The AIRS Infrared (IR) level 1B data set contains AIRS infrared calibrated and geolocated radiances in milliWatts/m^2/cm^-1/steradian. This data set is generated from AIRS level 1A digital numbers (DN), including 2378 infrared channels in the 3.74 to 15.4 micron region of the spectrum. A day's worth of AIRS data is divided into 240 scenes each of 6 minute duration. For the AIRS infrared measurements, an individual scene consists of 135 scanlines containing 90 cross-track footprints; thus there is a total of 135 x 90 = 12,150 footprints per AIRS IR scene.
(The Shortname for this product is AIRIBRAD_NRT_BUFR).
Access the AIRS/Aqua Near Real Time (NRT) Level 1B Infrared (IR) geolocated and calibrated radiances in BUFR format by FTP. The AIRS radiance data in BUFR format. User registration is required. Register for a username and password at the Land Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) web site (http://earthdata.nasa.gov/lance/).
AIRS home page at NASA/JPL. General information on the AIRS instrument suite, algorithms, and other AIRS-related activities can be found. The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument suite is designed to measure the Earth's atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles on a global scale. It is comprised of a space-based hyperspectral infrared instrument (AIRS) and two multichannel microwave instruments, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) and the Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB).
AIRS data support home page at Goddard Earth Sciences Data Information and Service Center/Distributed Active Archive Center (GES DISC). Online documentation, software to read, visualize and analyze AIRS data and data access information are available from this web site.