326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 8cf12c9d19db4797a7549c74cef6c03e dataset Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-15T02:20:18 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci): ATSR2-AATSR monthly gridded cloud properties, version 3.0 2020-03-26T09:39:39 publication 2020-03-26T09:39:39 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a 326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) esacci.CLOUD.mon.L3C.CLD_PRODUCTS.multi-sensor.multi-platform.ATSR2-AATSR.3-0.r1.v20200422 alternative.identifier 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 Poulsen, Caroline A. Unavailable author Unavailable author McGarragh, Greg Unavailable author Unavailable author Thomas, Gareth Unavailable author Unavailable author Stengel, Martin Unavailable author Unavailable author Christensen, Matt Unavailable author Unavailable author Povey, Adam Unavailable author Unavailable author Proud, Simon Unavailable author Unavailable author Carboni, Elisa Unavailable author Unavailable author Hollmann, Rainer Unavailable author Unavailable author Grainger, Don Unavailable author Unavailable author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) custodian 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) distributor 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) point_of_contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) publisher 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset cloud Envisat ERS-2 AATSR ATSR-2 ESA CCI Clouds orthoimagery theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions 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. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English imageryBaseMapsEarthCover -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1995-06-01T00:00:00 2012-04-30T23:59:59 Data are netCDF formatted Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Data Center Contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/326bf808aedd41fd85594fc06678d20a CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/cloud/data/version3/L3C/ATSR2-AATSR/v3.0/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://climate.esa.int/projects/cloud/ ESA CCI Cloud project website No further details. information https://climate.esa.int ESA Climate Change Initiative website No further details. information https://public.satproj.klima.dwd.de/data/ESA_Cloud_CCI/DOIs/v3.0/DOI_ESA_Cloud_cci_ATSR2-AATSR_V003_landingpage.html ESA Cloud_cci cloud property datasets retrieved from passive satellite sensors: ATSR2-AATSR L3C/L3U cloud products - Version 3.0 No further details. information https://www.earth-syst-sci-data-discuss.net/essd-2019-217/ Poulsen, C. A., Mcgarragh, G. R., Thomas, G. E., Stengel, M., Christiensen, M. W., Povey, A. C., Proud, S. R., Carboni, E., Hollmann, R., and Grainger, R. G.: Cloud_cci ATSR-2 and AATSR dataset version 3: a 17-yearclimatology of global cloud and radiation properties, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2019-217, in review, 2019. No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Product-User-Guide-PUG_v5.1.pdf Product User Guide No further details. information 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 No further details. information 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 No further details. information 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 No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Product-Validation-and-Intercomparison-Report-PVIR_v6.0.pdf Product Validation and Intercomparison Report No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Algorithm-Theoretical-Baseline-Document-ATBD_v6.2.pdf Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ATBD) No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/media/documents/Cloud_Algorithm-Theoretical-Baseline-Document-ATBD-CC4CL_v6.2.pdf CC4CL algorithm description (ATBD CC4CL) No further details. information dataset 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 2010-12-08 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.