GloSSAC Level 3
Entry Title: Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology Version 1.1
Entry ID: GloSSAC_1.1
Aerosols
Description
The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology, or GloSSAC, is a 38-year climatology of stratospheric aerosol properties focused on extinction coefficient measurements by the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) series of instruments through mid-2005 and on the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) data thereafter. Data from other space instruments and from ground-based, air and balloon borne instruments to fill in key gaps in the data set. The end result is a global and gap-free data set focused on aerosol extinction coefficient at 525 and 1020 nm and other parameters on an ‘as available’ basis.
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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- SULFATE PARTICLES
- PARTICULATE MATTER
- DUST/ASH/SMOKE
- Aerosol Backscatter
- Aerosol Extinction
- Aerosol Optical Depth
- Aerosol Optical Thickness
- Aerosol Particle Properties
- Ash
- Dust
- Particulate Matter
- Smoke
- Sulfate Particles
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Horizontal Resolution Range: 500 km - < 1000 km or approximately 5 degrees - < 10 degrees
Vertical Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 1 km
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1979-01-01 - 2016-12-31