AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Integrated Water Vapor (1-Month, 0.1 deg)

GCOM-W/AMSR2 L3 Integrated Water Vapor (1-Month, 0.1 deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR2 sensor onboard GCOM-W and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-W was launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 21 (H-IIA F21) at 1:39 a.m. on May 18th, 2012 (Japan Standard Time, JST) and inserted into a planned position on the "A-Train" orbit. GCOM-W equipped with AMSR2 takes measurements at multiple microwave frequencies and multiple polarizations of weak electromagnetic waves in the microwave band radiated from the Earthâs surface and the atmosphere. AMSR2 has swath of 1450 km and 7 microwave bands. The observation data will enable the creation of long-term trustworthy data sets of global physical amount. The Level 3 process uses as its inputs one day's worth of Level 1B data and Level 2 data and calculates, by taking a simple arithmetic mean, the daily statistical mean value at each grid point in the specified mapping projection method (either equi-rectangular or polar stereo). Furthermore, Level 3 processing takes one month's worth of each geophysical parameter's Level 3 daily statistical mean values and calculates the monthly statistical mean value at each grid point using a simple arithmetic mean in the same way as the daily statistical mean calculation. The statistical means are calculated separately for observations along the satellite's ascending and descending tracks. This dataset includes MonthMean Integrated Water Vapor (WV), Standard Deviation (Standard_Deviation), Average Number (Average_Number) and Total Number (Total_Number). WV is amount of vertically accumulated water vapor (H2O in gaseous state) in the atmosphere, and defined as amount of water per unit area. Coverage of the product is over the ocean only, and unit is [kg/m2]. Total precipitable water is one of essential hydrological parameters describing state of the atmosphere along with precipitation and cloud liquid water. Standard_Deviation is standard deviation value for each pixel. This item is only stored in monthly product. Average_Number is the number of valid physical quantity data (except error and missing) which was used to determine "Geophysical Data". Total_Number is the number of physical quantity data included in the grid (include valid and invalid). The provided format is HDF5. The Sampling resolution is 0.1degree grid. The statistical period is 1 month. The current version of the product is Version 2. The Version 1 is also available. The projection method is EQR. The generation unit is global.
Aqua/AMSR-E L3 AMSR2 Format 36.5GHz Mean for Brightness Temperature (1-Day, 0.1 deg)

Aqua/AMSR-E L3 AMSR2 Format 36.5GHz Mean for Brightness Temperature (1-Day, 0.1 deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR-E sensor onboard Aqua and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Aqua of NASA was launched on May 4th, 2002 in Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit. Aqua observes various kinds of physical phenomena related to water and energy circulation from space. Aqua data promoted the research activities for interactions between the atmosphere, oceans and lands, and their effects on climate changes. AMSR-E scans the Earth's surface by mechanically rotating the antenna and acquires radiance data of the Earth's surface. Each frequency band is monitored by vertical and horizontal polarized wave. It conically scans and keeps an angle of incidence on the earth surface (a nominal of 55 degrees) and accomplishes a swath width of about 1450 km. The AMSR-E reached its limit to maintain the antenna rotation speed necessary for regular observations, and the AMSR-E restarted its observation in slow rotation mode (2 rotations per minute) on December 4, 2012. However, the AMSR-E reached its limit to maintain the antenna rotation speed necessary for slow rotation mode and it automatically halted its observation and rotation on December 4, 2015. Level 3 data inputs level 1B and level 2 data and projected to the map in accordance with the specified projection technique (Equi-Rectangular (EQR) or Polar Stereographic (PS)), and then averaged temporally and spatially. These statistical values are computed for observation data on ascending orbit and descending orbit respectively. This product includes averaged Brightness Temperature at 36.5GHz (Brightness_Temperature_(H), Brightness_Temperature_(H)). Values that are calculated from sensor counts and are proportional to the power of observed electromagnetic wave. Unit is Kelvin. Horizontal polarized wave and vertical polarized wave are stored separately.  The provided format is HDF5. The spatial resolution is 0.1 deg. The statistical period is 1 day. The current version of the product is "Version 4". The projection method is EQR and PS. The generation unit is global.
GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Statistics-Snow and Ice Cover Extent (8-Days,1km)

