Cloud Water Path - Multimission

Abstract:
This product provides information on the Cloud Liquid Water Path (CWP) given in kg/m2. The CWP is calculated as a function of the Cloud Optical Thickness and the estimated droplet effective radius. Note that for the current version of the product the CWP product does not include contributions from ice water or water vapour.

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Metadata Information

General

General information section
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fileIdentifier/identifier	urn:x-wmo:md:int.eumetsat:EO:EUM:CM:MULT:CWP
language	eng
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contact	see section contact (role: pointOfContact)
dateStamp	2020-11-16
metadataStandardName	WMO Core Metadata Profile of ISO 19115 (WMO Core), 2003/Cor.1:2006 (ISO 19115), 2007 (ISO/TS 19139)
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identificationInfo

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citation	title: Cloud Water Path - Multimission dates: creation: 2009-03-23 revision: 2010-12-27 fileIdentifier: EO:EUM:CM:MULT:CWP (CodeSpace: ) citedResponsibleParty: see section contact (role: distributor) presentationForm: otherCitationDetails:
abstract	see above
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descriptiveKeywords:	theme: Atmosphere Climate Cloud Operational Climate Monitoring theme: satelliteObservation dataCentre: OriginatingCentre
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Contact

Role: pointOfContact

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individualName	EUMETSAT SAF on Climate Monitoring
organisationName	CM SAF
contactInfo	address: Strahlenbergerstr. 13 63067Offenbach Germany email: contact.cmsaf@dwd.de

Role: distributor

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individualName	EUMETSAT SAF on Climate Monitoring
organisationName	CM SAF
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contactInfo	address: Strahlenbergerstr. 13 63067 Offenbach Germany phone: +49 (69) 8062-2427, -4918 email: contact.cmsaf@dwd.de onlineResource: http://cm-saf.eumetsat.inti

Role: originator

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organisationName	CM SAF
contactInfo	phone: +49 (69) 8062-2427, -4918 facsimile: +49(69)8062-2512 address: Strahlenbergerstr. 13 63067Offenbach Germany email: contact.cmsaf@dwd.de onlineResource: http://cm-saf.eumetsat.int

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