Dataset
ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci): Merged CO2 Level 2 Data Product (CO2_EMMA), version 2.0, generated with the EMMA algorithm
Abstract
Part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Greenhouse Gases (GHG), the XCO2 EMMA product comprises a level 2, column-averaged dry-air mole fraction (mixing ratio) for carbon dioxide (CO2). The product has been produced by applying the ensemble median algorithm EMMA to level 2 data of 7 XCO2 retrievals from the Japanese Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) and the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) on board the European Space Agency's environmental research satellite ENVISAT. This is therefore a merged SCIAMACHY and GOSAT XCO2 Level 2 product, primarily used as a comparison tool to assess the level of agreement / disagreement of the various input products (for model-independent global comparison, i.e. for comparisons not restricted to TCCON validation sites and independent of global model data). This version of the product covers 4 years.
For further information on the product and the EMMA algorithm please see the EMMA website, the GHG-CCI Data Products webpage or the Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIR) in the documentation section.
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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_ghg_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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Data were processed by the ESA CCI GHG project team and supplied to CEDA as part of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project |
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The data are stored in Netcdf format which can be read with standard tools in the common
programming languages (IDL, Matlab, Python, Fortran90, C++, etc).
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Related Documents
Process overview
- units: degree
- long_name: Sensor zenith angle
- standard_name: sensor_zenith_angle
- var_id: sensor_zenith_angle
- units: 1e-6
- var_id: xco2_apriori
- long_name: a priori column-average dry-air mole fraction of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: a priori dry-air mole fraction profile of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- var_id: co2_profile_apriori
- long_name: l2 processor id
- var_id: median_processor_id
- units: 1
- long_name: normalized column averaging kernel
- var_id: xco2_averaging_kernel
- units: hPa
- long_name: pressure levels
- var_id: pressure_levels
- units: 1
- long_name: pressure weight
- var_id: pressure_weight
- long_name: quality flag
- var_id: xco2_quality_flag
- units: degree
- long_name: solar zenith angle
- var_id: solar_zenith_angle
- standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty
- var_id: median_uncertainty
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty ex
- var_id: median_uncertainty_ex
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty se
- var_id: median_uncertainty_se
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- long_name: time
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
2009-05-31T23:00:00
2012-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |