ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG CCI): SCIAMACHY CH4 Level 2 Data Product (CH4_SCI_IMAP), version 7.1, generated with the IMAP-DOAS algorithm

Part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project and the Climate Research Data Package Number 3 (CRDP#3), the XCH4 SCI product comprises a level 2, column-averaged dry-air mole fraction (mixing ratio) for methane (CH4). The product has been produced using data acquired from the SWIR spectra (channel 6) of the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) on board the European Space Agency's environmental research satellite ENVISAT.

This product has been derived by applying the IMAP-DOAS algorithm developed at the University of Heidelberg and SRON to the SCIAMACHY data. This procedure and the algorithms validity are thoroughly described in Frankenberg et al (2011). A second product is also available which has been generated using the Weighting Function Modified DOAS (WFM-DOAS) algorithm.

The data product is stored per orbit in a single NetCDF4 file. Retrieval results are provided for the individual SCIAMACHY spatial footprints, no averaging having been applied. The product file contains the key products and information relevant to using the data, such as the vertical layering and averaging kernels. For further details on the product, including the IMAP algorithm and the SCIAMACHY instrument, please see the associated product user guide (PUG) or the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document in the documentation section.

The GHG-CCI team encourage all users of their products to register with them to receive information on any updates or issues regarding the data products and to receive notification of new product releases. To register, please use the following link: http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/sciamachy/NIR_NADIR_WFM_DOAS/CRDP_REG/

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Date (Publication)
2016-04-11T08:23:02
Date (Creation)
2016-04-11T08:23:02
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/33cd85fdc2454d2796c64c673b9427c9
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 33cd85fdc2454d2796c64c673b9427c9
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  ESA CCI GHG project team - author
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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_ghg_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Begin date
2003-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2012-04-08T22:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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  • Data are in NetCDF format ()

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  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIRv4)

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GHG-CCI Data Products webpage

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Frankenberg et al. 2011, 'Global column-averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability'

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Product User Guide

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System Verification Report (SVR) GHG-CCI Phase 2 CRDP#3 for sub-system CH4_SCI_IMAP

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Comprehensive Error Characterisation Report: SRON IMAP-DOAS retrievals of XCH4

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Product Specification Document Version 3 (PSDv3)

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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Version 3 (ATBDv3) - The SRON IMAP-DOAS algorithm for the retrieval of XCH4, v7.0

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ESA CCI Greenhouse Gases project website

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were processed by the ESA CCI GHG project team and supplied to CEDA as part of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project
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ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) dataset collection 0508f3dd991144aa80346007a415fb07
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Dataset
Date stamp
2024-09-17T23:03:15
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
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