Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II): species profiles, version 6.10

Species profiles (SPEC files) and revision information (INDEX) from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II), an instrument on board the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) which used the solar occultation technique to measure global profiles of aerosol extinction, temperature, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and water vapour in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. Version 1 of the data consist of monthly mean global image maps and associated gridded data for the period 1985-1993. Version 6.1 contains INDEX and SPEC files for the period October 1984 to July 2000 and was superseded by version 6.2, available for the period October 1984 to August 2005. Access to this dataset is partially restricted.

Species information includes aerosol extinction profiles at 1020, 525, 453, and 385 nanometers, number density profiles of ozone and nitrogen dioxide, plus molecular density and mixing ratio profiles of water vapour. It also includes aerosol surface area density and effective radius profiles, and retrieved molecular density for the middle atmosphere (40-75 km). All profiles are at 0.5-km vertical resolution. These products are nearly global in coverage, with data spanning from 80 North to 80 South.

Date (Publication): 2007-01-13T01:01:56

Date (Creation): 2007-01-13T01:01:56

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	McCormick, M. Patrick	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Thomasson, Larry	Unavailable	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
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NASA Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center (LaRC DAAC)		larc@eos.nasa.gov	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

SAGE II
occultation
profiles
chemistry
temperature
ozone

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/langley.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.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1984-09-30T23:00:00

End date: 2005-08-30T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
The files are unformatted (native format) binary files written on a DEC Alpha by a program compiled using the DIGITAL Fortran 90 V5.2-705 compiler. The data consists of two and four byte little endian integers and single and double precision little endian IEEE floating point data. Refer to the linked documentation and software provided to read these data.

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/53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/sage2/data/v6.10/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/sage2/document/	SAGE 2 Documentation

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/sage2/software/	SAGE 2 Software

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 obtained by the SAGE II (Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II) sensor on-board the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), an supplied to the BADC where they are stored.

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File identifier: 53c9dd51b883900b51cc2a11d4792212 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II): Global Profiles of Aerosol Extinction, Temperature, Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide and Water Vapour
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-16T03:02:27

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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

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