Dataset
ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): ATSR2-AATSR cloud properties on the satellite swath (L2), version 3.0
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2021-07-14
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Preview
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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. The core cloud properties contained in the Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSRv3 dataset are cloud mask/fraction, cloud phase, cloud top pressure/height/temperature, cloud optical thickness, cloud effective radius and cloud liquid/ice water path. Spectral cloud albedo is also included as experimental product. This particular dataset contains Level 2 data on the satellite swath. Level-3U (globally gridded, unaveraged data fields) and L3C (monthly gridded) is also available as a separate dataset. Pixel-based uncertainty estimates come along with all properties.
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 cloud properties on the satellite swath (L2), version 3.0. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b69d7604f031485bb515eff2de322468/
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/ |
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| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- units: meter
- long_name: Digital elevation model
- var_id: dem
- names: Digital elevation model
- units: 1
- long_name: Neural net cloud mask (radiance based)
- var_id: cldmask
- names: Neural net cloud mask (radiance based)
- units: 1
- long_name: Neural net cloud mask (radiance based) uncertainty
- var_id: cldmask_uncertainty
- names: Neural net cloud mask (radiance based) uncertainty
- units: 1
- long_name: Neural net cloud phase mask (radiance based)
- var_id: ann_phase
- names: Neural net cloud phase mask (radiance based)
- units: 1
- long_name: Neural net cloud phase mask (radiance based) uncertainty
- var_id: ann_phase_uncertainty
- names: Neural net cloud phase mask (radiance based) uncertainty
- units: 1
- long_name: Pavolonis cloud type
- var_id: cldtype
- names: Pavolonis cloud type
- var_id: time
- long_name: Time in Julian days
- standard_name: Julian Days
- names: Julian Days, Time in Julian days
- units: 1
- long_name: a priori cost at solution
- var_id: costja
- names: a priori cost at solution
- units: 1
- long_name: cee in channel no 6
- standard_name: cee
- var_id: cee_in_channel_no_6
- names: cee in channel no 6, cee
- units: 1
- standard_name: cee
- long_name: cee in channel no 7
- var_id: cee_in_channel_no_7
- names: cee, cee in channel no 7
- units: 1
- long_name: cee_uncertainty in channel no 6
- var_id: cee_uncertainty_in_channel_no_6
- names: cee_uncertainty in channel no 6
- units: 1
- long_name: cee_uncertainty in channel no 7
- var_id: cee_uncertainty_in_channel_no_7
- names: cee_uncertainty in channel no 7
- units: 1
- long_name: channels used by retrieval
- var_id: channels_used
- names: channels used by retrieval
- units: 1
- var_id: cee_in_channel_no_6
- long_name: cloud effective emissivity in channel no 6
- standard_name: cloud_effective_emissivity
- names: cloud effective emissivity in channel no 6, cloud_effective_emissivity
- units: 1
- var_id: cee_in_channel_no_7
- standard_name: cloud_effective_emissivity
- long_name: cloud effective emissivity in channel no 7
- names: cloud_effective_emissivity, cloud effective emissivity in channel no 7
- units: 1
- var_id: cee_uncertainty_in_channel_no_6
- long_name: cloud effective emissivity uncertainty in channel no 6
- names: cloud effective emissivity uncertainty in channel no 6
- units: 1
- var_id: cee_uncertainty_in_channel_no_7
- long_name: cloud effective emissivity uncertainty in channel no 7
- names: cloud effective emissivity uncertainty in channel no 7
- long_name: cloud effective radius
- standard_name: effective_radius_of_cloud_condensed_water_particles_at_cloud_top
- var_id: cer
- units: micrometer
- names: cloud effective radius, effective_radius_of_cloud_condensed_water_particles_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud effective radius uncertainty
- units: micrometer
- var_id: cer_uncertainty
- names: cloud effective radius uncertainty
- units: 1
- standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
- long_name: cloud fraction
- var_id: cc_total
- names: cloud_area_fraction, cloud fraction
- units: 1
- long_name: cloud fraction uncertainty
- var_id: cc_total_uncertainty
- names: cloud fraction uncertainty
- standard_name: atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water
- units: g/m2
- long_name: cloud liquid water path
- var_id: cwp
- names: atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water, cloud liquid water path
- units: g/m2
- long_name: cloud liquid water path uncertainty
- var_id: cwp_uncertainty
- names: cloud liquid water path uncertainty
- units: 1
- standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud
- long_name: cloud optical thickness
- var_id: cot
- names: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud, cloud optical thickness
- units: 1
- long_name: cloud optical thickness uncertainty
- var_id: cot_uncertainty
- names: cloud optical thickness uncertainty
- units: 1
- var_id: phase
- standard_name: thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud phase flag
- names: thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top, cloud phase flag
- units: 1
