 to 17.76 µm and provides sounding observations to observe the lower stratosphere with improved sensitivity and accuracy. HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of the A-train procession of polar orbiting satellites forming part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). This dataset collection contains data of the global distributions of temperature, clouds, aerosols, and 10 trace species O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, NO2, HNO3, N2O5, CFC11, CFC12, and ClONO2 in the stratosphere and upper troposphere at high vertical and horizontal resolution in the Earth's atmosphere between about 8 and 100 km, from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS) instrument. The instrument provides high vertical resolution information despite the fact that the optical beam is partially obstructed between the scan mirror and the aperture, probably by a piece of inner lining material that became detached during launch. HIRDLS science-team members have produced correction algorithms that make use of the partial view of the atmosphere (vertical scans around azimuth angle of 47 degree line of sight to the orbital plane, on the side away from the sun). In spite of this anomaly, HIRDLS has retained most of its scientific capabilities to support the Aura Mission. HIRDLS was carried on the Aura mission, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). Aura was launched on 15th July 2004 at 11:01:59 a.m. BST from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) author 01793 411500 Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1EU United Kingdom unknown author British National Space Centre (BNSC) author unknown author National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) author USA unknown author British National Space Centre (BNSC) author unknown author Gill, J. Unavailable author Unavailable author Barnett, J.J. Unavailable author Unavailable author Avallone, L. Unavailable author Unavailable author Brasseur, G. Unavailable author Unavailable author Boville, B.A. Unavailable author Unavailable author Coffey, Micheal.T. Unavailable author Unavailable author Holton, J.R. Unavailable author Unavailable author Leovy, C.B. Unavailable author Unavailable author Mankin, William.G. Unavailable author Unavailable author Toon, B. Unavailable author Unavailable author Andrews, D.G. Unavailable author Unavailable author Harwood, R. Unavailable author Unavailable author McIntyre, M.E. Unavailable author Unavailable author Muller, H.G. Unavailable author Unavailable author Mutlow, Chris T. Unavailable author Unavailable author O'Neill, Alan Unavailable author Unavailable author Pyle, John A. Unavailable author Unavailable author Rodgers, C. Unavailable author Unavailable author Seely, J.S. Unavailable author Unavailable author Taylor, Frederick W. Unavailable author Unavailable author Vaughan, Geraint Unavailable author Unavailable author Wells, R.J. 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Unavailable author Unavailable author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown series HIRDLS temperature aerosol atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection. otherRestrictions Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/hirdls.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 2004-01-01T00:00:00 2014-12-31T23:59:59 Contact data centre for format details. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/07ee76aabd233fef64fae9abcc3d9415 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/hirdls/docs HIRDLS Documentation Directory No further details. information http://avdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ AURA Validation Data Center No further details. information http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/hirdls/ HIRDLS website at Oxford University No further details. information http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data-holdings. NASA GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC) No further details. information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/hirdls/docs/validation_reports/HIRDLS_Validation_Report_RAL_v11.pdf RAL HIRDLS Validation Technical Note No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7354266 The HIRDLS UK project office No further details. information series Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.