Dataset: ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): Level 3 aerosol products from MERIS (ALAMO algorithm), Version 2.2#

Dataset identifier: esacci.AEROSOL.day.L3C.AOD.MERIS.Envisat.MERIS_ENVISAT.2-2.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.AOD.MERIS.Envisat.MERIS_ENVISAT.2-2.r1')

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	2008-01-01 to 2008-12-31
Time period	1D

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Variable list#

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Variable	Long name	Units
AOD550	Mean Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution	1
AOD550_std	Standard Deviation of Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution	1
AOD865	Mean Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution	1
AOD865_std	Standard Deviation of Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution	1
fAOD550	Mean Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution	1
fAOD550_std	Standard Deviation of Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution	1
fAOD865	Mean Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution	1
fAOD865_std	Standard Deviation of Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution	1
R_eff	Mean Effective Radius over ocean - Best solution	m
R_eff_std	Standard Deviation of Effective Radius over ocean - Best solution	m
Aerosol_Altitude	Mean Aerosol Altitude	m
Aerosol_Altitude_std	Standard Deviation of Aerosol Altitude	m

Full variable metadata#

AOD550#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
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_std#

Field	Value
long_name	Standard Deviation of Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD865#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

AOD865_std#

Field	Value
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
long_name	Standard Deviation of Effective Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

fAOD550#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

fAOD550_std#

Field	Value
long_name	Standard Deviation of Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550nm over ocean - Best solution
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

fAOD865#

Field	Value
missing_value	None
long_name	Mean Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution
standard_name	atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

fAOD865_std#

Field	Value
long_name	Standard Deviation of Fine Mode Aerosol Optical Thickness at 865nm over ocean - Best solution
units	1
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

R_eff#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean Effective Radius over ocean - Best solution
units	m
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

R_eff_std#

Field	Value
long_name	Standard Deviation of Effective Radius over ocean - Best solution
units	m
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

Aerosol_Altitude#

Field	Value
long_name	Mean Aerosol Altitude
units	m
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
size	64800
shape	180, 360
chunk_sizes	180, 360
file_chunk_sizes	180, 360
data_type	float32
dimensions	latitude, longitude
file_dimensions	latitude, longitude

Aerosol_Altitude_std#

Field	Value
long_name	Standard Deviation of Aerosol Altitude
units	m
coordinates	latitude longitude
valid_range	-3.4028235e+38, 3.4028235e+38
missing_value	None
orig_data_type	float32
fill_value	None
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
product_version	2-2
references	http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/meris/atbd/
title	ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (Aerosol CCI): Level 3 aerosol products from MERIS (ALAMO algorithm), Version 2.2
project	Climate Change Initiative - European Space Agency
source	MEGS 8.0, ALAMO product V1-12
history	Level 2 product from MEGS 8.0, ALAMO product V1-12, mapped with data2grid.py v2.4.5
ecv	AEROSOL
processing_level	L3C
product_string	MERIS_ENVISAT
data_type	AOD
sensor_id	MERIS
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 the Level 3 aerosol daily and monthly gridded products from MERIS for 2008, using the ALAMO algorithm, version 2.2. The data have been provided by Hygeos. For further details about these data products please see the linked documentation.
publication_date	2016-07-28T14:41:50
uuid	11c5f6df1abc41968d0b28fe36393c9d
catalog_url	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/11c5f6df1abc41968d0b28fe36393c9d
cci_project	AEROSOL