Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer

Mission Documentation


  • TES Processing Plan (Early Post-Launch Processing) This document describes the early Post-Launch portion of the processing plan for the TES Ground Data System. The planning description covers processing to be performed at both the Production SIPS at Raytheon and the Science Computing Facility (and Science SIPS) at JPL.
  • TES Scientific Objectives & Approach, Goals and Requirements This document presents the current revision of the scientific objectives, approaches, goals, and requirements for the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES), selected for flight on the Earth Observing System (EOS) CHEM I polar orbiting platform.
  • TES Level 2 (L2) Data Users Guide, V7.0 This document will provide an overview of the TES instrument and the Level 2 (L2) volume mixing ratio (vmr) and temperature profile data. The document should provide an investigator the information necessary to successfully use TES data for scientific studies.
  • TES Level 1B Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document This Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) describes the algorithms used to produce Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) radiometrically calibrated spectra. These spectra are the input measurements to the Level 2 retrieval algorithm that will produce the TES Standard Data Products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V10.11 R10.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V10.13 R10.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V11.8 R11.1 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V11.9 R11.3 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V12.0 R12.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V13.0 R13.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V14.0 R14.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V15.0 R15.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V6.0 R6.4 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V7.0 R7.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V8.0 R8.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V9.0 R9.0 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Data Product Specification V9.1 R9.3 This document provides specifications for all of the TES standard data products identified in the ICD between ECS and SIPS (423-41-57-10, Volume 10) and TES special observation data products. This document provides a source of requirements to Framework for supporting the listed data types and data objects. This document provides a source of requirements to the subsystems for the contents and formats of the standard data products.
  • TES Processing Plan (Early Post-Launch Processing) This document describes the early Post-Launch portion of the processing plan for the TES Ground Data System. The planning description covers processing to be performed at both the Production SIPS at Raytheon and the Science Computing Facility (and Science SIPS) at JPL.
  • TES Level 2 (L2) Data User’s Guide, V8.0 This document will provide an overview of the TES instrument and the Level 2 (L2) volume mixing ratio (vmr) and temperature profile data. The document should provide an investigator the information necessary to successfully use TES data for scientific studies. This document discusses TES L2 data version 08 data (F08_12) as well as prior versions.
  • TES Validation Report V8.0 (Version F08_12 data) This document is intended to provide our best determination of the quality of the TES data products based on detailed comparisons between TES Level 2 (L2) data products and other independent data sets.