Aerosol Optical Thickness
DESCRIPTIVE NAME | SYN Aerosol Optical Thickness |
VARIABLE NAME | T550 |
PRODUCT LEVEL | 2 |
DESCRIPTION | Aerosol load, expressed in optical thickness at a wavelength of 550 nm, with associated error estimates. The grid of the dataset is the Level-1B OLCI image grid. The resolution is OLCI FR. |
PRODUCT PARAMETERS | |
COVERAGE | land |
PACKAGING | half-orbit |
LATENCY | NTC |
UNITS | dimensionless |
RANGE | 0.0 - 0.6 |
SAMPLING | OLCI FR (260 m) |
FORMAT | 2-byte integer |
APPENDED DATA | Error estimate in AOD (2-byte integer) |
FREQUENCY | 1 dataset per half-orbit |
SIZE | Around 1 Gbyte for: rows=60,000 - columns=4,865 - orhphan=125 |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | |
INPUT BANDS | All S3 SYNERGY channels listed in 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. |