Dataset
Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence from GOSAT's TANSO-FTS by the University of Leicester (v4.1)
Abstract
Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) data created from the Greenhouse Gas Observing Satellite (GOSAT) Level 1B data using the University of Leicester Full-Physics retrieval scheme (UoL-FP). Dataset contains Level 2 and Level 3 SIF products, using combinations of S and P polarisations, exhibiting variable global coverage for the period between April 2009 and July 2025. Level 2 data are in daily files and are not averaged. Level 3 data are averaged spatially and temporally on monthly and weekly timescales.
The SIF data was derived from L1B data from the TANSO-FTS (Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer) instrument on the GOSAT satellite. SIF at top of atmosphere has been extracted from two narrow micro-windows outside the Oxygen A-band, at around 755 nm and 772 nm.
For more information on the retrieval setup and bias correction, please see Part II Remote Sensing of Chlorophyll Fluorescence: https://hdl.handle.net/2381/42868.
From version 4.0 a minor bug was resolved that has corrected the stored values of the following variables: Fluorescence uncertainty (combined polarisations) 755 nm window (id: sif_error_combined_polarisations_755) and Fluorescence uncertainty (combined polarisations) 772 nm window (id: sif_error_combined_polarisations_772).
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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): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
These data were produced by the National Centre for Earth Observation at the University of Leicester using the ALICE High Performance Computing Facility. Part of the data processing was also done on JASMIN, the UK’s collaborative data analysis environment (https://www.jasmin.ac.uk). |
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Satellite output has only been checked for CF convention compliance, otherwise data are as given by the data provider. Data files contain extensive metadata detailing the product.
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NetCDF
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Process overview
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for GOSAT |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | UoL_FP: University of Leicester Full-Physics retrieval algorithm for retrieval of Solar Induced Fluorescence |
| Abstract | The UoL-FP algorithm has been specially modified for use with Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF). See the linked documentation for a description on both. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
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Temporal Range
2009-04-23T00:00:00
2025-07-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |