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.

Date (Publication): 2020-03-26T09:45:34

Date (Creation): 2020-03-26T09:45:34

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/004fd44ff5124174ad3c03dd2c67d548

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

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

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Stengel, Martin	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Sus, Oliver	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Stapelberg, Stefan	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Finkensieper, Stephan	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Würzler, Benjamin	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Philipp, Daniel	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Hollmann, Rainer	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Poulsen, Caroline A.	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_cloud_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.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

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

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

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Data are netCDF formatted

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/004fd44ff5124174ad3c03dd2c67d548	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/cloud/data/version3/L3C/AVHRR-PM/v3.0/	DOWNLOAD

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	https://climate.esa.int/projects/cloud/	ESA CCI Cloud project website

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://public.satproj.klima.dwd.de/data/ESA_Cloud_CCI/DOIs/v3.0/DOI_ESA_Cloud_cci_AVHRR-PM_V003_landingpage.html	ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: AVHRR-PM L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-41-2020	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.

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Product-Validation-and-Intercomparison-Report-PVIR_v6.0.pdf	Product Validation and Intercomparison Report

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Product-User-Guide-PUG_v5.1.pdf	Product User Guide

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-881-2017	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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3397-2018	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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3373-2018	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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Algorithm-Theoretical-Baseline-Document-ATBD-CC4CL_v6.2.pdf	CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Algorithm-Theoretical-Baseline-Document-ATBD_v6.2.pdf	Overarching algorithm description (ATBD)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int	ESA's Climate Change Initiative (CCI) webpage

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 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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Date stamp: 2026-02-05T03:20:12

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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