1.8 CF Standard Names: Toa Outgoing Radiance Per Unit Wavenumber Stdev Within Collocation Target (toa_outgoing_radiance_per_unit_wavenumber_stdev_within_collocation_target)

Record Label : toa_outgoing_radiance_per_unit_wavenumber_stdev_within_collocation_target

Record Title : Toa Outgoing Radiance Per Unit Wavenumber Stdev Within Collocation Target

CF Standard Name : toa_outgoing_radiance_per_unit_wavenumber_stdev_within_collocation_target

Record Description : toa_outgoing_radiance_per_unit_wavenumber_stdev_within_collocation_target is the standard deviation of observations of the quantity with standard name toa_outgoing_radiance_per_unit_wavenumber from a sensor's adjacent field-of-views within a collocation target. "toa" means top of atmosphere. The TOA outgoing radiance is the upwelling radiance, i.e., toward outer space. Radiance is the radiative flux in a particular direction, per unit of solid angle. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. The "collocation target" is an area on the Earth's surface at which observations from at least two sensors are collected. Its size is defined by the sensor with the largest field-of-view footprint. Two events are deemed to be collocated based on some set of spatial, temporal, and viewing geometry criteria.

Canonical Units : W m-2 sr-1 (m-1)-1