S5P_L2_CO
Variables
The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of S5P_L2_CO data.
field name |
type |
dimensions |
unit |
description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
scan_subindex |
int16 |
{time} |
pixel index (0-based) within the scanline |
|
datetime_start |
double |
{time} |
[seconds since 2010-01-01] |
start time of the measurement |
datetime_length |
double |
[s] |
duration of the measurement |
|
orbit_index |
int32 |
absolute orbit number |
||
validity |
int32 |
{time} |
processing quality flag |
|
latitude |
float |
{time} |
[degree_north] |
latitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84) |
longitude |
float |
{time} |
[degree_east] |
longitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84) |
latitude_bounds |
float |
{time, 4} |
[degree_north] |
latitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84) |
longitude_bounds |
float |
{time, 4} |
[degree_east] |
longitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84) |
sensor_latitude |
float |
{time} |
[degree_north] |
latitude of the geodetic sub-satellite point (WGS84) |
sensor_longitude |
float |
{time} |
[degree_east] |
longitude of the goedetic sub-satellite point (WGS84) |
sensor_altitude |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
altitude of the satellite with respect to the geodetic sub-satellite point (WGS84) |
solar_zenith_angle |
float |
{time} |
[degree] |
zenith angle of the Sun at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured away from the vertical |
solar_azimuth_angle |
float |
{time} |
[degree] |
azimuth angle of the Sun at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured East-of-North |
sensor_zenith_angle |
float |
{time} |
[degree] |
zenith angle of the satellite at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured away from the vertical |
sensor_azimuth_angle |
float |
{time} |
[degree] |
azimuth angle of the satellite at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured East-of-North |
altitude |
float |
{time, vertical} |
[m] |
altitude grid on which the radiative transfer calculations are done |
pressure_bounds |
float |
{time, vertical, 2} |
[Pa] |
pressure boundaries of the layers of the vertical grid |
surface_altitude |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
surface altitude |
surface_altitude_uncertainty |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
surface altitude precision |
surface_meridional_wind_velocity |
float |
{time} |
[m/s] |
northward wind |
surface_zonal_wind_velocity |
float |
{time} |
[m/s] |
eastward wind |
surface_pressure |
float |
{time} |
[Pa] |
surface pressure |
CO_column_number_density |
float |
{time} |
[mol/m^2] |
vertically integrated CO column density |
CO_column_number_density_uncertainty |
float |
{time} |
[mol/m^2] |
uncertainty of the vertically integrated CO column density (standard error) |
CO_column_number_density_validity |
int8 |
{time} |
continuous quality descriptor, varying between 0 (no data) and 100 (full quality data) |
|
CO_number_density_avk |
float |
{time, vertical} |
[m] |
averaging kernel for the vertically integrated CO column density (for number density profiles) |
CO_column_number_density_avk |
float |
{time, vertical} |
[] |
averaging kernel for the vertically integrated CO column density (for partial column number density profiles) |
CO_column_number_density_apriori |
float |
{time, vertical} |
[mol/m2] |
carbon monoxide apriori profile as partial column number densities |
H2O_column_number_density |
float |
{time} |
[mol/m^2] |
H2O total column density |
H2O_column_number_density_uncertainty |
float |
{time} |
[mol/m^2] |
uncertainty of the H2O column density (standard error) |
cloud_height |
float |
{time} |
[m] |
Scattering layer height |
cloud_optical_depth |
float |
{time} |
[] |
Scattering optical thickness SWIR |
index |
int32 |
{time} |
zero-based index of the sample within the source product |
Ingestion options
The table below lists the available ingestion options for S5P_L2_CO products.
option name |
legal values |
description |
|---|---|---|
co |
corrected |
whether to ingest the ‘normal’ CO column (default) or the destriping corrected CO column (co=corrected); providing this option will only work with processor version >= 02.01.00 (otherwise an empty product is returned) |
co_avk |
number_density |
whether to ingest the partial column number density column avk (default) for CO or the number density column avk (avk=number_density) |
Mapping description
The table below details where and how each variable was retrieved from the input product.
field name |
mapping description |
|
|---|---|---|
scan_subindex |
description |
the scanline and pixel dimensions are collapsed into a temporal dimension; the index of the pixel within the scanline is computed as the index on the temporal dimension modulo the number of scanlines |
datetime_start |
path |
/PRODUCT/time, /PRODUCT/delta_time[] |
description |
time converted from milliseconds since a reference time (given as seconds since 2010-01-01) to seconds since 2010-01-01 (using 86400 seconds per day); the time associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline |
|
datetime_length |
path |
/@time_coverage_resolution |
description |
the measurement length is parsed assuming the ISO 8601 ‘PT%(interval_seconds)fS’ format |
|
orbit_index |
path |
/@orbit |
validity |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/processing_quality_flags[] |
description |
the uint32 data is cast to int32 |
|
latitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/latitude[] |
longitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/longitude[] |
latitude_bounds |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/latitude_bounds[] |
longitude_bounds |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/longitude_bounds[] |
sensor_latitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_latitude[] |
description |
the satellite latitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline |
|
sensor_longitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_longitude[] |
description |
the satellite longitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline |
|
sensor_altitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_altitude[] |
description |
the satellite altitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline |
|
solar_zenith_angle |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/solar_zenith_angle[] |
solar_azimuth_angle |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/solar_azimuth_angle[] |
sensor_zenith_angle |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_zenith_angle[] |
sensor_azimuth_angle |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_azimuth_angle[] |
altitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/layer[], /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude[] |
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending; height is converted to altitude by adding surface_altitude |
|
pressure_bounds |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/pressure_levels[] |
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending; the lower boundary of each layer is then taken from pressure_levels; the upper boundary is the lower boundary of the layer above or 1e-3 Pa for the upper most layer |
|
surface_altitude |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude[] |
surface_altitude_uncertainty |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude_precision[] |
surface_meridional_wind_velocity |
available |
optional |
condition |
processor version >= 01.03.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/northward_wind[] |
|
surface_zonal_wind_velocity |
available |
optional |
condition |
processor version >= 01.03.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/eastward_wind[] |
|
surface_pressure |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/pressure_levels[] |
description |
the surface pressure is the pressure at the lowest pressure level |
|
CO_column_number_density |
path |
/PRODUCT/carbonmonoxide_total_column[] |
condition |
co=corrected and processor version >= 02.01.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/carbonmonoxide_total_column_corrected[] |
|
CO_column_number_density_uncertainty |
path |
/PRODUCT/carbonmonoxide_total_column_precision[] |
CO_column_number_density_validity |
path |
/PRODUCT/qa_value |
CO_number_density_avk |
available |
optional |
condition |
avk=number_density and processor version < 02.04.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/column_averaging_kernel[] |
|
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending |
|
condition |
avk=number_density and processor version >= 02.04.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/column_averaging_kernel[] |
|
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending and each element is multiplied by 1000 [m] so the column avk can be applied to number density profiles instead of partial column number density profiles |
|
CO_column_number_density_avk |
available |
optional |
condition |
avk unset and processor version < 02.04.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/column_averaging_kernel[] |
|
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending and each element is divided by 1000 [m] so the column avk can be applied to partial column number density profiles instead of number density profiles |
|
condition |
avk unset and processor version >= 02.04.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/column_averaging_kernel[] |
|
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending |
|
CO_column_number_density_apriori |
available |
optional |
condition |
processor version >= 02.04.00 |
|
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/carbonmonoxide_profile_apriori[] |
|
description |
the vertical grid is inverted to make it ascending |
|
H2O_column_number_density |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/water_total_column[] |
H2O_column_number_density_uncertainty |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/water_total_column_precision[] |
cloud_height |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/height_scattering_layer[] |
cloud_optical_depth |
path |
/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/scattering_optical_thickness_SWIR[] |