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METOP GOME-2 - Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) - Global

Gridded Level 3 SO2 total column densities derived from the Metop/GOME-2-instruments. Volcanoes are the largest soures of SO2 in the atmosphere, depending on the erruption the Sulfurous compounds can be injected into stratosphere but in most cases it stays within the troposphere. Another important source is the coal combustion. Desulfurisation facilities within the power stations have reduced the sulfur emissions around the globe. In the stratosphere sulfur is a key component for building up aerosols, which reflect parts of the solar irradiation. The total SO2 column is retrieved from GOME solar back-scattered measurements in the ultraviolet wavelength region [using the DOAS method]. Depending on the plume SO2 can be a very strong absorber, because of that the ODAS retrieval might have some smaller issues, they can be reduced by choosing different wavelenght ranges depending on the signal. We apply three different fitting windows between 310 and 360nm. For the AMF, we assume a plumeheight of 6 km altitude. The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY / Envisat. Three instruments operate on board EUMETSAT's Meteorological Operational satellites MetOp-A, -B, and -C, launched in 2006, 2012, and 2018, respectively. GOME-2 measures a range of atmospheric trace constituents, with the emphasis on global ozone distribution. Furthermore, cloud properties and intensities of ultraviolet radiation are retrieved. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants. DLR generates operational GOME-2 / MetOp products in the framework of EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC-SAF).

METOP GOME-2 - Ozone (O3) - Global

Gridded Level 3 ozone column densities derived from the Metop/GOME-2-instruments. In the stratosphere – where the majority of the total O3 amount is located - O3 plays an vital role for the UV protection. In the troposphere O3 is generated by chemical processes caused by natural and anthropogenic emission of NO2 and volatile organic components (VOCs) (e.g. HCHO). Direct exposure to O3 is harmfull for humans and our environment. The total O3 column is retrieved from GOME solar back-scattered measurements in the uv wavelength region 325-335nm [using the DOAS method]. To determine the AMF an iterative process is applied, the assumed profile depends on the latitude, month, but also on the total column. The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY / Envisat. Three instruments operate on board EUMETSAT's Meteorological Operational satellites MetOp-A, -B, and -C, launched in 2006, 2012, and 2018, respectively. GOME-2 measures a range of atmospheric trace constituents, with the emphasis on global ozone distribution. Furthermore, cloud properties and intensities of ultraviolet radiation are retrieved. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants. DLR generates operational GOME-2 / MetOp products in the framework of EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC-SAF).

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Surface Nitrogendioxide (NO2), Level 4 – Regional (Germany and neighboring countries)

The TROPOMI instrument onboard the Copernicus SENTINEL-5 Precursor satellite is a nadir-viewing, imaging spectrometer that provides global measurements of atmospheric properties and constituents on a daily basis. It is contributing to monitoring air quality and climate, providing critical information to services and decision makers. The instrument uses passive remote sensing techniques by measuring the top of atmosphere solar radiation reflected by and radiated from the earth and its atmosphere. The four spectrometers of TROPOMI cover the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), Near Infra-Red (NIR) and Short Wavelength Infra-Red (SWIR) domains of the electromagnetic spectrum. The operational trace gas products generated at DLR on behave ESA are: Ozone (O3), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Formaldehyde (HCHO), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Methane (CH4), together with clouds and aerosol properties. This product displays the Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) near surface concentration for Germany and neighboring countries as derived from the POLYPHEMUS/DLR air quality model. Surface NO2 is mainly generated by anthropogenic sources, e.g. transport and industry. POLYPHEMUS/DLR is a state-of-the-art air quality model taking into consideration - meteorological conditions, - photochemistry, - anthropogenic and natural (biogenic) emissions, - TROPOMI NO2 observations for data assimilation. This Level 4 air quality product (surface NO2 at 15:00 UTC) is based on innovative algorithms, processors, data assimilation schemes and operational processing and dissemination chain developed in the framework of the INPULS project. The DLR project INPULS develops (a) innovative retrieval algorithms and processors for the generation of value-added products from the atmospheric Copernicus missions Sentinel-5 Precursor, Sentinel-4, and Sentinel-5, (b) cloud-based (re)processing systems, (c) improved data discovery and access technologies as well as server-side analytics for the users, and (d) data visualization services.

