Limb Infra-red Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) Instrument: Vertical Profiles of Temperature and Concentration of Ozone, Water Vapour, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Nitric Acid

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 radiances (from RAT), which are used to derive daily inverted profiles of temperature, and mixing ratios, water vapour, nitric acid, and nitrogen dioxide. Profiles are geolocated. Secondly, the LIMS Map Archival Tape (LAMAT). This dataset is processed to create daily maps in the form of Fourier coefficients for each parameter at 18 pressure levels (from 0.05 to 100 mbar). Data are organised into 38 4 deg. latitude bands. Data for the daily maps are interpolated to the two synoptic time (0000 GMT for night and 1200 GMT for day). Also included is the day/night combined (averaged) data. This dataset is public. Please note that a major reprocessing of the Nimbus 7 LIMS data has recently been completed. The purpose of this activity is to take advantage of the changes in the spectral line parameters that have occurred since the original archived version was created and to generate a data version that is compatible with the UARS data sets. Improvements in the algorithm have also been made. More information is available from the LIMS homepage at http://lims.gats-inc.com/ and version 6 data can be downloaded from GES DAAC.

Date (Publication): 2000-12-10T02:16:27

Date (Creation): 2000-12-10T02:16:27

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/de74f2c86a51acc13b45806d85646512

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / de74f2c86a51acc13b45806d85646512

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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
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)	badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

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LIMS
Temperature
Chemistry

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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

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

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/de74f2c86a51acc13b45806d85646512	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://lims.gats-inc.com/	NASA LIMS website

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&project=LIMS	LIMS v6.0 from DAAC

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/lims/references.html	BADC Doc: LIMS List of References

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/documentation/LIMS_dataset.gd.shtml	Nimbus-7 Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS)

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

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

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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

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Date stamp: 2026-03-08T03:29:06

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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