Description
The product is the aerosol optical thickness (AOT) at 0.63 micron, which is retrieved from NOAA PATMOS-x AVHRR+HIRS level-2B orbital radiance and cloud CDR products. The retrieval is performed for selected spatial (0.1 by 0.1 degree) and temporal (1 time per day per satellite) resolution in cloud free conditions during daytime. The final product is daily averaged from all satellite retrievals and in a 0.1 by 0.1 degree equal angle grid (total 1800x3600 grids over the globe). Due to the relatively large uncertainties associated with surface reflectance over water glint area and land surface as well as limited AVHRR retrieval channels, the current algorithm only performs retrieval over none-glint water surface (specifically at the anti-solar side of the orbit and viewing angle is larger than 40 degree away from the specular ray). The final CDR AOT products include daily and monthly products.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A global survey of the effect of cloud contamination on the aerosol optical thickness and its long-term trend derived from operational AVHRR satellite observations | Unknown | Zhao, T. X.-P., P. K. Chan, and A. K. Heidinger (2013), A global survey of the effect of cloud contamination on the aerosol optical thickness and its long-term trend derived from operational AVHRR satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2849-2857, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50278. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| Climatology Analysis of Aerosol Effect on Marine Water Cloud from Long-Term Satellite Climate Data Records | Unknown | Open Access Science Journal | Open resource |
| NCEI landing page for the superseded Version 3. | Unknown | Immediate predecessor to the Version 4 dataset. Version 3 of the dataset has been superseded by a newer version. Users should not use version 3 except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used version 3). | Open resource |
| NCEI landing page for the superseded Version 2. | Unknown | Immediate predecessor to the Version 3 dataset. Version 2 of the dataset has been superseded by a newer version. Users should not use version 2 except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used version 2). | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Azure Landing Page (Region: us-east) | HTML | Information on Microsoft Azure data access. | Open resource |
| AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1) | HTML | Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. | Open resource |
| GCOS Essential Climate Variables | Unknown | Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. | Open resource |
| Registry of Open Data on AWS | Unknown | Information on AWS data access. | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) | Unknown | NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. | Open resource |
| NCEI Direct Download | Unknown | Direct download for dataset files. | Open resource |
| NCEI Direct Download | Unknown | Direct download for the documentation. | Open resource |
| NCEI landing page for the superseded Version 1. | Unknown | Immediate predecessor to the Version 2 dataset. Version 1 of the dataset has been superseded by a newer version. Users should not use version 1 except in rare cases (e.g., when reproducing previous studies that used version 1). | Open resource |
| AVHRR Aerosol Optical Thickness | Unknown | Data access for the CDR product | Open resource |
| NCEI THREDDS Catalog | HTML | THREDDS Data Service for the dataset. | Open resource |
Tags
- 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
- 1 km
- advanced very high resolution radiometer
- advanced very high resolution radiometer-2
- advanced very high resolution radiometer-3
- aerosols
- atmosphere
- atmospheric - composition - aerosol properties
- avhrr
- avhrr-2
- avhrr-3
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth observation satellites
- earth science
- geographic region
- global
- hourly - < daily
- national centers for environmental information
- national climatic data center
- nesdis
- noaa
- noaa climate data record (cdr) program
- noaa onestop project
- noaa poes
- polar orbiting environmental satellites (poes)
- satellite
- space-based platforms
- troposphere
- u.s. department of commerce
- vertical location