SCIAMACHY Products

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all cloud and PSC products
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
Cloud cover fraction	ESA		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		v3.01
	KNMI		Jan 2003 to now					v5: demonst
	IUP Heidelberg		Jan 2003 to Nov 2004
Cloud pressure	KNMI		Jan 2003 to now					v5: demonst
Cloud top height	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
Cloud top height	ESA		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		v3.01
Cloud optical thickness	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
Cloud optical thickness	ESA		Aug 2002 to now			^*)		v3.01
Liquid water path	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
Phase index	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
TOA reflectance (443nm)	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
Droplet effective radius	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jul 2002 to now
Polar Stratospheric Clouds	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jan 2003 to now

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

SCIAMACHY clouds validation literature:

The semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm for SCIAMACHY II. The application to MERIS and SCIAMACHY data
A. A. Kokhanovsky, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, V. V. Rozanov, S. Noël, K. Gerilowski, H. Bovensmann, K. Bramstedt, M. Buchwitz, and J. P. Burrows

Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4129–4136, 2006
Method: MERIS

The semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm for SCIAMACHY I. The validation
A. A. Kokhanovsky, V. V. Rozanov, T. Nauss, C. Reudenbach, J. S. Daniel, H. L. Miller, and J. P. Burrows

Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1905–1911, 2006
Method: MODIS

Improving cloud information over deserts from SCIAMACHY oxygen A-band measurements
N. Fournier, P. Stammes, M. de Graaf, R. van der A, A. Piters, M. Grzegorski, and A. Kokhanovsky

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 163–172, 2006
Method:	HICRU (Heidelberg Iterative Cloud Retrieval Utilities), SACURA (SemiAnalytical CloUd Retrieval Algorithm) and the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument (scene over Sahara)

SCIAMACHY cloud product validation
A.A. Kokhanovsky, H. Bovensmann, K. Bramstedt, O. Jourdan, W. Lotz, S. Noël, M. Schreier, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, M. Wiegner, R. Lindstrot, T. Nauss, V.V. Rozanov and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Airborne lidar measurements (north-eastern Germany), AATSR, MERIS, and MODIS

The SCIAMACHY Cloud Products Derived Using the Semi-Analytical Cloud Retrieval Algorithm
A. Kokhanovsky, V. Rozanov, M. Vountas, W. Lotz, H. Bovensmann , and J. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Method:	MODIS

The FRESCO+ Cloud Algorithm for GOME and SCIAMACHY: Improvement and Validation
P. Wang, P. Stammes, R. van der A

Abstract/Article:	Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
Method:	comparison with GGP/ARM cloud height data

Test and first validation of FRESCO+
P. Wang, P. Stammes and N. Fournier

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of SPIE volume 6362, Remote Sensing 2006, 11-16 Sep. 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
Method:	FRESCO+ cloud height has been compared with ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) active remote sensing cloud boundaries data at SGP (Southern Great Plains).

"Inter-comparison of ground-based radar and satellite cloud-top height retrievals for overcast single-layered cloud fields"
A. A. Kokhanovsky, C. M. Naud and A. Devasthale

Abstract/Article:	IEEE Trans. on Geosciences, 2009, accepted
Method:	Comparison with cloud radars (ARM)

FRESCO+: an improved O2 A-band cloud retrieval algorithm for tropospheric trace gas retrievals
P. Wang, P. Stammes, R. van der A, G. Pnardi, M. van Roozendael

Abstract/Article:	Atmos.Chem.Phys.,8,6565-6576,2008
Method:	Compare FRESCO+ with FRESCO effective cloud fraction and cloud pressures using simulated spectra and GOME measured spectra

Comparison of the SCIAMACHY operational L2 cloud product with other satellite data
P. Wang, P. Stammes, R. van der A

Abstract/Article:	Proc. of ACVE-3, SP-642, February 2007, ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Method:	Compare SCIAMACHY operational L2 cloud fraction and cloud top height to FRESCO effective cloud fraction and cloud top height