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Dataset

 

ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol_cci): Level 2 aerosol products from ATSR-2 (ORAC algorithm), Version 4.01

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-04-29
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2020-08-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 31.88K Files | 55GB

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 Level 2 aerosol products from the ATSR-2 instrument on the ERS-2 satellite, derived using the ORAC algorithm, version 4.01. It covers the period from 1995-2003

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

Citable as:  ESA Aerosols CCI project team; de Leeuw, G.; Popp, T. (2020): ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol_cci): Level 2 aerosol products from ATSR-2 (ORAC algorithm), Version 4.01. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/04bc222136f7429eb04d3eb3543ef3e8/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI

Details

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Previously used record identifiers:
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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(s):
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/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.

Data Quality:
As provided by the CCI Aerosol project team
File Format:
Data are in NetCDF format

Process overview

  • units: 1
  • var_id: aerosol_type
  • long_name: Best-guess aerosol type
  • names: Best-guess aerosol type
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
  • var_id: cloud_fraction
  • long_name: Cloud fraction
  • names: cloud_area_fraction, Cloud fraction
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Cost function at solution
  • var_id: fit_error
  • names: Cost function at solution
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Instrument view
  • var_id: instrument_view
  • names: Instrument view
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: land_area_fraction
  • var_id: surface_type_number
  • long_name: Land fraction
  • names: land_area_fraction, Land fraction
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Number of 1km retrievals within 10km grid cell
  • var_id: data_count
  • names: Number of 1km retrievals within 10km grid cell
  • units: 1
  • var_id: pixel_count
  • long_name: Number of level 1 pixels within 10km grid cell
  • names: Number of level 1 pixels within 10km grid cell
  • units: 1
  • var_id: quality_flag
  • long_name: Quality check results
  • names: Quality check results
  • units: degrees
  • var_id: relative_azimuth_at_center
  • long_name: Relative azimuth angle
  • names: Relative azimuth angle
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Retrieval iterations
  • var_id: iterations
  • names: Retrieval iterations
  • units: degrees
  • standard_name: zenith_angle
  • var_id: satellite_zenith_at_center
  • long_name: Satellite zenith angle
  • names: zenith_angle, Satellite zenith angle
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Sinusoidal pixel index
  • var_id: pixel_number
  • names: Sinusoidal pixel index
  • units: degrees
  • long_name: Solar zenith angle
  • standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
  • var_id: sun_zenith_at_center
  • names: Solar zenith angle, solar_zenith_angle
  • units: 1
  • var_id: surface_reflectance1600
  • long_name: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 1600 nm
  • names: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 1600 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: surface_reflectance550
  • long_name: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 550 nm
  • names: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 550 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: surface_reflectance670
  • long_name: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 670 nm
  • names: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 670 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: surface_reflectance870
  • long_name: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 870 nm
  • names: Surface bihemispherical reflectance at 870 nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD550_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on AOT at 550 nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on AOT at 870 nm
  • var_id: AOD870_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on AOT at 870 nm
  • units: microns
  • long_name: Uncertainty on aerosol effective radius
  • var_id: REFF_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on aerosol effective radius
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 1600 nm
  • var_id: surface_reflectance1600_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 1600 nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 550 nm
  • var_id: surface_reflectance550_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 550 nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 670nm
  • var_id: surface_reflectance670_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 670nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 870 nm
  • var_id: surface_reflectance870_uncertainty
  • names: Uncertainty on surface reflectance at 870 nm
  • units: 1
  • long_name: aerosol Angstrom exponent between 550 and 870 nm
  • standard_name: angstrom_exponent_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air
  • var_id: ANG550_870
  • names: angstrom_exponent_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air, aerosol Angstrom exponent between 550 and 870 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: AAOD550
  • long_name: aerosol absorption optical thickness at 550 nm
  • names: aerosol absorption optical thickness at 550 nm
  • units: microns
  • long_name: aerosol effective radius
  • var_id: REFF
  • names: aerosol effective radius
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 1600 nm
  • var_id: AOD1600
  • names: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol, aerosol optical thickness at 1600 nm
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • var_id: AOD550
  • names: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol, aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 670 nm
  • var_id: AOD670
  • names: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol, aerosol optical thickness at 670 nm
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol
  • long_name: aerosol optical thickness at 870 nm
  • var_id: AOD870
  • names: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_aerosol, aerosol optical thickness at 870 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: D_AOD550
  • long_name: dust aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • names: dust aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • units: 1
  • var_id: FM_AOD550
  • long_name: fine-mode aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm
  • names: fine-mode aerosol optical thickness at 550 nm

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude at pixel centre
  • names: latitude, Latitude at pixel centre
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude at pixel centre
  • names: longitude, Longitude at pixel centre
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: TAI70 time
  • names: time, TAI70 time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1995-06-01T00:00:00
End time:
2003-06-22T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°