FIDUCEO: Microwave Upper Troposheric Humidity and Uncertainties, Climate Data Record, 1994-2017, V1.2
The The FIDelity and Uncertainty in Climate data records from Earth Observations (FIDUCEO) project Upper Tropospheric Humidity (UTH) Climate Data Record version 1.2 dataset is derived from satellite brightness temperatures and uncertainties from the FIDUCEO Microwave Fundamental Climate Data Record (FCDR). The instantaneous observations from the FIDUCEO Microwave FCDR are used to derive a spatio-temporal averaged data record, which contains monthly mean UTH and brightness temperature mapped to a regular latitude/longitude grid covering the tropical region (-30° to 30° N), with a spatial resolution of 1° x 1°. It covers all mission years of the Special Senson Microwave for Temperature (SSMT2) instrument on the F11, F12, F14, F15 satellites, the Advanced Mircowave Sounding Unit (AMSU-B ) instrument on the NOAA 15-17 satellites and the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instruments on the NOAA18, NOAA19, MetopA, Metop-B satellites.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-09-12T16:31:51
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-09-12T16:31:51
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 2083b33b5c3d4cf0acb9a49226789caa
- Identifier
- doi / 10.5285/2083b33b5c3d4cf0acb9a49226789caa
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- CDR
- Climate Data Record
- Upper Trosphere Humidity
- Microwave
- SSMT-2
- AMSU-B
- MHS
- Uncertainty
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- orthoimagery
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Spatial representation type
- grid
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
- Begin date
- 1994-06-30T23:00:00
- End date
- 2017-12-31T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
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The file format is netCDF, and each UTH CDR file for this version contains:Longitudes and Latitudes of grid cell centres and grid cell boundaries; Observation and satellite overpass counts for ascending and descending branches; Earliest and latest time of day of pixel contribution to the monthly average, for ascending and descending branches;; Monthly average and standard deviation of 183.31±1 GHz brightness temperatures that were used to derive UTH (excluding cloudy pixels), for ascending and descending branches;Monthly average of all 183.31±1 GHzbrightness temperatures (including cloudy pixels), for ascending and descending branches;Monthly average and standard deviation of UTH (derived from channel 3 brightness temperatures);Independent, structured and common uncertainty for monthly averages of brightness temperatures and UTH, for ascending and descending branches;The dimensions of the variables in the NetCDF file are xand y, indicating east-west and north-south direction, respectively. For further information see thefile format specification in the documentation.
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The file format is netCDF, and each UTH CDR file for this version contains:Longitudes and Latitudes of grid cell centres and grid cell boundaries; Observation and satellite overpass counts for ascending and descending branches; Earliest and latest time of day of pixel contribution to the monthly average, for ascending and descending branches;; Monthly average and standard deviation of 183.31±1 GHz brightness temperatures that were used to derive UTH (excluding cloudy pixels), for ascending and descending branches;Monthly average of all 183.31±1 GHzbrightness temperatures (including cloudy pixels), for ascending and descending branches;Monthly average and standard deviation of UTH (derived from channel 3 brightness temperatures);Independent, structured and common uncertainty for monthly averages of brightness temperatures and UTH, for ascending and descending branches;The dimensions of the variables in the NetCDF file are xand y, indicating east-west and north-south direction, respectively. For further information see thefile format specification in the documentation.
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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FIDUCEO Project Website
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FIDUCEO Training Materials
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FIDUCEO User Tools
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FDCR UTH CDR processing software
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Metrology Cookbook
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR Quick Start Guide
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR Product User Guide
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR release note
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FIDUCEO CDR/FCDR Format Specification
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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FIDUCEO Project Website
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FIDUCEO Training Materials
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FIDUCEO User Tools
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FDCR UTH CDR processing software
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Metrology Cookbook
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR Quick Start Guide
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR Product User Guide
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FIDUCEO UTH CDR release note
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FIDUCEO CDR/FCDR Format Specification
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Provided by Theresa Lang of the University of Hamburg (part of FIDUCEO project team) to CEDA for archival and publication. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 638822.
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- File identifier
- 2083b33b5c3d4cf0acb9a49226789caa XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- FIDUCEO: Collection of Climate data records from Earth Observations Satellites from the FIDUCEO (Fidelity and uncertainty in climate data records from Earth Observations) project f6f424ff804b434685e2913e5bd2f3b0
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-25T00:03:10
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3