fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79 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 2026-04-29T02:28:11 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Vertical Profiles of Temperature and Atmospheric Constituents 2006-12-10T03:05:31 publication 2006-12-10T03:05:31 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79 fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) The Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) measured vertical profiles of temperature and a number of atmospheric constituents. ISAMS was built by an instrument team based at Oxford University and launched on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) on 12th September 1991 and operated until July 1992. The Principal Investigator is Prof. Frederick Taylor. ISAMS is an infra-red radiometer, which observes thermal emission from the Earth's limb. The technique of pressure modulator radiometry is used to derive vertical profiles of temperature, mixing ratios of carbon monoxide (CO), water vapour (H2O), methane (CH4), ozone (O3), nitric acid (HNO3), dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O) and aerosol extinction. Further details can be found in the help file written at the BADC. The data coverage extends from 80°S to 80°N, but at any one time this is usually restricted to 34°S to 80°N or 34°N to 80°S. The vertical coverage of the measurements is from the tropopause to the mesopause (15-80 km). The range over which retrievals are valid is outlined in the help file. The BADC holds ISAMS data at level 3A and version 10 and ISAMS data at level 2 (uninterpolated profiles at measurement locations) and version 8, the latter has restricted access. Taylor, Frederick W. Unavailable author Unavailable author Rodgers, C. Unavailable author Unavailable author Taylor, Frederick W. 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 ISAMS UARS temperature chemistry 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 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. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -80.0 80.0 1991-09-27T23:00:00 1992-07-28T23:00:00 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/fb0a13f4a913daee7a93c393e6a67e79 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/isams/isamshelp.html BADC Doc: ISAMS L2 Help File No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/isams/acquiring.html BADC Doc: Acquiring ISAMS L2 data No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/isams/references.html BADC Doc: ISAMS List of References No further details. information http://gcmd.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/Metadata.do?Portal=NASA&KeywordPath=Locations%7CVERTICAL+LOCATION%7CMESOSPHERE&OrigMetadataNode=GCMD&EntryId=GES_DISC_UARIS3AT_V001&MetadataView=Full&MetadataType=0&lbnode=mdlb4 UARS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS) Level 3AT V001 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.