TES_L2_CH4_Nadir

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of TES_L2_CH4_Nadir data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

time of the measurement

longitude

double

{time}

[degree_east]

tangent longitude

latitude

double

{time}

[degree_north]

tangent latitude

altitude

double

{time, vertical}

[m]

altitude per profile level

pressure

double

{time, vertical}

[hPa]

pressure per profile level

CH4_volume_mixing_ratio

double

{time, vertical}

[ppv]

methane volume mixing ratio

CH4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

double

{time, vertical}

[ppv]

methane volume mixing ratio precision

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

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Time[]

description

the time converted from TAI93 to seconds since 2000-01-01T00:00:00

longitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Longitude[]

latitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Latitude[]

altitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Data_Fields/Altitude[]

pressure

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Data_Fields/Pressure[]

CH4_volume_mixing_ratio

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Data_Fields/CH4[]

CH4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/CH4NadirSwath/Data_Fields/CH4Precision[]