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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-511-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-511-2017
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Review article
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25 Jul 2017
Review article |
| 25 Jul 2017
Uncertainty information in climate data records from Earth observation
Christopher J. Merchant
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AL, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading
RG6 6AL, UK
Frank Paul
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190,
8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Popp
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e. V., Deutsches
Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum, 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Michael Ablain
Collecte Localisation Satellites, 11 Rue Hermès, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Sophie Bontemps
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Pierre Defourny
Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Rainer Hollmann
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Frankfurterstr. 135, 63500 Offenbach, Germany
Thomas Lavergne
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 0313 Oslo, Norway
Alexandra Laeng
Karlsrhue Institute for Technology, Institut für Meteorologie und
Klimaforschung, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Gerrit de Leeuw
Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Jonathan Mittaz
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AL, UK
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK
Caroline Poulsen
Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK
Adam C. Povey
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Oxford, Oxford
OX1 3PU, UK
Max Reuter
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen,
Germany
Shubha Sathyendranath
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK
Stein Sandven
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Thormohlensgate 47,
5006 Bergen, Norway
Viktoria F. Sofieva
Finnish Meteorological Institute, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Wolfgang Wagner
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of
Technology, 1040 Wien, Austria
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Short summary
Climate data records (CDRs) contain data describing Earth's climate and should address uncertainty in the data to communicate what is known about climate variability or change and what range of doubt exists. This paper discusses good practice for including uncertainty information in CDRs for the essential climate variables (ECVs) derived from satellite data. Recommendations emerge from the shared experience of diverse ECV projects within the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative.
Climate data records (CDRs) contain data describing Earth's climate and should address...
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