- standard_name: thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud phase flag Pavolonis
- var_id: phase_pavolonis
- names: thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top, cloud phase flag Pavolonis
- long_name: cloud top height
- standard_name: cloud_top_altitude
- var_id: cth
- units: kilometer
- names: cloud_top_altitude, cloud top height
- long_name: cloud top height uncertainty
- units: kilometer
- var_id: cth_uncertainty
- names: cloud top height uncertainty
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud top pressure
- var_id: ctp
- names: air_pressure_at_cloud_top, cloud top pressure
- units: hPa
- long_name: cloud top pressure uncertainty
- var_id: ctp_uncertainty
- names: cloud top pressure uncertainty
- standard_name: air_temperature_at_cloud_top
- units: kelvin
- long_name: cloud top temperature
- var_id: ctt
- names: air_temperature_at_cloud_top, cloud top temperature
- units: kelvin
- long_name: cloud top temperature uncertainty
- var_id: ctt_uncertainty
- names: cloud top temperature uncertainty
- units: 1
- standard_name: cloud_albedo
- long_name: cloud_albedo in channel no 2
- var_id: cloud_albedo_in_channel_no_2
- names: cloud_albedo, cloud_albedo in channel no 2
- units: 1
- standard_name: cloud_albedo
- long_name: cloud_albedo in channel no 3
- var_id: cloud_albedo_in_channel_no_3
- names: cloud_albedo, cloud_albedo in channel no 3
- units: 1
- standard_name: cloud_albedo
- long_name: cloud_albedo in channel no 4
- var_id: cloud_albedo_in_channel_no_4
- names: cloud_albedo, cloud_albedo in channel no 4
- units: 1
- long_name: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 2
- var_id: cloud_albedo_uncertainty_in_channel_no_2
- names: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 2
- units: 1
- long_name: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 3
- var_id: cloud_albedo_uncertainty_in_channel_no_3
- names: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 3
- units: 1
- long_name: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 4
- var_id: cloud_albedo_uncertainty_in_channel_no_4
- names: cloud_albedo_uncertainty in channel no 4
- var_id: cth_corrected
- units: kilometer
- long_name: corrected cloud top height
- names: corrected cloud top height
- units: kilometer
- long_name: corrected cloud top height uncertainty
- var_id: cth_corrected_uncertainty
- names: corrected cloud top height uncertainty
- units: hPa
- var_id: ctp_corrected
- long_name: corrected cloud top pressure
- names: corrected cloud top pressure
- units: hPa
- long_name: corrected cloud top pressure uncertainty
- var_id: ctp_corrected_uncertainty
- names: corrected cloud top pressure uncertainty
- units: kelvin
- var_id: ctt_corrected
- long_name: corrected cloud top temperature
- names: corrected cloud top temperature
- units: kelvin
- long_name: corrected cloud top temperature uncertainty
- var_id: ctt_corrected_uncertainty
- names: corrected cloud top temperature uncertainty
- units: 1
- long_name: illumination flag
- var_id: illum
- names: illumination flag
- units: 1
- long_name: land use flag
- standard_name: land_use_mask
- var_id: lusflag
- names: land use flag, land_use_mask
- units: 1
- standard_name: land_binary_mask
- long_name: land/sea flag
- var_id: lsflag
- names: land_binary_mask, land/sea flag
- units: 1
- long_name: measurement cost at solution
- var_id: costjm
- names: measurement cost at solution
- units: 1
- long_name: neural network cloud optical thickness
- var_id: cccot_pre
- names: neural network cloud optical thickness
- units: 1
- long_name: neural network cloud optical thickness (phase)
- var_id: cphcot
- names: neural network cloud optical thickness (phase)
- units: 1
- long_name: number of retrieval iterations
- var_id: niter
- names: number of retrieval iterations
- units: 1
- long_name: quality control flag
- var_id: qcflag
- names: quality control flag
- units: degrees
- long_name: relative azimuth angle for view no 1
- standard_name: relative_platform_azimuth_angle
- var_id: rel_azimuth_view_no1
- names: relative azimuth angle for view no 1, relative_platform_azimuth_angle
- units: degrees
- long_name: satellite azimuth angle for view no 1
- standard_name: satellite_platform_azimuth_angle
- var_id: sat_azimuth_view_no1
- names: satellite azimuth angle for view no 1, satellite_platform_azimuth_angle
- units: degrees
- standard_name: platform_zenith_angle
- long_name: sensor zenith angle for view no 1
- var_id: satellite_zenith_view_no1
- names: platform_zenith_angle, sensor zenith angle for view no 1
- units: degrees
- standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
- long_name: solar zenith angle for view no 1
- var_id: solar_zenith_view_no1
- names: solar_zenith_angle, solar zenith angle for view no 1
- standard_name: surface_temperature
- units: kelvin
- long_name: surface temperature
- var_id: stemp
- names: surface_temperature, surface temperature
- units: kelvin
- long_name: surface temperature uncertainty
- var_id: stemp_uncertainty
- names: surface temperature uncertainty
- units: 1
- long_name: variables calculated by retrieval
- var_id: variables_retrieved
- names: variables calculated by retrieval
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- names: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- 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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