SAGE III Satellite Monthly Polar Cloud Presence Data

SAGE III Meteor-3M L2 Monthly Cloud Presence Data provides a monthly compilation of polar cloud presence coincident with solar event granules. This dataset originates from NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III instrument on the Russian Meteor-3M spacecraft, which collected atmospheric profiles from December 2001 until mission termination on March 6, 2006. It offers information on cloud presence during data capture with a vertical resolution of 0.5 to 1 kilometer.

Use Cases

• Analyzing monthly polar cloud presence frequency coincident with solar events.
• Studying the vertical distribution of cloud formations in the mesosphere, stratosphere, and upper troposphere.
• Investigating correlations between cloud presence and atmospheric gas profiles like ozone or water vapor.
• Assessing long-term changes in polar cloud properties from 2001 to 2006.

Strengths

• Data originates from NASA's Earth Observing System, a crucial satellite-borne instrument.
• Provides profile measurements with a defined vertical resolution of 0.5 to 1 km.
• Covers a specific mission time range from December 2001 to March 2006.

Limitations

• Column names and exact row counts are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one states 2005-12-31, another states 2026-03-12.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Satellite-borne instrument measurements from the SAGE III on the Meteor-3M platform.

Time Range

December 2001 to March 6, 2006

Freshness

2026-03 12 22:15:09.483860

Geography

Polar regions