ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG CCI): Merged CH4 Level 2 Data Product (CH4_EMMA), version 1.0, generated with the EMMA algorithm

Part of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Greenhouse Gases (GHG), the XCH4 EMMA product comprises a level 2, column-averaged dry-air mole fraction (mixing ratio) for methane (CH4). The product has been produced by applying the ensemble median algorithm EMMA to level 2 data of several different retrieval products from the Japanese Greenhouse gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) This is therefore a merged GOSAT XCH4 Level 2 product, primarily used as a comparison tool to assess the level of agreement / disagreement of the various input products (for model-independent global comparison, i.e. for comparisons not restricted to TCCON validation sites and independent of global model data).

For further information on the product and the EMMA algorithm please see the EMMA website, the GHG-CCI Data Products webpage or the Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIR) in the documentation section.

The GHG-CCI team encourage all users of their products to register with them to receive information on any updates or issues regarding the data products and to receive notification of new product releases. To register, please use the following link: http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/sciamachy/NIR_NADIR_WFM_DOAS/CRDP_REG/

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-04-11T08:18:49

Dataset Reference Date (): 2016-04-11T08:18:49

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ccd65d303e7241f6b969b19b4be6a925

Identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / ccd65d303e7241f6b969b19b4be6a925

ESA CCI GHG project team - author

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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Update scope: dataset

Keywords

Institute of Environmental Physics
Level 2
satellite orbit frequency
greenhouse gases
VARIOUS
column-averaged dry air mole fraction of CH4
ESA
GHG
CCI
CH4
SCIAMACHY
WFMD
Greenhouse Gas

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

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Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: otherRestrictions

Other constraints: Use of these data is covered by the following licence: https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_ghg_terms_and_conditions.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

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Begin date: 2009-05-31T23:00:00

End date: 2014-05-30T22:59:59

Code: WGS 84

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Data format

Data are in NetCDF format ()

Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

Resource Locator: DOWNLOAD
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Resource Locator: EMMA CH4 website
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Resource Locator: GHG-CCI Data Products webpage
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Resource Locator: Reuter et al, 2013,'A joint effort to deliver satellite retrieved atmospheric CO2 concentrations for surface flux inversions: the ensemble median algorithm EMMA'
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Resource Locator: Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIRv4)
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Resource Locator: Product User Guide
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Resource Locator: ESA CCI Greenhouse Gases project website
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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: DOWNLOAD
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Resource Locator: EMMA CH4 website
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Resource Locator: GHG-CCI Data Products webpage
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Resource Locator: Reuter et al, 2013,'A joint effort to deliver satellite retrieved atmospheric CO2 concentrations for surface flux inversions: the ensemble median algorithm EMMA'
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Resource Locator: Product Validation and Intercomparison Report (PVIRv4)
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Resource Locator: Product User Guide
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Resource Locator: ESA CCI Greenhouse Gases project website
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Quality Scope: dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were processed by the ESA CCI GHG project team and supplied to CEDA as part of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project

Metadata

File identifier: ccd65d303e7241f6b969b19b4be6a925 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Parent identifier: ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) dataset collection 0508f3dd991144aa80346007a415fb07

Resource type: dataset

Metadata Date: 2022-06-23T23:39:51

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

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