Dataset
ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): ATSR2-AATSR flux data on the satellite swath (L2), version 3.0
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2021-11-04
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Preview
Publication Date:
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Abstract
The Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSRv3 Level 2 dataset (covering 1995-2012) was generated within the Cloud_cci project, which was funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme (Contract No.: 4000109870/13/I-NB). This dataset is one of the 6 datasets generated in Cloud_cci; all of them being based on passive-imager satellite measurements.
This dataset is based on measurements from the ATSR2 and AATSR instruments (onboard the ERS2 and ENVISAT satellites) and contains a variety of cloud properties which were derived employing the Community Cloud retrieval for Climate (CC4CL; Sus et al., 2018; McGarragh et al., 2018) retrieval framework. This particular dataset contains Level 2 flux data on the satellite swath.
Citable as: [ PROVISIONAL ] Poulsen, C.A.; McGarragh, G.; Thomas, G.; Stengel, M.; Christensen, M.; Povey, A.; Proud, S.; Carboni, E.; Hollmann, R.; Grainger, D. (9999): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): ATSR2-AATSR flux data on the satellite swath (L2), version 3.0. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/420feb0e4f364ed2bdf0bc92171a1374/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI, Clouds
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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_cloud_terms_and_conditions.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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This dataset has been produced as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) cloud project with additional support from the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) |
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Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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Data are in NetCDF format
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by a combination of instruments deployed on platforms
and computations as detailed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR-2) | Deployed on: European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2 |
| Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) | Deployed on: Envisat |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative ATSR2-AATSR v3 data |
| Abstract | The ATSR2-AATSR v3 dataset has been derived using the Community Cloud retrieval for Climate (CC4CL; Sus et al., 2018; McGarragh et al., 2018) retrieval framework. For further details, see the documentation at https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/cloud/key-documents/ |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: time
- long_name: Time in Julian days
- standard_name: Julian Days
- names: Julian Days, Time in Julian days
- units: hPa
- standard_name: surface_air_pressure
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere air pressure
- var_id: boa_psfc
- names: surface_air_pressure, bottom of atmosphere air pressure
- units: K
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere air temperature
- standard_name: surface_air_temperature
- var_id: boa_tsfc
- names: bottom of atmosphere air temperature, surface_air_temperature
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere downwelling solar radiation
- var_id: boa_swdn_clr
- names: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky, bottom of atmosphere downwelling solar radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere downwelling solar radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_unc
- var_id: boa_swdn_unc
- names: bottom of atmosphere downwelling solar radiation uncertainty, surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_unc
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere downwelling thermal radiation
- var_id: boa_lwdn_clr
- names: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky, bottom of atmosphere downwelling thermal radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere downwelling thermal radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_unc
- var_id: boa_lwdn_unc
- names: bottom of atmosphere downwelling thermal radiation uncertainty, surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_unc
- units: kg/kg
- standard_name: surface_specific_humidity
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere specific humidity
- var_id: boa_qsfc
- names: surface_specific_humidity, bottom of atmosphere specific humidity
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation
- var_id: boa_swup_clr
- names: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky, bottom of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_unc
- var_id: boa_swup_unc
- names: bottom of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation uncertainty, surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_unc
- units: W m-2
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation
- standard_name: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- var_id: boa_lwup_clr
- names: bottom of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation, surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
- units: W m-2
- long_name: bottom of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_unc
- var_id: boa_lwup_unc
- names: bottom of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation uncertainty, surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_unc
- units: DU
- long_name: column ozone
- standard_name: column_ozone
- var_id: colO3
- names: column ozone, column_ozone
- units: km
- long_name: derived adiabatic cloud base height
- standard_name: cloud_base_height
- var_id: cbh
- names: cloud_base_height, derived adiabatic cloud base height
- units: 1
- long_name: free troposphere humidity (RH at 850 hPa)
- standard_name: free_troposphere_humidity
- var_id: fth
- names: free troposphere humidity (RH at 850 hPa), free_troposphere_humidity
- units: K
- var_id: lts
- long_name: lower troposphere stability (theta700 - theta sfc)
- standard_name: lower_troposphere_stability
- names: lower troposphere stability (theta700 - theta sfc), lower_troposphere_stability
- units: 1
- long_name: retrflag
- standard_name: retrflag
- var_id: retrflag
- names: retrflag
- units: W m-2
- long_name: surface diffuse par
- standard_name: surface_diffuse_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air
- var_id: boa_par_dif
- names: surface diffuse par, surface_diffuse_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air
- units: W m-2
- long_name: surface total par
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air
- var_id: boa_par_tot
- names: surface total par, surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_radiative_flux_in_air
- units: W m-2
- long_name: top of atmosphere incident par
- standard_name: toa_incoming_photosynthetic_radiative_flux
- var_id: toa_par_tot
- names: toa_incoming_photosynthetic_radiative_flux, top of atmosphere incident par
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
- var_id: toa_swdn
- long_name: top of atmosphere incident solar radiation
- names: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux, top of atmosphere incident solar radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: top of atmosphere incident solar radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux_unc
- var_id: toa_swdn_unc
- names: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux_unc, top of atmosphere incident solar radiation uncertainty
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
- long_name: top of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation
- var_id: toa_swup_clr
- names: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky, top of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: top of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_unc
- var_id: toa_swup_unc
- names: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_unc, top of atmosphere upwelling solar radiation uncertainty
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
- long_name: top of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation
- var_id: toa_lwup_clr
- names: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky, top of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation
- units: W m-2
- long_name: top of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation uncertainty
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_unc
- var_id: toa_lwup_unc
- names: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_unc, top of atmosphere upwelling thermal radiation uncertainty
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees
- standard_name: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- names: latitude
- units: degrees
- standard_name: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- names: longitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1995-06-01T00:00:00
End time:
2012-04-30T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |
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