Level_1B_Processing_MRC_Parameters_04_19

xml record ""

Processing parameters for Mie Response Calibration

field name

definition

File_Type

xml string
File type string

Sph_Descriptor

xml string
ASCII string describing the product

Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal

ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per calibration

Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal

ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per reference pulse calibration

Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq

ascii uint32
Minimum valid measurements per frequency

Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq

ascii uint32
Minimum valid pulses per frequency

Mie_Response_Calibration_Ranges

xml record

Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration

field name

definition

Min_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity

ascii double

Minimum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional

Min_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response

ascii double

Minimum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity

ascii double

Maximum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response

ascii double

Maximum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev

ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo

Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity

ascii double

Minimum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional

Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response

ascii double

Minimum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity

ascii double

Maximum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response

ascii double

Maximum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional

Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev

ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration

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

Mie_Fit_Lower_Frequency_Range

ascii double

Lower frequency range when computing the best fit

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 3
fixed value: "GHz"

available: optional

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

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional

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

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional

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

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional

Maximum_Upper_DEM_Offset

ascii double

Maximum height difference that center of detected ground bin is allowed to be above center of DEM intersection bin

attribute: unit

ascii string

Maximum_Lower_DEM_Offset

ascii double

Maximum height difference that center of detected ground bin is allowed to be below center of DEM intersection bin

attribute: unit

ascii string

Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift

ascii double

Maximum Mie Resonse shift for ground detection

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional

Min_Mie_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative

ascii double

Minimum derivative of Mie signal for ground detection

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional

Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold

ascii double

If MieCore2 is used and the retrieved FWHM of the ground return signal is above this threshold, the ground detection is flagged invalid.

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional

Mie_Ideal_Calibration_Values

xml record

Ideal slope and intercept values used for RDB correction.

field name

definition

Mie_Internal_Slope

ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)

Mie_Internal_Offset

ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)

Mie_Ground_Slope

ascii double
Ideal ground measurement mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)

Mie_Ground_Offset

ascii double
Ideal ground measurement zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)

Use_Weighted_Linear_Fit

ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if a weighted or unweighted linear least squares fit is used to compute the mean slope and intercept of the Mie response mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1