Level-3 Global Spatial Binning
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Introduction

L3 Global Spatial Define Spatial statistics of SGLI Level-2 (L2) daily geophysical variable (GV) products reducing the spatial resolution to 1/24 deg. resolution (land, cryosphere, and ocean) or 1/12 deg. resolution (atmosphere).
Unit Same as the L2 variables
ATBD Ver.1 (Mar. 2017)

Update contents of Ver.2

  • ・Bug fix

Update contents of Ver.3

  • ・Abolished ARPL output due to integrating with ARNP
  • ・Merged land and ocean data, and changed output dataset name (ARNP)

Sample image

File format Ver.1 Ver.2 Ver.3
hdf5 TBU
 TBU
 AROT_G5A(1/12deg)
ARAE_G5A(1/12deg)
ASSA_G5A(1/12deg)

Dataset name

Ver.1,2,3 Description
xxxx_AVE Average of parameter
xxxx_Date Date information employed in the statistics.
xxxx_MAX Maximum of parameter
xxxx_MIN Minimum of parameter
xxxx_Ninput The number of input data
xxxx_Nused The number of data used in the statistics
xxxx_QA_flag
xxxx_RMS Root Mean Square of parameter

xxxx: Product ID (Detail：How to use)

QA_flag information

Bit Ver.1,2,3 Description Remarks
0 water
mostly water
mostly coast
land		 (land frac.=0%)=00
(0<land frac.<50%)=01<br>(50<land frac.<100%)=10
(land frac=100%)=11
1
2 day
mostlty day
mostly night
night		 (day frac.=100%)=00
(0<night frac.<50%)=01
(50<night frac.<100%)=10
(night frac.=100%)=11		 Variable according to physical quantity
3
4
5
6
7

・If no input data available, all bit fields are set to 1 (i.e., flag value = 255).

・If pixel value in l2 data is Error_DN, flag value = 254)

 Please refer to here to the detail information for QA flag.

Attribute information

Ver.1,2,3 Attribute Remarks
Attribute of Image_data
Attribute of Image_data Grid_interval 0.0416667
Grid_interval_unit deg
Image_projection Non-map projected one dimensional array. Bin height is 1/[Grid_interval] deg. and bin width depends on its latitude (1/[Grid_interval]/cos(lat.) deg.). The area of each bin is equal. The bin is started from -180 deg. longitude to eastbound and from -90 deg. latitude (south) to 90 deg. (north).
Number_of_bins 23761676
Lower_left_latitude -90
Lower_left_longitude -180
Lower_right_latitude -90
Lower_right_longitude 180
Upper_left_latitude 90
Upper_left_longitude -180
Upper_right_latitude 90
Upper_right_longitude 180
AVE
AVE
16-bit unsigned integer		 Error_DN 65535
Data_description Average of parameter
Maximum_valid_DN 59999 Variable according to physical quantity
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 240
Slope 0.0005525
Unit kelvin
Date
Date
8-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description Date information employed in the statistics.
Error_DN 255
Maximum_valid_DN 254
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 0
Slope 1
Unit day
MAX
MAX
16-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description Maximum of parameter
Error_DN 65535
Maximum_valid_DN 59999 Variable according to physical quantity
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 240
Slope 0.0005525
Unit kelvin
MIN
MIN
16-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description Minimum of parameter
Error_DN 65535
Maximum_valid_DN 59999 Variable according to physical quantity
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 240
Slope 0.0005525
Unit kelvin
Ninput
Ninput
16-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description The number of input data
Error_DN 65535
Maximum_valid_DN 431
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 0
Slope 1
Unit NA
Nused
Nused
16-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description The number of data used in the statistics
Error_DN 65535
Maximum_valid_DN 431
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 0
Slope 1
Unit NA
RMS
RMS
16-bit unsigned integer		 Data_description Root Mean Square of parameter
Error_DN 65535
Maximum_valid_DN 59999 Variable according to physical quantity
Minimum_valid_DN 0
Offset 240
Slope 0.0005525
Unit kelvin

