Dataset
ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): MODIS-TERRA monthly gridded cloud properties, version 2.0
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2017-04-02
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 180 Files | 31GB
Latest Info:
2017-09-01:
The data here are a subset of the MODIS-Terra v2.0 products produced by the ESA Cloud CCI available from http://www.esa-cloud-cci.org/?q=data_download. The full dataset is collectively referenced by the following DOI: Stengel, Martin; Sus,…
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Abstract
The Cloud_cci MODIS-Terra dataset was generated within the Cloud_cci project (http://www.esa-cloud-cci.org) 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 MODIS (onboard Terra) measurements and contains a variety of cloud properties which were derived employing the Community Cloud retrieval for Climate (CC4CL) retrieval system. The core cloud properties contained in the Cloud_cci MODIS-Terra 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. Level-3C product files contain monthly averages and histograms of the mentioned cloud properties together with propagated uncertainty measures.
Citable as: Stengel, M.; Sus, O.; Stapelberg, S.; Schlundt, C.; Poulsen, C.A.; Hollmann, R. (2017): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): MODIS-TERRA monthly gridded cloud properties, version 2.0. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f1ab07b5292f4813bd3090b51d270aa8/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ESA, CCI, Clouds
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| Previous Info: |
2017-09-01 The data here are a subset of the MODIS-Terra v2.0 products produced by the ESA Cloud CCI available from http://www.esa-cloud-c… Show More 2017-09-01 The data here are a subset of the MODIS-Terra v2.0 products produced by the ESA Cloud CCI available from http://www.esa-cloud-cci.org/?q=data_download. The full dataset is collectively referenced by the following DOI: Stengel, Martin; Sus, Oliver; Stapelberg, Stefan; Schlundt, Cornelia; Poulsen, Caroline; Hollmann, Rainer (2017): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci MODIS-Terra L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v2.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/MODIS-Terra/V002 Show Less |
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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_v2.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
The data here form a subset of the MODIS-Terra v2.0 products produced by the ESA Cloud CCI, a copy of which has been supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project. The full dataset is collectively referenced by the following DOI: Stengel, Martin; Sus, Oliver; Stapelberg, Stefan; Schlundt, Cornelia; Poulsen, Caroline; Hollmann, Rainer (2017): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci MODIS-Terra L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v2.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/MODIS-Terra/V002 |
| File Format: |
Data are in NetCDF format
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Process overview
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- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H333
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H333, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds
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- units: um
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- long_name: cloud abedo1 histogram bin centres
- var_id: hist1d_cla_vis006_bin_centre
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- var_id: cla_vis006_corr_unc
- units: 1
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- units: 1
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- long_name: cloud albedo at 0.8 um correlated uncertainty
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- long_name: cloud effective emissivity at 10.8 um
- var_id: cee
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- long_name: cloud effective radius correlated uncertainty
- var_id: cer_corr_unc
- units: um
- long_name: cloud effective radius propagated uncertainty
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- units: um
- long_name: cloud effective radius standard deviation
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- long_name: cloud effective radius uncertainty
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- long_name: cloud fraction night
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- long_name: cloud fraction standard deviation
- var_id: cfc_std
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- var_id: cfc_twl
- units: %
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- units: g/m2
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- units: g/m2
- long_name: cloud ice water path propagated uncertainty
- var_id: iwp_prop_unc
- units: g/m2
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- long_name: cloud ice water path uncertainty
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- var_id: lwp
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- units: g/m2
- long_name: cloud liquid water path
- units: g/m2
- long_name: cloud liquid water path correlated uncertainty
- var_id: lwp_corr_unc
- units: g/m2
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- units: g/m2
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- standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud
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- units: 1
- standard_name: atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_cloud
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- var_id: cot_log
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- long_name: cloud optical thickness propagated uncertainty
- var_id: cot_prop_unc
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- var_id: cot_std
- units: 1
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- var_id: cot_unc
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- var_id: cth_corrected_corr_unc
- units: km
- long_name: cloud top height propagated uncertainty
- var_id: cth_prop_unc
- units: km
- long_name: cloud top height standard deviation
- var_id: cth_std
- units: km
- long_name: cloud top height uncertainty
- var_id: cth_unc
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud top pressure
- var_id: ctp_corrected
- units: hPa
- long_name: cloud top pressure correlated uncertainty
- var_id: ctp_corrected_corr_unc
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_cloud_top
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- units: hPa
- long_name: cloud top pressure propagated uncertainty
- var_id: ctp_prop_unc
- units: hPa
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- var_id: ctp_std
- units: hPa
- long_name: cloud top pressure uncertainty
- var_id: ctp_unc
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- standard_name: air_temperature_at_cloud_top
- long_name: cloud top temperature
- var_id: ctt_corrected
- units: K
- long_name: cloud top temperature correlated uncertainty
