Auxiliary_Calibration_MRC_04_12

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Data Set Record id field name definition 0 First_Start_of_Observation_Time ascii time size: 23 Start of observation time of the first BRC unit: "s since 2000-01-01" value: if(str(., 23) == "UTC=9999-12-31T23:59:59", +inf, if(str(., 23) == "UTC=0000-00-00T00:00:00", -inf, time(str(.), "'UTC='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'TAI='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'GPS='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'UT1='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"))) ascii string size: 23 CCSDS ASCII datetime with time reference "RRR=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss". The reference RRR can be any of "UT1", "UTC", "TAI", or "GPS". 1 Last_Start_of_Observation_Time ascii time size: 23 Start of observation time of the last BRC unit: "s since 2000-01-01" value: if(str(., 23) == "UTC=9999-12-31T23:59:59", +inf, if(str(., 23) == "UTC=0000-00-00T00:00:00", -inf, time(str(.), "'UTC='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'TAI='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'GPS='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'UT1='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"))) ascii string size: 23 CCSDS ASCII datetime with time reference "RRR=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss". The reference RRR can be any of "UT1", "UTC", "TAI", or "GPS". 2 Calibration_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Mie Response Calibration is valid. Based on accetable ranges of calibration results for measurement and reference pulse; and the number of valid frequencies mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 3 List_of_Frequency_Step_Results xml record List of channel response per frequency step. attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Frequency_Step_Result xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record Frequency Step Result id field name definition 0 Frequency_Offset ascii double Frequency offset unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 1 Frequency_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Satisfied minimum number of valid measurements per frequency step, Reference_Pulse_Frequency_Valid=TRUE, and Measurement_Response_Valid=TRUE mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 2 Reference_Pulse_Frequency_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Satisifed minimum number of valid pulses per frequency step and Reference_Pulse_Response_Valid=TRUE mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 3 Measurement_Response_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Measurement response is valid mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Reference_Pulse_Response_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Reference Pulse Response is valid mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 5 Measurement_Response ascii double Measurement channel response unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 6 Measurement_Error_Mie_Response ascii double Measurement Error_Mie_Response unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 7 Reference_Pulse_Response ascii double Reference pulse channel response unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 8 Reference_Pulse_Error_Mie_Response ascii double Reference pulse Error_Mie_Response unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 9 Normalized_Useful_Signal ascii array[24] 24 values of useful signal separated by blanks. The first value corresponds to the lidar bin which is the upper most in the atmosphere. ascii double 10 Mie_Scattering_Ratio ascii array[24] 24 values of Mie scattering ratio separated by blanks. The first value correspnds to the lidar bin which is the upper most in the atmosphere. ascii double 11 Frequency_Step_Data_Statistics xml record Observation product confidence data id field name definition 0 Num_Valid_Measurements ascii int32 A measurement is a valid measurement if it is usable, see Num_Measurements_Usable, and at least one ground echo bin was detected. 1 Num_Measurements_Usable ascii int32 Number of atmospheric measurements usable. The atmospheric measurement is usable if L1A input data Measurement_Valid = TRUE, Measurement_Data_Present = TRUE, Spacecraft_Attitude_On_Target = TRUE and measurement is not corrupted, measurement data was acquired after laser frequency has settled, and all corresponding pulses have the same commanded laser frequency 2 Num_Reference_Pulses_Usable ascii int32 Number reference pulses usable. Reference pulse is usable when the pulse is valid, data is not corrupted, and pulse data was acquired for a measurement after laser frequency has settled. 3 Num_Measurement_Invalid ascii int32 Number of measurements that are not counted for Num_Valid_Measurements AND not counted for Num_Measurements_Usable. 4 Num_Pulse_Validity_Status_Flag_False ascii int32 Number reference pulses with Pulse_Validity_Status_Flag set to false of all valid measurements (measurements where Measurement_Valid set to true) that contain only pulses with a frequency offset of the current frequency step. 5 Num_Sat_Not_on_Target_Measurements ascii int32 Number of measurements with satellite not on target status 6 Num_Corrupt_Measurement_Bins ascii int32 Number of corrupt measurement lidar bins of all valid measurements (measurements where Measurement_Valid set to true) that contain only pulses with a frequency offset of the current frequency step. 7 Num_Corrupt_Reference_Pulses ascii int32 Total number of corrupt reference pulses 8 Num_Mie_Core_Algo_Fails_Measurements ascii int32 Number of measurements where the Mie core algorithm failed 9 Num_Ground_Echo_Not_Detected_Measurements ascii int32 Number of measurements where a ground echo was not detected 4 Measurement_Response_Calibration xml record Measurement Response Calibration id field name definition 0 Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Measurement mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channelresponse) unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 1 Measurement_Zero_Frequency ascii double Measurement zero frequency response (intercept of the best straight line of channel response) unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 2 Measurement_Error_Mie_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Measurement Error_Mie_Response standard deviation unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 3 Measurement_Offset_Frequency ascii double Measurement zero response frequency (x-intercept of the