ECA_AM__CTH_2B

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of ECA_AM__CTH_2B data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

datetime

double

{time}

[seconds since 2000-01-01]

UTC time

latitude

double

{time}

[degree_north]

Geodetic latitude

longitude

double

{time}

[degree_east]

Geodetic longitude

latitude_bounds

double

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

latitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)

longitude_bounds

double

{time, 4}

[degree_east]

longitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)

orbit_index

int32

absolute orbit number

cloud_fraction

float

{time}

[]

cloud fraction

cloud_top_height

float

{time}

[m]

cloud top height

validity

int8

{time}

quality status

index

int32

{time}

zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for ECA_AM__CTH_2B products.

option name

legal values

description

source

atlid

whether to ingest the cloud top height from MSI (default) or ATLID (data=atlid)

Mapping description

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

field name

mapping description

datetime

path

/ScienceData/time

description

time is replicated in the across track dimension

latitude

path

/ScienceData/latitude

longitude

path

/ScienceData/longitude

latitude_bounds

description

interpolated from the center coordinates for each of the ground pixels

longitude_bounds

description

interpolated from the center coordinates for each of the ground pixels

orbit_index

path

/HeaderData/VariableProductHeader/MainProductHeader/orbitNumber

cloud_fraction

path

/ScienceData/cloud_fraction

cloud_top_height

condition

source unset

path

/ScienceData/cloud_top_height_MSI

condition

source=atlid

path

/ScienceData/cloud_top_height_MSI, /ScienceData/cloud_top_height_difference_ATLID_MSI

description

cloud_top_height_MSI + cloud_top_height_difference_ATLID_MSI

validity

path

/ScienceData/quality_status