Limb Infra-red Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) Instrument: Methane and Nitrogen Dioxide measurements

Infrared radiances from the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) instrument, mounted on the Nimbus-7 satellite, were stored on a Radiance Archive Tape (RAT). RAT data was used to derive a series of products, two of which are held here. Firstly, the LIMS Inverted Profile Archival Tape (LAIPAT). This dataset contains mixing ratios of methane and nitrogen dioxide.

Date (Publication): 2007-01-13T23:38:22

Date (Creation): 2007-01-13T23:38:22

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0d401c19272d3f57ef1367dc64679310

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 0d401c19272d3f57ef1367dc64679310

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)	unknown	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
unknown	unknown	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

LIMS
Methane
Nitrogen Dioxide

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any 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.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1978-10-24T23:00:00

End date: 1979-05-28T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are ASCII formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0d401c19272d3f57ef1367dc64679310	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/lims/data/gases	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7356309	Description of Data on the Nimbus 7 LIMS Map Archive Tape: Ozone and Nitric Acid

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://zenodo.org/record/7356367	Description of Data on the Nimbus 7 LIMS Map Archive Tape - Water Vapor and Nitrogen Dioxide

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were collected by the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) instrument, mounted on the Nimbus-7 satellite, and were stored on a Radiance Archive Tape (RAT). The RAT data were used to derive a series of products held at NASA, a copy of which was obtained by the Geophysical Data Facility (GDF, The predecessor archive to the BADC) for UK users.