Aerosols over land

Aerosols over land level 2 product (around 0.25 Mbytes per orbit): L2TLGC (ex: PARASOL/LS2)

The following geophysical parameters are computed from the level 1 product for each superpixel (3×3 pixels), by orbit segment. All these Level 2 parameters are non-directional.

ParameterDescriptionRange
DQSLevel 2 superpixel confidence data
delta_min.gif865Aerosol optical thickness, at lambdap2.gif = 865 nm, corresponding to the polarized particles (mainly anthropogenic aerosols).0 – 1
mRefractive index0 – 2
alpha.gifAngström coefficient0 – 3
AIAerosol Index = alpha.gif.delta_min.gif8650 – 3
delta_min.gifOptical thickness, from fixed model, at lambdap2.gif 865 nm0 – 1
IQmesMeasurement quality index0 – 100
IQinvInversion quality index0 – 1

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