Dataset: ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol_cci): Level 3 aerosol products from AATSR (ADV algorithm), Version 2.31

Dataset: ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol_cci): Level 3 aerosol products from AATSR (ADV algorithm), Version 2.31#

Dataset identifier: esacci.AEROSOL.day.L3C.AER_PRODUCTS.AATSR.Envisat.ADV.2-31.r1
Data store: cciodp

How to open this dataset in AVL JupyterLab

cciodp_store = new_data_store('cciodp')
ds = cciodp_store.open_data('esacci.AEROSOL.day.L3C.AER_PRODUCTS.AATSR.Envisat.ADV.2-31.r1')

Bounding box map#

Bounding box map
Map tiles and data from OpenStreetMap, under the ODbL.

Basic information#

Parameter	Value
Bounding box longitude (°)	-180.0 to 180.0
Bounding box latitude (°)	-90.0 to 90.0
Time range	2002-07-24 to 2012-04-08
Time period	1D

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Variable list#

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Variable	Long name	Units
AOD550_mean	mean aerosol optical density at 550 nm	1
AOD670_mean	mean aerosol optical density at 670 nm	1
AOD1600_mean	mean aerosol optical density at 1600 nm	1
fraction_of_water	Fraction of water	1
quality_flag	mean quality measure 1=best	1
ANG550-670_mean	Angstrom coefficient determined with mean AODs at 550 and 670 nm	1
surface_albedo550_mean	mean Surface reflectance nadir view at 550 nm	1
AOD550_sdev	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 550 nm	1
AOD670_sdev	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 670 nm	1
AOD1600_sdev	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 1600 nm	1
pixel_count	number of retrieval pixels in grid cell	1
FM_AOD550_mean	Mean fine mode aerosol optical depth at 550 nm	1
AOD550_uncertainty_mean	The mean uncertainty of the pixels	1
AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_2	The sum of AOD550_sdev and AOD_propagated_uncertainty_1	1
AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_1	The propagation of of pixel uncertainties into the average value	1
AOD550_worst_case_uncertainty	Worst-case propagation (AOD+sdev)-(AOD-sdev)	1

Full variable metadata#

AOD550_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	mean aerosol optical density at 550 nm
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD670_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	mean aerosol optical density at 670 nm
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD1600_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	mean aerosol optical density at 1600 nm
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

fraction_of_water#

Field	Value
long_name	Fraction of water
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 1.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

quality_flag#

Field	Value
long_name	mean quality measure 1=best
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 1.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

ANG550-670_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	Angstrom coefficient determined with mean AODs at 550 and 670 nm
units	1
valid_range	-1.0, 2.6
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

surface_albedo550_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	mean Surface reflectance nadir view at 550 nm
standard_name	surface_albedo
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 1.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD550_sdev#

Field	Value
long_name	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 550 nm
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD670_sdev#

Field	Value
long_name	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 670 nm
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD1600_sdev#

Field	Value
long_name	standard deviation of aerosol optical density at 1600 nm
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

pixel_count#

Field	Value
long_name	number of retrieval pixels in grid cell
units	1
valid_range	1, 200
orig_data_type	int16
fill_value	2147483647
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	int32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

FM_AOD550_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean fine mode aerosol optical depth at 550 nm
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 4.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD550_uncertainty_mean#

Field	Value
long_name	The mean uncertainty of the pixels
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 100.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_2#

Field	Value
long_name	The sum of AOD550_sdev and AOD_propagated_uncertainty_1
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 100.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_1#

Field	Value
long_name	The propagation of of pixel uncertainties into the average value
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 100.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD550_worst_case_uncertainty#

Field	Value
long_name	Worst-case propagation (AOD+sdev)-(AOD-sdev)
units	1
valid_range	0.0, 100.0
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	-999.0
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

Full dataset metadata#

Field	Value
title	ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol_cci): Level 3 aerosol products from AATSR (ADV algorithm), Version 2.31
project	Climate Change Initiative - European Space Agency
references	http://www.esa-aerosol-cci.org
history	2016-03-08 13:10:01 - Product generated from ADV 2.30, AATSR L1b ver. 6.03
ecv	AEROSOL
institute	Finnish Meteorological Institute
processing_level	L3C
product_string	ADV
product_version	2-31
data_type	AER_PRODUCTS
sensor_id	AATSR
platform_id	Envisat
abstract	The ESA Climate Change Initiative Aerosol project has produced a number of global aerosol Essential Climate Variable (ECV) products from a set of European satellite instruments with different characteristics. This dataset comprises Level 3 daily and monthly gridded aerosol products from the AATSR instrument on the ENVISAT satellite, derived using the ADV algorithm, version 2.31. Data is available for the period from 2002 to 2012. For further details about these data products please see the linked documentation.
publication_date	2020-08-27T16:10:46
uuid	ab90030e26c54ba495b1cbec51e137e1
catalog_url	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ab90030e26c54ba495b1cbec51e137e1
cci_project	AEROSOL