Auxiliary_Calibration_ZWC_04_09

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Data Set Record id field name definition 0 Start_of_Observation_Time ascii time size: 23 Start of observation time 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 Observation_Info xml record Obsevation information containing the attitude and geolocation id field name definition 0 Latitude_of_DEM_Intersection ascii double (double) Latitude of DEM Intersection with instrument lineof-sight at the centre of the observation 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 1 Longitude_of_DEM_Intersection ascii double (double) Longitude of DEM Intersection with instrument lineof-sight at the centre of the observation 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 2 Argument_of_Latitude_of_DEM_Intersection ascii double (double) Argument of Latitude of DEM Intersection with instrument line-of-sight at the centre of the observation 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 3 Roll_Angle ascii double Instrument roll angle in ECEF frame at the centre of the observation unit: "degrees" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional 4 Pitch_Angle ascii double Instrument pitch angle in ECEF frame at the centre of the observation unit: "degrees" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional 5 Yaw_Angle ascii double Instrument yaw angle in ECEF frame at the centre of the observation unit: "deg" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional 6 Mie_Satellite_Range_to_Target ascii array[25] List of satellite range to target values for all Mie height bins of the observation attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double 7 Rayleigh_Satellite_Range_to_Target ascii array[25] List of satellite range to target values for all Rayleigh height bins of the observation attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double 2 ZWC_Result_Type xml string Enum indicating ZWC result type. One of Mie only (ZWC_Mie), Rayleigh only (ZWC_Rayleigh), or both (ZWC_Both) 3 Mie_Ground_Correction_Velocity ascii double Mie ground correction velocityr. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Mie or ZWC_Both unit: "m/s" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "m/s" available: optional 4 Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Velocity ascii double Rayleigh ground correction factor. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Rayleigh or ZWC_Both unit: "m/s" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "m/s" available: optional 5 Validity_Indicators xml record Validity Indicators id field name definition 0 Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurements to validate ground correction factor 1 Mie_Land_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold ascii double Threshold applied to coadded gound signal of a measurement if the surface indicates land surface. If the threshold is met, the signal is added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 2 Mie_Water_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold ascii double Threshold applied to coadded gound signal of a measurement if the surface indicates water/sea ice surface. If the threshold is met, the signal is added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 3 Mie_Max_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness_Above_DEM ascii double Threshold applied to a bin identified as ground bin candidate. If the threshold is not met, the signal of the bin is not added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 4 Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurements to validate ground correction factor 5 Rayleigh_Land_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold ascii double Threshold applied to coadded gound signal of a measurement if the surface indicates land surface. If the threshold is met, the signal is added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 6 Rayleigh_Water_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold ascii double Threshold applied to coadded gound signal of a measurement if the surface indicates water/sea ice surface. If the threshold is met, the signal is added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 7 Rayleigh_Max_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness_Above_DEM ascii double Threshold applied to a bin identified as ground bin candidate. If the threshold is not met, the signal of the bin is not added to the sum of the ground signal on observation level unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 8 Number_of_Mie_Ground_Measurements ascii uint32 Number of Mie measurements with GROUND_ECHO_DETECTED=TRUE 9 Number_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurements ascii uint32 Number of Rayleigh measurements with GROUND_ECHO_DETECTED=TRUE 10 Mie_Average_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness ascii double Average of measurement ground wind bin altitudes for Mie unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 11 Rayleigh_Average_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness ascii double Average of measurement ground wind bin altitudes for Rayleigh unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 12 Mie_Average_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness_Above_DEM ascii double Average ground wind bin thickness (air column height) for Mie unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 13 Rayleigh_Average_Ground_Echo_Bin_Thickness_Above_DEM ascii double Average ground wind bin thickness (air column height) for Rayleigh unit: "meters" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 14 Mie_Min_Top_Ground_Bin ascii int32 Highest of all the ground bins detected in all the measurements used in that observation. (Highest bin is bin number 1.) Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in any measurement of the observation 15 Rayleigh_Min_Top_Ground_Bin ascii int32 Highest of all the ground bins detected in all the measurements used in that observation. (Highest bin is bin number 1.) Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in any measurement of the observation 16 Mie_Max_Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii int32 Lowest of all the ground bins detected in all the measurements used in that observation. (Lowest bin is bin number 24.) Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in any measurement of the observation 17 Rayleigh_Max_Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii int32 Lowest of all the ground bins detected in all the measurements used in that observation. (Lowest bin is bin number 24.) Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in any measurement of the observation 18 Mie_Ground_FWHM ascii double Mie Core 2 output FWHM when applied to observation level Mie ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Mie or ZWC_Both and the Mie Core 2 algorithm has been applied. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 unit: "ACCD pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 19 Mie_Ground_Useful_Signal ascii double Useful signal of observation level Mie ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Mie or ZWC_Both. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 20 Mie_Ground_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio ascii double Signal to noise ratio of observation level Mie ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Mie or ZWC_Both. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 21 Mie_Ground_Refined_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio ascii double Refined signal to noise ratio of observation level Mie ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Mie or ZWC_Both. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 22 Rayleigh_Ground_Useful_Signal ascii double Useful signal of observation level Rayleigh ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Rayleigh or ZWC_Both. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 unit: "ACCD counts" attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 23 Rayleigh_Ground_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio ascii double Signal to noise ratio of observation level Rayleigh ground signal. This value is filled in when ZWC_Result_Type is set to ZWC_Rayleigh or ZWC_Both. In all other cases the value is set to 0.0 24 Mie_Measurement_Validity_Indicators xml record id field name definition 0 Measurement_Used ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 TRUE if measurement ground bin was detected, velocity calculated and used for average of ground correction value on observation level mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 Expected_Ground_Bin_Index ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Expected DEM ground bin 2 Topocentric_Elevation_Expected_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the expected ground bin unit: "degrees" 3 Top_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Highest detected bin with ground return signal. Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in the measurement 4 Topocentric_Elevation_Top_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the highest detected ground bin unit: "degrees" 5 Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Lowest detected bin with ground return signal. Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in the measurement 6 Topocentric_Elevation_Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the lowest detected ground bin unit: "degrees" 7 Height_Difference_Expected_to_Top ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double Height difference between detected top ground bin and expected ground bin, with reference to centre altitude of bins unit: "meters" 8 Height_Difference_Expected_to_Bottom ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double Height difference between detected bottom ground bin and expected ground bin, with reference to centre altitude of bins unit: "meters" 9 Mean_Ground_Bin_SNR ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii double Mean SNR over SNR values of detected ground bins 10 Num_Top_Ground_Bins_Discarded ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Number of bins above expected bin in which ground return signal was detected, but offset to expected bin was larger than threshold 11 Num_Bottom_Ground_Bins_Discarded ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Number of bins below expected bin in which ground return signal was detected, but offset to expected bin was larger than threshold 25 Rayleigh_Measurement_Validity_Indicators xml record id field name definition 0 Measurement_Used ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 TRUE if measurement ground bin was detected, velocity calculated and used for average of ground correction value on observation level mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 Expected_Ground_Bin_Index ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Expected DEM ground bin 2 Topocentric_Elevation_Expected_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the expected ground bin unit: "degrees" 3 Top_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Highest detected bin with ground return signal. Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in the measurement 4 Topocentric_Elevation_Top_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the highest detected ground bin unit: "degrees" 5 Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Lowest detected bin with ground return signal. Value is set to 0 in case ground could not be detected in the measurement 6 Topocentric_Elevation_Bottom_Ground_Bin ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "deg" available: optional ascii double Topocentric elevation of the lowest detected ground bin unit: "degrees" 7 Height_Difference_Expected_to_Top ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double Height difference between detected top ground bin and expected ground bin, with reference to centre altitude of bins unit: "meters" 8 Height_Difference_Expected_to_Bottom ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double Height difference between detected bottom ground bin and expected ground bin, with reference to centre altitude of bins unit: "meters" 9 Channel_A_Mean_Ground_Bin_SNR ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii double Mean SNR over SNR values of detected ground bins 10 Channel_B_Mean_Ground_Bin_SNR ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii double Mean SNR over SNR values of detected ground bins 11 Num_Top_Ground_Bins_Discarded ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Number of bins above expected bin in which ground return signal was detected, but offset to expected bin was larger than threshold 12 Num_Bottom_Ground_Bins_Discarded ascii array[dim_0] dim_0: int(str(../../../Measurement_Info/List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) ascii uint8 Number of bins below expected bin in which ground return signal was detected, but offset to expected bin was larger than threshold 6 Measurement_Info xml record id field name definition 0 DEM_Height ascii array[dim_0] This list contains N_Meas values separated by blanks. The items in this list refer to the altitude of the DEM intersection of the measurements 1 .. N_Meas of the observation. dim_0: int(str(../List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii double unit: "m" 1 Surface_Type ascii array[dim_0] This list contains N_Meas values separated by blanks. The items in this list refer to the altitude of the DEM intersection of the measurements 1 .. N_Meas of the observation. dim_0: int(str(../List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos@count)) attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii uint8 2 List_of_Measurement_Range_Infos xml record attribute: count xml string id field name definition 0 Measurement_Range_Info xml array[dim_0] dim_0: determined automatically from xml file xml record id field name definition 0 Satellite_Range_to_Target_Mie ascii array[25] This list contains 25 values, separated by blanks. The first item contains the range from satellite to the upper edge of the top-most Mie lidar measurement range bin. The remaining 24 items contain the height of the lower edge of each lidar measurement range bin. attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii uint32 1 Satellite_Range_to_Target_Rayleigh ascii array[25] This list contains 25 values, separated by blanks. The first item contains the range from satellite to the upper edge of the top-most Rayleigh lidar measurement range bin. The remaining 24 items contain the height of the lower edge of each lidar measurement range bin. attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional ascii uint32