S4-L2-CLD

Variables

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

cloud_base_height

float

{time}

[m]

cloud base height

cloud_base_height_uncertainty

float

{time}

[m]

standard error of cloud base height

cloud_base_pressure

float

{time}

[Pa]

cloud base pressure

cloud_base_pressure_uncertainty

float

{time}

[Pa]

standard error of cloud base pressure

cloud_fraction

float

{time}

[]

cloud fraction

cloud_fraction_uncertainty

float

{time}

[]

standard error of cloud fraction

cloud_optical_depth

float

{time}

[]

cloud optical thickness

cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty

float

{time}

[]

standard error of cloud optical thickness

cloud_top_height

float

{time}

[m]

cloud top height

cloud_top_height_uncertainty

float

{time}

[m]

standard error of cloud top height

cloud_top_pressure

float

{time}

[Pa]

cloud top pressure

cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty

float

{time}

[Pa]

standard error of cloud top pressure

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-CLD products.

option name

legal values

description

band

NIR

ingest cloud properties in the UV/VIS (default) or NIR (band=NIR)

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

cloud_base_height

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_base_height[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_base_height[]

cloud_base_height_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_base_height_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_base_height_precision[]

cloud_base_pressure

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_base_pressure[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_base_pressure[]

cloud_base_pressure_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_base_pressure_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_base_pressure_precision[]

cloud_fraction

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_fraction[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_fraction[]

cloud_fraction_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_fraction_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_fraction_precision[]

cloud_optical_depth

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_optical_thickness[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_optical_thickness[]

cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_optical_thickness_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_optical_thickness_precision[]

cloud_top_height

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_top_height[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_top_height[]

cloud_top_height_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_top_height_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_top_height_precision[]

cloud_top_pressure

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_top_pressure[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_top_pressure[]

cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty

condition

band unset

path

/PRODUCT/cloud_top_pressure_precision[]

condition

band=NIR

path

/PRODUCT_NIR/cloud_top_pressure_precision[]