Level_1B_Processing_Parameters_04_15

xml record "Level_1B_Processing_Parameters_04_15"
Level 1B Processing Parameters GADS DSR

idfield namedefinition
0List_of_Data_Set_Records
xml record
List of Data Set Records

attribute: count
xml string


idfield namedefinition
0Data_Set_Record
xml array[dim_0]
dim_0: determined automatically from xml file
xml record
Data Set Record

idfield namedefinition
0FH_Default_Fields
xml record
Fields responsible for populating the Fixed Header

idfield namedefinition
0File_Description
xml string
1-line description of the file
1Notes
xml string
Multi-lines free text
2Mission
xml string
Aeolus
3Mission_Id
xml string
AE
4File_Class
xml string
1-Line description of the file class
5File_Version
ascii int16
4 digits used to distinguish between versions of a file having the same validity period
6System
xml string
Aeolus L1bP
7Creator
xml string
Aeolus L1bP
8Creator_Version
xml string
Version of the tool
1MPH_Default_Fields
xml record
Values responsible for populating the main product header

idfield namedefinition
0Software_Ver
xml string
Software version number of processing software. Format: name of processor (up to 10 char) version number (4 char)
1Proc_Centre
xml string
AEOLUS PHS
2WVM_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Wind Velocity Measurement

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Data_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.
3Line_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
4Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements
ascii uint32
Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor
5Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
6Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
7Mie_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
8Mie_SR_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold
ascii double
Useful signal threshold used to flag Mie SR on measurement level valid/invalid. See also parameter Mie_SR_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold_Met

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
9Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements
ascii uint32
Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor
10Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
11Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
12Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
13Maximum_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
14Maximum_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
15Correction_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
16Root_Selection_Stop_Threshold
ascii double
If CorrectionWith_Error_Respose_Fit is set to TRUE, the root of a polynomial is retrieved in a Newton iteration that uses this iteration stop threshold.
17Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Mie ground correction weighting factor
18Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor
19Min_Mie_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Mie signal for ground detection

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
20Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Mie Response shift for ground detection

unit: "ACCD pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional
21Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift forground detection
22Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection
23Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold
ascii double
Maximum FWHM of Mie signal for ground detection

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional
24Mie_Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Offset
ascii double
Offset between Mie and Rayleigh ground corrections

attribute: unit
ascii string
25Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Ground_Echo_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie ground echo
26Mie_Harmonic_Correction_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for Mie harmonic correction
27Rayleigh_Harmonic_Correction_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for Rayleigh harmonic correction
28Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Harmonic_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie harmonic
29Num_Bad_Pulses_Per_Meas_Threshold
ascii uint32
Threshold for the number of bad pulses in each measurement
30Multimode_Average_Ratio_Obs_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold for the for the multimode average ratio over an observation
31Wind_Velocity_Threshold
ascii double
Retrieved wind values above this threshold are flagged invalid

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional
32Cut_Negative_Mie_Measurement_Data
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate whether negative values for the Mie_Measurement_Data should be set to 0.0.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
33Use_Fitted_Non_Linearities
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if the fitted non-linearities should be used for the Mie processing instead of non-linearities of the input AUX_MRC_1B

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
34Fitted_Non_Linearities
xml record
idfield namedefinition
0Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference
ascii uint16
Number of sampling points for the Mie non-linearities for the internal path
1Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere
ascii uint16
Number of sampling points for the Mie non-linearities for the atmospheric path
2Pixel_Positions_Internal_Reference
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

ascii double
3Fitted_Reference_Pulse_Error_Mie_Response
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

ascii double
4Pixel_Positions_Atmospheric_Path
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

ascii double
5Fitted_Measurement_Error_Mie_Response
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

ascii double
35Use_Constant_Internal_Response_Rayleigh
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if a constant response value for the internal Rayleigh reference should be used instead of the processed internal Rayleigh reference response.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
36Constant_Internal_Response_Rayleigh
ascii double
Constant internal Rayleigh reference response.

unit: "pixel"
37Use_Constant_Internal_Response_Mie
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if a constant response value for the internal Mie reference should be used instead of the processed internal Mie reference response.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
38Constant_Internal_Response_Mie
ascii double
Constant internal Mie reference response.

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
3ISR_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Instrument Spectral Registration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Min_Num_of_Valid_Mie_Pulses
ascii int32
Minimum number of valid Mie pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step
3Min_Num_of_Valid_Rayleigh_Pulses
ascii int32
Minimum number of valid Rayleigh pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step
4Mid_Mie_Response_Pixel
ascii double
ACCD pixel position expected to be in the middle of the Mie USR

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"
5Apply_Energy_Correction
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if energy correction should be applied to Mie and Rayleigh.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
6Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Mie
ascii double
The Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Mie describes a difference of the laser energy measured by PD74 and the actual signal level detected by the MSP ACCD.
7Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Channel_A
ascii double
The Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Channel_A describes a difference of the laser energy measured by PD74 and the actual signal level detected by the RSP ACCD for channel A. Such a difference might be caused by slightly different illumination angles of the different optical paths.
8Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Channel_B
ascii double
The Energy_Drift_Correction_Factor_Channel_B describes a difference of the laser energy measured by PD74 and the actual signal level detected by the RSP ACCD for channel B. Such a difference might be caused by slightly different illumination angles of the different optical paths.
9Num_Energy_Drift_Correction_Steps
ascii uint32
Number of frequency steps
4IAT_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Instrument Auto Test

