S5P_L2_AER_LH

Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of S5P_L2_AER_LH data.

field name

type

dimensions

unit

description

scan_subindex

int16

{time}

pixel index (0-based) within the scanline

datetime_start

double

{time}

[seconds since 2010-01-01]

start time of the measurement

datetime_length

double

[s]

duration of the measurement

orbit_index

int32

absolute orbit number

validity

int32

{time}

processing quality flag

latitude

float

{time}

[degree_north]

latitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84)

longitude

float

{time}

[degree_east]

longitude of the ground pixel center (WGS84)

latitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_north]

latitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)

longitude_bounds

float

{time, 4}

[degree_east]

longitudes of the ground pixel corners (WGS84)

sensor_latitude

float

{time}

[degree_north]

latitude of the geodetic sub-satellite point (WGS84)

sensor_longitude

float

{time}

[degree_east]

longitude of the goedetic sub-satellite point (WGS84)

sensor_altitude

float

{time}

[m]

altitude of the satellite with respect to the geodetic sub-satellite point (WGS84)

solar_zenith_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

zenith angle of the Sun at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured away from the vertical

solar_azimuth_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

azimuth angle of the Sun at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured East-of-North

sensor_zenith_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

zenith angle of the satellite at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured away from the vertical

sensor_azimuth_angle

float

{time}

[degree]

azimuth angle of the satellite at the ground pixel location (WGS84); angle measured East-of-North

surface_altitude

float

{time}

[m]

surface altitude

surface_altitude_uncertainty

float

{time}

[m]

surface altitude precision

surface_pressure

float

{time}

[Pa]

surface pressure

surface_meridional_wind_velocity

float

{time}

[m/s]

northward wind

surface_zonal_wind_velocity

float

{time}

[m/s]

eastward wind

aerosol_height

float

{time}

[m]

altitude of center of aerosol layer

aerosol_height_uncertainty

float

{time}

[m]

uncertainty of altitude of center of aerosol layer

aerosol_height_validity

int8

{time}

continuous quality descriptor, varying between 0 (no data) and 100 (full quality data)

aerosol_pressure

float

{time}

[Pa]

pressure at center of aerosol layer

aerosol_pressure_uncertainty

float

{time}

[Pa]

uncertainty of pressure at center of aerosol layer

aerosol_optical_depth

float

{time}

[]

aerosol optical thickness

aerosol_optical_depth_uncertainty

float

{time}

[]

uncertainty of the aerosol optical thickness

surface_albedo

float

{time}

[]

surface albedo

surface_albedo_uncertainty

float

{time}

[]

uncertainty of the surface albedo

cloud_fraction

float

{time}

[]

cloud fraction from the cloud product

absorbing_aerosol_index

float

{time}

[]

aerosol index

snow_ice_type

int8

{time}

surface snow/ice type; enumeration values: snow_free_land (0), sea_ice (1), permanent_ice (2), snow (3), ocean (4)

sea_ice_fraction

float

{time}

[]

sea-ice concentration (as a fraction)

index

int32

{time}

zero-based index of the sample within the source product

Ingestion options

The table below lists the available ingestion options for S5P_L2_AER_LH products.

option name

legal values

description

aerosol_pressure

unclipped

ingest the aerosol_mid_pressure that is clipped to the surface pressure (default) or the unclipped variant (aerosol_pressure=unclipped)

surface_albedo

772

whether to ingest the surface albedo at 758nm (default) or the surface alebedo at 772nm (surface_albedo=772); this option only has an effect for processor version >= 02.06.00 (for older products always the albedo at 758nm is ingested)

Mapping description

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

field name

mapping description

scan_subindex

description

the scanline and pixel dimensions are collapsed into a temporal dimension; the index of the pixel within the scanline is computed as the index on the temporal dimension modulo the number of scanlines

datetime_start

path

/PRODUCT/time, /PRODUCT/delta_time[]

description

time converted from milliseconds since a reference time (given as seconds since 2010-01-01) to seconds since 2010-01-01 (using 86400 seconds per day); the time associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline

datetime_length

path

/@time_coverage_resolution

description

the measurement length is parsed assuming the ISO 8601 ‘PT%(interval_seconds)fS’ format

orbit_index

path

/@orbit

validity

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/processing_quality_flags[]

description

the uint32 data is cast to int32

latitude

path

/PRODUCT/latitude[]

longitude

path

/PRODUCT/longitude[]

latitude_bounds

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/latitude_bounds[]

longitude_bounds

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/longitude_bounds[]

sensor_latitude

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_latitude[]

description

the satellite latitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline

sensor_longitude

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_longitude[]

description

the satellite longitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline

sensor_altitude

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/satellite_altitude[]

description

the satellite altitude associated with a scanline is repeated for each pixel in the scanline

solar_zenith_angle

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/solar_zenith_angle[]

solar_azimuth_angle

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/solar_azimuth_angle[]

sensor_zenith_angle

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_zenith_angle[]

sensor_azimuth_angle

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_azimuth_angle[]

surface_altitude

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude[]

surface_altitude_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude_precision[]

surface_pressure

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_pressure[]

surface_meridional_wind_velocity

available

optional

condition

processor version >= 01.03.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/northward_wind[]

surface_zonal_wind_velocity

available

optional

condition

processor version >= 01.03.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/eastward_wind[]

aerosol_height

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_height[]

aerosol_height_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_height_precision[]

aerosol_height_validity

path

/PRODUCT/qa_value

aerosol_pressure

available

optional

condition

aerosol_pressure unset

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_pressure[]

condition

aerosol_pressure=unclipped and processor version >= 02.00.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/aerosol_mid_pressure_not_clipped[]

aerosol_pressure_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/aerosol_mid_pressure_precision[]

aerosol_optical_depth

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/aerosol_optical_thickness[]

aerosol_optical_depth_uncertainty

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/aerosol_optical_thickness_precision[]

surface_albedo

available

optional

condition

processor version >= 01.03.00 and processor version < 02.06.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo[]

condition

surface_albedo unset and processor version >= 02.06.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo[..,0]

condition

surface_albedo=772 and processor version >= 02.06.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo[..,1]

surface_albedo_uncertainty

available

optional

condition

surface_albedo unset and processor version >= 02.06.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo_precision[..,0]

condition

surface_albedo=772 and processor version >= 02.06.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo_precision[..,1]

cloud_fraction

available

optional

condition

processor version >= 01.03.00

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/cloud_fraction[]

absorbing_aerosol_index

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/aerosol_index_354_388

snow_ice_type

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/snow_ice_flag[]

description

0: snow_free_land (0), 1-100: sea_ice (1), 101: permanent_ice (2), 103: snow (3), 255: ocean (4), other values map to -1

sea_ice_fraction

path

/PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/snow_ice_flag[]

description

if 1 <= snow_ice_flag <= 100 then snow_ice_flag/100.0 else 0.0