best straight line of channel response) unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 5 Reference_Pulse_Response_Calibration xml record Reference Pulse Response Calibration id field name definition 0 Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Reference pulse mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channelresponse) unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 1 Reference_Pulse_Zero_Frequency ascii double Reference pulse zero frequency response(intercept of the best straight line of channel response) unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 2 Reference_Pulse_Error_Mie_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Reference pulse Error_Mie_Response standard deviation unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 3 Reference_Pulse_Offset_Frequency ascii double Reference pulse zero response frequency (x-intercept of the best straight line of channel response) unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 6 Calibration_Validity_Indicators xml record Calibration Validity Indicators id field name definition 0 Freq_Offset_Data_Monotonic ascii uint8 TRUE = the frequency offset data trend is monotonic mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 Measurement_Calibration_Validity xml record Measurement Calibration Validity id field name definition 0 Satisfied_Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint8 TRUE = Satisfied minimum number of valid frequency steps per calibration mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 Mean_Sensitivity_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Mean sensitivity within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 2 Error_Response_Std_Dev_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Error Response standard deviation within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 3 Zero_Freq_Response_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Zero frequency response within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Data_Monotonic ascii uint8 TRUE = measurement data is monotonic mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 5 Num_Valid_Frequency_Steps ascii uint32 Number of valid frequency steps in the current calibration 2 Reference_Pulse_Calibration_Validity xml record Reference Pulse Calibration Validity id field name definition 0 Satisfied_Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint8 TRUE = Satisfied minimum number of valid reference pulse frequency steps per calibration mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 Mean_Sensitivity_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Mean sensitivity within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 2 Error_Response_Std_Dev_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Error Response standard deviation within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 3 Zero_Freq_Response_Valid ascii uint8 TRUE = Zero frequency response within threshold range mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Data_Monotonic ascii uint8 TRUE = measurement data is monotonic mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 5 Num_Valid_Frequency_Steps ascii uint32 Number of valid frequency steps in the current reference pulse calibration 3 List_of_Calibration_MC_Results xml record Mie Core results for measurement and observation level data for all frequency steps attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Calibration_MC_Result xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record id field name definition 0 Frequency_Step_MC_Results xml record id field name definition 0 Peak_Position ascii double Calculated peak position of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 1 FWHM ascii double Calculated FWHM of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 2 Amplitude ascii double Calculated amplitude of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 3 Offset ascii double Calculated offset of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 4 Error_Flag ascii uint8 1 byte bit packed field. Bit 1: Overall validity, data invalid 1, otherwise 0; Bit 2 peak height lower threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 3: peak height upper threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 4: FWHM lower threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 5: FWHM upper threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 6: peak location threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 7: number of iterations in the Lorentz fit exceeds threshold 1, otherwise 0; Bit 8: SNR below threshold 1, otherwise 0 5 Residual_Error ascii double Quadratic sum of differences between modelled and measured ACCD counts per pixel unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 6 Num_Iterations ascii uint8 Number of executed iterations in the nonlinear simplex algorithm 1 List_of_Measurement_MC_Results xml record attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Measurement_MC_Results xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record id field name definition 0 Peak_Position ascii double Calculated peak position of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 1 FWHM ascii double Calculated FWHM of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 2 Amplitude ascii double Calculated amplitude of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 3 Offset ascii double Calculated offset of signal. Value always reported, even if data is flagged invalid attribute: unit ascii string available: optional 4 Error_Flag ascii uint8 1 byte bit packed field. Bit 1: Overall validity, data invalid 1, otherwise 0; Bit 2 peak height lower threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 3: peak height upper threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 4: FWHM lower threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 5: FWHM upper threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 6: peak location threshold not met 1, otherwise 0; Bit 7: number of iterations in the Lorentz fit exceeds threshold 1, otherwise 0; Bit 8: SNR below threshold 1, otherwise 0 5 Residual_Error ascii double Quadratic sum of differences between modelled and measured ACCD counts per pixel unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 6 Num_Iterations ascii uint8 Number of executed iterations in the nonlinear simplex algorithm 7 Mie_Response_Calibration_Thresholds xml record Mie Response Calibration Thresholds id field name definition 0 Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid frequencies per calibration 1 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid