ACE-FTS Climatology - Version 3.5

Description:

ACE-FTS version 3.5 (February 2004 to February 2013) was used to create a quality-controlled climatology for the following 21 species: C2H2, C2H6, CCl2F2, CCl3F, CH3OH, CH4, ClONO2, CO, H2CO, H2O, HCl, HCN, HCOOH, HF, HNO3, N2O, N2O5, NO, NO2, O3, and OCS. A climatology for temperature was also created.

The climatological fields are provided on a one- and three-month basis (DJF, MAM, JJA, SON), at 5 degree latitude and equivalent latitude spacing, and on 43 pressure surfaces. Please consult the associated reference and the data set 'ReadMe' file for further information.

Reference:

Koo, Ja-Ho, <co-authors list> Walker, Kaley A., Jones, Ashely, Sheese, Patrick E., Boone, Chris D., Bernath, Peter F., Manney, Gloria L. (2017), Global climatology based on the ACE-FTS version 3.5 data set: Addition of mesospheric levels and carbon-containing species in the UTLS, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 12, 52-62, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.07.003 (PDF)

Data set:

ReadMe Files:

netCDF ReadMe

Data Files by Molecule and Format:

C2H2 netCDF
C2H6 netCDF
CCl2F2 netCDF
CCl3F netCDF
CH3OH netCDF
CH4 netCDF
ClONO2 netCDF
CO netCDF
H2CO netCDF
H2O netCDF
HCl netCDF
HCN netCDF
HCOOH netCDF
HF netCDF
HNO3 netCDF
N2O netCDF
N2O5 netCDF
NO netCDF
NO2 netCDF
O3 netCDF
OCS netCDF
T netCDF

Zip Files Containing All Molecules and ReadMe Files:

netCDF Zip

How to Cite:

In any publications using ACE data, such as this climatology, it is important to acknowledge the Canadian Space Agency for the funding of the SCISAT satellite. Any text that recognizes the Canadian Space Agency as funding the ACE Mission is permitted, but we have provided a sample to use that meets this requirement. This simple statement has been used in many publications with ACE data.

Sample ACE Acknowledgement:

The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE), also known as SCISAT, is a Canadian-led mission mainly supported by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).