ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Daily

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ESACCI_CLOUD_L3_Daily data.

field name	type	dimensions	unit	description
latitude	double	{latitude}	[degree_north]	latitude of the ground pixel center
longitude	double	{longitude}	[degree_east]	longitude of the ground pixel center
cloud_optical_depth	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	cloud optical depth
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[]	uncertainty of the cloud optical depth
cloud_top_height	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	cloud top height
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[m]	uncertainty of the cloud top height
cloud_top_pressure	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	cloud top pressure
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[hPa]	uncertainty of the cloud top pressure
cloud_top_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	cloud top temperature
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	uncertainty of the cloud top temperature
validity	int16	{latitude, longitude}		validity of the measurement
relative_azimuth_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	relative azimuth angle
sensor_zenith_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	viewing zenith angle
solar_zenith_angle	double	{latitude, longitude}	[degree]	solar zenith angle
surface_temperature	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature
surface_temperature_uncertainty	double	{latitude, longitude}	[K]	surface_temperature_uncertainty
datetime	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	datetime
datetime_start	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage start
datetime_stop	double	{time}	[seconds since 2000-01-01]	time coverage end
index	int32	{time}		zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for ESACCI_CLOUD_L3U products.

option name	legal values	description
orbit	ascending, descending	the orbit of the L3 product to ingest; option values are ‘ascending’, ‘descending’
corrected	false, ” (default)	ingest the corrected or uncorrected data; option values are ‘false’, ‘’ (default, we ingest the corrected data)

Mapping description

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

field name	mapping description
latitude	path	/lat[]
longitude	path	/lon[]
cloud_optical_depth	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/cot_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/cot_desc[,,]
cloud_optical_depth_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/cot_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/cot_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_height	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/cth_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/cth_desc[,,]
cloud_top_height_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/cth_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/cth_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_pressure	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/ctp_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/ctp_desc[,,]
cloud_top_pressure_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/ctp_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/ctp_desc_unc[,,]
cloud_top_temperature	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/ctt_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/ctt_desc[,,]
cloud_top_temperature_uncertainty	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/ctt_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/ctt_desc_unc[,,]
validity	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/qcflag_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/qcflag_desc[,,]
relative_azimuth_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/relazi_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/relazi_desc[,,]
sensor_zenith_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/satzen_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/satzen_desc[,,]
solar_zenith_angle	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/solzen_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/solzen_desc[,,]
surface_temperature	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/stemp_asc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/stemp_desc[,,]
surface_temperature_uncertainty	available	optional
	condition	orbit=ascending
	path	/stemp_asc_unc[,,]
	condition	orbit=descending
	path	/stemp_desc_unc[,,]
datetime	path	/time
	description	datetime converted from days since 1970-01-01 to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_start	path	/@time_coverage_start
	description	datetime converted from a start date to seconds since 2000-01-01
datetime_stop	path	/@time_coverage_end
	description	datetime converted from an end date to seconds since 2000-01-01