Level_1B_Processing_Parameters_04_10

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Data Set Record id field name definition 0 FH_Default_Fields xml record Fields responsible for populating the Fixed Header id field name definition 0 File_Description xml string 1-line description of the file 1 Notes xml string Multi-lines free text 2 Mission xml string Aeolus 3 Mission_Id xml string AE 4 File_Class xml string 1-Line description of the file class 5 File_Version ascii int16 4 digits used to distinguish between versions of a file having the same validity period 6 System xml string Aeolus L1bP 7 Creator xml string Aeolus L1bP 8 Creator_Version xml string Version of the tool 1 MPH_Default_Fields xml record Values responsible for populating the main product header id field name definition 0 Software_Ver xml string Software version number of processing software. Format: name of processor (up to 10 char) version number (4 char) 1 Proc_Centre xml string AEOLUS PHS 2 WVM_Params xml record Processing parameters for Wind Velocity Measurement id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Data_Source xml string String indicating source of AISP data product. If set to 'A2D' equ. 69(b) is used. If set to 'E2S' or any other string equ 69(a) is used. 3 Line_Of_Sight_Wind_Flag ascii uint8 Flag indicating whether horizontal or line-of-sight wind should be used. This flag can be set to either "true" or "false". A "true" value indicates that the line of sight wind velocity is computed, and a "false" value indicates that horizontal wind velocity is computed mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 9 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 10 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 11 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 12 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 13 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 14 Correction_With_Error_Response_Fit ascii uint8 Flag indicating wether the Rayleigh response correction shall be performed using the array of response errors of the AUX_RRC file or the polynomial fit of the response errors. A 'TRUE' value indicates that the polynomial fit parameters are used. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 15 Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Mie ground correction weighting factor 16 Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor 17 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 18 Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Mie Response shift for ground detection unit: "ACCD pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 19 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative ascii double Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift forground detection 20 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection 21 Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold ascii double Maximum FWHM of Mie signal for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 22 Mie_Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Offset ascii double Offset between Mie and Rayleigh ground corrections attribute: unit ascii string 23 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Ground_Echo_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie ground echo 24 Mie_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Mie harmonic correction 25 Rayleigh_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Rayleigh harmonic correction 26 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Harmonic_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie harmonic 27 Num_Bad_Pulses_Per_Meas_Threshold ascii uint32 Threshold for the number of bad pulses in each measurement 28 Multimode_Average_Ratio_Obs_Threshold ascii double Threshold for the for the multimode average ratio over an observation 29 Wind_Velocity_Threshold ascii double Retrieved wind values above this threshold are flagged invalid unit: "m/s" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "m/s" available: optional 3 LDT_Params xml record Processing parameters for Laser Diode Temperature Adjustments id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Data_Source xml string String indicating source of AISP data product. If set to 'A2D' equ. 69(b) is used. If set to 'E2S' or any other string equ 69(a) is used. 3 Line_Of_Sight_Wind_Flag ascii uint8 Flag indicating whether horizontal or line-of-sight wind should be used. This flag can be set to either "true" or "false". A "true" value indicates that the line of sight wind velocity is computed, and a "false" value indicates that horizontal wind velocity is computed mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 9 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 10 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 11 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 12 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 13 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 14 Correction_With_Error_Response_Fit ascii uint8 Flag indicating wether the Rayleigh response correction shall be performed using the array of response errors of the AUX_RRC file or the polynomial fit of the response errors. A 'TRUE' value indicates that the polynomial fit parameters are used. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 15 Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Mie ground correction weighting factor 16 Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor 17 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 18 Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Mie Response shift for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 19 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative ascii double Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift forground detection 20 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection 21 Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold ascii double Maximum FWHM of Mie signal for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 22 Mie_Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Offset ascii double Offset between Mie and Rayleigh ground corrections attribute: unit ascii string 23 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Ground_Echo_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie ground echo 24 Mie_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Mie harmonic correction 25 Rayleigh_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Rayleigh harmonic correction 26 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Harmonic_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie harmonic 27 Num_Bad_Pulses_Per_Meas_Threshold ascii uint32 Threshold for the number of bad pulses in each measurement 28 Multimode_Average_Ratio_Obs_Threshold ascii double Threshold for the for the multimode average ratio over an observation 29 Wind_Velocity_Threshold ascii double Retrieved wind values above this threshold are flagged invalid unit: "m/s" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "m/s" available: optional 4 ISR_Params xml record Processing parameters for Instrument Spectral Registration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Min_Num_of_Valid_Mie_Pulses ascii int32 Minimum number of valid Mie pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step 3 Min_Num_of_Valid_Rayleigh_Pulses ascii int32 Minimum number of valid Rayleigh pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step 4 Mid_Mie_Response_Pixel ascii double ACCD pixel position expected to be in the middle of the Mie USR attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" 5 Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor ascii double Normalized energy needs to be corrected due to 6 Num_Energy_Drift_Correction_Steps ascii uint32 Number of frequency steps 5 IAT_Params xml record Processing parameters for Instrument Auto Test id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Lorentz_Refinement_Factor ascii double Lorentz refinement resolution ratio for creating the delta value of the estimate. (delta estimate = estimate / ratio) Given estimated value x, and refinement resolution r. Three adjacent points Lorentz(x), Lorentz(x+x/r), Lorentz(x-x/r) are computed for least squares fit. The refinement resolution r must be greater than 1.0 3 Lorentz_Refinement_Threshold ascii double Lorentz refinement threshold. If ratio between delta(estimate) / estimate smaller than the threshold, stop the iteration and report the value 4 Min_Num_of_Valid_Mie_Pulses ascii int32 Minimum number of valid Mie pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step 5 Min_Num_of_Valid_Rayleigh_Pulses ascii int32 Minimum number of valid Rayleigh pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step 6 Mid_Frequency_Range_Lower_Limit ascii double Lower frequency limit that defines the Mie fit range attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" 7 Mid_Frequency_Range_Upper_Limit ascii double Upper frequency limit that defines the Mie fit range attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" 6 DCC_Params xml record Processing parameters for Dark Current Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 DSNU_Deviation_Factor ascii double Factor used to count the number of pixels that are more than this factor * DSNU away from the mean 7 IDC_Params xml record Processing parameters for Instrument Defocus Characterisation id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Image_Row_Max ascii uint16 IDC image summation range maximum row 3 Image_Row_Min ascii uint16 IDC image summation range miminum row 4 Image_Column_Channel1_Max ascii uint16 IDC image summation range maximum column for channel 1 5 Image_Column_Channel1_Min ascii uint16 IDC image summation range minimun column for channel 1 6 Image_Column_Channel2_Max ascii uint16 IDC image summation range maximum column for channel 2 7 Image_Column_Channel2_Min ascii uint16 IDC image summation range minimun column for channel 2 8 DEU_Integration_Upper_Limit ascii int32 The upper limit integration time used for the verification in IDC mode attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "TMC" available: optional 9 DEU_Integration_Lower_Limit ascii int32 The lower limit integration time used for the verification in IDC mode attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "TMC" available: optional 10 ENC_Std_Dev_Upper_Threshold ascii double Upper threshold for standard deviation of energetic centroid column and row standard deviation 8 LCP_Params xml record Processing parameters for Laser Chopper Mechanism Phase Adjustment id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 9 MRC_Params xml record Processing parameters for Mie Response Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid frequencies per calibration 3 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid frequencies per reference pulse calibration 4 Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid measurements per frequency 5 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid pulses per frequency 6 Mie_Response_Calibration_Ranges xml record Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration 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 size: 20 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz" available: optional 1 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 2 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 3 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 4 Max_Mie_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration 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 Lower frequency range when computing the best fit unit: "GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "GHz" available: optional 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 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 12 Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Mie Resonse shift for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" available: optional 13 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 14 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 10 RRC_Params xml record Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid frequencies per calibration 3 Min_Valid_Ground_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid ground frequencies per calibration 4 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal ascii uint32 Minimum valid frequencies per reference pulse calibration 5 Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid measurements per frequency 6 Min_Valid_Ground_Measurements_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid ground measurements per frequency 7 Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq ascii uint32 Minimum valid pulses per frequency 8 Rayleigh_Response_Calibration_Ranges xml record Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration id field name definition 0 Min_Rayleigh_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Minimum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo unit: "1/GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 1 Min_Rayleigh_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Minimum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo 2 Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Maximum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo unit: "1/GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 3 Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Maximum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo 4 Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo 5 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Minimum mean sensitivity of ground echo unit: "1/GHz" attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 6 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Minimum zero frequency reponse of ground echo 7 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Maximum mean sensitivity of ground echo attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 8 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Maximum zero frequency reponse of ground echo 9 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of ground echo 10 Min_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Minimum mean sensitivity of internal calibration attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 11 Min_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Minimum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration 12 Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity ascii double Maximum mean sensitivity of internal calibration attribute: unit ascii string size: 5 fixed value: "1/GHz" 13 Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response ascii double Maximum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration 14 Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev ascii double Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration 15 Rayleigh_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" 16 Rayleigh_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" 9 Error_Fit_Degree ascii uint16 Degree of polynomial used for fitting of frequency step response errors, default setting: 5. 10 Lower_Altitude_Limit ascii double RRC lower altitude limit unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 11 Upper_Altitude_Limit ascii double RRC upper altitude limit unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 12 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 13 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 14 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 15 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. unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 16 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. unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 17 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative ascii double Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift for ground detection 18 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection 19 Etalon_Temp_Range_Threshold ascii double RRC RSP Etalon range threshold unit: "degC" attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "C" available: optional 20 Outlier_Detection_Flag ascii uint8 Apply outlier detection algorithm on response TRUE/FALSE. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 21 Outlier_Detection_Atmosphere_Threshold ascii double Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal atmospheric response for a certain frequency step. 22 Outlier_Detection_Ground_Threshold ascii double Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal ground response for a certain frequency step. 23 Outlier_Detection_Reference_Threshold ascii double Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal reference pulse response for a certain frequency step. 24 Scattering_Ratio_Quality_Control_Flag ascii uint8 Apply scattering ratio quality control to atmospheric data TRUE/FALSE. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 25 Scattering_Ratio_Threshold ascii double Threshold for maximum Mie scattering ratio used to discard data of Rayleigh atmospheric measurement bins. 11 OWV_Params xml record Processing parameters for Offline Wind Measurement id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Data_Source xml string String indicating source of AISP data product. If set to 'A2D' equ. 69(b) is used. If set to 'E2S' or any other string equ 69(a) is used. 3 Line_Of_Sight_Wind_Flag ascii uint8 Flag indicating whether horizontal or line-of-sight wind should be used. This flag can be set to either "true" or "false". A "true" value indicates that the line of sight wind velocity is computed, and a "false" value indicates that horizontal wind velocity is computed mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 4 Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 5 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 6 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 7 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 8 Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements ascii uint32 Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor 9 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 10 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" available: optional 11 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 attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "m" available: optional 12 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 13 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 unit: "m" attribute: unit ascii string 14 Correction_With_Error_Response_Fit ascii uint8 Flag indicating wether the Rayleigh response correction shall be performed using the array of response errors of the AUX_RRC file or the polynomial fit of the response errors. A 'TRUE' value indicates that the polynomial fit parameters are used. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 15 Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Mie ground correction weighting factor 16 Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor ascii double Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor 17 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 18 Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Mie Response shift for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 19 Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative ascii double Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift forground detection 20 Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift ascii double Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection 21 Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold ascii double Maximum FWHM of Mie signal for ground detection unit: "pixel" attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" available: optional 22 Mie_Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Offset ascii double Offset between Mie and Rayleigh ground corrections attribute: unit ascii string 23 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Ground_Echo_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie ground echo 24 Mie_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Mie harmonic correction 25 Rayleigh_Harmonic_Correction_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for Rayleigh harmonic correction 26 Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Harmonic_Weighting_Factor ascii double Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie harmonic 27 Num_Bad_Pulses_Per_Meas_Threshold ascii uint32 Threshold for the number of bad pulses in each measurement 28 Multimode_Average_Ratio_Obs_Threshold ascii double Threshold for the for the multimode average ratio over an observation 29 Wind_Velocity_Threshold ascii double Retrieved wind values above this threshold are flagged invalid unit: "m/s" attribute: unit ascii string size: 3 fixed value: "m/s" available: optional 12 ZWC_Params xml record Processing parameters for Zero Wind Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 13 DCMZ_Params xml record Processing parameters for Dark Current Memory Zone Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Rayleigh_Solar_Background_Threshold ascii double Rayleigh solar background threshold applied to the summiarized background of each Rayleigh measurement, to identify measurements affected by high solar background. attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 3 Outlier_Threshold ascii double Threshold applied to the absolute zScore values to identify outliers. attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 4 Default_Rayleigh_Dark_Current_Rate ascii double In case the retrieved Rayleigh dark current rate for a certain pixel is below 0.0, it is replaced in the output by this default value. attribute: unit ascii string size: 26 fixed value: "ACCD counts/(ACCD pixel*s)" 5 Default_Mie_Dark_Current_Rate ascii double In case the retrieved Mie dark current rate for a certain pixel is below 0.0, it is replaced in the output by this default value. attribute: unit ascii string size: 26 fixed value: "ACCD counts/(ACCD pixel*s)" 14 LBM_Params xml record Processing parameters for Laser Beam Monitoring Calibration id field name definition 0 File_Type xml string File type string 1 Sph_Descriptor xml string ASCII string describing the product 2 Mie_Image_Binarization_Factor ascii double Factor used to calculate the binarization threshold 3 Max_Iterations_Ellipse_Fit ascii uint16 Maximum iterations of least squares ellipse fit 4 Step_Size_Factor ascii double Factor used to vary diagonal elements of transmission matrix 5 Max_Step_Factor ascii double Maximum variation of diagonal elements of transmission matrix 6 Min_Step_Factor ascii double Minimum variation of diagonal elements of transmission matrix 7 Stop_Tolerance ascii double Tolerance to check convergence of least squares error 15 Common_Processing_Params xml record Common Processing Params id field name definition 0 Mie_PCD_Params xml record Processing parameters for Mie product confidence params SNR and backscatter-ratio id field name definition 0 Alpha_Correction ascii double Correction factor for the calculation of the Mie SNR 1 Summation_Index ascii uint32 Summation index for calculation of SNR and backscatter ratio 1 Mie_Core_Algorithm_Params xml record Processing parameters for Mie Core Algorithm id field name definition 0 Gaussian_Width_A ascii double Gaussian width a. This value should be approximately the fringe FWHM 1 Peak_Error_Threshold ascii double Peak error threshold 2 Peak_Error_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Peak error threshold for internal reference path signal 3 Max_Num_Iterations ascii uint32 Maximum number of gaussian iterations 4 