Product definition document:
PDD_SAP_L2-UTH_V1_R4.pdf (updated in November 2015)Version history:
Version 1.00: Released October 2013. Original versionVersion 1.01: Released May 2014. The BT-to-UTH retrieval is performed after correction of the limb effect on the BTs. For this correction, the measured BTs at a given incident angle are redefined at an equivalent nadir viewing geometry, from a look-up-table. In V1.00 a step of 5° in incidence angle was used, whereas in the current V1.01 a step of 2° has been preferred.
Version 2.01: Released January 2015. Added an extra time dimension in the netcdf file. Minor format corrections.
Version 2.02: Released November 2015. The error standard deviation of UTH values is now included in each gridpoint weighted by their uncertainty; minor modification of format .
File description: MT1_L2B-UTH-SAPSL1A2-1.07_2015-11-01T14-15-58_V2-02.nc
UTH dataset attributes
Dataset attribute | DataType | Dimensions | Value |
_FillValue | float32 | 1 | 99999.0 |
long_name | string | 1 | UTH |
Calibration_Equation | string | 1 | SDS_count = scale_factor*(physical_value - add_offset) |
Total_Values | int32 | 1 | 64800 |
scale_factor | float64 | 1 | 1.0 |
scale_factor_err | float64 | 1 | 0.0 |
add_offset | float64 | 1 | 0.0 |
add_offset_err | float64 | 1 | 0.0 |
Missing_Value | float32 | 1 | 999999.0 |
units | string | 1 | % |
valid_range | float64 | 2 | [0.0, 100.0] |
Comments | string | 1 | The mean UTH value of each gridpoint is computed by averaging all instantaneous L2 UTH pixels included in a gridpoint as explained before |