f1445bde2f1249c99bb5a59b71e9a9d7 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 57cfc8b38d914abc8de02b647e879e66 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-13T02:22:21 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci): Land surface temperature from ATSR-2 (Along-Track Scanning Radiometer 2), level 3 collated (L3C) global product (1995-2013), version 3.00 2022-02-25T09:54:28 publication 2022-02-25T09:54:28 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f1445bde2f1249c99bb5a59b71e9a9d7 f1445bde2f1249c99bb5a59b71e9a9d7 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/f1445bde2f1249c99bb5a59b71e9a9d7 doi This dataset contains land surface temperatures (LSTs) and their uncertainty estimates from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-2) on European Remote-sensing Satellite 2 (ERS-2). Satellite land surface temperatures are skin temperatures, which means, for example, the temperature of the ground surface in bare soil areas, the temperature of the canopy over forests, and a mix of the soil and leaf temperature over sparse vegetation. The skin temperature is an important variable when considering surface fluxes of, for instance, heat and water. Daytime and nighttime temperatures are provided in separate files corresponding to the morning and evening ERS-2 equator crossing times which are 10:30 and 22:30 local solar time. Per pixel uncertainty estimates are given in two forms, first, an estimate of the total uncertainty for the pixel and second, a breakdown of the uncertainty into components by correlation length. Also provided in the files, on a per pixel basis, are the observation time, the satellite viewing and solar geometry angles, a quality flag, and land cover class. The dataset coverage is near global over the land surface. Small regions were not covered due to downlinking constraints (most noticeably a track extending southwards across central Asia through India – further details can be found on the ATSR project webpages at http://www.atsr.rl.ac.uk/dataproducts/availability/coverage/atsr-2/index.shtml. LSTs are provided on a global equal angle grid at a resolution of 0.01° longitude and 0.01° latitude. ATSR-2 achieves full Earth coverage in 3 days so the daily files have gaps where the surface is not covered by the satellite swath on that day. Furthermore, LSTs are not produced where clouds are present since under these circumstances the IR radiometer observes the cloud top which is usually much colder than the surface. Dataset coverage starts on 1st August 1995 and ends on 22nd June 2003. There are two gaps of several months in the dataset: no data were acquired from ATSR-2 between 23 December 1995 and 30 June 1996 due to a scan mirror anomaly; and the ERS-2 gyro failed in January 2001, data quality was less good between 17th Jan 2001 and 5th July 2001 and are not used in this dataset. There are minor interruptions (1-2 days) during satellite/instrument maintenance periods. The dataset was produced by the University of Leicester (UoL) and LSTs were retrieved using the (UoL) LST retrieval algorithm and data were processed in the UoL processing chain. The dataset was produced as part of the ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative which strives to improve satellite datasets to Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) standards. Ghent, Darren Unavailable author Unavailable author Veal, Karen Unavailable author Unavailable author Perry, Mike Unavailable author Unavailable author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset land surface temperature ESA CCI ATSR-2 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_lst_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unclassified 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 1995-08-01T00:00:00 2003-06-22T23:59:59 Data are in NetCDF format NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f1445bde2f1249c99bb5a59b71e9a9d7 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/land_surface_temperature/data/ERS-2_ATSR/L3C/0.01/v3.00/daily/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/land-surface-temperature/about ESA LST_cci webpages No further details. information https://climate.esa.int/sites/default/files/LST-CCI-D2.2-ATBD%20-%20i1r1%20-%20Algorithm%20Theoretical%20Basis%20Document.pdf Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document v1.1 No further details. information https://admin.climate.esa.int/media/documents/LST-CCI-D4.1-PVIR_-_i1r0_-_Product_Validation_and_Intercomparison_Report.pdf Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIR) V1.0 No further details. information https://admin.climate.esa.int/media/documents/LST-CCI-D4.3-PUG_-_i2r0_-_Product_User_Guide.pdf Product User Guide 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 record has been produced by the University of Leicester working within the ESA Land Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (LST_cci), and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). 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