SNR_Threshold ascii double Threshold to switch Mie-Core processing on/off 5 Start_FWHM ascii double Starting value for FWHM attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 6 Residual_Error_Threshold ascii double Stop threshold for quadratic sum of differences between modeled and measured ACCD counts per pixel 7 Max_Iterations_Lorentz_Fit ascii uint8 Maximum number of iterations in Lorentzfit-loop 8 FWHM_Upper_Threshold ascii double Upper threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 9 FWHM_Lower_Threshold ascii double Lower threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 10 Peak_Height_Upper_Threshold ascii double Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 11 Peak_Height_Lower_Threshold ascii double Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 12 Peak_Location_Threshold ascii double Peak location threshold attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 13 Nonlinear_Optimization_Threshold ascii double Stop threshold for Downhill Simplex algorithm merit function 14 Max_Iterations_Nonlinear_Optimization ascii uint32 Maximum number of iterations of Downhill Simplex algorithm 15 Num_Spectral_Sub_Samples ascii uint32 Number of functional evaluations of Lorentz fit function for one pixel 16 SNR_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Threshold to switch Mie-Core processing on/off for internal reference path signal 17 Start_FWHM_Reference_Pulse ascii double Starting value for FWHM for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 18 Residual_Error_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Stop threshold for change of quadratic sum of differences between modeled and measured ACCD counts per pixel: if the difference between the quadratic sum from the previous to the next iteration loop is below this threshold, the iteration is stopped for internal reference path signal 19 Max_Iterations_Lorentz_Fit_Reference_Pulse ascii double Maximum number of iterations in Lorentz fit-loop for internal reference path signal 20 FWHM_Upper_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Upper threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 21 FWHM_Lower_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Lower threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 22 Peak_Height_Upper_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 23 Peak_Height_Lower_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 24 Peak_Location_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Peak location threshold for internal reference path signal attribute: unit ascii string size: 10 fixed value: "ACCD pixel" 25 Nonlinear_Optimization_Threshold_Reference_Pulse ascii double Stop threshold for Downhill Simplex algorithm merit function for internal reference path signal 26 Max_Iterations_Nonlinear_Optimization_Reference_Pulse ascii double Maximum number of iterations of Downhill Simplex algorithm for internal reference path signal 27 Num_Spectral_Sub_Samples_Reference_Pulse ascii double Number of functional evaluations of Lorentz fit function for one pixel for internal reference path signal 28 DownHill_Simplex_On ascii uint8 Flag showing if the downhill simplex is on or off. If it is off (FALSE) a method using least squares minimization is used instead of DownHill Simplex mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 2 Rayleigh_Algorithm_Params xml record Processing parameters for Rayleigh algorithm id field name definition 0 Channel_A_Start_Pixel ascii uint16 Define start pixel for useful signal calculation of channel A attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" 1 Channel_A_Stop_Pixel ascii uint16 Define stop pixel for useful signal calculation of channel A attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" 2 Channel_B_Start_Pixel ascii uint16 Define start pixel for useful signal calculation of channel B attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" 3 Channel_B_Stop_Pixel ascii uint16 Define stop pixel for useful signal calculation of channel B attribute: unit ascii string size: 16 fixed value: "ACCD pixel index" 4 SNR_Threshold ascii double Signal To Noise Threshold 3 Corrupt_Data_Detection_Params xml record Parameters for corrupt data detection id field name definition 0 Max_Signal_Derivative ascii uint16 Max signal derivative. Maximum valid pixel intensity difference between adjacent CCD pixels attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 1 Pixel_Saturation_Threshold ascii uint16 Pixel saturation threshold attribute: unit ascii string size: 11 fixed value: "ACCD counts" 4 DCO_Correction_Params xml record Parameters for corrupt data detection id field name definition 0 DCO_Pre_Processing ascii uint8 Flag that switches the DCO correction algorithm. If set to 'false', every ACCD row will be corrected using for the Mie the mean of pixel 19 and 20 and for Rayleigh only pixel 20 of that row. If set to true, a measurement mean DCO value will be calculated. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 1 DCO_STD_Factor ascii uint16 After calculation of mean DCO and std dev, DCO values that differ more than the specified factor times the std dev will be discarded for calculation of mean DCO. Not used if DCO_Pre_Processing is set to 'false'. 2 DCO_Background_Offset ascii double Specifies the offset between the calculated mean DCO of a measurement and the DCO correction value that shall be applied to the background row of a measurement. Not used if DCO_Pre_Processing is set to 'false'. 5 LOS_Velocity_Correct_Nadir ascii uint8 Correct Nadir mode measured data for satellite velocity using ideal RRC/MRC response slopes. mapping: "FALSE" -> 0 mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "TRUE" -> 1 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1 6 Frequency_Change_Settling_Time ascii double Time that laser needs to stabilize after a frequency change. attribute: unit ascii string size: 1 fixed value: "s"