HD(CP)2 long term observations, cloud top altitude (geometric height above geoid) data of SEVIRI on Meteosat (no. 00), full domain observation by TROPOS, data version 00
Daily files of SEVIRI on Meteosat: cloud top altitude.
Access
To get all files use this wget command replacing your login credentials:
wget -nc -r -l3 -A.nc -R "catalog*" -nd -I /thredds/fileServer/,/thredds/catalog/ 'http://meteorologie.rz.uni-leipzig.de:8080/thredds/catalog/hdcp2/seviri/00/zgct/l2/hdfd/trop/catalog, '
Instrument 1
- Source: MSG-SEVIRI channel 6.2, 7.3, 10.8, 12.0 and 13.4 μm
- Descriptive Instrument location: SEVIRI is the main instrument on board Meteosat-9. Meteosat-9 is located in the geostationary orbit at 9.5° E.
Global information
- PID: de.koeln.rrzk/amd.ceu.hdfd/trop.seviri00.l2.zgct
- Level: 2
- Updated version: 00
- File format: NETCDF4
- Convention: CF-1.6
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 6 Mb
- File name: hdfd_trop_seviri00_l2_zgct_v[VV]_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2007-01-01
- End: ongoing
Variables
| Name | Dimension | CF standard_name | long_name | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| zgct | time, y, x | cloud_top_altitude | cloud_top_altitude | m |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Hartwig Deneke (deneke@tropos.de)
References
Marcel Derrien,Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for “Cloud Products” (CMa-PGE01 v3.2, CT-PGE02 v2.2 & CTTH-PGE03 v2.2)