SCIAMACHY Products

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product	made by	order	period	maturenessdocumentation, availability and content click on 'i' for explanation and criteria i				valvalidation status, click on 'i' for explanation i
product	made by	order	period	ADAlgorithm Document	PSDProduct Specification Document	AvData Availability	CProduct Content	valvalidation status, click on 'i' for explanation i
UV index	KNMI		Jul 2002 to now			^*)
UV dose	KNMI		Jul 2002 to now

*): some restrictions on data use, see product details (click on institute)

UV index by KNMI (last update: 28-02-2008)
available data	July 2002 to now. Data can be accessed via the TEMIS website and via the PROMOTE website.
point of contact	Michiel van Weele
algorithm description	The algorithm is described on the PROMOTE website.
product details	Current software version will be called version 1. Further details can be found on the PROMOTE website.
validation results	PROMOTE website J. van Geffen, R. van der A, M. van Weele, M. Allaart and H. Eskes, in: Proceedings of the ENVISAT & ERS Symposium, 6-10 September 2004, Salzburg, Austria, ESA publication SP-572, 2004 (CD-ROM)

SCIAMACHY UV index (KNMI) validation literature:

Extreme sunbathing: Three weeks of small total O3 columns and high UV radiation over the southern tip of South America during the 2009 Antarctic O3 hole season
A.T.J. de Laat, R.J. van der A, M.A.F. Allaart, M. van Weele, G. C. Benitez, C. Casiccia, N. M. Paes Leme, E. Quel, J. Salvador, E. Wolfram

Abstract/Article:	Geophysical research letters, vol. 37, L14805, 6 PP., 2010doi:10.1029/2010GL043699, 2010
Product:	O3 total column and UV index
Institute:	KNMI
Method:	Comparison of ground-based and satellite measurements of total O3 columns and satellite based calculations of the UVI index