Dataset
Monthly Brightness Temperature (BT) Animations derived from high resolution BT images as part of the Cloud Archive User Service (CLAUS) Project.
Abstract
Global Brightness Temperature imagery animations from the Cloud Archive User Service project. This project produced a long time-series of global thermal infra-red imagery of the Earth using data from operational meteorological satellites, which was used in validating atmospheric General Circulation Models.
The higher resolution CLAUS data were used to create monthly animations for educational purposes. The movie collection spans the period 1983-1994.
For detailed information about the CLAUS data (processing, quality, etc) please see available documentation (Docs).
Details
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| Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_6ce0a34c-a151-11e2-8a57-00163e251233
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| Access rules: |
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data obtained during the period from April 1997 to December 1999 by satellites. Latest version of the CLAUS data (4.7) was acquired as is from Dr Gary Robinson (University of Reading) in December 2009, and is stored in the BADC archive. Data updates from June 2006 to June 2009 were obtained from the data supplier in May 2013. |
| Data Quality: |
Please see CLAUS User Guide for full details.
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| File Format: |
The CLAUS monthly animations are stored in Apple's Quicktime format, using Photo JPEG (high) compression. To help with geographical orientation land is slightly embossed. A brightness temperature key and the date/time of the individual images are printed on the bottom right-hand corner.
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Related Documents
| CLAUS User Guide |
| CLAUS Picture Gallery |
| CLAUS Final Report |
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-8 |
| Mobile Platform Operation 2 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-9 or GOES-J |
| Mobile Platform Operation 3 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS-5) |
| Mobile Platform Operation 4 | Mobile Platform Operation for: METEOSAT-7 |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | DETAILS NEEDED - COMPUTATION CREATED FOR SATELLITE COMPOSITE. deployed on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-9 or GOES-J |
| Abstract | This computation involved: DETAILS NEEDED - COMPUTATION CREATED FOR SATELLITE COMPOSITE. deployed on Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - GOES-9 or GOES-J. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Brightness Temperature
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0104
- gcmd_keyword: Brightness Temperature
- names: Brightness Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0104
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1983-06-30T23:00:00
1994-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |