GloSSAC Level 3
Entry Title: Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology Version 2.23
Entry ID: GloSSAC_2.23
Aerosols
Description
The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology, or GloSSAC, is a 45-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
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION GUIDELINES
- GloSSAC Product Quality Summary
DATA QUALITY
- GloSSAC Readme File
READ-ME
- GloSSAC Project Guide Document
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- PARTICULATE MATTER
- AEROSOL EXTINCTION
- SULFATE PARTICLES
- DUST/ASH/SMOKE
- AEROSOLS
- AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
netCDF-4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 1979-01-01 - 2024-12-31