Global Cloud and Aerosol Dataset Produced by the Global Retrieval of ATSR Cloud Parameters and Evaluation (GRAPE) Project as part of the Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) Programme

The aim of the GRAPE project was to produce a global cloud and aerosol dataset using a state-of-the-art physical retrieval of the entire duration of the Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR-2) mission (aboard ERS-2). This dataset will be compared and contrasted with existing climatologies (based on different instruments and very different retrieval algorithms). The GRAPE project was initially funded through the Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) Programme, a five-year NERC directed research programme. The dataset has been developed further within the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and now includes data from the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR). The GRAPE dataset contains cloud optical depth, aerosol optical depth (cloud free), cloud phase, cloud particle size, cloud top pressure, cloud fraction and cloud ice/water path along with associated error measurements.

Date (Publication): 2006-12-10T02:34:41

Date (Creation): 2006-12-10T02:34:41

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cf7ae349d16c067cd00d3d2d910bee89

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / cf7ae349d16c067cd00d3d2d910bee89

Author

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author

Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom

01793 411500

Author

NERC CWVC GRAPE campaign participants - author

Author

Unavailable - Grainger, Don ( author )

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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Update scope: Series

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atmospheric conditions

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Metadata language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1995-06-30T23:00:00

End date: 2009-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource: Oxford University GRAPE website
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OnLine resource: The ATSR Website
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OnLine resource: Other CWVC Projects
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: GRAPE Background Information
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: GRAPE news items
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Hierarchy level: Series

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2024-03-04T11:16:18

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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