ESACCI_GHG_L2_SCIAMACHY

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ESACCI_GHG_L2_SCIAMACHY data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

time of the measurement

surface_altitude

double

{time}

[m]

average surface altitude w.r.t. geoid

latitude

double

{time}

[degree_north]

latitude of the ground pixel center

longitude

double

{time}

[degree_east]

longitude of the ground pixel center

latitude_bounds

double

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

corner latitudes for the ground pixel of the measurement

longitude_bounds

double

{time, 4}

[degree_east]

corner longitudes for the ground pixel of the measurement

sensor_zenith_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

sensor zenith angle

solar_zenith_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

solar zenith angle

CH4_column_volume_mixing_ratio

double

{time}

[ppbv]

CH4 column volume mixing ratio

CH4_column_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

double

{time}

[ppbv]

CH4 column volume mixing ratio uncertainty

CO2_column_volume_mixing_ratio

double

{time}

[ppmv]

CO2 column volume mixing ratio

CO2_column_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

double

{time}

[ppmv]

CO2 column volume mixing ratio uncertainty

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

datetime

path

time[]

surface_altitude

available

optional

path

altitude[]

latitude

path

latitude[]

longitude

path

longitude[]

latitude_bounds

available

optional

path

latitude_corners[]

description

The corners ABCD are reordered as BDCA.

longitude_bounds

available

optional

path

longitude_corners[]

description

The corners ABCD are reordered as BDCA.

sensor_zenith_angle

path

sensor_zenith_angle[]

solar_zenith_angle

path

solar_zenith_angle[]

CH4_column_volume_mixing_ratio

available

optional

path

xch4[]

CH4_column_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

available

optional

path

xch4_uncertainty[]

CO2_column_volume_mixing_ratio

available

optional

path

xco2[]

CO2_column_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

available

optional

path

xco2_uncertainty[]