GCOM-C/SGLI L2 Statistics-Snow and Ice cover extent (8-days, 1km) dataset is obtained from the SGLI sensor onboard GCOM-C and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-C is Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit satellite launched on December 23, 2017, which mounts SGLI and conducts long-term global observations of geophysical variables related to the global climate system across 28 items including aerosol and vegetation over 4 areas of atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere. The data will be used to contribute to higher accuracy of global warming prediction. The SGLI has swath of 1150 km in the visible band and 1400 km in the infrared band. Level 2 statistics products are using the Level2 product of land and cryosphere (Daily, Tile, 250 m or 1 km resolution) as input, it calculates and outputs the temporal statistics of 8-days or 1-month. The region definition and spatial resolutions of the output product are kept those of input data.This dataset includes SICE_Nsnow1: Number of snow or ice cover, SICE_Nsnow2: Number of snow with vegetation or bare ice, SICE_Nsnow3: Number of melting snow. Their physical quantity unit is dimensionless. Using the Level2 product as input, it calculates and outputs the temporal statistics of 8-days. The region definition and spatial resolutions of the output product are kept those of input data.The physical quantity unit is micrometer. The statistics values stored to product are average (AVE), root-mean-square (RMS), maximum value (MAX), minimum value (MIN), number of input data (Ninput), number of used data (Nused), date of observation (Date), and quality flag (QA_flag).The provided format is HDF5. The spatial resolution is 1 km. The statistical period is 8 days also 1 month is available. The projection method is EQA. The generation unit is Tile. The current version of the product is Version 3. The Version 2 is also available.
ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Soil Moisture

ADEOS-II/AMSR L2 Soil Moisture dataset is obtained from the AMSR sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) was launched on December 14, 2002 (Japanese Standard Time). The objective of ADEOS-II was to acquire data to contribute to international global climate change research, as well as for applications such as meteorology and fishery. ADEOS-II operation on orbit was given up on October 31 2003, because sufficient electric power was not available to maintain operation of the satellite.AMSR observes various physical contents concerning to water (H2O) by receiving weak microwaves naturally radiated from the Earth's surface and atmosphere and also regardless of day or night, the presence of clouds. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the circulation of water and energy.Level 2 product stores the Geophysical quantity from the brightness temperature of level 1 product. This product includes Soil Moisture (SM). In general, at a smooth interface between two semi-infinite media, the emissivity is equal to one minus the Fresnel power reflectivity, which is calculated by using dielectric constant of the media and incident angle. Among the water surface emissivity at AMSR observing frequencies, 6.9; l0.6, 18.7, 36.5 and 89 GHz, the emissivity is larger at the higher frequency than at the lower one for both polarizations. The index, the discrepancy between the brightness temperatures at two frequencies divided by one at lower frequency, can be used as an index for surface wetness. The physical quantity unit is %.The provided format is HDF4. Spatial resolution is 10 km. The current version of the product is "Version 7". The generation unit is scene (defined as a half orbit).
GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Atmospheric corrected reflectance(SLZV) (1-Month,1/24 deg)

GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Atmospheric corrected reflectance (SLZV) (1-Month,1/24 deg) is obtained from the SGLI sensor onboard GCOM-C and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-C is Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit satellite launched on December 23, 2017, which mounts SGLI and conducts long-term global observations of geophysical variables related to the global climate system across 28 items including aerosol and vegetation over 4 areas of atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere. The data will be used to contribute to higher accuracy of global warming prediction. The SGLI has swath of 1150 km in the visible band and 1400 km in the infrared band. Level 3 products are defined to be products derived from Level 1B and Level 2 products by statistically processing the Level 1B and Level 2 products in time and space domains. Level 3 products are defined to be products derived from Level 1B and Level 2 products by statistically processing the Level 1B and Level 2 products in time and space domains.This dataset is 1 month map-projected statistics product. This dataset includes solar zenith angle of VNR-NP sensor. The data unit is degree. The stored statistics values are average (AVE) and quality flag (QA_flag). The provided format is HDF5. The spatial resolution is 1/24 degree. The statistical period is 1 month, also 1 day and 8 days statistics are available. The projection method is EQR. The generation unit is Global. The current version of the product is Version 3. The Version 2 is also available.
GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Atmospheric Correction Parameter (ACP T670) (8-Days,1/24 deg)

GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Atmospheric Correction Parameter (ACP T670) (8-Days,1/24 deg) dataset is obtained from the SGLI sensor onboard GCOM-C and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-C is Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit satellite launched on December 23, 2017, which mounts SGLI and conducts long-term global observations of geophysical variables related to the global climate system across 28 items including aerosol and vegetation over 4 areas of atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere. The data will be used to contribute to higher accuracy of global warming prediction. The SGLI has swath of 1150 km in the visible band and 1400 km in the infrared band. Level 3 products are defined to be products derived from Level 1B and Level 2 products by statistically processing the Level 1B and Level 2 products in time and space domains.This dataset is 8 days map-projected statistics product. This dataset includes TAUA_670: Aerosol Optical Thickness (TauA) at 673.5. The physical quantity unit is nm. The stored statistics values are average (AVE) and quality flag (QA_flag). The provided format is HDF5. The Spatial resolution is 1/24 degree. The statistical period is 8 days, also 1 day and 1 month statistics are available. The projection method is EQR. The generation unit is Global. The current version of the product is Version 3. The Version 2 is also available.
GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Vegetation Roughness Index (VRI) (1-Month,1/24 deg)

GCOM-C/SGLI L3 Map Vegetation Roughness Index (VRI) (1-Month,1/24 deg) is obtained from the SGLI sensor onboard GCOM-C and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). GCOM-C is Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit satellite launched on December 23, 2017, which mounts SGLI and conducts long-term global observations of geophysical variables related to the global climate system across 28 items including aerosol and vegetation over 4 areas of atmosphere, land, ocean, and cryosphere. The data will be used to contribute to higher accuracy of global warming prediction. The SGLI has swath of 1150 km in the visible band and 1400 km in the infrared band. Level 3 products are defined to be products derived from Level 1B and Level 2 products by statistically processing the Level 1B and Level 2 products in time and space domains.This dataset is 1 month map-projected statistics product. This dataset includes VRI: Vegetation Roughness Index and QA_flag. Physical quantity unit is dimensionless. The stored statistics values are average (AVE) and quality flag (QA_flag).The statistical period is 1 month, also 1 day and 8 days statistics are available. The projection method is EQR. The generation unit is Global. The current version of the product is Version 3. The Version 2 is also available.
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Ocean Color (1-Month)

ADEOS OCTS L3B GAC OC 1month dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena. This product is monthly L3B, Level 3 binned GAC (Global Area Coverage) Ocean Color (OC) product (temporarily and spatially sampled) from level 2 data. GAG OC product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrated. Ocean color product stores Bin data, Normalized water-leaving radiance at 412nm, 443nm, 490nm, 520nm, 565nm, Aerosol radiance at 670nm, 765nm, 865nm, epsilon(670 : 865), and tau-a  at 865nm. CZCS-like pigment, chlor_a,  K_490, and chlor_a_K_490 data. These parameters are sum of natural logs of binned pixel values for corresponding and squares of natural logs of binned pixel values for corresponding each parameter.Normalized water-leaving radiance, Aerosol radiance, epsilon, and tau-a at 865nm data are stored in one subordinate file. The physical quantity unit except epsilon and tau_865 is âmW/cm-2/mm-1/sr-1â. CZCS_pigment is CZCS-like pigment concentration data. The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-3". Chlor_a data is Chlorophyll a concentration data. The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-3". K_490 data is diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm. The physical quantity unit is "m-1". Chlor_a_K_490 is integral chlorophyll, calculated using the Level 2 values chlorophyll a divided by K(490). The physical quantity unit is "mg/m-2".The provided format is HDF4 format. The unit of geophysical quantity in this product is "mg/m^3".
Aqua/AMSR-E L3 18.7GHz-H Mean for Brightness Temperature (1-Day, 0.25 deg)

Aqua/AMSR-E L3 18.7GHz-H Mean for Brightness Temperature (1-Day, 0.25 deg) dataset is obtained from the AMSR-E sensor onboard Aqua and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Aqua of NASA was launched on May 4th, 2002 in Sun-synchronous sub-recurrent Orbit. Aqua observes various kinds of physical phenomena related to water and energy circulation from space. Aqua data promoted the research activities for interactions between the atmosphere, oceans and lands, and their effects on climate changes. AMSR-E scans the Earth's surface by mechanically rotating the antenna and acquires radiance data of the Earth's surface. Each frequency band is monitored by vertical and horizontal polarized wave. It conically scans and keeps an angle of incidence on the earth surface (a nominal of 55 degrees) and accomplishes a swath width of about 1450 km. The AMSR-E reached its limit to maintain the antenna rotation speed necessary for regular observations, and the AMSR-E restarted its observation in slow rotation mode (2 rotations per minute) on December 4, 2012. However, the AMSR-E reached its limit to maintain the antenna rotation speed necessary for slow rotation mode and it automatically halted its observation and rotation on December 4, 2015. Level 3 data inputs level 1B and level 2 data and projected to the map in accordance with the specified projection technique (Equi-Rectangular (EQR) or Polar Stereographic (PS)), and then averaged temporally and spatially. These statistical values are computed for observation data on ascending orbit and descending orbit respectively. This product includes daily mean Brightness Temperature at 18.7GHz horizontal polarized wave. Values that are calculated from sensor counts and are proportional to the power of observed electromagnetic wave. Unit is Kelvin. The provided format is HDF4. The statistical period is 1 day. The current version of the product is "Version 3". The projection method is EQR and PS. The generation unit is global.
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Map Ocean Color (OCP) (1-Day)

