The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables
Observations of the Earth from space have been made for over 40 years and have contributed to advances in many aspects of climate science. However, attempts to exploit this wealth of data are often hampered by a lack of homogeneity 30 and continuity, and by insufficient understanding of the products...
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ftdlr:oai:elib.dlr.de:88101 2023-05-15T18:18:29+02:00 The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables Hollmann, Rainer Merchant, C. Saunders, R. Downy, C. Buchwith, M. Cazenave, A. Chuvieco, E. Defourny, P. de Leeuw, Gerrit Forsberg, R. Holzer-Popp, Thomas Paul, F. Sadven, S. Sathyendranath, S. van Roozendael, M. Wagner, W. 2013 https://elib.dlr.de/88101/ unknown American Meteorological Society Hollmann, Rainer und Merchant, C. und Saunders, R. und Downy, C. und Buchwith, M. und Cazenave, A. und Chuvieco, E. und Defourny, P. und de Leeuw, Gerrit und Forsberg, R. und Holzer-Popp, Thomas und Paul, F. und Sadven, S. und Sathyendranath, S. und van Roozendael, M. und Wagner, W. (2013) The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 11, Seiten 1541-1552. American Meteorological Society. DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00254.1 <https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00254.1> ISSN 0003-0007 Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum Zeitschriftenbeitrag PeerReviewed 2013 ftdlr https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00254.1 2019-06-02T22:52:57Z Observations of the Earth from space have been made for over 40 years and have contributed to advances in many aspects of climate science. However, attempts to exploit this wealth of data are often hampered by a lack of homogeneity 30 and continuity, and by insufficient understanding of the products and their uncertainties. There is, therefore, a need to reassess and reprocess satellite datasets to maximise their usefulness for climate science. The European Space Agency (ESA) has responded to this need by establishing the Climate Change Initiative (CCI). The CCI will create new climate data records for (currently) thirteen essential climate variables (ECVs) and make these open and easily accessible to all. Each ECV project works closely with users to produce time series from the available satellite observations relevant to users’ needs. A Climate Modelling Users’ Group provides a climate system perspective and a forum to bring the data and modelling communities together. This paper presents the CCI programme. It outlines its benefit and presents approaches and challenges for each ECV project, covering clouds, aerosols, ozone, greenhouse gases, sea surface temperature, ocean colour, sea level, sea ice, land cover, fire, glaciers, soil moisture and ice sheets. It also discusses how the CCI approach may contribute to defining and shaping future developments in Earth observation for climate science. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Sea ice German Aerospace Center: elib - DLR electronic library Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 94 10 1541 1552 |
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Observations of the Earth from space have been made for over 40 years and have contributed to advances in many aspects of climate science. However, attempts to exploit this wealth of data are often hampered by a lack of homogeneity 30 and continuity, and by insufficient understanding of the products and their uncertainties. There is, therefore, a need to reassess and reprocess satellite datasets to maximise their usefulness for climate science. The European Space Agency (ESA) has responded to this need by establishing the Climate Change Initiative (CCI). The CCI will create new climate data records for (currently) thirteen essential climate variables (ECVs) and make these open and easily accessible to all. Each ECV project works closely with users to produce time series from the available satellite observations relevant to users’ needs. A Climate Modelling Users’ Group provides a climate system perspective and a forum to bring the data and modelling communities together. This paper presents the CCI programme. It outlines its benefit and presents approaches and challenges for each ECV project, covering clouds, aerosols, ozone, greenhouse gases, sea surface temperature, ocean colour, sea level, sea ice, land cover, fire, glaciers, soil moisture and ice sheets. It also discusses how the CCI approach may contribute to defining and shaping future developments in Earth observation for climate science. |
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Hollmann, Rainer Merchant, C. Saunders, R. Downy, C. Buchwith, M. Cazenave, A. Chuvieco, E. Defourny, P. de Leeuw, Gerrit Forsberg, R. Holzer-Popp, Thomas Paul, F. Sadven, S. Sathyendranath, S. van Roozendael, M. Wagner, W. |
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The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables |
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The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables |
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The ESA Climate Change Initiative: satellite data records for essential climate variables |
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