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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.
RESOURCES
Aeolus Level 2A Processor Input/Output Data Definition
Technical Note
Aeolus Level 2A Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document
Technical Note
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