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Dataset

 

ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): Level 3 aerosol daily products from AATSR (SU algorithm), Version 4.2

Latest Data Update: 2015-07-16
Status: Superseded
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-12-08
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 3.08K Files | 48GB

This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract

The ESA Climate Change Initiative Aerosol project has produced a number of global aerosol Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products from a set of European satellite instruments with different characteristics.

This dataset comprises the Level 3 aerosol daily products from AATSR, using the Swansea University (SU) algorithm, version 4.2.

For further details about these data products please see the documentation.

Citable as:  ESA Aerosols CCI project team; de Leeuw, G.; Popp, T. (2015): ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): Level 3 aerosol daily products from AATSR (SU algorithm), Version 4.2. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/1e3e5f0f0f53409b838e5dbfe99a3b01
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI

Details

Previous Info:

2016-07-28 A new version (v4.21) of this dataset is available at http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5dd3881e89c8419bbdba4ab06aa91112 2016-07-28 A new version (v4.21) of this dataset is available at http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5dd3881e89c8419bbdba4ab06aa91112

Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_aerosol_terms_and_conditions.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were processed by the ESA CCI Aerosol project team and supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project.

File Format:
Data are netCDF formatted.

Process overview

  • long_name: Aerosols
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H316
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Aerosols
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Aerosols, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H316
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty1610_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty550_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty555_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty659_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty865_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: absorbing AOD
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • var_id: absorbing_aod_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD1610_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD550_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD555_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD659_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD865_mean
  • units: 1
  • long_name: angstrom exponent computed on AOD555nm and AOD659nm
  • standard_name: aerosol_angstrom_exponent
  • var_id: Angstrom_555_659_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: aerosol_angstrom_exponent
  • long_name: angstrom exponent computed on AOD555nm and AOD865nm
  • var_id: Angstrom_555_865_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: fine mode AOD
  • var_id: fine_mode_aod_mean
  • units: 1
  • long_name: maximum Uncertainty on AOT at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty1610_max
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: maximum Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty550_max
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: maximum Uncertainty on AOT at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty555_max
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: maximum Uncertainty on AOT at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty659_max
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: maximum Uncertainty on AOT at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty865_max
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: mean bidirectional surface reflectance (nadir)
  • var_id: surface_reflectance865_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
  • long_name: mean fraction of cloud flagged pixels in 10km bin
  • var_id: cloud_fraction_mean
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: land_area_fraction
  • long_name: mean land fraction
  • var_id: surface_type_number_mean
  • units: 1
  • long_name: minimum Uncertainty on AOT at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty1610_min
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: minimum Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty550_min
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: minimum Uncertainty on AOT at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty555_min
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: minimum Uncertainty on AOT at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty659_min
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: minimum Uncertainty on AOT at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty865_min
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: non-spherical dust AOD
  • var_id: dust_aod_mean
  • units: 1
  • long_name: number of retrieval pixels in grid cell
  • var_id: pixel_count
  • standard_name:
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: relative azimuth angle
  • var_id: relative_azimuth_mean
  • standard_name:
  • units: degrees
  • standard_name: zenith_angle
  • long_name: satellite zenith angle
  • var_id: satellite_zenith_mean
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: solar zenith angle
  • standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
  • var_id: sun_zenith_mean
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation Uncertainty on AOT at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty1610_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty550_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation Uncertainty on AOT at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty659_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation Uncertainty on AOT at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty865_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation absorbing AOD
  • var_id: absorbing_aod_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation aerosol optical thickness at 1610 nm
  • var_id: AOD1610_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD550_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation aerosol optical thickness at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD555_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation aerosol optical thickness at 659 nm
  • var_id: AOD659_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation aerosol optical thickness at 865 nm
  • var_id: AOD865_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation angstrom exponent computed on AOD555nm and AOD659nm
  • var_id: Angstrom_555_659_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation angstrom exponent computed on AOD555nm and AOD865nm
  • var_id: Angstrom_555_865_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation fine mode AOD
  • var_id: fine_mode_aod_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation mean bidirectional surface reflectance (nadir)
  • var_id: surface_reflectance865_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation mean fraction of cloud flagged pixels in 10km bin
  • var_id: cloud_fraction_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: land_area_fraction
  • long_name: standard deviation mean land fraction
  • var_id: surface_type_number_sdev
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation non-spherical dust AOD
  • var_id: dust_aod_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: standard deviation relative azimuth angle
  • var_id: relative_azimuth_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: standard deviation satellite zenith angle
  • var_id: satellite_zenith_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: standard deviation solar zenith angle
  • var_id: sun_zenith_sdev
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: standard deviation, Uncertainty on AOT at 555 nm
  • var_id: AOD_uncertainty555_sdev
  • standard_name:

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2002-05-19T23:00:00
End time:
2012-04-30T22:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°