Vertical Profiles of Mineral Dust Aerosols from IASI (MAPIR algorithm version 4.1)

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The data are vertical profiles of mineral dust aerosols from IASI (Metop-A and Metop-C) obtained with the Mineral Aerosol Profiling from Infrared Radiances (MAPIR) version 4.1 algorithm.
The data available here is the level 2 data (at satellite pixel resolution).

Level 3 (gridded daily and monthly AM, PM and total) total column AOD and mean altitude are available through the Climate Data Store (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu). Search for "dust", select "Aerosol properties gridded data from 1995 to present derived from satellite observations", in the download tab, select the sensor IASI on METOPA or METOPC and the MAPIR algorithm.

Algorithm description and validation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3673-2019

Size: 75Mb per day

Data and Resources

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Cite this as (APA format)

Vandenbussche, S., Callewaert, S., & De Maziere, M. (2020). Vertical Profiles of Mineral Dust Aerosols from IASI (MAPIR algorithm version 4.1) (Version 1) [Data set]. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. https://doi.org/10.18758/71021068
Retrieved: 10:00 24 Jan 2026 (UTC)
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Author(s)
Principal

Vandenbussche, Sophieorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Other(s)

Callewaert, Sieglindeorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy; De Maziere, Martineorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy;
Contact data-contact of Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

Technical info
Is referenced by

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3673-2019
Documentation

https://iasi.aeronomie.be/index.php/mineral-dust-aerosols

Temporal features
Starting

September 25, 2007
Ending

December 31, 2022
Temporal resolution

P1D

Additional info
Funding details

  • ESA Aerosol CCI phase 2 grant 4000109874/14/I-NB

  • ESA PRODEX IASIFLOW (PEA 4000111402) and HIRS (PEA 4000134591 and 4000144088)

  • Belspo Supplementary Researcher (grant nos. WE/35/Q07, R07 and S07)

  • ECMWF COPERNICUS C3S_312a_Lot5, C3S_312b_lot2, C3S2_312a_lot2 grants
Conforms to

NetCDF version 4 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6H70CW6
Repository homepage

https://data.aeronomie.be/dataset/
Last Updated

March 6, 2025
Created

April 25, 2020

Spatial features