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ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): ATSR2-AATSR monthly gridded cloud properties, version 3.0
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 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 the ATSR2 and AATSR instruments (onboard the ERS2 and ENVISAT 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 ATSR2-AATSRv3 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 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.
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
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- Date (Publication)
- 2020-03-26T09:39:39
- Date (Creation)
- 2020-03-26T09:39:39
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a
- Identifier
- alternative.identifier / esacci.CLOUD.mon.L3C.CLD_PRODUCTS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.ATSR2-AATSR.3-0.r1.v20200422
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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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- grid Grid
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
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- Begin date
- 1995-06-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2012-04-30T23:59:59
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- WGS 84
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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ESA CCI Cloud project website
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ESA Climate Change Initiative website
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ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: ATSR2-AATSR L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0
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Product User Guide
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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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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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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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Product Validation and Intercomparison Report
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Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD)
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CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL)
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The data here form a subset of the ATSR2-AATSR 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: 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.
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- 326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a XML
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- EnglishEnglish
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- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
- Parent identifier
- ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Dataset Collection 8cf12c9d19db4797a7549c74cef6c03e
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- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-15T03:19:12
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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