- var_id: ctt_corrected_corr_unc
- units: K
- long_name: cloud top temperature propagated uncertainty
- var_id: ctt_prop_unc
- units: K
- long_name: cloud top temperature standard deviation
- var_id: ctt_std
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- long_name: cloud top temperature uncertainty
- var_id: ctt_unc
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- long_name: ctp histogram bin centres
- var_id: hist2d_ctp_bin_centre
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- long_name: ctt histogram bin border values
- var_id: hist1d_ctt_bin_border
- units: K
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- units: g/m2
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- long_name: fraction of liquid water clouds standard deviation
- var_id: cph_std
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- var_id: hist1d_cla_vis006
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- long_name: histogram of cloud albedo at 0.8 um
- var_id: hist1d_cla_vis008
- units: 1
- long_name: histogram of cloud effective radius
- var_id: hist1d_cer
- units: 1
- long_name: histogram of cloud optical thickness
- var_id: hist1d_cot
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- long_name: histogram of cloud top pressure
- var_id: hist1d_ctp
- units: 1
- long_name: histogram of cloud top temperature
- var_id: hist1d_ctt
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- long_name: histogram of cloud water path
- var_id: hist1d_cwp
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- units: 1
- long_name: ice water cloud albedo at 0.8 um
- var_id: cla_vis008_ice
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- long_name: ice water cloud albedo at 0.8 um standard deviation
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- units: um
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- long_name: ice water cloud effective radius propagated uncertainty
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- units: um
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- long_name: ice water cloud effective radius uncertainty
- var_id: cer_ice_unc
- units: 1
- long_name: ice water cloud optical thickness
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- var_id: cot_ice_corr_unc
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- long_name: ice water cloud optical thickness propagated uncertainty
- var_id: cot_ice_prop_unc
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- long_name: ice water cloud optical thickness uncertainty
- var_id: cot_ice_unc
- units: 1
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- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud albedo at 0.6 um standard deviation
- var_id: cla_vis006_liq_std
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud albedo at 0.6 um uncertainty
- var_id: cla_vis006_liq_unc
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud albedo at 0.8 um
- var_id: cla_vis008_liq
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud albedo at 0.8 um standard deviation
- var_id: cla_vis008_liq_std
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- long_name: liquid water cloud albedo at 0.8 um uncertainty
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- long_name: liquid water cloud effective radius
- var_id: cer_liq
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- long_name: liquid water cloud effective radius correlated uncertainty
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- long_name: liquid water cloud effective radius propagated uncertainty
- var_id: cer_liq_prop_unc
- units: um
- long_name: liquid water cloud effective radius standard deviation
- var_id: cer_liq_std
- units: um
- long_name: liquid water cloud effective radius uncertainty
- var_id: cer_liq_unc
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud optical thickness
- var_id: cot_liq
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud optical thickness correlated uncertainty
- var_id: cot_liq_corr_unc
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- long_name: liquid water cloud optical thickness propagated uncertainty
- var_id: cot_liq_prop_unc
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud optical thickness standard deviation
- var_id: cot_liq_std
- units: 1
- long_name: liquid water cloud optical thickness uncertainty
- var_id: cot_liq_unc
- units: 1
- long_name: low level cloud fraction
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- units: 1
- long_name: mid level cloud fraction
- var_id: cfc_mid
- units: 1
- long_name: number of clear daytime observations
- var_id: nobs_clear_day
- units: 1
- long_name: number of clear nighttime observations
- var_id: nobs_clear_night
- units: 1
- long_name: number of clear twilight observations
- var_id: nobs_clear_twl
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- var_id: nobs_cloudy_day
- units: 1
- long_name: number of cloudy nighttime observations
- var_id: nobs_cloudy_night
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- long_name: number of cloudy observations
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- units: 1
- long_name: number of cloudy twilight observations
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- units: 1
- long_name: number of daytime observations
- var_id: nobs_day
- units: 1
- long_name: number of observations
- var_id: nobs
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid daytime cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_day
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid high level cloudy retrievals
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- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid ice phase cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_ice
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid ice phase daytime cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_day_ice
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid liquid phase cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_liq
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid liquid phase daytime cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_day_liq
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid low level cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_low
- units: 1
- long_name: number of valid mid level cloudy retrievals
- var_id: nretr_cloudy_mid
- units: 1
- var_id: hist_phase
- long_name: phase histogram bins
- units: K
- standard_name: surface_temperature
- long_name: surface temperature
- var_id: stemp
- units: K
- long_name: surface temperature correlated uncertainty
- var_id: stemp_corr_unc
- units: K
- long_name: surface temperature propagated uncertainty
- var_id: stemp_prop_unc
- units: K
- long_name: surface temperature standard deviation
- var_id: stemp_std
- units: K
- long_name: surface temperature uncertainty
- var_id: stemp_unc
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: Time in days
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2000-02-01T00:00:00
End time:
2014-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |
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