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Description
The reprocessed Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Version 003 Level 2 Cloud Data Product OMCLDRR is available to the public from the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). Aura OMI provides two Level-2 Cloud products (OMCLDRR and OMCLDO2) at pixel resolution (13 x 24 km at nadir) that are based on two different algorithms, the Rotational Raman Scattering method and the O2-O2 absorption method. This level-2 global cloud product, OMCLDRR, provides effective cloud pressure and effective cloud fraction that is based on the least square fitting of the Ring spectrum (filling-in of Fraunhofer lines in the range 392 to 398 nm due to rotational Raman scattering). This product also contains many ancillary and derived parameters, terrain and geolocation information, solar and satellite viewing angles, and quality flags. The shortname for this Level-2 OMI Cloud Pressure and Fraction product is OMCLDRR and the algorithm lead for this product is NASA OMI scientist Dr. Joanna Joinner.
The OMCLDRR files are stored in the version 5 EOS Hierarchical Data Format (HDF-EOS5). Each file contains data from the day lit portion of an orbit (53 minutes). There are approximately 14 orbits per day. The maximum file size for the OMCLDRR data product is about 9 Mbytes.
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Variables
Variables are a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something. For example, temperature and pressure are variables of the atmosphere. Parameters and variables can be used interchangeably. Variable level attributes provide individual information for each variable.
The Name in this table is the variable name. Fill value indicates missing or undefined data points in a variable. Valid range is the range of values the variable can store. Scale factor is used to increase or decrease the size of an object and can be used to correct for distortion. For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.
| Name Sort descending | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Chlorophyll | Chlorophyll Concentration | mg/m3 | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/CloudFractionforO3 | Cloud Fraction for O3 | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/CloudMask | Cloud Mask | NoUnits | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/CloudPressureforO3 | Cloud Pressure for O3 | hPa | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/CloudPressureforO3_uncorrected | HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/CloudPressureforO3_uncorrected | N/A | float32 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Convergence_factor | Convergence Factor | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/dIdR | Radiance (fractional) refl. sens. | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Filling-In | Effective filling-in | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/MeasurementQualityFlags | Measurement Quality Flags | NoUnits | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/ProcessingQualityFlagsforO3 | Processing Quality Flags for O3 | NoUnits | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/RadiativeCloudFraction | Radiative Cloud Fraction | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Reflectivity | Reflectivity | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Residual_bias | Residual Bias | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/Residual_stddev | Residual Standard Deviation | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/SmallPixelMean | Small Pixel Mean | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/SmallPixelnPix | Small Pixel Number of Pixels | NoUnits | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/SmallPixelStddev | Small Pixel Standard Deviation | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/SurfaceReflectivity | Surface Reflectivity Climatology TOMS | NoUnits | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/TerrainPressure | Terrain Pressure | hPa | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Data Fields/WavelengthShift | Wavelength Shift | nm | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/GroundPixelQualityFlags | Ground Pixel Quality Flags | NoUnits | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/Latitude | Latitude | deg | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/Longitude | Longitude | deg | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/RelativeAzimuthAngle | Relative Azimuth Angle | deg | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/SolarZenithAngle | Solar Zenith Angle | deg | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/TerrainHeight | Terrain Height | m | uint16 | 65535 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/Time | Time at Start of Scan (s, TAI93) | s | float64 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/ViewingZenithAngle | Viewing Zenith Angle | deg | float32 | -9999 | N/A | N/A |
| HDFEOS/SWATHS/Cloud Product/Geolocation Fields/XTrackQualityFlags | Cross Track Quality Flags | NoUnits | uint8 | 255 | N/A | N/A |