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Aeolus L2A Aerosol/Cloud optical product

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Description

The Level 2A aerosol/cloud optical products of the Aeolus mission include:

  • Geo-located consolidated backscatter and extinction profiles
  • Backscatter-to-extinction coefficient
  • LIDAR ratio, scene classification
  • Heterogeneity index
  • Attenuated backscatter signals.

Resolution -

  • Horizontal resolution of L2A optical properties at observation scale (~87 km);
  • Exceptions are group properties (horizontal accumulation of measurements from ~3 km to ~87 km) and attenuated backscatters (~3 km).

Note: the resolution of "groups" in the L2A can only go down to 5 measurements at the moment, i.e. ~15 km horizontal resolution.

This could be configured to go to 1 measurement - Vertical resolution 250-2000 m (Defined by Range Bin Settings).

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:
90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
2021-05-26 - present
Date of launch:
2018-08-22
Operators:
ESA
Mission status:
onGoing
Orbit height:
320 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Wavelengths:
UV (0.01 - 0.4 µm)
Product types:
ALD_U_N_2A

PROCESSING LEVEL

level 2a

APPLICABLE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Utilisation of the Aeolus products is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions. Users accessing Aeolus products are intrinsically acknowledging and accepting the above.
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RESOURCES

Technical Note

Aeolus Level 2A Processor Input/Output Data Definition

Technical Note

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Technical Note

Aeolus Level 2A Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document

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