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Dataset

 

ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): aerosol monthly images (MS UVAI algorithm), Version 1.4.7

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Status: Superseded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: 393 Files | 58MB

This dataset has been superseded.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 monthly images of Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI), using the Multi-Sensor UVAI algorithm, Version 1.4.7.

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

Citable as:  ESA Aerosols CCI project team; de Leeuw, G.; Popp, T. (2015): ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): aerosol monthly images (MS UVAI algorithm), Version 1.4.7. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/188641a64d634827b2a40aff009a702b/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Aerosol, ESA, CCI,

Details

Previous Info:

2016-07-28 A new version (v1.5.7) of this dataset is available at http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/62f131e965914db6aaf685d89efffa3a 2016-07-28 A new version (v1.5.7) of this dataset is available at http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/62f131e965914db6aaf685d89efffa3a

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(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.

File Format:
Data are png 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

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1978-01-11T00:00:00
End time:
2012-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°