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GOME Total Column Water Vapour Climate product

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Description

The GOME Total Column Water Vapour (TCWV) Climate product was generated by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) within the ESA GOME-Evolution project. It is a Level 3 type product containing homogenized time-series of the global distribution of TCWV spanning over more than two decades (1995-2015).

The data is provided as single netCDF file, containing monthly mean TCWV (units kg/m2) with 1-degree resolution, and is based on measurements from the satellite instruments ERS-2 GOME, Envisat SCIAMACHY, and MetOp-A GOME-2. Details are available in the paper by Beirle et al, 2018.

Please also consult the GOME TCWV Product Quality Readme file before using the data.

Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
Spatial coverage:
90 N, -90 S, -180 W, 180 E
Temporal coverage:
1995-07-01 - 2015-12-31Starting from July 2003, products have reduced orbital coverage due to permanent failure of the ERS-2 Low Bit Rate on-board storage capability. Data could not be stored on-board any longer, and only direct transmission to on-ground receiving stations distributed over the globe was possible.
Date of launch:
1995-04-21
Operators:
ESA
Mission status:
Completed
Orbit height:
782 to 785 km
Orbit type:
Sun-synchronous
Swath width:
5 km
Current Processor Version:
GDP 5.0

PROCESSING LEVEL

Level 2, Level 3

APPLICABLE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Utilisation of this data is subject to ESA's Earth Observation Terms and Conditions.

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DATA CITATION

European Space Agency, 2018, GOME Total Column Water Vapour Climate product. Version 2.2.

RESOURCES

Product Specifications

GOME TCWV Climate product Technical Documents

Product Specifications

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Technical Note

GOME Level 1 to 2 Algorithms Description

Technical Note

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Technical Note

Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for GOME Total Column Densities of Ozone and Nitrogen Dioxide

Technical Note

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Technical Note

Disclaimer for GOME Level-1 and Level-2 Data Products

Technical Note

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Technical Note

GOME Software Databases for Level 1 to 2 Processing

Technical Note

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Technical Note

Delta Validation Report for ERS-2 GOME Data Processor upgrade to Version 4.0

Technical Note

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User Manual

GOME Data Processor Extraction Software

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