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ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): Obs4MIPs format monthly gridded cloud products from ATSR2 and AATSR, version 3
This dataset provides a version of the Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSRv3 monthly gridded dataset in Obs4MIPs format. The Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSRv3 dataset (covering 1995-2012) 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 based on measurements taken by the Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-2) on-board the European Remote Sensing Satellite -2 (ERS-2), and by the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) on-board the Environmental Satellite (Envisat). It contains a variety of cloud properties which were derived employing the Community Cloud retrieval for Climate (CC4CL) retrieval framework.
This particular Obs4MIPS product has been generated for inclusion in Obs4MIPs (Observations for Model Intercomparisons Project), which is an activity to make observational products more accessible for climate model intercomparisons.
Individual files are provided covering seven cloud variables:
Cloud area fraction in atmospheric layer (clCCI);
Atmospheric cloud ice content (clivi);
Cloud area fraction (cltCCI);
Liquid water cloud area fraction in atmospheric layer(clwCCI);
Liquid water cloud area fraction (clwtCCI);
Atmosphere mass content of cloud condensed water (clwvi);
Air pressure at cloud top (pctCCI)
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- Date (Publication)
- 2021-04-29T15:45:16
- Date (Creation)
- 2021-04-29T15:45:16
- Identifier
- NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / be40716c1036498cb6b16b0ef25c5535
- Identifier
- doi / 10.5285/be40716c1036498cb6b16b0ef25c5535
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- dataset Dataset
- Keywords
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- cloud
- CCI
- obs4mips
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- 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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- Spatial representation type
- grid Grid
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 1995-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2012-12-31T23:59:59
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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Data are in NetCDF format. Data has been formatted according to Obs4MIPs specifications
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Data are in NetCDF format. Data has been formatted according to Obs4MIPs specifications
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Cloud CCI project webpage
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ESA Climate Change Initiative website
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_clCCI.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_clivi_Ice_Water_Path.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_cltCCI_Cloud_Fractional_Cover.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_clwCCI.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_clwtCCI_Cloud_Phase.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_clwvi_Cloud_Water_Path.pdf
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Obs4MIPs_Technical_Note_v1_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSRv3_pctCCI_Cloud_Top_Pressure.pdf
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- dataset Dataset
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
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Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
The data in this dataset are a subset of the ATSR2-AATSR 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/ATSR2-AATSR/V003. This version of the data has been produced for submission to Obs4MIPS.
To cite the full dataset, please use the following citation: Poulsen, Caroline; McGarragh, Greg; Thomas, Gareth; Stengel, Martin; Christensen, Matthew; Povey, Adam; Proud, Simon; Carboni, Elisa; Hollmann, Rainer; Grainger, Don (2019): ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (ESA Cloud_cci) data: Cloud_cci ATSR2-AATSR L3C/L3U CLD_PRODUCTS v3.0, Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Dataset Producer), DOI:10.5676/DWD/ESA_Cloud_cci/ATSR2-AATSR/V003
- File identifier
- be40716c1036498cb6b16b0ef25c5535 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-15T03:21:00
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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