SAGE III-M3M Level 2
Entry Title: SAGE III Meteor-3M L2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data (HDF-EOS) V003
Entry ID: g3acld_003
Clouds
Description
g3acld_003 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 3 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, clouds, temperature and pressure in 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.
Resources and Documentation
DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE
SAGE III-ISS Data Reader Package - Direct File Download (.gz)
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- NASA EOS ATB Documents: SAGE III
ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for SAGE III-ISS
- SAGE III-M3M Mission and Instrument Overview, including data access, list of references, science team members, and mission status
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- Quality Summary: SAGE III Version 3 (Solar Level 1B, Solar Level 2, and Lunar Level 2)
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUDS
- CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD FREQUENCY > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Cloud Amount
- Cloud Frequency
- Cloud Height
- Cloud Vertical Distribution
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Vertical Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 1 km
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2002-02-27 - 2005-12-31