NPP_SUOMI_L2_CRIMSS_EDR_MOISTURE

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of NPP_SUOMI_L2_CRIMSS_EDR_MOISTURE data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

time of the measurement

latitude

double

{time}

[degree_north]

tangent latitude

longitude

double

{time}

[degree_east]

tangent longitude

sensor_azimuth_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

azimuth angle (measured clockwise positive from North) to Satellite at each retrieval position

sensor_zenith_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

zenith angle to Satellite at each retrieval position

solar_azimuth_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

azimuth angle of sun (measured clockwise positive from North) at each retrieval position

solar_zenith_angle

double

{time}

[degree]

zenith angle of sun at each retrieval position

H2O_column_mass_mixing_ratio

double

{time, vertical}

[g/kg]

water vapor mass mixing ratio profile

pressure

double

{vertical}

[hPa]

pressure levels for H2O retrieval

index

int32

{time}

zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for NPP_SUOMI_L2_CRIMSS_EDR_REDR products.

option name

legal values

description

dataset

temp, press

whether to ingest h2o mass mixing ratio vs pressure (default), temperature vs pressure (dataset=temp) or pressure vs altitude (dataset=pres)

This definition is only applicable when: dataset unset

Mapping description

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

field name

mapping description

datetime

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/StartTime, /All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/MidTime

description

the time converted from seconds since 1958-01-01 to seconds since 2000-01-01T00:00:00

latitude

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/Latitude

longitude

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/Longitude

sensor_azimuth_angle

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle

sensor_zenith_angle

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/SatelliteZenithAngle

solar_azimuth_angle

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle

solar_zenith_angle

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR-GEO-TC_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle

H2O_column_mass_mixing_ratio

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR_All/H2O

pressure

path

/All_Data/CrIMSS-EDR_All/PressureLevels_H2O