reference pulse frequencies per calibration 2 Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid measurements per frequency 3 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid pulses per frequency 4 Mie_Response_Calibration_Ranges xml record Mie Response Calibration Ranges id field name definition 0 Min_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Minimum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 1 Max_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Maximum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 2 Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Minimum mean sensitivity of internal calibration unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 3 Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Maximum mean sensitivity of internal calibration unit: "pixel / GHz" attribute: unit ascii string 4 Min_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Minimum zero frequency reponse of atmospheric echo unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 5 Max_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Maximum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 6 Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Minimum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 7 Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Maximum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string 8 Max_Mie_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 9 Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration unit: "AU" attribute: unit ascii string size: 2 fixed value: "AU" available: optional 10 Mie_Fit_Upper_Frequency_Range ascii double Upper frequency range when computing the best fit unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 11 Mie_Fit_Lower_Frequency_Range ascii double Upper frequency range when computing the best fit unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 8 Diff_Offset_Freq_Ref_Meas ascii double Difference between reference pulse and ground measurement offset frequencies (difference of x- intercepts of the best straight line fits) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 9 List_of_Frequency_Step_Geolocations xml record List of geolocation information for all BRCs attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Frequency_Step_Geolocation xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record id field name definition 0 Start_of_Observation_Time_Last_BRC ascii time size: 23 Start time of the last observation with measurements contributing to this frequency step. unit: "s since 2000-01-01" value: if(str(., 23) == "UTC=9999-12-31T23:59:59", +inf, if(str(., 23) == "UTC=0000-00-00T00:00:00", -inf, time(str(.), "'UTC='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'TAI='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'GPS='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss|'UT1='yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"))) ascii string size: 23 CCSDS ASCII datetime with time reference "RRR=YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss". The reference RRR can be any of "UT1", "UTC", "TAI", or "GPS". 1 Latitude_of_DEM_Intersection ascii double (double) Latitude of the intersection of DEM and the line-of-sight. Using n_meas valid Mie measurements for the calculation of the frequency step result, the Latitude_of_DEM_Intersection of valid measurement n_Meas / 2 is reported. unit: "1e-6 degrees_north" converted unit: "degrees_north" (multiply by 1/1000000) attribute: unit ascii string size: 8 fixed value: "10-6DegN" available: optional 2 Longitude_of_DEM_Intersection ascii double (double) Longitude of the intersection of DEM and the line-of-sight. Using n_meas valid Mie measurements for the calculation of the frequency step result, the Longitude_of_DEM_Intersection of valid measurement n_Meas / 2 is reported. unit: "1e-6 degrees_east" converted unit: "degrees_east" (multiply by 1/1000000) attribute: unit ascii string size: 8 fixed value: "10-6DegE" available: optional 3 Altitude ascii array[25] 25 values of altitude separated by blanks. The first item contains the height of the upper edge of the top- most bin. The remaining 24 items contain the height of the lower edge of each height bin. attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double unit: "m" 4 Satellite_Range ascii array[25] 25 values of satellite range separated by blanks. The first item contains the range of the upper edge of the top-most bin. The remaining 24 items contain the range of the lower edge of each height bin. attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double unit: "m" 10 List_of_Frequency_Step_M1_Temperatures xml record List of M1 temperature information for all frequency steps attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Frequency_Step_M1_Temperature xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record id field name definition 0 Aht_22_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 22 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 1 Aht_23_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 23 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 2 Aht_24_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 24 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 3 Aht_25_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 25 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 4 Aht_26_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 26 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 5 Aht_27_Tel_M1 ascii double Average Aht 27 Tel M1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 6 Tc_18_Tel_M11 ascii double Average TC 18 Tel M1-1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 7 Tc_19_Tel_M12 ascii double Average TC 19 Tel M1-2 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 8 Tc_20_Tel_M13 ascii double Average TC 20 Tel M1-3 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 9 Tc_21_Tel_M14 ascii double Average TC 21 Tel M1-4 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 10 Tc_25_Tm15_Ths1Y ascii double Average TC 25 TM15 Ths1-Y temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 11 Tc_27_Tm16_Ths1Y ascii double Average TC 25 TM16 Ths1-Y temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 12 Tc_29_Ths2 ascii double Average TC 29 Ths2 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 13 Tc_23_Ths1 ascii double Average TC 23 Ths1 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string 14 Tc_32_Ths3 ascii double Average TC 32 Ths3 temperature for all BRCs with measurements of the frequency step. unit: "C" attribute: unit ascii string