ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Monthly

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Monthly data.

field name	type	dimensions	unit	description
latitude	double	{latitude}	[degree_north]	latitude of the ground pixel center
longitude	double	{longitude}	[degree_east]	longitude of the ground pixel center
cloud_optical_depth	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	cloud optical depth
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	uncertainty of the cloud optical depth
cloud_top_height	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	cloud top eight
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	uncertainty of the cloud top height
cloud_top_pressure	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	cloud top pressure
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	uncertainty of the cloud top pressure
cloud_top_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	cloud top temperature
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	uncertainty of the cloud top temperature
surface_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature
surface_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature_uncertainty
datetime	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	datetime
datetime_start	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage start
datetime_stop	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage end
index	int32	{time}		zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for ESACCI_CLOUD_L3C products.

option name	legal values	description
corrected	false	ingest the corrected data (default) or uncorrected data (corrected=false)

Mapping description

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

field name	mapping description
latitude	path	/lat[]
longitude	path	/lon[]
cloud_optical_depth	condition	corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/cot[,,]
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	condition	corrected unset
	path	/cot_corrected_unc[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/cot_unc[,,]
cloud_top_height	condition	corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/cth[,,]
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	condition	corrected unset
	path	/cth_corrected_unc[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/cth_unc[,,]
cloud_top_pressure	condition	corrected unset
	path	/ctp_corrected[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/ctp[,,]
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	condition	corrected unset
	path	/ctp_corrected_unc[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/ctp_unc[,,]
cloud_top_temperature	condition	corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/ctt[,,]
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	condition	corrected unset
	path	/ctt_corrected_unc[,,]
	condition	corrected=false
	path	/ctt_unc[,,]
surface_temperature	available	optional
	path	/stemp[,,]
surface_temperature_uncertainty	available	optional
	path	/stemp_unc[,,]
datetime	path	/time
	description	datetime converted from days since 1970-01-01 to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_start	path	/@time_coverage_start
	description	datetime converted from a start date to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_stop	path	/@time_coverage_end
	description	datetime converted from an end date to seconds since 2000-01-01