AIRS

Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

Satellites

Aqua

AIRS websites

Information

NASA JPL - AIRS website
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
NASA JPL - Missions

 

Data ordering

NASA Giovanni (data and visualisation)
NASA GES DISC - AIRS
NASA EarthData - Search
NASA - LANCE FIRMS Near-real time data

AIRS Bands

BandWavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 5  (MWIR) 3.74 to 4.61 13500 (1000) 1800 0.5
Band 6  (TIR) 6.2 to 8.22 13500 (1000) 1800 0.5
Band 7  (TIR) 8.8 to 15.4 13500 (1000) 1800 0.5
Band 1  (VIS) 0.4 13500 1800 0.5
Band 2  (VIS) 13500 1800 0.5
Band 3  (VIS) 13500 1800 0.5
Band 4  (NIR) to 1 13500 1800 0.5