GOME2_L2_O3MNHP

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of GOME2_L2_O3MNHP data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

time of the measurement

scan_subindex

int8

{time}

the relative index of this measurement within a scan

longitude

float

{time}

[degree_east]

longitude of the measurement

latitude

float

{time}

[degree_north]

latitude of the measurement

longitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_east]

corner longitudes of the measurement

latitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

corner latitudes of the measurement

solar_zenith_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

solar zenith angle

solar_azimuth_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

solar azimuth angle

viewing_zenith_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

viewing zenith angle at top of atmosphere

viewing_azimuth_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

relative azimuth angle at top of atmosphere

scene_albedo

float

{time}

[]

fitted albedo

altitude_bounds

float

{time, vertical, 2}

[km]

altitude layer boundaries

pressure_bounds

float

{time, vertical, 2}

[hPa]

pressure layer boundaries

tropopause_pressure

float

{time}

[hPa]

pressure level of the troposphere/stratosphere boundary location

O3_column_number_density

float

{time, vertical}

[DU]

o3 partial column density profile

O3_column_number_density_apriori

float

{time, vertical}

[DU]

apriori o3 partial column density profile

O3_column_number_density_avk

float

{time, vertical, vertical}

[]

o3 partial column density averaging kernel

O3_column_number_density_covariance

float

{time, vertical, vertical}

[DU]

o3 partial column density covariance matrix

validity

int8

{time}

processing quality flags; bit 0: no retrieval performed; bit 1: convergence not reached; bit 2: out of bound retrieval values; bit 3: too high chi square 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

datetime

path

/GEOLOCATION/Time[]

description

the time values are converted from a string to seconds since 2000-01-01 00:00:00

scan_subindex

path

/GEOLOCATION/IndexInScan[]

description

index is reduced by 1 to make it a zero-based index

longitude

path

/GEOLOCATION/LongitudeCenter[]

latitude

path

/GEOLOCATION/LatitudeCenter[]

longitude_bounds

path

/GEOLOCATION/Longitude_A[], /GEOLOCATION/Longitude_B[], /GEOLOCATION/Longitude_C[], /GEOLOCATION/Longitude_D[]

description

the corner coordinates are re-arranged in the order B-D-C-A

latitude_bounds

path

/GEOLOCATION/Latitude_A[], /GEOLOCATION/Latitude_B[], /GEOLOCATION/Latitude_C[], /GEOLOCATION/Latitude_D[]

description

the corner coordinates are re-arranged in the order B-D-C-A

solar_zenith_angle

path

/GEOLOCATION/SolarZenithAngle_F[]

solar_azimuth_angle

path

/GEOLOCATION/SolarAzimuthAngle_F[]

viewing_zenith_angle

path

/GEOLOCATION/LineOfSightZenithAngle_F[]

viewing_azimuth_angle

path

/GEOLOCATION/LineOfSightAzimithAngle_F[]

scene_albedo

path

/DATA/StateRetrieved[NOutputLayers,:]

altitude_bounds

path

/DATA/AltitudeProfile

description

the N+1 altitude layer boundaries are converted into [N,2] boundary values

pressure_bounds

path

/DATA/OutputPressureGrid

description

the N+1 pressure layer boundaries are converted into [N,2] boundary values

tropopause_pressure

path

/DATA/TropopausePressure

description

pressure level of the troposphere/stratosphere boundary location

O3_column_number_density

path

/DATA/StateRetrieved[0..NOutputLayers,:]

O3_column_number_density_apriori

path

/DATA/Apriori[0..NOutputLayers,:]

O3_column_number_density_avk

path

/DATA/AveragingKernel[0..NOutputLayers,0..NOutputLayers,:]

O3_column_number_density_covariance

path

/DATA/ErrorCovarianceTotal[0..NOutputLayers,0..NOutputLayers,:]

validity

path

/DATA/QualityProcessing

description

bit 0: set to 1 if QualityProcessing[0,:] < 0, bit 1: set to 1 if QualityProcessing[1,:] == 0]bit 2: set to 1 if QualityProcessing[4,:] == 1, bit 3: set to 1 if QualityProcessing[5,:] == 1