Sentinel-5P TROPOMI – Ultraviolet Index (UVI), Level 3 – Global

UV Index (UVI) as derived from TROPOMI observations. The UVI describes the intensity of the solar ultraviolet radiation. Values around zero indicate low, values greater than 10 indicate very high UV exposure on the ground. The TROPOMI instrument onboard the Copernicus SENTINEL-5 Precursor satellite is a nadir-viewing, imaging spectrometer that provides global measurements of atmospheric properties and constituents on a daily basis. It is contributing to monitoring air quality and climate, providing critical information to services and decision makers. The instrument uses passive remote sensing techniques by measuring the top of atmosphere solar radiation reflected by and radiated from the earth and its atmosphere. The four spectrometers of TROPOMI cover the ultraviolet (UV), visible (VIS), Near Infra-Red (NIR) and Short Wavelength Infra-Red (SWIR) domains of the electromagnetic spectrum. The operational trace gas products generated at DLR on behave ESA are: Ozone (O3), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Formaldehyde (HCHO), Carbon Monoxide (CO) and Methane (CH4), together with clouds and aerosol properties. This product is created in the scope of the project INPULS. It develops (a) innovative retrieval algorithms and processors for the generation of value-added products from the atmospheric Copernicus missions Sentinel-5 Precursor, Sentinel-4, and Sentinel-5, (b) cloud-based (re)processing systems, (c) improved data discovery and access technologies as well as server-side analytics for the users, and (d) data visualization services.

Klimamonitoring mit Radio-Okkultationsdaten

Die Bereitstellung genauer, langzeit-stabiler Messdaten wurde vom Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) im Report des Jahres 2001 als eine der Aktionen höchster Priorität für die zukünftige Klimabeobachtung definiert. Bis jetzt war es nicht möglich, Trends in der Atmosphärentemperatur mit Satellitendaten in überzeugender Genauigkeit zu bestimmen. Radio-Okkultationsdaten (RO), die mittels Signalen von Navigationssatelliten (GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite System) gewonnen werden, haben das Potential, die Probleme traditioneller Datenquellen zu lösen. Die besondere Eignung für die Klimabeobachtung resultiert aus der einzigartigen Kombination aus hoher Genauigkeit, hoher vertikaler Auflösung, Langzeit-Stabilität, globaler Bedeckung und Allwetter-Tauglichkeit. Die Eignung zur Klimabeobachtung wurde durch Simulationsstudien und klimatologische Analysen echter Daten nachgewiesen. CLIMROCC verwendet RO Daten der Okkultationssensoren auf den Satelliten CHAMP, SAC-C, MetOp (Start geplant für April 2006) und COSMIC (Start geplant für März 2006). Mit ihnen werden genaue, validierte Monats-, Saison- und Jahresklimatologien von Temperatur, Geopotentieller Höhe, Feuchte und Refraktivität in der oberen Troposphäre und unteren Stratosphäre (UTLS) mit einer horizontalen Auflösung von ca. 500 - 1500 km berechnet. Diese Arbeit baut auf existierenden Einzelsatelliten-Klimatologien von CHAMP auf, der erstmals die Möglichkeit bot, solche Klimatologien zu bilden. Zurzeit werden Temperaturfelder für die Jahre 2002-2005 berechnet; das Projekt wird Ende 2005 abgeschlossen sein. Durch Hinzunahme weiterer Klimaparameter und Ausweitung auf Multisatelliten-Klimatologien, mithilfe der Daten von COSMIC und MetOp, die eine noch höhere Qualität versprechen, zielt CLIMROCC darauf ab, einen neuen Standard für Referenz- Klimatologien in der UTLS Region zu setzen. Die Klimatologien werden modellunabhängig durch statistische Flächenmittelung berechnet, zusammen mit sorgfältigen Abschätzungen der Beobachtungs- und Repräsentativitätsfehler. Sie werden einerseits mit Analysefeldern der führenden Wettervorhersagezentren validiert, andererseits werden die Klimatologien unterschiedlicher RO Sensoren untereinander verglichen. Basierend auf diesen klimatologischen Feldern werden Indikatoren für den Klimawandel untersucht. Das übergeordnete Ziel von CLIMROCC ist, die Änderung des Klimas in der UTLS Region mit neuartiger Genauigkeit und Konsistenz zu beobachten, und damit unsere Fähigkeit zu verbessern, Klimavariabilität und Klimawandel zu detektieren, die Ursachen zu verstehen und gute Klimavorhersagen zu berechnen.

METOP GOME-2 - Cloud Top Pressure (CTP) - Global

Gridded Level 3 cloud top pressure derived from Metop/GOME observations. Cloud physical properties (cloud fraction, cloud top height, cloud optical thickness) are derived from GOME/GOME-2 observations using the OCRA (Optical Cloud Recognition Algorithm) and ROCINN (Retrieval of Cloud Information using Neural Networks). For more details please refer to relevant peer-review papers listed on the GOME and GOME-2 documentation pages: https://atmos.eoc.dlr.de/app/docs/ The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY / Envisat. Three instruments operate on board EUMETSAT's Meteorological Operational satellites MetOp-A, -B, and -C, launched in 2006, 2012, and 2018, respectively. GOME-2 measures a range of atmospheric trace constituents, with the emphasis on global ozone distribution. Furthermore, cloud properties and intensities of ultraviolet radiation are retrieved. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants. DLR generates operational GOME-2 / MetOp products in the framework of EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC-SAF).

