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METOP GOME-2 - Cloud Optical Thickness (COT) - Global
Gridded Level 3 cloud optical thickness derived from Metop/GOME observations.
Cloud physical properties (cloud fraction, cloud top height, cloud optical thickness) are derived from GOME/GOME-2 observations using the OCRA (Optical Cloud Recognition Algorithm) and ROCINN (Retrieval of Cloud Information using Neural Networks). For more details please refer to relevant peer-review papers listed on the GOME and GOME-2 documentation pages: https://atmos.eoc.dlr.de/app/docs/
The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY / Envisat. Three instruments operate on board EUMETSAT's Meteorological Operational satellites MetOp-A, -B, and -C, launched in 2006, 2012, and 2018, respectively. GOME-2 measures a range of atmospheric trace constituents, with the emphasis on global ozone distribution. Furthermore, cloud properties and intensities of ultraviolet radiation are retrieved. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants.
DLR generates operational GOME-2 / MetOp products in the framework of EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC-SAF).
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- 810631f4-c311-44f2-9ced-c2260df2bc06 XML
- Hierarchy level
- Series
Online resource
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- Protocol
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download
- Protocol
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OGC:WMS
- Protocol
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OGC:WMS
- Protocol
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OGC:WCS
- Protocol
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OGC:WCS
- Protocol
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OGC:WMS-http-get-capabilities
- Protocol
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OGC:WCS-http-get-capabilities
Resource identifier
- Metadata language
- English
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Encoding
Projection
- code
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WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Atmospheric conditions
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Other keywords
- Keywords
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MetOp-A
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MetOp-B
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MetOp-C
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GOME-2
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COT
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Cloud Optical Thickness
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AC-SAF
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FEDEO
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Geographic coverage
))
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 2007-01-23T10:16:34
Temporal extent
- Date (Creation)
- 2020-02-22T00:00:00
Quality and validity
- Lineage
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Please refer to relevant peer-review papers listed on the GOME and GOME-2 documentation pages for more details on cloud optical thickness retrieval: https://atmos.eoc.dlr.de/app/docs/
- Denominator
- 80000000
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
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License
- Access constraints
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Nutzungsbedingungen: Lizenz, https://geoservice.dlr.de/resources/licenses/ac_saf/AC-SAF_User_License.pdf / Terms of use: License, https://geoservice.dlr.de/resources/licenses/ac_saf/AC-SAF_User_License.pdf
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Organisation name
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Organisation name
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Date stamp
- 2026-05-12T13:13:47
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
Overviews
Spatial extent
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