Data are at the heart of the ESDL!
We provide a growing list of relevant variables for Earth System Science. Most of them have been derived from Earth Observation, but the compilation also includes model or re-analysis data if deemed useful.
We are very grateful to all data owners for kindly providing the data sets free of charge. They come without any warranty, neither from the owners, the ESDL team or ESA.
At ingestion into the ESDL, all data sets are transformed in space and time to fit to the common grid of the data cube, a process that necessarily modifies the original. If you are looking for the original data, please follow the links below and contact the data owners.
Please contact us directly if data relevant to your own use case is not yet available through the ESDL! We will then elaborate the possibilities to extent the data cube.
Overview
Project Name | Long Name | Link to data provider | ESDL variable Name | First Year | Last Year | |
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0 | BESS | Downwelling shortwave radiation | http://environment.snu.ac.kr/bess_rad/ | Rg | 1 | 31 |
1 | ESA Aerosol CCI | Aerosol Optical Thickness at 1600 nm | http://www.esa-aerosol-cci.org/ | aerosol_optical_thickness_1600 | 21 | 10 |
2 | ESA Aerosol CCI | Aerosol Optical Thickness at 550 nm | http://www.esa-aerosol-cci.org/ | aerosol_optical_thickness_550 | 21 | 10 |
3 | ESA Aerosol CCI | Aerosol Optical Thickness at 670 nm | http://www.esa-aerosol-cci.org/ | aerosol_optical_thickness_670 | 21 | 10 |
4 | ESA Aerosol CCI | Aerosol Optical Thickness at 870 nm | http://www.esa-aerosol-cci.org/ | aerosol_optical_thickness_870 | 21 | 10 |
5 | ERA5 | 2 metre air temperature | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 | air_temperature_2m | 10 | 23 |
6 | ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci) | analysed sea surface temperature | http://www.esa-sst-cci.org/ | analysed_sst | 2 | 30 |
7 | GLEAM | Bare Soil Evaporation | http://www.gleam.eu | bare_soil_evaporation | 5 | 23 |
8 | GlobAlbedo | Black Sky Albedo for Visible Wavebands | http://www.globalbedo.org/ | black_sky_albedo | 5 | 5 |
9 | QA4ECV - European Union Framework Program 7 | Directional Hemisphere Reflectance albedo - VIS band | http://www.qa4ecv.eu/ | black_sky_albedo_avhrr | 5 | 30 |
10 | GFED4 | Monthly Burnt Area | http://www.globalfiredata.org/ | burnt_area | 5 | 2 |
11 | GFED4 | Carbon dioxide emissions due to natural fires expressed as carbon flux. | http://www.globalfiredata.org/ | c_emissions | 5 | 31 |
12 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Effective Emissivity at 10.8 um | http://www.dwd.de | cee | 29 | 31 |
13 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Effective Radius | http://www.dwd.de | cer | 29 | 31 |
14 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud fraction | http://www.dwd.de | cfc | 29 | 31 |
15 | ESA CCI Ocean Colour Product | Chlorophyll-a concentration in seawater generated by SeaDAS | http://esa-oceancolour-cci.org | chlor_a | 2 | 30 |
16 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Optical Thickness | http://www.dwd.de | cot | 29 | 31 |
17 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Fraction of Liquid Water Clouds | http://www.dwd.de | cph | 29 | 31 |
18 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Top Height | http://www.dwd.de | cth | 29 | 31 |
19 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Top Pressure | http://www.dwd.de | ctp | 29 | 31 |
20 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Top Temperature | http://www.dwd.de | ctt | 29 | 31 |
21 | GLEAM | Evaporation | http://www.gleam.eu | evaporation | 5 | 23 |
22 | GLEAM | Evaporative Stress Factor | http://www.gleam.eu | evaporative_stress | 5 | 23 |
23 | QA4ECV | Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation | http://www.qa4ecv.eu/ | fapar_tip | 5 | 30 |
24 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on Fixed Altitude definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | fat_c | 5 | 31 |
25 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropopause_air_pressure for the Fixed Altitude Tropopause | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | fat_p | 5 | 31 |
26 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on Fixed Layers definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | flt_c | 5 | 31 |
27 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropopause_air_pressure for the fixed layer tropopause | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | flt_p | 5 | 31 |
28 | GlobSnow | Surface Fraction Covered by Snow | http://www.globsnow.info/ | fractional_snow_cover | 5 | 5 |
29 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on Fixed Altitude definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | free_fat_c | 5 | 31 |
30 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on Fixed Layers definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | free_flt_c | 5 | 31 |
31 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on lapse rate definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | free_lrt_c | 5 | 31 |
32 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | Residual MSR-FLT (Stratospheric Part Partial) | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | free_msr_flt | 5 | 31 |
33 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | residual MSR-LRT_stratospheric_part partial ozone column in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | free_msr_lrt | 5 | 31 |
34 | FLUXCOM | Gross Primary Productivity | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | gross_primary_productivity | 5 | 23 |
