NPP_SUOMI_L2_VIIRS_EDR_VCTH

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_VCTH 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

cloud_base_height

double

{time}

[km]

cloud_base_height

cloud_top_height

double

{time}

[km]

cloud_top_height

cloud_top_pressure

double

{time}

[hPa]

cloud_top_pressure

cloud_top_temperature

double

{time}

[K]

cloud_top_temperature

cloud_fraction

double

{time}

[]

cloud_fraction

cloud_effective_particle_size

double

{time}

[um]

cloud_effective_particle_size

cloud_optical_depth

double

{time}

[]

cloud_optical_depth

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-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/StartTime, /All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-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-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/Latitude

longitude

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/Longitude

sensor_azimuth_angle

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle

sensor_zenith_angle

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/SatelliteZenithAngle

solar_azimuth_angle

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/SatelliteAzimuthAngle

solar_zenith_angle

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CLD-AGG-GEO_All/SatelliteZenithAngle

cloud_base_height

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CBH-EDR_All/AverageCloudBaseHeight

cloud_top_height

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CTH-EDR_All/AverageCloudTopHeight

cloud_top_pressure

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CTP-EDR_All/AverageCloudTopPressure

cloud_top_temperature

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CTT-EDR_All/AverageCloudTopTemperature

cloud_fraction

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CCL-EDR_All/SummedCloudCover

cloud_effective_particle_size

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-CEPS-EDR_All/AverageCloudEffectiveParticleSize

cloud_optical_depth

available

optional

path

/All_Data/VIIRS-COT-EDR_All/AverageCloudOpticalThickness