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Aerosol

The Aerosol Product monitors aerosol type, aerosol optical thickness, particle size distribution, aerosol mass concentration, optical properites, and radiative forcing. The ESDT names are MOD04_L2 (Terra) and MYD04_L2(Aqua). 

AERDT_L2 Issues

Tracking of known problems and subsequent fixes is an important issue for Continuity Atmosphere data users. This page will act as a repository of all known Continuity Atmosphere Data Product problems, as well as how to determine the problematic version (and the fixed version if available) of the NetCDF4 data -- therefore data users should check this page for updates regularly.

AERDB_L3 Issues

Tracking of known problems and subsequent fixes is an important issue for Continuity Atmosphere data users. This page will act as a repository of all known Continuity Atmosphere Data Product problems, as well as how to determine the problematic version (and the fixed version if available) of the NetCDF4 data -- therefore data users should check this page for updates regularly.

AERDB_L2 Issues

Tracking of known problems and subsequent fixes is an important issue for Continuity Atmosphere data users. This page will act as a repository of all known Continuity Atmosphere Data Product problems, as well as how to determine the problematic version (and the fixed version if available) of the NetCDF4 data -- therefore data users should check this page for updates regularly.

Format & Content

L3 AERDB (Aerosol Deep Blue) Format & Content

Shown below is the complete SDS Inventory Table for the L3 Aerosol Deep Blue (AERDB_D3 or AERDB_M3) product. This table provides a full accounting of the Groups and Variables in the L3 AERDB Continuity Product File.  Note that the Format & Content for the D3 and M3 product are identical -- that is, the internal Group and Variable inventory matches exactly.

 

File Names

 L3 AERDT (Aerosol Dark Target) File Name Convention

Continuity Atmosphere Product NetCDF4 files are named using a standardized convention as displayed below.

Note that for the filename sample shown below:

File Names

 L2 AERDT (Aerosol Dark Target) File Name Convention

Continuity Atmosphere Product NetCDF4 files are named using a standardized convention as displayed below.

Note that for the filename sample shown below:

File Names

 L3 AERDB (Aerosol Deep Blue) File Name Convention

Continuity Atmosphere Product NetCDF4 files are named using a standardized convention as displayed below.

Note that for the filename sample shown below: