GloSSAC Level 3
Entry Title: Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology Version 2.1
Entry ID: GloSSAC_2.1
Aerosols
Description
The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology, or GloSSAC, is a 42-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 later from mid-2017 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.
Resources and Documentation
PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- Product Quality Summary
DATA QUALITY
- GloSSAC Project Home Page
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Readme
READ-ME
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- AEROSOLS
- SULFATE PARTICLES
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- DUST/ASH/SMOKE
- PARTICULATE MATTER
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
NetCDF-3
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1979-01-01 - 2020-12-31