NPP_SUOMI_L2_VIIRS_EDR_VAOO

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of NPP_SUOMI_L2_VIIRS_EDR_VAOO data.

field name	type	dimensions	unit	description
datetime	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time of the measurement
latitude	double	{time}	[degree_north]	tangent latitude
longitude	double	{time}	[degree_east]	tangent longitude
sensor_azimuth_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	azimuth angle (measured clockwise positive from North) to Satellite at each retrieval position
sensor_zenith_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	zenith angle to Satellite at each retrieval position
solar_azimuth_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	azimuth angle of sun (measured clockwise positive from North) at each retrieval position
solar_zenith_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	zenith angle of sun at each retrieval position
aerosol_optical_depth	double	{time, spectral}	[]	aerosol_optical_depth
wavelength	double	{spectral}	[nm]	wavelength
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	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/StartTime, /All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/MidTime
	description	the time converted from seconds since 1958-01-01 to seconds since 2000-01-01T00:00:00
latitude	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/Latitude
longitude	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/Longitude
sensor_azimuth_angle	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle
sensor_zenith_angle	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/SatelliteZenithAngle
solar_azimuth_angle	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle
solar_zenith_angle	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR-GEO_All/SatelliteZenithAngle
aerosol_optical_depth	path	/All_Data/VIIRS-Aeros-EDR_All/AerosolOpticalDepth
wavelength	description	fixed values