Description

The monthly means of cloud and aerosols optical depths, based on the SODA_AOD-5km products.

File Naming Convention

SODA_5km_L3_OD-Icare-v<Version>.<Year>–<Month>.Monthly.<Day/Night-Flag>.<Scenes-ID>.hdf

<Version>A 3 digits dot separated version number as X.X.X
<Orbit-Timestamp>The timestamp of the orbit, using the CALIPSO format YYYY-MM-SSTHH-MM-SSZ[DN]
<Year>The year, on 4 digits
<Month>The month, on 2 digits starting from « 01 »
<Day/Night-Flag>A D, N or A character that tells if the processed orbits are respectively Day only, Night only or All
<Scenes-ID>Type of scenes processed. Sc_All means no scenes filtering

Variables

NameDescriptionUnitTypeFillMisc
Optical_Depth_532_CloudAveraged Optical Depth retrieved from CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT at 532nm for Thin Cloud Scenes and mixted scenes thin clouds + aerosolsNonefloat32
Optical_Depth_532_AerosolAveraged Optical Depth retrieved from CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT at 532nm for Aerosol Scenes without thin clouds contaminationNonefloat32
Optical_Depth_1064_CloudAveraged Optical Depth retrieved from CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT at 1064nm for Thin Cloud Scenes and mixted scenes thin clouds + aerosolsNonefloat32
Optical_Depth_1064_AerosolAveraged Optical Depth retrieved from CALIPSO/CLOUDSAT at 1064nm for Aerosol Scenes without thin clouds contaminationNonefloat32

Examples

ProductDownload
Monthly means of 5km Cloud and Aerosols Optical Depth for Aug. 2007 – All orbitsSODA_5km_L3_OD-Icare-v0.3.4.2007-08.Monthly.A.Sc_All.hdf
Monthly means of 5km Cloud and Aerosols Optical Depth for Aug. 2007 – Night orbits onlySODA_5km_L3_OD-Icare-v0.3.4.2007-08.Monthly.N.Sc_All.hdf
Monthly means of 5km Cloud and Aerosols Optical Depth for Aug. 2007 – Day orbits onlySODA_5km_L3_OD-Icare-v0.3.4.2007-08.Monthly.D.Sc_All.hdf