AEOLUS_L2A_SCA
Variables
The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of AEOLUS_L2A_SCA data.
field name |
type |
dimensions |
unit |
description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
datetime |
double |
{time} |
[seconds since 2000-01-01] |
start time of observation |
datetime_length |
double |
{time} |
[s] |
duration of the observation |
orbit_index |
int32 |
absolute orbit number |
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latitude |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[degree_north] |
latitude of the bin center |
longitude |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[degree_east] |
longitude of the bin center |
altitude |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[m] |
altitude of the bin center |
extinction_coefficient |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[(1e-6)/m] |
particle extinction |
extinction_coefficient_uncertainty |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[1/m] |
uncertainty of the particle extinction |
backscatter_coefficient |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[(1e-6)/m/sr] |
particle backscatter |
backscatter_coefficient_uncertainty |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[1/m/sr] |
uncertainty of the particle backscatter |
optical_depth |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[] |
particle local optical depth |
optical_depth_uncertainty |
double |
{time, vertical} |
[] |
uncertainty of the particle local optical depth |
validity |
int8 |
{time, vertical} |
processing qc flag |
|
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 |
/sca_optical_properties[]/starttime |
datetime_length |
description |
set to fixed value of 12 seconds |
orbit_index |
path |
/mph/abs_orbit |
latitude |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/geolocation_middle_bins[]/latitude |
longitude |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/geolocation_middle_bins[]/longitude |
altitude |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/geolocation_middle_bins[]/altitude |
extinction_coefficient |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/sca_optical_properties[]/extinction |
extinction_coefficient_uncertainty |
path |
/sca_pcd[]/profile_pcd_bins[]/extinction_variance |
description |
the square root of the variance is taken as uncertainty |
|
backscatter_coefficient |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/sca_optical_properties[]/backscatter |
backscatter_coefficient_uncertainty |
path |
/sca_pcd[]/profile_pcd_bins[]/backscatter_variance |
description |
the square root of the variance is taken as uncertainty |
|
optical_depth |
path |
/sca_optical_properties[]/sca_optical_properties[]/lod |
optical_depth_uncertainty |
path |
/sca_pcd[]/profile_pcd_bins[]/lod_variance |
description |
the square root of the variance is taken as uncertainty |
|
validity |
path |
/sca_pcd[]/profile_pcd_bins[]/processing_qc_flag |