S5P_L2_CLOUD_CRB_NIR — HARP 1.29 documentation

# S5P_L2_CLOUD_CRB_NIR

## Variables

The table below lists the variables that are present in the HARP product that results from an ingestion of `S5P_L2_CLOUD_CRB_NIR` 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
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
cloud_fraction | float | {time} | [] | retrieved effective radiometric cloud fraction using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
cloud_fraction_uncertainty | float | {time} | [] | uncertainty of the retrieved effective radiometric cloud fraction using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
cloud_fraction_apriori | float | {time} | [] | effective radiometric cloud fraction a priori
cloud_height | float | {time} | [m] | retrieved altitude at the level of cloud using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
cloud_height_uncertainty | float | {time} | [m] | error of the retrieved altitude at the level of cloud using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
cloud_albedo | float | {time} | [] | albedo of cloud using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
cloud_albedo_uncertainty | float | {time} | [] | uncertainty of the albedo of cloud using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
surface_albedo | float | {time} | [] | surface albedo fitted using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
surface_albedo_uncertainty | float | {time} | [] | uncertainty of the surface albedo fitted using the OCRA/ROCINN CRB model
surface_altitude | float | {time} | [m] | surface altitude
surface_pressure | float | {time} | [Pa] | surface pressure
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_CLOUD` products.

option name | legal values | description
--- | --- | ---
model | CAL, CRB | whether to retrieve the cloud properties from the CAL model or the CRB model; option values are ‘CAL’ (default) and ‘CRB’
band | UVVIS, NIR | whether to retrieve the cloud properties on the spatial grid of the TROPOMI UVVIS bands (default) or the spatial grid of the NIR band

This definition is only applicable when: model=CRB, band=NIR

## 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)
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
latitude | path | /PRODUCT/latitude_nir[]
longitude | path | /PRODUCT/longitude_nir[]
latitude_bounds | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/latitude_bounds_nir[]
longitude_bounds | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/longitude_bounds_nir[]
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_nir[]
solar_azimuth_angle | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/solar_azimuth_angle_nir[]
sensor_zenith_angle | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_zenith_angle_nir[]
sensor_azimuth_angle | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/GEOLOCATIONS/viewing_azimuth_angle_nir[]
cloud_fraction | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_fraction_crb_nir[]
cloud_fraction_uncertainty | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_fraction_crb_precision_nir[]
cloud_fraction_apriori | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_fraction_apriori_nir[]
cloud_height | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_height_crb_nir[]
cloud_height_uncertainty | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_height_crb_precision_nir[]
cloud_albedo | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_albedo_crb_nir[]
cloud_albedo_uncertainty | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/cloud_albedo_crb_precision_nir[]
surface_albedo | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo_fitted_crb_nir[]
surface_albedo_uncertainty | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/DETAILED_RESULTS/surface_albedo_fitted_crb_precision_nir[]
surface_altitude | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_altitude_nir[]
surface_pressure | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/surface_pressure_nir[]
snow_ice_type | path | /PRODUCT/SUPPORT_DATA/INPUT_DATA/snow_ice_flag_nir[]
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_nir[]
description | if 1 <= snow_ice_flag <= 100 then snow_ice_flag/100.0 else 0.0