Aerosol Optical thickness
DESCRIPTIVE NAME | SYN Aerosol Optical Thickness |
VARIABLE NAME | AOD_XXX, where XXX is the index of the associated SYN channel. |
PRODUCT LEVEL | 2 |
DESCRIPTION | Aerosol load, expressed in optical thickness at specific wavelength, with associated error estimates. The grid is the S3 super-pixel image derived from 15*15 OLCI image pixel |
PRODUCT PARAMETERS | |
COVERAGE | Land and ocean |
PACKAGING | half-orbit |
LATENCY | NTC |
UNITS | dimensionless |
RANGE | 0.0 - 0.6 |
SAMPLING | Super-pixel 4.5 km2 |
FORMAT | 2-bytes integer |
APPENDED DATA | Error estimate (2-byte integer) |
FREQUENCY | 1 dataset per half-orbit |
SIZE | Around 0.152 Gbytes |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | |
INPUT BANDS | All S3 SYNERGY channels listed in the table on SYN Level-2 Product. |
ANCILLARY AND AUXILIARY DATA | ECMWF (vertically integrated ozone column, vertically integrated water vapour column, surface pressure), SYN atmospheric correction lookup tables. |