The tabe below gives a summary of the French geophysical data products. The released products are archived and distributed by the AERIS/ICARE data center .
There are 6 main processing chains yielding to a variety of products proposed at various scales over the 30°S-30°N region over both ocean and land.
In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sophie Cloché (Sophie.Bouffies-Cloche@ipsl.fr)
French Megha-Tropiques geophysical products
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Product short name |
Primary Sensor |
Resolution |
Released |
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Rainfall (Instantaneaous) |
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| Surface Rainfall (mm/hr) | MADRAS | Instantaneous/scan | |
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Surface accumulated rainfall |
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| Surface rainfall (mm/day) | SAPHIR+all MW*+GEO** | 1°/1day | |
| Uncertainty (mm/day) | SAPHIR+all MW*+GEO** | 1°/1day | |
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MCS composite |
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| Composite life cycle of MCS (radiation) | GEO**+ScaRaB | seasonal/regional | |
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Water Vapor -Non precipitating conditions |
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| Upper Tropospheric Humidity (%) | SAPHIR | Instantaneous/scan | |
| Relative Humidity profile on 6 layers (%) | SAPHIR | Instantaneous/scan | |
| Upper Tropospheric Humidity (%) | SAPHIR | Instantaneous/1° | |
| Relative Humidity profile on 6 layers (%) | SAPHIR | Instantaneous/1° | |
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TOA Radiative products (Instantaneous) |
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| SW, LW Unfiltered radiances (W/m2/sr) | ScaRaB | Instantaneous/scan | |
| SW, LW outgoing fluxes (W/m2) | ScaRaB | Instantaneous/scan | |
| Albedo | ScaRaB | Instantaneous/scan | |
| SW, LW outgoing fluxes (W/m2) | ScaRaB | Instantaneous/1°&0°5 | |
| Albedo | ScaRaB | Instantaneous/1°&0°5 | |
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Cloud cover products (Instantaneous) |
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| Cloud mask | GEO*** | Instantaneous*** | |
| Cloud type classification | GEO | Instantaneous | |
| Cloud top characterisation | GEO | Instantaneous |
*: all available microwave radiometers
**: all available geostationary plateforms
***: GOES-W,GOES-E,MTSAT,SEVIRI, at full temporal and IR spatial resolution