S4-L2-ALH

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of S4-L2-ALH data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

time of the measurement

datetime_length

double

[s]

measurement duration

latitude

float

{time}

[degree_north]

pixel center latitude

longitude

float

{time}

[degree_east]

pixel center longitude

latitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

latitudes of pixel boundary

longitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

latitudes of pixel boundary

validity

int8

{time}

continuous quality descriptor, varying between 0 (no data) and 100 (full quality data)

aerosol_height

float

{time}

[m]

height at center of aerosol layer

aerosol_height_uncertainty

float

{time}

[m]

standard error of height at center of aerosol layer

aerosol_pressure

float

{time}

[Pa]

assumed layer pressure thickness

aerosol_pressure_uncertainty

float

{time}

[Pa]

standard error of assumed layer pressure thickness

aerosol_optical_depth

float

{time}

[]

aerosol optical thickness

aerosol_optical_depth_uncertainty

float

{time}

[]

standard error of aerosol optical thickness

surface_albedo

float

{time}

[]

surface albedo

index

int32

{time}

zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for S4-L2-ALH products.

option name

legal values

description

surface_albedo

770

whether to ingest the surface albedo at 758nm (default) or the surface alebedo at 770nm (surface_albedo=770)

Mapping description

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

field name

mapping description

datetime

path

/@time_reference_days_since_1950, /PRODUCT/delta_time[]

description

time reference converted from days since 1950-01-01 to seconds since 2020-01-01 (using 86400 seconds per day) and delta_time added

datetime_length

path

/PRODUCT/delta_time[]

description

delta_time[num_ground_pixels] - delta_time[0]

latitude

path

/PRODUCT/latitude[]

longitude

path

/PRODUCT/longitude[]

latitude_bounds

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/latitude_bounds[]

longitude_bounds

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/longitude_bounds[]

validity

path

/PRODUCT/qa_value

aerosol_height

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_height[]

aerosol_height_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_height_precision[]

aerosol_pressure

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_pressure[]

aerosol_pressure_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_pressure_precision[]

aerosol_optical_depth

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/aerosol_optical_thickness[]

aerosol_optical_depth_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/aerosol_optical_thickness_precision[]

surface_albedo

condition

surface_albedo unset

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo[..,0]

condition

surface_albedo=770

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo[..,1]