Long Time Series of Global Thermal Infra-red Imagery of the Earth as part of the Cloud Archive User Service (CLAUS) Project
Global Brightness Temperature imagery from the Cloud Archive User Service (CLAUS) project. This project produced a long time-series of global thermal infra-red imagery of the Earth using data from operational meteorological satellites, which was used in validating atmospheric General Circulation Models.
The CLAUS archive currently spans the period 1st July
1983 - 30th June 2009. Responsibility for maintaining and updating the
CLAUS archive resides with the Environmental Systems Science Centre (ESSC).
The source data used in CLAUS are the level B3 (reduced resolution) 10 micron radiances from operational meteorological satellites participating in the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Programme (ISCCP) and were obtained from the NASA Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (LASDC).
During the CLAUS project the B3 data were processed to create a uniform latitude-longitude grid (or image) of Brightness Temperature (BT) values at a spatial resolution of 0.5 by 0.5 degrees and temporal resolution of three hours. Information at the grid point level about the satellites used in
generating each BT image, and the type of interpolation applied, was held in two supplementary quality files.
The B3 data were also rigorously quality controlled to remove residual noise and navigation/calibration errors that were noticed in the original processing. The 0.5 degree resolution data were updated and
supplemented by a new product at one-third degree spatial resolution for use in process studies. These higher resolution data are also being used to create monthly animations for educational purposes.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T03:03:01
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2002-12-10T03:03:01
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- CLAUS
- cloud
- imagery
- temperature
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1983-06-30T23:00:00
- End date
- 2009-06-29T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Picture Gallery
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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The ISCCP Website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Data User Guide
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Data Version History
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Picture Gallery
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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The ISCCP Website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Data User Guide
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CLAUS Data Version History
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 37e1193a2369aff54d22a40ac402030b XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-14T01:48:01
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3