35 | GLEAM | Interception Loss | http://www.gleam.eu | interception_loss | 5 | 23 |
36 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Ice Water Path | http://www.dwd.de | iwp | 29 | 31 |
37 | GlobTemperature | Land Surface Temperature | http://data.globtemperature.info/ | land_surface_temperature | 21 | 31 |
38 | FLUXCOM | Latent Energy | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | latent_energy | 5 | 23 |
39 | QA4ECV | Effective Leaf Area Index | http://www.qa4ecv.eu/ | leaf_area_index | 5 | 30 |
40 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropospheric ozone column (based on lapse rate definition) in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | lrt_c | 5 | 31 |
41 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | tropopause_air_pressure for the lapse rate tropopause | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | lrt_p | 5 | 31 |
42 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Cloud Liquid Water Path | http://www.dwd.de | lwp | 29 | 31 |
43 | ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci) | sea/land/lake/ice field composite mask | http://www.esa-sst-cci.org/ | mask | 2 | 30 |
44 | ERA5 | Maximum 2 metre air temperature | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 | max_air_temperature_2m | 10 | 23 |
45 | ERA5 | Minimum 2 metre air temperature | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 | min_air_temperature_2m | 10 | 23 |
46 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | residual MSR-FLT_stratospheric_part partial ozone column in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | msr_flt | 5 | 31 |
47 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | residual MSR-LRT_stratospheric_part partial ozone column in mole per square meter | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | msr_lrt | 5 | 31 |
48 | FLUXCOM | Net Ecosystem Exchange | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | net_ecosystem_exchange | 5 | 23 |
49 | FLUXCOM | Net Radiation | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | net_radiation | 5 | 23 |
50 | GLEAM | Open-water Evaporation | http://www.gleam.eu | open_water_evaporation | 5 | 23 |
51 | Ozone CCI | Mean total ozone column in dobson units | http://www.esa-ozone-cci.org/ | ozone | 9 | 30 |
52 | BESS | Photosynthetically active radiation | http://environment.snu.ac.kr/bess_rad/ | par | 1 | 30 |
53 | BESS | Diffuse Photosynthetically active radiation | http://environment.snu.ac.kr/bess_rad/ | pardiff | 1 | 30 |
54 | GLEAM | Potential Evaporation | http://www.gleam.eu | potential_evaporation | 5 | 23 |
55 | GPCP | Precipitation | http://precip.gsfc.nasa.gov/ | precipitation | 5 | 5 |
56 | ERA5 | ERA 5 Precipitation | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 | precipitation_era5 | 10 | 23 |
57 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | surface_air_pressure | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | psurf | 5 | 31 |
58 | ERA5 | ERA 5 Surface Shortwave Downwelling Radiation | https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era5 | radiation_era5 | 5 | 23 |
59 | GLEAM | Root-Zone Soil Moisture | http://www.gleam.eu | root_moisture | 5 | 23 |
60 | ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST_cci) | sea ice area fraction | http://www.esa-sst-cci.org/ | sea_ice_fraction | 2 | 30 |
61 | FLUXCOM | Sensible Heat | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | sensible_heat | 5 | 23 |
62 | ESA Soil Moisture CCI | Volumetric Soil Moisture | https://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org/ | sm | 5 | 31 |
63 | GLEAM | Snow Sublimation | http://www.gleam.eu | snow_sublimation | 5 | 23 |
64 | GlobSnow | Daily Snow Water Equivalent | http://www.globsnow.info/ | snow_water_equivalent | 5 | 30 |
65 | regionmask - SREX Regions | Mask for SREX regions | https://regionmask.readthedocs.io/ | srex_mask | 5 | 5 |
66 | ESA Cloud Climate Change Initiative (Cloud_cci) | Surface Temperature | http://www.dwd.de | stemp | 29 | 31 |
67 | GLEAM | Surface Soil Moisture | http://www.gleam.eu | surface_moisture | 5 | 23 |
68 | FLUXCOM | Terrestrial Ecosystem Respiration | http://www.fluxcom.org/ | terrestrial_ecosystem_respiration | 5 | 23 |
69 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | total ozone column derived from assimilated TM5 data | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | totcol_assim | 5 | 31 |
70 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | total ozone column derived from assimilated TM5 data | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | totcol_free | 5 | 31 |
71 | ESA - Near-real time total ozone column (OMI) | total ozone column derived from MSR data | http://www.temis.nl/protocols/tropo.html | totcol_msr | 5 | 31 |
72 | GLEAM | Transpiration | http://www.gleam.eu | transpiration | 5 | 23 |
73 | ESA Land Cover Climate Change Initiative (Land_Cover_cci) | Terrestrial or water pixel classification | http://www.esa-landcover-cci.org | water_mask | 5 | 5 |
74 | GlobVapour | Total Column Water Vapour | http://www.globvapour.info/ | water_vapour | 5 | 30 |
75 | GlobAlbedo | White Sky Albedo for Visible Wavebands | http://www.globalbedo.org/ | white_sky_albedo | 5 | 5 |
76 | QA4ECV - European Union Framework Program 7 | Bi-Hemisphere Reflectance albedo - VIS band | http://www.qa4ecv.eu/ | white_sky_albedo_avhrr | 5 | 30 |
77 | ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) | Column Average Dry-air Mole Fraction Methane | http://www.esa-ghg-cci.org/ | xch4 | 13 | 15 |
78 | ESA Greenhouse Gases Climate Change Initiative (GHG_cci) | Column Average Dry-air Mole Fraction Carbon Dioxide | http://www.esa-ghg-cci.org/ | xco2 | 13 | 15 |