ACE_FTS_L2_main

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ACE_FTS_L2_main data.

field name type dimensions unit description
datetime double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of occultation 30 km geometric tangent point
datetime_start double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of start of measurement
datetime_stop double {time} [seconds since 2000-01-01] date and time of end of measurement
orbit_index int32     absolute orbit number
latitude double {vertical} [degree_north] latitude of 30 km geometric tangent point for occultation
longitude double {vertical} [degree_east] longitude of 30 km geometric tangent point for occultation
altitude double {vertical} [km] tangent altitude grid for retrieved parameters and species
temperature double {vertical} [K] temperature
pressure double {vertical} [hPa] pressure
density double {vertical} [cm^-3] atmospheric density
H2O_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for H2O
H2O_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for H2O. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
O3_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for O3
O3_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for O3. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
N2O_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for N2O
N2O_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for N2O. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CO_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CO
CO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CO. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CH4_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CH4
CH4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CH4. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
NO_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for NO
NO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for NO. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
NO2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for NO2
NO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for NO2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HNO3_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HNO3
HNO3_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HNO3. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HF_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HF
HF_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HF. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HCl_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HCl
HCl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HCl. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
OCS_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for OCS
OCS_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for OCS. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
N2O5_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for N2O5
N2O5_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for N2O5. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
ClONO2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for ClONO2
ClONO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for ClONO2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HCN_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HCN
HCN_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HCN. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CH3Cl_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CH3Cl
CH3Cl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CH3Cl. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CF4_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CF4
CF4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CF4. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CCl2F2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CCl2F2
CCl2F2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CCl2F2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CCl3F_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CCl3F
CCl3F_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CCl3F. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
COF2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for COF2
COF2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for COF2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
C2H6_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for C2H6
C2H6_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for C2H6. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
C2H2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for C2H2
C2H2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for C2H2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
CHF2Cl_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for CHF2Cl
CHF2Cl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for CHF2Cl. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
SF6_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for SF6
SF6_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for SF6. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
ClO_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for ClO
ClO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for ClO. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HO2NO2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HO2NO2
HO2NO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HO2NO2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
H2O2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for H2O2
H2O2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for H2O2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
HOCl_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for HOCl
HOCl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for HOCl. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
N2_volume_mixing_ratio double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio for N2
N2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty double {vertical} [ppmv] volume mixing ratio uncertainty for N2. If this value is -888 the vmr was not retrieved but obtained by scaling the a priori value
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 /date
description date field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_start path /start_time
description start_time field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_stop path /end_time
description end_time field from header section converted to seconds since 2000-01-01
orbit_index description extracted from the filename (assuming ssXXXXX... or srXXXXX... format); set to 0 if extraction of the value was not possible
latitude path /latitude
description latitude field from header section
longitude path /longitude
description longitude field from header section
altitude path /data section/z
temperature path /data section/T
pressure path /data section/P (atm)
density path /data section/dens
H2O_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/H2O
H2O_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/H2O_err
O3_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/O3
O3_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/O3_err
N2O_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/N2O
N2O_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/N2O_err
CO_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CO
CO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CO_err
CH4_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CH4
CH4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CH4_err
NO_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/NO
NO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/NO_err
NO2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/NO2
NO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/NO2_err
HNO3_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HNO3
HNO3_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HNO3_err
HF_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HF
HF_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HF_err
HCl_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HCl
HCl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HCl_err
OCS_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/OCS
OCS_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/OCS_err
N2O5_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/N2O5
N2O5_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/N2O5_err
ClONO2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/ClONO2
ClONO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/ClONO2_err
HCN_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HCN
HCN_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HCN_err
CH3Cl_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CH3Cl
CH3Cl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CH3Cl_err
CF4_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CF4
CF4_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CF4_err
CCl2F2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CCl2F2
CCl2F2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CCl2F2_err
CCl3F_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CCl3F
CCl3F_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CCl3F_err
COF2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/COF2
COF2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/COF2_err
C2H6_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/C2H6
C2H6_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/C2H6_err
C2H2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/C2H2
C2H2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/C2H2_err
CHF2Cl_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/CHF2Cl
CHF2Cl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/CHF2Cl_err
SF6_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/SF6
SF6_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/SF6_err
ClO_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/ClO
ClO_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/ClO_err
HO2NO2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HO2NO2
HO2NO2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HO2NO2_err
H2O2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/H2O2
H2O2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/H2O2_err
HOCl_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/HOCl
HOCl_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/HOCl_err
N2_volume_mixing_ratio path /data section/N2
N2_volume_mixing_ratio_uncertainty path /data section/N2_err