Total Suspended Matter Concentration

The total suspended matter concentration is the main variable included in the tsm_nn.nc file.

The following table provides the main characteristics of this variable including coverage, parameter ID, time latency, sampling and bands used in the associated product. The ancillary and auxiliary data provides the variables used during processing and are provided in Auxiliary Data Files (ADFs).

 

PRODUCT NAME Total Suspended Matter Concentration
PARAMETER ID TSM_NN and TSM_GSM (_NN and _GSM refer to the originating algorithm).
PRODUCT LEVEL 2
DESCRIPTION Total suspended matter concentration and associated error estimates.
PRODUCT PARAMETERS
COVERAGE global
PACKAGING half-orbit
LATENCY NRT, NTC
UNITS g m-3
RANGE 0-100
SAMPLING Spatial: approximately 300 m x 300 m (FR) and 1.2 km x 1.2 km (RR; spectral: N/A
FORMAT 1-byte integer
APPENDED DATA Error estimate (1-byte integer)
FREQUENCY 1 product per orbit
SIZE OF PRODUCT Approx. 0.54 GB (FR), 35 MB (RR)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
INPUT BANDS Oa1 (400 nm) - Oa12 (753.5 nm), Oa16 (778.75 nm), Oa17 (865 nm), Oa21 (1020 nm)
ANCILLARY AND AUXILIARY OC4Me: Pre-computed f/Q tables, R table
DATA NN: Neural Net coefficients LUT