Dataset
ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci): Column averaged CO2 Merged Product generated with the EMMA algorithm (CO2_EMMA), v2.2
Abstract
The CO2_EMMA dataset comprises of level 2, column-averaged dry-air mole fractions (mixing ratios) of carbon dioxide (XCO2). It has been produced using the ensample median algorithm EMMA to produce a merged SCIAMACHY and GOSAT XCO2 Level 2 product, as part of the ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) project. This version of the product is v2.2, and forms part of the Climate Research Data Package 4.
The EMMA algorithm has been applied to level 2 data from multiple 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 merged SCIAMACHY and GOSAT XCO2 Level 2 product is 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).
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).
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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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Data are in NetCDF format
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Related Documents
Process overview
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: 1-sigma uncertainty of the retrieved column-average dry-air mole fraction of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- var_id: xco2_uncertainty
- names: 1-sigma uncertainty of the retrieved column-average dry-air mole fraction of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- units: degree
- long_name: Sensor zenith angle
- standard_name: sensor_zenith_angle
- var_id: sensor_zenith_angle
- names: Sensor zenith angle, sensor_zenith_angle
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: a priori dry-air mole fraction profile of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- var_id: co2_profile_apriori
- names: a priori dry-air mole fraction profile of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- units: 1e-6
- var_id: xco2
- standard_name: dry_atmosphere_mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide
- long_name: column-average dry-air mole fraction of atmospheric carbon dioxide in dry air
- names: dry_atmosphere_mole_fraction_of_carbon_dioxide, column-average dry-air mole fraction of atmospheric carbon dioxide in dry air
- long_name: l2 processor id
- var_id: median_processor_id
- names: l2 processor id
- units: 1
- long_name: normalized column averaging kernel
- var_id: xco2_averaging_kernel
- names: normalized column averaging kernel
- units: hPa
- long_name: pressure levels
- var_id: pressure_levels
- names: pressure levels
- units: 1
- long_name: pressure weight
- var_id: pressure_weight
- names: pressure weight
- long_name: quality flag
- var_id: xco2_quality_flag
- names: quality flag
- units: degree
- long_name: solar zenith angle
- var_id: solar_zenith_angle
- standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
- names: solar zenith angle, solar_zenith_angle
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty
- var_id: median_uncertainty
- names: xco2 median uncertainty
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty ex
- var_id: median_uncertainty_ex
- names: xco2 median uncertainty ex
- units: 1e-6
- long_name: xco2 median uncertainty se
- var_id: median_uncertainty_se
- names: xco2 median uncertainty se
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- names: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- names: longitude
- long_name: time
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- names: time
Temporal Range
2009-05-31T23:00:00
2014-05-30T22:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |