OMI_L2_OMCLDO2

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of OMI_L2_OMCLDO2 data.

field name	type	dimensions	unit	description
datetime	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time of the measurement
longitude	double	{time}	[degree_east]	longitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84)
latitude	double	{time}	[degree_north]	latitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84)
longitude_bounds	double	{time, 4}	[degree_east]	longitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)
latitude_bounds	double	{time, 4}	[degree_north]	latitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)
solar_zenith_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	solar zenith angle at WGS84 ellipsoid for center co-ordinate of the ground pixel
solar_azimuth_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	solar azimuth angle at WGS84 ellipsoid for center co-ordinate of the ground pixel, defined East-of-North
viewing_zenith_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	viewing zenith angle at WGS84 ellipsoid for center co-ordinate of the ground pixel
viewing_azimuth_angle	double	{time}	[degree]	viewing azimuth angle at WGS84 ellipsoid for center co-ordinate of the ground pixel, defined East-of-North
sensor_altitude	double	{time}	[m]	altitude of Aura spacecraft
sensor_latitude	double	{time}	[degree_north]	geodetic latitude above WGS84 ellipsoid
sensor_longitude	double	{time}	[degree_east]	geodetic longitude above WGS84 ellipsoid
surface_altitude	double	{time}	[m]	terrain height
surface_pressure	double	{time}	[hPa]	terrain pressure
cloud_fraction	double	{time}	[]	effective cloud fraction
cloud_fraction_uncertainty	double	{time}	[]	uncertainty of the effective cloud fraction
cloud_pressure	double	{time}	[hPa]	effective cloud pressure
cloud_pressure_uncertainty	double	{time}	[hPa]	uncertainty of the effective cloud pressure
validity	int32	{time}		flags describing the processing quality
index	int32	{time}		zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for OMI_L2_OMCLDO2 products.

option name	legal values	description
clipped_cloud_fraction	false	ingest regular cloud fraction values (clipped_cloud_fraction=false) or clipped to the range [0.0, 1.0] (default)

Mapping description

The shape and size of each ground pixel is not included in the product. HARP therefore provides its own approximation which is based on interpolation of the available center coordinates for each of the ground pixels. Each corner coordinate is determined by its four surrounding center coordinates. The corner coordinate is exactly at the intersection of the cross that can be made with these four points (each line of the cross is the great-circle distance from one center coordinate to the other). In situations where a corner coordinate is not surrounded by four center coordinates (i.e. at the boundaries) virtual center coordinates are created by means of extrapolation. The virtual center coordinate is placed such that the distance to its nearest real center coordinate equals the distance between that nearest real center coordinate and the next center coordinate going further inwards. In mathematical notation: when c(i,m+1) is the virtual center coordinate and c(i,m) and c(i,m-1) are real center coordinates, then ||c(i,m+1) - c(i,m)|| = ||c(i,m) - c(i,m-1)|| and all three coordinates should lie on the same great circle. The four virtual coordinates that lie in the utmost corners of the boundaries are calculated by extrapolating in a diagonal direction (e.g. c(n+1,m+1) is calculated from c(n,m) and c(n-1,m-1)).

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

field name	mapping description
datetime	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/Time[]
	description	the time of the measurement converted from TAI93 to seconds since 2000-01-01T00:00:00
longitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/Longitude[]
latitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/Latitude[]
longitude_bounds	description	interpolated from the available center coordinates for each of the ground pixels
latitude_bounds	description	interpolated from the available center coordinates for each of the ground pixels
solar_zenith_angle	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/SolarZenithAngle[]
solar_azimuth_angle	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/SolarAzimuthAngle[]
viewing_zenith_angle	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/ViewingZenithAngle[]
viewing_azimuth_angle	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/ViewingAzimuthAngle[]
sensor_altitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/SpacecraftAltitude[]
sensor_latitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/SpacecraftLatitude[]
sensor_longitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/SpacecraftLongitude[]
surface_altitude	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Geolocation_Fields/TerrainHeight[]
surface_pressure	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/TerrainPressure[]
cloud_fraction	condition	clipped_cloud_fraction unset
	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/CloudFraction[]
	condition	clipped_cloud_fraction=false
	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/CloudFractionNotClipped[]
cloud_fraction_uncertainty	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/CloudFractionPrecision[]
cloud_pressure	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/CloudPressure[]
cloud_pressure_uncertainty	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/CloudPressurePrecision[]
validity	path	/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CloudFractionAndPressure/Data_Fields/ProcessingQualityFlags[]