PACE SPEXone Level-2 Land Properties: Aerosol and Surface Data from RemoTAP

PACE SPEXone Level-2 Regional Land Properties, RemoTAP Algorithm Data, version 3.0 provides aerosol and land-surface properties retrieved from satellite observations. The dataset includes core geophysical variables such as aerosol optical thickness, layer height, refractive index, and spectrally resolved land-surface BRDF/BPDF parameters. It is sourced from the nasa_earthdata platform via the organization OB_CLOUD.

Use Cases

• Air-quality monitoring based on aerosol optical thickness and fine mode fraction variables.
• Climate modeling and evaluation based on aerosol single scattering albedo and effective radius.
• Radiative transfer calculations based on spectrally resolved land-surface BRDF and BPDF parameters.
• Providing aerosol context for ocean-color and land analyses based on chlorophyll-a concentration and aerosol layer height.

Strengths

• Provides a joint retrieval of both atmospheric aerosol and land-surface properties, as described.
• Includes a specific suite of over 20 core geophysical variables, such as aerosol optical thickness and land-surface BRDF coefficients.
• Designed for applications in air-quality studies, climate research, and model evaluation.

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the nasa_earthdata satellite observation platform.

Provenance

Source

nasa_earthdata platform, organization OB_CLOUD

Collection Method

Satellite remote sensing data processed with the RemoTAP algorithm.

Geography

Regional coverage (implied by 'Regional' in title), specific areas unknown.