Dataset
ESA Precursors for Aerosols and Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Precursors_cci): daily and monthly L3 SO2 from TROPOMI, version 1.0
Abstract
The Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Climate Data Record (CDR) product is a Level 3 SO2 product developed by using satellite data from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) (on Sentinel 5 Precursors (S5P)) as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Precursors for Aerosols and Ozone project.
This dataset provides gridded SO2 column densities of daily 0.25°x0.25° and monthly 0.125°x0.125° resolution grids from May 2018 to December 2024. The L3 product is based on the Level 2 SO2 product created for the Precursors_cci project. Compared to the operational TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) product, the air mass factors have been reprocessed using an update albedo climatology, and the CAMS Reanalysis Model for the a priori vertical profiles. The quality values have also been updated. In addition to the main product results, such as SO2 slant column, vertical column and air mass factor, the Level 3 data files contain several additional parameters and diagnostic information such as uncertainties, a priori profiles and averaging kernels. Data are available in NetCDF format.
The European Space Agency (ESA) Precursors for Aerosol and Ozone Climate Change Initiative (Precursors CCI) project is part of ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) to produce long term datasets of Essential Climate Variables derived from global satellite data (https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/precursors-for-aerosols-and-ozone/)
Details
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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_precursors_for_aerosols_and_ozone_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 produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
| File Format: |
netcdf
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) | Deployed on: Sentinel 5 Precursor |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Computation for Precursors daily and monthly L3 SO2 from TROPOMI, version 1.0 |
| Abstract | See ATBD of ESA CCI Precursors for Aerosols and Ozone Project Website |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: SO2_slant_column_number_density_rms
- long_name: RMS of the COBRA results
- units:
- units:
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_amf
- long_name: SO2 AMF
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_amf_clear
- long_name: SO2 AMF clear
- units:
- var_id: qa_L3
- long_name: SO2 QA L3
- units: 1
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_apriori
- long_name: SO2 VCD CTM
- units: molec/cm^2
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_uncertainty_random
- long_name: SO2 VCDER
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_uncertainty_systematic
- long_name: SO2 VCDES
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_uncertainty_systematic_kernel
- long_name: SO2 VCDESK
- units: molec/cm^2
- units: ppv
- var_id: SO2_volume_mixing_ratio_dry_air_apriori
- long_name: SO2 a priori profile
- units:
- var_id: SO2_averaging_kernel
- long_name: SO2 column averaging kernel
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: SO2_slant_column_number_density
- var_id: SO2_slant_column_number_density_uncertainty
- units: molec/cm^2
- units:
- long_name: cloud fraction
- var_id: cloud_fraction
- long_name: cloud pressure
- units: Pa
- var_id: cloud_pressure
- var_id: ctm_sigma_a
- long_name: ctm sigma-values a
- units: hPa
- var_id: ctm_sigma_b
- long_name: ctm sigma-values b
- units: 1
- var_id: eff_date
- long_name: effective date
- units:
- long_name: effective fractional day in local solar time
- units:
- var_id: eff_fract_day
- var_id: latitude_bounds
- long_name: grid latitude bounds
- var_id: longitude_bounds
- long_name: grid longitude bounds
- units:
- long_name: land sea mask
- var_id: land_water_mask
- long_name: surface albedo at 328 and 376nm
- units:
- var_id: surface_albedo
- var_id: surface_pressure
- units: Pa
- long_name: surface pressure
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_box
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_clear
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_clear_std
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_count
- units: 1
- units: molec/cm^2
- var_id: total_SO2_column_number_density_std
- standard_name: atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate
- var_id: vertical
- long_name: vertical dimension index
- units: 1
- units: 1
- var_id: weight
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- units: degree_north
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- units: days
- long_name: number of days since 1995-01-01
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
2018-04-01T00:00:00
2024-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |