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ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud CCI): AVHRR-AM monthly gridded cloud properties, version 3.0
The Cloud_cci AVHRR-AMv3 dataset (covering 1991-2016) was generated within the Cloud_cci project which was funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) programme (Contract No.: 4000109870/13/I-NB). This dataset is one of the 6 datasets generated in Cloud_cci; all of them being based on passive-imager satellite measurements.
This dataset is based on AVHRR (onboard NOAA-12, NOAA-15, NOAA-17, Metop-A) measurements and contains a variety of cloud properties which were derived employing the Community Cloud retrieval for Climate (CC4CL; Sus et al., 2018; McGarragh et al., 2018) retrieval framework. The core cloud properties contained in the Cloud_cci AVHRR-AMv3 dataset are cloud mask/fraction, cloud phase, cloud top pressure/height/temperature, cloud optical thickness, cloud effective radius and cloud liquid/ice water path. Spectral cloud albedo is also included as experimental product. The cloud properties are available at different processing levels: This particular dataset contains Level-3C (monthly averages and histograms) data, while Level-3U (globally gridded, unaveraged data fields) is also available as a separate dataset. Pixel-based uncertainty estimates come along with all properties and have been propagated into the Level-3C data.
The data in this dataset are a subset of the AVHRR-AM L3C / L3U cloud products version 3.0 dataset produced by the ESA Cloud_cci project available from https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-AM/V003. To cite the full dataset, please use the following citation: Stengel, Martin; Sus, Oliver; Stapelberg, Stefan; Finkensieper, Stephan; Würzler, Benjamin; Philipp, Daniel; Hollmann, Rainer; Poulsen, Caroline (2019): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci AVHRR-AM L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-AM/V003.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-03-26T09:43:03
- Date (Creation)
- 2020-03-26T09:43:03
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / fb3750f5b2544403873f8788b3ed7817
- Identifier
- alternative.identifier / esacci.CLOUD.mon.L3C.CLD_PRODUCTS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.AVHRR-AM.3-0.r1.v20200422
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- Not planned
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- Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- orthoimagery
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- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Spatial representation type
- Grid
- Metadata language
- English
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 1991-09-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2016-12-31T23:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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ESA CCI Cloud project website
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ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) webpage
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ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: AVHRR-AM L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0
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Previous dataset version (v2.0): Stengel et al., 2017: Cloud property datasets retrieved from AVHRR, MODIS, AATSR and MERIS in the framework of the Cloud_cci project, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 881-904, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-881-2017, 2017
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McGarragh et al., 2018: The Community Cloud retrieval for CLimate (CC4CL) Part 2: The optimal estimation approach, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3397-3431, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3397-2018, 2018
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Sus et al., 2018: The Community Cloud retrieval for CLimate (CC4CL) Part 1: A framework applied to multiple satellite imaging sensors, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 11, 3373-3396, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3373-2018, 2018
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Stengel et al. (2020): Cloud_cci Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer post meridiem (AVHRR-PM) dataset version 3: 35-year climatology of global cloud and radiation properties, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 12, 4160, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-41-2020, 2020.
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CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL)
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Product Validation and Intercomparison Report
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Product User Guide
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The data here form a subset of the AVHRR-AM v3.0 products produced by the ESA Cloud CCI, a copy of which has been supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project. The full dataset is collectively referenced by the following DOI: Stengel, Martin; Sus, Oliver; Stapelberg, Stefan; Finkensieper, Stephan; Würzler, Benjamin; Philipp, Daniel; Hollmann, Rainer; Poulsen, Caroline (2019): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci AVHRR-AM L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-AM/V003.
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- fb3750f5b2544403873f8788b3ed7817 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Parent identifier
- ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Dataset Collection 8cf12c9d19db4797a7549c74cef6c03e
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-09-25T23:03:04
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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