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ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci): Column-averaged CO2 from SCIAMACHY generated with the BESD algorithm (CO2_SCI_BESD), v02.01.02

The CO2_SCI_BESD dataset comprises level 2, column-averaged dry-air mole fractions (mixing ratios) of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) instrument on board the European Space Agency's (ESA's) environmental research satellite ENVISAT. It has been produced using the Bremen Optimal Estimation DOAS (BESD) algorithm, by the ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) project.

The Bremen Optimal Estimation DOAS (BESD) algorithm is a full physics algorithm which uses measurements in the O2-A absorption band to retrieve scattering information about clouds and aerosols. This is the Greenhouse Gases CCI baseline algorithm for deriving SCIAMACHY XCO2 data. A product has also been generated from the SCIAMACHY data using an alternative algorithm: the WFMD algorithm. It is advised that users who aren't sure whether to use the baseline or alternative product use this BESD product. For more information regarding the differences between baseline and alternative algorithms please see the Greenhouse Gases CCI data products webpage.

For further information on the product, including details of the BESD algorithm and the SCIAMACHY instrument, please see the associated product user guide (PUG) or the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents.

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Date (Publication)
2018-03-19T20:58:16
Date (Creation)
2018-03-19T20:58:16
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/294b4075ddbc4464bb06742816813bdc
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 294b4075ddbc4464bb06742816813bdc
Identifier
alternative.identifier / esacci.GHG.satellite-orbit-frequency.L2.CO2.SCIAMACHY.Envisat.BESD.v02-01-02.r1.v20180702
Author
  ESA CCI GHG project team - author
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
pointofContact
  Unavailable - Reuter, M. ( point_of_contact )
Publisher
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • Institute of Environmental Physics
  • greenhouse gases
  • Level 2
  • column-averaged dry air mole fraction of CO2
  • SCIAMACHY
  • SCIAMACHY
  • satellite orbit frequency
  • SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY
  • column-averaged dry air mole fraction of CO2
  • greenhouse gases
  • satellite orbit frequency
  • Institute of Environmental Physics
  • Envisat
  • Environmental Satellite
  • Level 2
  • BESD
  • SCIAMACHY
  • ESA
  • GHG
  • CCI
  • CO2
  • BESD
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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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
2003-01-08T00:00:00
End date
2012-03-24T23:59:59
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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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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Version 5 (ATBDv5) - The Bremen Optimal Estimation DOAS (BESD) algorithm for the retrieval of XCO2

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Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIRv5)

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System Verification Report (SVR) for BESD v02.01.02

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Reuter et al, 2011, 'Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: Validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results'

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GHG-CCI Data Products webpage

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Bremen BESD website

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Product User Guide

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ESA CCI Greenhouse Gases project website

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Comprehensive Error Characterisation Report: BESD full-physics retrieval algorithm for XCO2

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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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2025-11-15T03:15:07
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Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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