TIMED Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) O₃, CO₂, and

SABER instrument data provides vertical profiles of temperature, pressure, and trace gas mixing ratios from the stratosphere to the mesosphere. This version 2.07 product specifically corrects previously unavailable water vapor data by addressing radiance errors from ozone emission. The dataset, produced by NASA, covers a time period from January 25, 2002, to the present day.

Use Cases

• Modeling atmospheric chemistry and transport based on vertical profiles of ozone, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.
• Analyzing mesospheric dynamics and energetics based on kinetic temperature and pressure profiles.
• Studying atmospheric cooling and heating rates based on emission rates for NO, OH, and O bands.
• Investigating long-term trends in stratospheric and mesospheric water vapor based on the corrected version 2.07 data.

Strengths

• Data spans over two decades, from January 25, 2002, to the present day.
• Provides vertical profiles from approximately 16 km to 83 km altitude.
• Version 2.07 specifically corrects a known radiance error for water vapor data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Global measurements from the SABER 10-channel broadband limb-scanning infrared radiometer on the TIMED satellite.

Time Range

January 25, 2002 to present day

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 09:27:48.911071; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global