ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Daily

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Daily data.

field name	type	dimensions	unit	description
latitude	double	{latitude}	[degree_north]	latitude of the ground pixel center
longitude	double	{longitude}	[degree_east]	longitude of the ground pixel center
cloud_optical_depth	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	cloud optical depth
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	uncertainty of the cloud optical depth
cloud_top_height	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	cloud top height
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	uncertainty of the cloud top height
cloud_top_pressure	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	cloud top pressure
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	uncertainty of the cloud top pressure
cloud_top_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	cloud top temperature
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	uncertainty of the cloud top temperature
validity	int16	{latitude, longitude}		validity of the measurement
relative_azimuth_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	relative azimuth angle
sensor_zenith_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	viewing zenith angle
solar_zenith_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	solar zenith angle
surface_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature
surface_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature_uncertainty
datetime	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	datetime
datetime_start	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage start
datetime_stop	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage end
index	int32	{time}		zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for ESACCI_CLOUD_L3U products.

option name	legal values	description
orbit	ascending, descending	the orbit of the L3 product to ingest; option values are ‘ascending’ (default), ‘descending’
corrected	false	ingest the corrected data (default) or uncorrected data (corrected=false)

Mapping description

The table below details where and how each variable was retrieved from the input product.

field name	mapping description
latitude	path	/lat[]
longitude	path	/lon[]
cloud_optical_depth	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/cot_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected_desc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/cot_desc[,,]
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/cot_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected_desc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/cot_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_height	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/cth_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_desc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/cth_desc[,,]
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/cth_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_desc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/cth_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_pressure	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/ctp_corrected_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/cth_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_desc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/ctp_desc[,,]
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/ctp_corrected_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/ctp_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/ctp_corrected_desc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/ctp_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_temperature	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/ctt_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected_desc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/ctt_desc[,,]
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=ascending, corrected=false
	path	/ctt_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected_desc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending, corrected=false
	path	/ctt_desc_unc[,,]
validity	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/qcflag_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/qcflag_desc[,,]
relative_azimuth_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/relazi_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/relazi_desc[,,]
sensor_zenith_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/satzen_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/satzen_desc[,,]
solar_zenith_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/solzen_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/solzen_desc[,,]
surface_temperature	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/stemp_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/stemp_desc[,,]
surface_temperature_uncertainty	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/stemp_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/stemp_desc_unc[,,]
datetime	path	/time
	description	datetime converted from days since 1970-01-01 to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_start	path	/@time_coverage_start
	description	datetime converted from a start date to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_stop	path	/@time_coverage_end
	description	datetime converted from an end date to seconds since 2000-01-01