ADEOS OCTS L3BM GAC OCP 1day dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena.This product is daily L3BM, Level 3 binned map GAC (Global Area Coverage) OCP (Ocean Color-CZCS like pigment concentration) product. Level 3 Binned map products are generated from Level 3 Binned products and classified into three subproducts: ocean color, vegetation, and sea surface temperature. GAG OCL product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrate. This product is one of the Ocean Color product stores, and these parameters are array of CZCS-like pigment concentration and palette data. The unit of geophysical quantity in this product is "mg/m-3". The provided format is HDF4 format. The image data object, 13m-data, in each binned map product is a byte-valued, 4,096 * 2,048 array of an Equal-Area Rectangular projection of the globe
ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Cloud Liquid Water Path of water cloud by reflection method (16days,1/4deg)

ADEOS-II/GLI L3 Binned Cloud Liquid Water Path of water cloud by reflection method (16days,1/4deg) is obtained from the GLI (Global-Imager) sensor onboard ADEOS-II and produced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Global environment change has become a worldwide concern in recent years. In order to clarify these environmental changes, the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS-II, renamed "Midori II" after launch) has been developed for the purpose of monitoring the Earth environment using remote sensing technology from space. Midori II carries mission instruments that are particularly dedicated to clarify the water energy cycle and the carbon cycle, and is expected to be utilized for international climate change research programs. GLI an optical sensor that observes the reflected solar radiation from the Earth's surface, including land, oceans and clouds and/or infrared radiation with a multi-channel system for measuring the biological content. The SGLI has a swath of 1600 km.  This product is cloud liquid water path of water cloud by reflection method. Undesirable radiation components such as ground-reflected solar radiation and thermal radiation are guessed from satellite-received radiances in channels 13, 30 and 35 of GLI and subtracted from radiances in channels 13 and 30 to derive the reflected solar radiation of a cloud layer which includes information about cloud microphysical properties. This method can be applied to a broad range of water clouds from semi-transparent to thick clouds. This product includes sum, square sum, max, min of each pixel is included.The provided format is HDF. The physical quantity unit is g/m^2. The spatial resolution is 1/4 degree and the statistical period is 16 days, also 1month statistics is available. Map projection is EQR. The generation unit is global. The current version of the product is "Version 2".
ADEOS OCTS L3 GAC Binned Map Vegetation indices (1-Year)

ADEOS OCTS L3BM GAC VI 1year dataset is obtained from OCTS sensor onboard ADEOS and produced by NASDA (National Space Development Agency of Japan). Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) is sun-synchronous quasi-recurrent orbiter launched on August 17, 1996, and carries OCTS (Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner) and AVNIR (Advanced Visible and Near-Infrared Radiometer) sensor.The main objectives of ADEOS (MIDORI) is to contribute to elucidation of phenomena of the earth system through integrated observation of geophysical parameters using a number of sensors. ADEOS operation on orbit was given up on June 30, 1997, because the generated power was lost due to the accident of the blanket of the solar array paddle breaking. OCTS observes the amount of chlorophyll and various substances contained in the sea, sea surface temperature, cloud formation process, etc by receiving 12 bands of wavelengths from the visible light region to the thermal infrared region. The observation field of OCTS is about 1400km, and it is possible to scan in the north-south direction. Those sensors aim at collecting global data for mainly understanding the state of the ocean and its phenomena.This product is annually L3BM, Level 3 Binned map GAC (Global Area Coverage) Vegetation Index (VI) product. Level 3 Binned map products are generated from Level 3 Binned products and classified into three subproducts: ocean color, vegetation, and sea surface temperature. GAG VI product is daily or weekly, monthly, annually integrated. These parameters are array of vegetation indices and palette data.The provided format is HDF4 format. The image data object, 13m-data, in each binned map product is a byte-valued, 4,096 * 2,048 array of an Equal-Area Rectangular projection of the globe. The unit of geophysical quantity in this product is "dimensionless".