TROPICS06 L2B Atmospheric Vertical Temperature and Moisture Profiles (AVTP, AVMP) V1.0

TROPICS06 satellite data provides validated Level 2B geophysical retrievals of atmospheric vertical temperature, vertical moisture, and total precipitable water. The data is structured in granules, each containing approximately 2880 scans across 81 spots, representing an orbit's worth of observations. These measurements are derived from a passive microwave spectrometer designed for high-temporal-resolution, all-weather monitoring of tropical cyclones.

Use Cases

• [Analyzing tropical cyclone thermal structure] based on [vertical temperature profiles from seven channels near 118.75 GHz]
• [Investigating storm moisture fields] based on [vertical moisture and total precipitable water retrievals from channels near 183 GHz]
• [Studying precipitation and cloud ice microphysics] based on [imagery from channels near 90 GHz and 205 GHz]
• [Conducting high-value science on storm evolution] based on [high-temporal-resolution observations from a five-satellite constellation]

Strengths

• Data is from a validated Stage-1 release, indicating a defined level of quality assurance.
• The constellation of five identical satellites provides high temporal resolution for observing dynamic weather phenomena.
• Each data granule contains a structured grid of approximately 2880 scans across 81 spots, providing systematic spatial coverage per orbit.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as column names, dataset size, row count, license, and author are not provided in the input sources.
• The input sources provide no information on the temporal or specific geographic coverage of the dataset.
• Documentation is limited to descriptions; specific data formats and access details are unclear.

Provenance

Source

NASA GES_DISC (Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center)

Collection Method

Collected by the TROPICS06 satellite's TROPICS Millimeter-wave Sounder (TMS), a passive microwave spectrometer.

Freshness

Last updated: 2026-03-13 20:27:29.325895

Geography

Likely focuses on tropical regions, given the mission's goal of studying tropical cyclones, but specific bounds are not stated.