Description

g3acld_004 is the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) on the Meteor-3M (M-3M) platform (SAGE III/M3M) Level 2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data (HDF-EOS) Version 4 product. It is a monthly compilation of polar cloud presence from SAGE III coincident with solar event granules, that provides information about cloud presence during data capture of the granules. SAGE III obtains profile measurements of aerosol extinction, ozone, water vapor, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen trioxide, chlorine dioxide, and cloud formations throughout the mesosphere, stratosphere, and upper troposphere with a vertical resolution of 0.5 - 1 km resolution. SAGE III was a fourth generation, satellite-borne instrument and a crucial element in NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) . The instrument was launched on the Russian M-3M spacecraft in December 2001. The M-3M and SAGE III missions were terminated on March 6, 2006, because of a power supply system failure resulting in loss of communication with the satellite. The newest SAGE mission, SAGE III on ISS, was launched in 2017. SAGE III M-3M L2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data are monthly data files coincident with solar event granules that provides information about cloud presence during data capture of the granules.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE

SAGE III-ISS Data Reader Package - Direct File Download (.gz)

PROJECT HOME PAGE

SAGE home page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

• NASA EOS ATB Documents: SAGE III

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• SAGE III-M3M Mission and Instrument Overview, including data access, list of references, science team members, and mission status

USER'S GUIDE

• Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III Data Products User’s Guide Version 1.5 July 2004

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