Products


Version 1.0 of the aerosol climatology is to contain the following categorised products:

Directly Measured Products

ProductInstrumentTime ContributionAvailable
Extinction (0.385 um)SAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Extinction (0.385 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.448 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.450 um)SAGE I1979 - 1981Yes
Extinction (0.453 um)SAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Extinction (0.521 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.525 um)SAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Extinction (0.596 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.676 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.754 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (0.868 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (1.000 um)SAGE I1979 - 1981Yes
Extinction (1.000 um)SAM II1978 - 1993Yes
Extinction (1.019 um)SAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Extinction (1.019 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (1.060 um)POAM II1993 - 1996Yes
Extinction (1.550 um)SAGE III2002 - 2003Yes
Extinction (4.510 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (5.280 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (6.230 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (6.760 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (7.430 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (7.810 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (8.090 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (10.00 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (11.40 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (12.10 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Extinction (16.30 um)ISAMS1991 - 1992Yes
Water VapourSAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
TemperatureSAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Errors for all the above - - Yes

Derived Products

ProductInstrumentTime ContributionAvailable
Particle Number DensitySAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Mode RadiusSAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Log Normal SpreadSAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Effective RadiusSAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Surface Area DensitySAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Volume DensitySAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Composition*SAGE II1984 - 2001Yes
Errors for all the above** - -Yes

* The composition value provides the weight fraction of H2SO4. A negative value indicates there is an additional presence of ammonium sulphate.

** The standard error on the mean as a percentage of the mean is used. Ie. for a grid box containing data points:


where: = the mean value of the data in the grid box.
= the standard deviation of the data in the grid box.
= the reported error.

Data will be processed to remove any presence of cirrus or polar stratospheric cloud.


Steven Marsh
Last modified: Tue May 4 17:20:02 BST 2004