TES_L2_Temperature_Limb

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of TES_L2_Temperature_Limb 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

temperature

double

{time, vertical}

[K]

atmospheric temperature

temperature_uncertainty

double

{time, vertical}

[K]

atmospheric temperature 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/TemperatureLimbSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Time[]

description

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

longitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Longitude[]

latitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Geolocation_Fields/Latitude[]

altitude

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Data_Fields/Altitude[]

pressure

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Data_Fields/Pressure[]

temperature

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Data_Fields/Temperature[]

temperature_uncertainty

path

/HDFEOS/SWATHS/TemperatureLimbSwath/Data_Fields/TemperaturePrecision[]