Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology Version 2.0
The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology, or GloSSAC, is a 40-year climatology of stratospheric aerosol properties focused on extinction coefficient measurements by the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) series of instruments through mid-2005 and on the Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System (OSIRIS) and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) data thereafter. Data from other space instruments and from ground-based, air and balloon borne instruments to fill in key gaps in the data set. The end result is a global and gap-free data set focused on aerosol extinction coefficient at 525 and 1020 nm and other parameters on an ‘as available’ basis.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 80.0 S: -80.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: NetCDF-3 |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | CALIPSO, UARS, ERBS | |
| Data Center(s): | NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC | Instrument(s): | CALIOP, CLAES, HALOE, SAGE II |
| Version: | 2.0 | ||
- Release Date: 2018-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Linkage: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/glossac/glossac_table
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/GloSSAC, ASDC Data and Information for GloSSAC
- USER'S GUIDE: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/project/glossac/guide/GloSSAC_Data_Products_User_Guide_v1.1.pdf, GloSSAC Data Products User’s Guide - August 2017
- USER'S GUIDE: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/project/glossac/guide/GloSSAC_Project_Guide_Document_v1.1.pdf, GloSSAC Project Guide Document
Collection Information
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Version Description
Version 2.0 -
DOI
10.5067/GLOSSAC-L3-V2.0
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Data Identification
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Processing Level
3
- Quality Update from Version 1.0 to fix a problem affecting the use of CLAES data in 1991 to 1993.
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Collection Progress
Complete
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Access Constraints
4.0
No access constraints
Data Dates
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Acquisition Information
Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| GloSSAC | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
Temporal Information
Spatial Information
Generic Resolutions
Generic Resolution 1
| Coverage Type | Zone Identifier | Geometry | Granule Representation |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Resolution and Coordinate System
Horizontal Data Resolution
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
Data Centers
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NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC
ARCHIVERAtmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
This data center does not have any addresses listed.
This data center does not have any contact mechanisms listed.
Data Contacts
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Larry Thomason
InvestigatorLarry Thomason
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NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 475
Hamtpon, VA 23681
(757) 864-6842
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ASDC USER SERVICES
Data Center ContactASDC USER SERVICES
NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC-
NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center
User and Data Services
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
757-864-8656
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: NetCDF-3
Format Type: Native