METOP GOME-2 - Cloud Optical Thickness (COT) - Global

Gridded Level 3 cloud optical thickness derived from Metop/GOME observations. Cloud physical properties (cloud fraction, cloud top height, cloud optical thickness) are derived from GOME/GOME-2 observations using the OCRA (Optical Cloud Recognition Algorithm) and ROCINN (Retrieval of Cloud Information using Neural Networks). For more details please refer to relevant peer-review papers listed on the GOME and GOME-2 documentation pages: https://atmos.eoc.dlr.de/app/docs/ The Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2) instrument continues the long-term monitoring of atmospheric trace gas constituents started with GOME / ERS-2 and SCIAMACHY / Envisat. Three instruments operate on board EUMETSAT's Meteorological Operational satellites MetOp-A, -B, and -C, launched in 2006, 2012, and 2018, respectively. GOME-2 measures a range of atmospheric trace constituents, with the emphasis on global ozone distribution. Furthermore, cloud properties and intensities of ultraviolet radiation are retrieved. These data are crucial for monitoring the atmospheric composition and the detection of pollutants. DLR generates operational GOME-2 / MetOp products in the framework of EUMETSAT's Satellite Application Facility on Atmospheric Composition Monitoring (AC-SAF).

Satellite Color Images, Vegetation Indices, and Metabolism Indices from Würzburg, Germany from 1984 – 2023

The "Germany Mosaic" is a time series of Landsat satellite images and vectorized segments covering the entirety of Germany from 1984 to 2023. The image data are divided into TK100 sheet sections (see further details: Blattschnitt der Topographischen Karte 1:100 000). The dataset provides optimized 6-band imagery for each year, representing summer (May to July) and autumn (August to October) seasons, along with vegetation indices such as NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and NirV (Near-Infrared Reflectance of Vegetation) for the same periods. Additionally, vectorized "zones" of approximately homogeneous pixels are available for each year. The spectral properties of the image data and the morphological characteristics of these zones are included as vector attributes (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984–2023) - Data Description"). An overview of the coverage and quality of all sheet sections is provided as a vector layer titled D-Mosaik_Sheet-Sections within this document. The Germany Mosaic can also be considered a spatial-temporal Data Cube, enabling advanced analysis and integration into workflows requiring multi-dimensional data. This structure allows users to perform operations such as querying data across specific time periods, analyzing trends over decades, or aggregating spatial information to generate tailored insights for a wide range of research applications. In mid-latitudes, seasonal variations in vegetation—and consequently in the image data—are typically more pronounced than changes occurring over several years. The temporal segmentation of the dataset has been designed to encompass the entire vegetation period (May to October), with the division into summer and autumn periods capturing seasonal metabolic shifts in natural biotopes. This segmentation also records most agricultural changes, including sowing and harvesting activities. Depending on weather conditions, the individual image data represent either the median, mean value, or the best available image for the specified time period (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984–2023) - Data Description). Remote sensing has become an indispensable tool for environmental research, particularly in landscape analysis. Beyond conventional applications, the Germany Mosaic supports the development of digital twins in environmental system research. By providing detailed spatial and temporal data, this dataset enables the modeling of virtual ecosystems, facilitating simulations, scenario testing, and predictive analyses for sustainable management. Moreover, the spatial and temporal trends captured by remotely sensed parameters complement traditional approaches in biological, ecological, geographical, and epidemiological research.

Satellite Color Images, Vegetation Indices, and Metabolism Indices from Bautzen, Germany from 1985 – 2023

