IAS_02_CLD
Variables
The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of IAS_02_CLD data.
field name |
type |
dimensions |
unit |
description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
orbit_index |
int32 |
absolute orbit number |
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datetime |
double |
{time} |
[s since 2020-01-01] |
on-board time in UTC |
longitude |
double |
{time} |
[degree_east] |
geocentric longitude at sounder pixel centre |
longitude_bounds |
double |
{time, 4} |
[degree_east] |
corner longitudes of the measurement |
latitude |
double |
{time} |
[degree_north] |
geodetic latitude at sounder pixel centre |
latitude_bounds |
double |
{time, 4} |
[degree_north] |
corner latitudes of the measurement |
solar_azimuth_angle |
double |
{time} |
[degree] |
solar azimuth angle at sounder pixel centre |
solar_zenith_angle |
double |
{time} |
[degree] |
solar zenith angle at sounder pixel centre |
sensor_azimuth_angle |
double |
{time} |
[degree] |
measurement azimuth angle at sounder pixel centre |
sensor_zenith_angle |
double |
{time} |
[degree] |
measurement zenith angle at sounder pixel centre |
ice_fraction |
float |
{time} |
[] |
fraction of IFOV covered by sea ice |
land_fraction |
float |
{time} |
[] |
land fraction |
surface_altitude |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
surface elevation |
surface_altitude_uncertainty |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
standard deviation of surface elevation |
cloud_top_pressure |
float |
{time} |
[Pa] |
cloud top pressure |
cloud_top_temperature |
float |
{time} |
[K] |
cloud top temperature |
cloud_fraction |
float |
{time} |
[] |
effective cloud fraction |
ice_water_density |
float |
{time} |
[g/m2] |
cloud ice amount |
liquid_water_density |
float |
{time} |
[g/m2] |
cloud liquid water amount |
cloud_phase_type |
int8 |
{time} |
cloud phase at cloud top; enumeration values: clear_sky (0), liquid (1), ice (2), mixed (3), supercooled (4) |
|
liquid_particle_effective_radius |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
effective radius of cloud condensed water particles at cloud top |
dust_aerosol_index |
float |
{time} |
[] |
indicator of dust (more likely for higher values) |
index |
int32 |
{time} |
zero-based index of the sample within the source product |
Mapping description
The table below details where and how each variable was retrieved from the input product.
field name |
mapping description |
|
|---|---|---|
orbit_index |
path |
/@orbit_start |
datetime |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/onboard_utc[] |
longitude |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_longitude[] |
longitude_bounds |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_longitude_bounds[] |
description |
the corner coordinates are rough estimates of the circle areas for the scan elements; the size of a scan element (in a certain direction) is taken to be half the distance, from center to center, from a scan element to its nearest neighboring scan element (within the same 2x2 subgrid inside a Field of Regard (FOR)) |
|
latitude |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_latitude[] |
latitude_bounds |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_latitude_bounds[] |
description |
the corner coordinates are rough estimates of the circle areas for the scan elements; the size of a scan element (in a certain direction) is taken to be half the distance, from center to center, from a scan element to its nearest neighboring scan element (within the same 2x2 subgrid inside a Field of Regard (FOR)) |
|
solar_azimuth_angle |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_sun_azimuth[] |
solar_zenith_angle |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_sun_zenith[] |
sensor_azimuth_angle |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_azimuth[] |
sensor_zenith_angle |
path |
/data/geolocation_information/sounder_pixel_zenith[] |
ice_fraction |
path |
/data/surface_info/ice_fraction[] |
land_fraction |
path |
/data/surface_info/land_fraction[] |
surface_altitude |
path |
/data/surface_info/height[] |
surface_altitude_uncertainty |
path |
/data/surface_info/height_std[] |
cloud_top_pressure |
path |
/data/air_pressure_at_cloud_top[*,*,*,0] |
cloud_top_temperature |
path |
/data/air_temperature_at_cloud_top[*,*,*,0] |
cloud_fraction |
path |
/data/effective_cloud_fraction[*,*,*,0] |
ice_water_density |
path |
/data/atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_ice[] |
liquid_water_density |
path |
/data/atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_liquid[] |
cloud_phase_type |
path |
/data/thermodynamic_phase_of_cloud_water_particles_at_cloud_top |
liquid_particle_effective_radius |
path |
/data/effective_radius_of_cloud_condensed_water_particles_at_cloud_top[] |
dust_aerosol_index |
path |
/data/dust_indicator[] |