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

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

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cciodp_store = new_data_store('cciodp')
ds = cciodp_store.open_data('esacci.AEROSOL.mon.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 1M

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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
AOD550_median median aerosol optical density at 550 nm 1
AOD670_median median aerosol optical density at 670 nm 1
AOD1600_median median aerosol optical density at 1600 nm 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
surface_albedo550_median median surface reflectance nadir view at 550 nm 1
surface_albedo550_sdev standard deviation of 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 days with results 1
FM_AOD550_mean mean fine mode aerosol optical depth at 550 nm 1
FM_AOD550_median median fine mode aerosol optical depth at 550 nm 1
FM_AOD550_sdev standard deviation of fine mode aerosol optical depth at 550 nm 1
AOD550_uncertainty_mean The mean uncertainty of the pixels 1
AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_1 The sum of AOD550_sdev and AOD_propagated_uncertainty_1 1
AOD550_propagated_uncertainty_2 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

AOD550_median#

Field Value
long_name median 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_median#

Field Value
long_name median 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_median#

Field Value
long_name median 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

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

surface_albedo550_median#

Field Value
long_name median 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

surface_albedo550_sdev#

Field Value
long_name standard deviation of surface reflectance nadir view at 550 nm
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 days with results
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

FM_AOD550_median#

Field Value
long_name median 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

FM_AOD550_sdev#

Field Value
long_name standard deviation of fine mode aerosol optical depth 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

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_1#

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_2#

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 2016-10-11 14:00:42 - 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