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climatology data from the GLOSSAC project
climatology data from the GLOSSAC project
climatology data from the GLOSSAC project

GloSSAC

Global Satellite-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology

The Global Space-based Stratospheric Aerosol Climatology (GloSSAC) is a NASA-supported, multi-decadal dataset that provides vertically resolved, globally distributed stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles. Compiled from satellite solar occultation, limb-scattering, and lidar measurements, GloSSAC extends from 1979 to present, with key instruments from Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE), OSIRIS, and CALIPSO. 

The project also utilizes data from other space instruments and from ground-based, air and balloon borne instruments to fill in key gaps in the data set. The end result is a global and gap-free data set focused on aerosol extinction coefficients at 525 and 1020 nm and other parameters on an 'as available' basis.

Related Instruments

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I (SAGE I) NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I (SAGE-I) is a grating spectrometer that measures ultraviolet and visible energy.
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) NASA's Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) determines the spatial distributions of stratospheric aerosols, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, water vapor, and cloud occurrence by mapping vertical profiles and calculating monthly averages of each.