Monthly mean cloud top temperature, cloud top height, and cloud optical thickness products retrieved from the FY3A satellite. The data is used for studying the role of clouds in the Earth's radiation balance and climate change research. It is produced by the organization SCIOPS.
Use Cases
- Analyzing temporal trends in cloud top temperature to study climate feedback mechanisms.
- Correlating cloud optical thickness with cloud top height to understand cloud microphysical properties.
- Validating and improving climate model simulations using monthly mean satellite observations of cloud properties.
Strengths
- Data provides three key cloud physical parameters for climate analysis.
- Products are aggregated to monthly means, reducing noise from instantaneous retrievals.
Limitations
- Specific row count, geographic coverage, and temporal range are unknown.
- Data quality and validation details against ground truth are not provided.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Earthdata, from the FY3A satellite.
- Collection Method
- Satellite remote sensing retrieval.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global, from satellite observation.