On this Moodle page we are hosting a number of resources to help in handling datasets and prepare for the training course.
In order to be ready:
The main objectives of EUMETSAT Atmospheric Composition SAF (AC SAF, https://acsaf.org/index.html) is to process, archive, validate and disseminate atmospheric composition products from GOME-2 and IASI instruments onboard EUMETSAT Metop satellites. These products include e.g. total columns of different trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), ozone (O3) and sulphur dioxide (SO2), tropospheric column of NO2, CO, UV-radiation, aerosol index as well as ozone profiles. This section describes the products relevant for this course obtained from GOME-2 instrument, while IASI products are described in separate section. Important applications of AC SAF data are e.g. monitoring global air quality or UV-radiation reaching the Earth's surface. In this section you will learn about AC SAF data products, what kind of studies they are useful for, and how you can access the data.
AC SAF provides three different types of datasets of GOME-2 observations: Near Real Time, Offline, and Data Records. The datasets that will be used in this course are:
From this section you can find basic information on trace gases (NO2 and Tropospheric O3 ) and aerosol parameters relevant for the course, and learn which kind of studies you can use the data for.
This section gives a short overview of GOME-2 NRT and Offline trace gas and aerosol data.
This section gives a short overview on GOME-2 Level 3 Data Records.
In this section you will learn how to register as a user to the DLR ATMOS and FMI data services. This is needed in order to download the trace gas (DLR) and aerosol (FMI) data.
In this section you will learn how you can access the data via DLR ATMOS and FMI data services.