TIMED Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) O₃, CO₂, and H₂O Mixing Ratios, O, O₂, OH, and NO Volume Emission Rates, and also National Meteorological Center, NMC, Neutral Temperature Density, and Pressure, Version 2.07, Level 2A (L2A), 42 s Data

This Description Text is adapted from the SABER Data and Experiment Home Page, NASA Langley, saber.gats-inc.com. This Numerical Data Document describes the TIMED SABER H₂O Version 2.07 Data Product. The SABER H₂O Data have not been made publicly available until the Release of this Version 2.07 Data Product due to Radiance Errors of unknown Origin and Magnitude that recently were identified and corrected.

The Cause of the Errors was determined to be unaccounted for Spectral Out-of-Band Radiance in the H₂O Channel centered at 6.8 µm arising from Ozone Emission in the 9.6 µm Band. The corrected SABER Radiances have been used to produce a long-term H₂O Database labeled as Version 2.07. Water Vapor Volume Mixing Ratio (VMR) Vertical Profiles are now available in the SABER Data Archive covering the Stratosphere and Mesosphere extending from near the Tropopause at approximately 100h Pa, about 16 km Altitude, up to the Mesopause Region at approximately 0.006 hPa, about 83 km Altitude, and over the Time Period from January 25, 2002 to the present Day.

This Description Text is adapted from the TIMED Mission Data Center, MDC, Web Page, JHU/APL, saber.gats-inc.com/SABER_H2O_Overview.pdf.