How to use

  • ・Physical quantity＝DN*slope + offset
  • ・Valid values are during Minimum_valid_DN～Maximum_valid_DN
  • ・Product list

Ver.1,2 Ver.3

Area Physical quantity Product ID Spacial resolution
F: 1/24 deg
C: 1/12deg
Terrestrial Surface reflectance RV01～11, RS01～04, RT01～02
RN08, 11, RP01, 02, GEOV, I, P
SNZV, I, P, SLZV, I, P, RLAV, I, P 		F
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI F
Enhanced Vegetation Index EVI_ F
Shadow Index SDI_ F
Leaf Area Index LAI_ F
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation FPAR F
Above Ground Biomass AGB_ F
Vegetation Roughness Index VRI_ F
Land Surface Temperature LST_ F
Atmosphere Classified cloud Fraction CFR1～CFR9
CFRA, H, M, L		 C
Cloud Top Temperature CLTT C
Cloud Top Height CLTH C
Water cloud Optical Thickness COTW C
Water cloud Effective Radius CERW C
Ice cloud Optical Thickness COTI C
Aerosol Optical Thickness over Ocean AOTO C
Aerosol Optical Thickness over Land (near ultra violet) AOTL C
Angstrom Exponent over Ocean AAEO C
Angstrom Exponent over Land (near ultra violet) AAEL C
Aerosol Optical Thickness over Land (POL) AOTP C
Aerosol Angstrom Exponent over Land (POL) AAEP C
Single_Scattering_Albedo ASSA C
Ocean Normalized Water Leaving Radiance L380, L412, L443, L490
L530, L565, L670		 F
Photosynthetically Available Radiation PAR_ F
Aerosol Optical Thickness(TauA) T670, T865 F
Chllorophyll-a concentration CHLA F
Total Suspended Matter TSM_ F
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter CDOM F
Sea Surface Temperature SST_ F
Cryosphere Snow and Ice Covered area SICE F
Snow and Ice Surface Temperature SIST F
Snow Grain Size of shallow Layer SGSL F
  • *Region：Global、Temporal resolution：1-day, 8-day and 1-month、Projection：EQuiRectangular (EQR) or Polar stereo (PS)
Area Physical quantity Product ID Spacial resolution
F: 1/24 deg
C: 1/12deg
Terrestrial Surface reflectance RV01～11, RS01～04, RT01～02
RN08, 11, RP01, 02, GEOV, I, P
SNZV, I, P, SLZV, I, P, RLAV, I, P 		F
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NDVI F
Enhanced Vegetation Index EVI_ F
Shadow Index SDI_ F
Leaf Area Index LAI_ F
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation FPAR F
Above Ground Biomass AGB_ F
Vegetation Roughness Index VRI_ F
Land Surface Temperature LST_ F
Atmosphere Classified cloud Fraction CFR1～CFR9
CFRA, H, M, L		 C
Cloud Top Temperature CLTT C
Cloud Top Height CLTH C
Water cloud Optical Thickness COTW C
Water cloud Effective Radius CERW C
Ice cloud Optical Thickness COTI C
Aerosol Optical Thickness over Land and Ocean AROT C
Angstrom Exponent over Land and Ocean ARAE C
Single_Scattering_Albedo over Land and Ocean ASSA C
Ocean Normalized Water Leaving Radiance L380, L412, L443, L490
L530, L565, L670		 F
Photosynthetically Available Radiation PAR_ F
Aerosol Optical Thickness(TauA) T670, T865 F
Chllorophyll-a concentration CHLA F
Total Suspended Matter TSM_ F
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter CDOM F
Sea Surface Temperature SST_ F
Cryosphere Snow and Ice Covered area SICE F
Snow and Ice Surface Temperature SIST F
Snow Grain Size of shallow Layer SGSL F
  • *Region：Global、Temporal resolution：1-day, 8-day and 1-month、Projection：EQuiRectangular (EQR) or Polar stereo (PS)