Atmospheric Profile Datasets and Profile Manipulation Tools

Atmospheric profile datasets

Model-derived and observation-based datasets

Dataset	# profiles	# levels	P_min	variables	data source	Contact/download
TIGR v3	2311	40	?	P,T,q (O3 climatology)	radiosonde	LMD website
ECMWF 50L	13766	50	0.1 hPa	P,T,q (O3 climatology)	model	ECMWF
ECMWF 60L	13495	60	0.1 hPa	P,T,q,O3 (+cloud/surface)	model	Eumetsat NWP SAF website
NOAA-88/89	~8000	66,101	0.005, 1 hPa	P,T,q	rocket/radiosonde	Chris Barnet, NOAA
SeeBor V4.0	15705	101	0.005 hPa	P,T,q,O3	mixed	SeeBor website
UMBC	49	101	0.005 hPa	P,T,q,O3,CO,CH4,N2O	radiosonde/?	Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset]
Garand	42	43	0.1 hPa	P,T,q,O3,CO2,CO,CH4,N2O	radiosonde/SAGE	Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset]
CIMSS Ozone	380	40	?	O3	ozonesonde	CIMSS
ECMWF trace gas	43	90	0.005 hPa	CO2,CO,CH4,N2O	mixed	Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download data]
MOZART trace gas	98304	67	0.005 hPa	O3,CO,CH4,N2O	model	Xu Liu, NASA
COSPAR	396	71	2.54e-05 hPa	T,wind	mixed	BADC website
ECMWF aerosol and trace gas concentrations	40000	60	0.1 hPa	P,T,q,O3,CO2,CH4 Aerosol mixing ratios of sulphate, organic matter, black carbon, sea salt, and desert dust	model	EUMETSAT NWP SAF website: 60L datasets from the MACC project\\
ECMWF 91L	25000	91	0.1 hPa	P,T,Q,O3,cloud,surface	model	EUMETSAT NWP SAF website
ECMWF 137L	25000	137	0.1 hPa	P,T,q,O3,cloud,surface	model	EUMETSAT NWP SAF website

The DARDAR dataset of vertical profiles of visible extinction coefficient, ice water content and effective radius in ice clouds is available from the ICARE web site.

Summary of profile subsets used to date in fast RT model development

Parent dataset	# profiles	# levels	Derived models/usage	Contact/download
TIGR v2	43	43,90	RTTOV,RTIASI,RTAIRS	Marco Matricardi, ECMWF
ECMWF trace gas	43	90	RTIASI,RTAIRS	Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download dataset]
NOAA-88	32	40,42,101	PFAAST, ?	CIMSS
UMBC	49	101	SARTA,AIRS-RTA,Gastropod	Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset]
ECMWF 50L	117	43	Model validation	Eumetsat NWP SAF website
Garand	42	43	Garand RT model intercomparison	Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset]
ECMWF 60L	52	101	AIRS RT model intercomparison	Eumetsat NWP SAF website
ECMWF 101L	83	101	RTTOV	Marco Matricardi, ECMWF

Observational validation datasets

Information on various validation campaigns (Word document): EAQUATE (2004), THORPEX (2003), AURA (2005), ACE (2003), etc. (Source: N. Jacquinet, LMD)
The EAQUATE website at BADC contains details on obtaining the data.

Profile manipulation tools

f90 code (as PDF file) to map profiles from the AIRS 101 pressure levels to arbitrary fast model pressure levels, provided by Roger Saunders for the AIRS RT model intercomparison
Documentation and code for vertical interpolation of profiles and associated Jacobians, provided by Yves Rochon (English version, French version)
Profile utility software tarball containing Fortran95 code and documentation to perform units conversions and level-to-layer conversions on atmospheric quantities. The units conversion and atmospheric properties module contain the forward, as well as tangent-linear and adjoint procedures.