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Water Vapor
Product Description
AIRS Standard Water Vapor Product
The atmospheric precipitable water vapor profile is the retrieved mean mass mixing ratio between two standard pressure levels. It is reported on the lower altitude pressure level bounding the layer. Moisture products are reported on the first 15 pressure levels of the 28 available. Total column moisture burden from top of atmosphere to the surface is also reported.
Data Source
Available in L2 and L3 data product sets.
Image Examples
Water Vapor 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.