The "Germany Mosaic" is a time series of Landsat satellite images and vectorized segments covering the entirety of Germany from 1984 to 2023. The image data are divided into TK100 sheet sections (see further details: Blattschnitt der Topographischen Karte 1:100 000). The dataset provides optimized 6-band imagery for each year, representing summer (May to July) and autumn (August to October) seasons, along with vegetation indices such as NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) and NirV (Near-Infrared Reflectance of Vegetation) for the same periods. Additionally, vectorized "zones" of approximately homogeneous pixels are available for each year. The spectral properties of the image data and the morphological characteristics of these zones are included as vector attributes (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984–2023) - Data Description"). An overview of the coverage and quality of all sheet sections is provided as a vector layer titled D-Mosaik_Sheet-Sections within this document. The Germany Mosaic can also be considered a spatial-temporal Data Cube, enabling advanced analysis and integration into workflows requiring multi-dimensional data. This structure allows users to perform operations such as querying data across specific time periods, analyzing trends over decades, or aggregating spatial information to generate tailored insights for a wide range of research applications. In mid-latitudes, seasonal variations in vegetation—and consequently in the image data—are typically more pronounced than changes occurring over several years. The temporal segmentation of the dataset has been designed to encompass the entire vegetation period (May to October), with the division into summer and autumn periods capturing seasonal metabolic shifts in natural biotopes. This segmentation also records most agricultural changes, including sowing and harvesting activities. Depending on weather conditions, the individual image data represent either the median, mean value, or the best available image for the specified time period (see Documentation: "Mosaic (1984–2023) - Data Description). Remote sensing has become an indispensable tool for environmental research, particularly in landscape analysis. Beyond conventional applications, the Germany Mosaic supports the development of digital twins in environmental system research. By providing detailed spatial and temporal data, this dataset enables the modeling of virtual ecosystems, facilitating simulations, scenario testing, and predictive analyses for sustainable management. Moreover, the spatial and temporal trends captured by remotely sensed parameters complement traditional approaches in biological, ecological, geographical, and epidemiological research.

Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) 1158: Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; Bereich Infrastruktur - Antarktisforschung mit vergleichenden Untersuchungen in arktischen Eisgebieten, Einflüsse von Schnee auf antarktisches Meereis (SCASI)

Die Ausdehnung des antarktischen Meereises nahm im Laufe der letzten Jahre zu und steht damit im Gegensatz zur Abnahme in der Arktis. Die Gründe hierfür sind Gegenstand aktueller Forschungsprojekte. Wechselwirkungen mit der Atmosphäre und dem Ozean spielen sicherlich eine wesentliche Rolle, aber auch die dicke und heterogene Schneeauflage des Meereises hat einen große Einfluss auf das Meereis und seine Rolle im globalen Klima und Wettergeschehen. Zugleich erschwert die Schneeauflage flugzeug- und satellitenbasierte Messungen über Meereis, da sie die Oberflächeneigenschaften bestimmt und zu großen Unsicherheiten beiträgt. Entsprechend ist eine bessere Kenntnis der Schneeverteilung auf Meereis dringend erforderlich, um Veränderungen besser verstehen und simulieren zu können. Ziel des Projektes ist es die Menge und Verteilung von Schnee auf antarktischem Meereis sowie dessen physikalische Eigenschaften und deren zeitliche Variabilität zu quantifizieren. Die Entwicklung eines neuen und konsistenten Datenprodukts für Schnee auf antarktischem Meereis steht im Vordergrund des Projektes. Dieses soll die hohe Variabilität über unterschiedliche Größenskalen und Jahreszeiten abbilden. Mithilfe dieses Produktes sind wir dann in der Lage Fernerkundungsalgorithmen und Modellsimulationen zu verbessern und zu validieren. Schließlich wird unser Projekt das Gesamtverständnis der Massenbilanz und Dynamik antarktischen Meereises verbessern, und leistet so einen wichtigen Beitrag für die biologische und geochemische Erforschung des eisbedeckten Südozeans. Um diese Ziele zu erreichen, werden hochaufgelöste Modelle betrieben, die durch Feld- und Fernerkundungsdaten von antarktischem Schnee auf Meereis gestützt und geleitet werden. Im Rahmen einer neuen deutsch-schweizer Zusammenarbeit (D-A-CH Programm) werden die Meereisexpertisen aus Feldmessungen und Fernerkundung der deutschen Partner mit der Schneeexpertise aus Feldmessungen und Modellierung der Schweizer Partner kombiniert. Die Projektpartner verfügen über detaillierte Schneemessungen mehrerer erfolgreicher Feldkampagnen auf antarktischem Meereis, die durch autonome Messungen ergänzt werden. Daten der Satelliten AMSR-2, SMOS und CryoSat-2 sind verfügbar und werden genutzt, um neue Algorithmen für die Bestimmung von Schneeeigenschaften auf Meereis zu entwickeln. Diese Algorithmen und daraus resultierende Datensätze werden durch Beobachtungen validiert und verbessert. Durch die Kopplung der numerischen Schneemodelle SNOWPACK und MEMLS werden Schneedicke, -temperatur, -dichte und Mikrowellenemissivität simuliert. Das Projekt ist darauf ausgelegt drei junge Wissenschaftler für Ihre Arbeit in der Meereisforschung zu finanzieren. Zwei erfahrene Post-Doktoranden sind vorgesehen. Beide haben bereits ähnliche Methoden und Datensätze im Rahmen ihren Doktorarbeiten bearbeitet. Ein Doktorand wird dieses Projekt zur Promotion nutzen.

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