Sentinel-5P TROPOMI – Cloud-Top Height (CTH), Level 3 – Global

The TROPOMI instrument onboard the Copernicus SENTINEL-5 Precursor satellite is a nadir-viewing, imaging spectrometer that provides global measurements of atmospheric properties and constituents on a daily basis. It is contributing to monitoring air quality and climate, providing critical information to services and decision makers.

The instrument uses passive remote sensing techniques by measuring the top of atmosphere solar radiation reflected by and radiated from the earth and its atmosphere. The four spectrometers of TROPOMI cover the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), Near Infra-Red (NIR) and Short Wavelength Infra-Red (SWIR) domains of the electromagnetic spectrum. The operational trace gas products generated at DLR on behave ESA are: Ozone (O3), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Formaldehyde (HCHO), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Methane (CH4), together with clouds and aerosol properties.

This product displays the Cloud-Top Height (CTH) around the globe. Clouds play a crucial role in the Earth's climate system and have significant effects on trace gas retrievals. The cloud-top height is retrieved from the O2-A band using the ROCINN algorithm. Daily observations are binned onto a regular latitude-longitude grid.

This product is created in the scope of the project INPULS. It develops (a) innovative retrieval algorithms and processors for the generation of value-added products from the atmospheric Copernicus missions Sentinel-5 Precursor, Sentinel-4, and Sentinel-5, (b) cloud-based (re)processing systems, (c) improved data discovery and access technologies as well as server-side analytics for the users, and (d) data visualization services.

Citation proposal
. Sentinel-5P TROPOMI – Cloud-Top Height (CTH), Level 3 – Global. http://gdk-inspire-1.ffm.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/8308bb92-86b9-41ac-b8d8-493d0d2b2b0e

Simple

Date ( Creation ): 2023-12-11T10:00:00

Identifier: https://geoservice.dlr.de/catalogue/srv/metadata/8308bb92-86b9-41ac-b8d8-493d0d2b2b0e

Presentation form: Digital map

Status: ongoing

Point of contact

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Distributor

German Aerospace Center (DLR) - ( )

Maintenance and update frequency: Daily

Keywords

DLR
EOC
inspireidentifiziert
Sentinel-5P
TROPOMI
cloud-top height
Atmosphere
Cloud-Top Height (CTH)
Daily
Level 3
opendata

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )

Atmospheric conditions

Spatial scope ( Theme )

Global

Use limitation: Nutzungseinschränkungen: Das DLR ist nicht haftbar für Schäden, die sich aus der Nutzung ergeben. / Use Limitations: DLR not liable for damage resulting from use.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Nutzungsbedingungen: Lizenz, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 / Terms of use: License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Other constraints

{"id": "cc-by-4.0",

"name": "Creative Commons Namensnennung - 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)",

"url": "http://dcat-ap.de/def/licenses/cc-by/4.0",

"quelle": "Copyright DLR (2023)"}

Spatial representation type: Grid

Denominator: 2000000

Metadata language: German

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Distribution format

GeoTIFF ()

OnLine resource: Atmos - TROPOMI / S5P Webpage
Project Website

OnLine resource: Atmos - TROPOMI / S5P Webpage Calendar
Project Website Quicklook Calendar

OnLine resource: EOC Geoservice Map Context
EOC Geoservice Map Context (s5p:tropomi:l3)

OnLine resource: EOC Download Service
Sentinel-5p Tropomi L3 Download Service - EOC Download Service

OnLine resource: S5P_TROPOMI_L3_P1D_CTH
WMS Access: S5P L3 Cloud-Top Height (CTH)

OnLine resource: S5P_TROPOMI_L3_P1D_CTH
EOC STAC Collection

OnLine resource: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/atmosphere/wms?SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

OnLine resource: https://geoservice.dlr.de/eoc/atmosphere/wcs?SERVICE=WCS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities

Hierarchy level: Series

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Date ( Publication ): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification.

Pass: true

Statement: The input data for the L3 product is the Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Level 2 product "L2__CLOUD_"

Description: Processing: Data aggregation of L2 datasets with UMAS into global equirectangular L3 grids of 0.1 deg resolution based on a nearest neighbour approach, with propagation of retrieved main variables, number of observations, quality assurance and uncertainties.