dust
Dust
Product Description
AIRS Standard Dust Product
The AIRS instrument is very sensitive to atmospheric aerosols, such as dust and ash. AIRS aerosols are not produced in geophysical units (e.g. concentration or optical thickness. Dust is expressed as a flag indicating an identifiable amount of material present in the atmosphere.) The detection of the presence of dust is made by comparison of radiances, and the flags originate in the AIRS L1B Product. They are propagated to the Level 2 Standard and Support Products.
Data Source
Available in L1B and L2 data product sets.
Image Examples
Dust Multimedia web page
More Information
For more detail about AIRS geophysical products, refer to the AIRS Version 5 Release Level 2 Standard Product QuickStart Guide.
Additional information is also found on the AIRS Documentation Page on the data distribution web site at the Goddard DAAC.
