ECA_ATL_ICE_2A

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ECA_ATL_ICE_2A data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

UTC time

latitude

double

{time}

[degree_north]

Geodetic latitude

longitude

double

{time}

[degree_east]

Geodetic longitude

orbit_index

int32

absolute orbit number

altitude

float

{time, vertical}

[m]

joint standard grid height

surface_altitude

float

{time}

[m]

surface altitude

viewing_elevation_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

viewing elevation angle

tropopause_height

float

{time}

[m]

tropopause height

ice_water_density

float

{time, vertical}

[kg/m3]

ice water content

ice_water_density_uncertainty

float

{time, vertical}

[kg/m3]

ice water content error

ice_particle_effective_radius

float

{time, vertical}

[m]

ice effective radius

ice_particle_effective_radius_uncertainty

float

{time, vertical}

[m]

ice effective radius error

validity

int8

{time, vertical}

quality status

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

/ScienceData/time

latitude

path

/ScienceData/latitude

longitude

path

/ScienceData/longitude

orbit_index

path

/HeaderData/VariableProductHeader/MainProductHeader/orbitNumber

altitude

path

/ScienceData/height, /ScienceData/geoid_offset

description

altitude[i,j] = height[i,j] + geoid_offset[i]

surface_altitude

path

/ScienceData/elevation, /ScienceData/geoid_offset

description

altitude = elevation + geoid_offset

viewing_elevation_angle

path

/ScienceData/viewing_elevation_angle

tropopause_height

path

/ScienceData/tropopause_height

ice_water_density

path

/ScienceData/ice_water_content

ice_water_density_uncertainty

path

/ScienceData/ice_water_content_error

ice_particle_effective_radius

path

/ScienceData/ice_effective_radius

ice_particle_effective_radius_uncertainty

path

/ScienceData/ice_effective_radius_error

validity

path

/ScienceData/quality_status