ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): AVHRR-PM monthly gridded cloud properties, version 3.0

The Cloud_cci AVHRR-PMv3 dataset (covering 1982-2016) 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 measurements from AVHRR (onboard the NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, NOAA-16, NOAA-18, NOAA-19 satellites) 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-PMv3 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-PM L3C / L3U cloud products version 3.0 dataset produced by the ESA Cloud_cci project available from https://dx.doi.org/10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/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-PM L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/V003.

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Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2020-03-26T09:45:34

Dataset Reference Date (): 2020-03-26T09:45:34

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/004fd44ff5124174ad3c03dd2c67d548

Identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 004fd44ff5124174ad3c03dd2c67d548

Identifier: alternative.identifier / esacci.CLOUD.mon.L3C.CLD_PRODUCTS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.AVHRR-PM.3-0.r1.v20200422

Unavailable - Stengel, Martin ( author )

Unavailable - Sus, Oliver ( author )

Unavailable - Stapelberg, Stefan ( author )

Unavailable - Finkensieper, Stephan ( author )

Unavailable - Würzler, Benjamin ( author )

Unavailable - Philipp, Daniel ( author )

Unavailable - Hollmann, Rainer ( author )

Unavailable - Poulsen, Caroline A. ( author )

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

orthoimagery

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Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

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Other constraints: Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_cloud_terms_and_conditions.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: grid

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Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 1982-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2016-12-31T23:59:59

Code: WGS 84

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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: ESA CCI Cloud project website
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Resource Locator: ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: AVHRR-PM L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0
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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: Product Validation and Intercomparison Report
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Resource Locator: Product User Guide
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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL)
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Resource Locator: ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) webpage
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Resource Locator: ESA CCI Cloud project website
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Resource Locator: ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: AVHRR-PM L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0
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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: Product Validation and Intercomparison Report
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Resource Locator: Product User Guide
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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: 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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Resource Locator: CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL)
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Resource Locator: ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) webpage
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Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: The data here form a subset of the AVHRR-PM 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-PM L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/AVHRR-PM/V003.

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Parent identifier: ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Dataset Collection 8cf12c9d19db4797a7549c74cef6c03e

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Metadata Date: 2023-11-09T00:54:40

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