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Lorentz_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
3Lorentz_Refinement_Threshold
ascii double
Lorentz refinement threshold. If ratio between delta(estimate) / estimate smaller than the threshold, stop the iteration and report the value
4Min_Num_of_Valid_Mie_Pulses
ascii int32
Minimum number of valid Mie pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step
5Min_Num_of_Valid_Rayleigh_Pulses
ascii int32
Minimum number of valid Rayleigh pulses needed to generate valid output data for a frequency step
6Mid_Frequency_Range_Lower_Limit
ascii double
Lower frequency limit that defines the Mie fit range

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
7Mid_Frequency_Range_Upper_Limit
ascii double
Upper frequency limit that defines the Mie fit range

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
5DCC_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Dark Current Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2DSNU_Deviation_Factor
ascii double
Factor used to count the number of pixels that are more than this factor * DSNU away from the mean
6IDC_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Instrument Defocus Characterisation

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Image_Row_Max
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range maximum row
3Image_Row_Min
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range miminum row
4Image_Column_Channel1_Max
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range maximum column for channel 1
5Image_Column_Channel1_Min
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range minimun column for channel 1
6Image_Column_Channel2_Max
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range maximum column for channel 2
7Image_Column_Channel2_Min
ascii uint16
IDC image summation range minimun column for channel 2
8DEU_Integration_Upper_Limit
ascii int32
The upper limit integration time used for the verification in IDC mode

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "TMC"

available: optional
9DEU_Integration_Lower_Limit
ascii int32
The lower limit integration time used for the verification in IDC mode

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "TMC"

available: optional
10ENC_Std_Dev_Upper_Threshold
ascii double
Upper threshold for standard deviation of energetic centroid column and row standard deviation
7MRC_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Mie Response Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal
ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per calibration
3Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal
ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per reference pulse calibration
4Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq
ascii uint32
Minimum valid measurements per frequency
5Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq
ascii uint32
Minimum valid pulses per frequency
6Mie_Response_Calibration_Ranges
xml record
Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0Min_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Minimum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional
1Min_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Minimum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
2Max_Mie_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Maximum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional
3Max_Mie_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Maximum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
4Max_Mie_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev
ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo
5Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Minimum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional
6Min_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Minimum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
7Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Maximum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

unit: "pixel/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 20
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index/GHz"

available: optional
8Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Maximum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
9Max_Mie_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev
ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration
10Mie_Fit_Upper_Frequency_Range
ascii double
Upper frequency range when computing the best fit

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"

available: optional
11Mie_Fit_Lower_Frequency_Range
ascii double
Lower frequency range when computing the best fit

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"

available: optional
7Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
8Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
9Mie_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
10Maximum_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
11Maximum_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
12Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Mie Resonse shift for ground detection

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
13Min_Mie_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Mie signal for ground detection

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
14Ground_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 stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional
15Mie_Ideal_Calibration_Values
xml record
Ideal slope and intercept values used for RDB correction.

idfield namedefinition
0Mie_Internal_Slope
ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)
1Mie_Internal_Offset
ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)
2Mie_Ground_Slope
ascii double
Ideal ground measurement mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)
3Mie_Ground_Offset
ascii double
Ideal ground measurement zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)
8RRC_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Min_Valid_Freq_Per_Cal
ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per calibration
3Min_Valid_Ground_Freq_Per_Cal
ascii uint32
Minimum valid ground frequencies per calibration
4Min_Valid_Reference_Pulse_Freq_Per_Cal
ascii uint32
Minimum valid frequencies per reference pulse calibration
5Min_Valid_Measurements_Per_Freq
ascii uint32
Minimum valid measurements per frequency
6Min_Valid_Ground_Measurements_Per_Freq
ascii uint32
Minimum valid ground measurements per frequency
7Min_Valid_Reference_Pulses_Per_Freq
ascii uint32
Minimum valid pulses per frequency
8Rayleigh_Response_Calibration_Ranges
xml record
Processing parameters for Rayleigh Response Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0Min_Rayleigh_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Minimum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "1/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
1Min_Rayleigh_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Minimum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo
2Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Maximum mean sensitivity of atmosperic echo

unit: "1/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
3Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Maximum zero frequency reponse of atmosperic echo
4Max_Rayleigh_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev
ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of atmosperic echo
5Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Minimum mean sensitivity of ground echo

unit: "1/GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
6Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Minimum zero frequency reponse of ground echo
7Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Maximum mean sensitivity of ground echo

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
8Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Maximum zero frequency reponse of ground echo
9Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Measurement_Error_Response_Std_Dev
ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of ground echo
10Min_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Minimum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
11Min_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Minimum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration
12Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Mean_Sensitivity
ascii double
Maximum mean sensitivity of internal calibration

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 5
fixed value: "1/GHz"
13Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Zero_Freq_Response
ascii double
Maximum zero frequency reponse of internal calibration
14Max_Rayleigh_Reference_Pulse_Error_Response_Std_Dev
ascii double
Maximum error response standard deviation of internal calibration
15Rayleigh_Fit_Upper_Frequency_Range
ascii double
Upper frequency range when computing the best fit

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
16Rayleigh_Fit_Lower_Frequency_Range
ascii double
Lower frequency range when computing the best fit

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
9Error_Fit_Degree
ascii uint16
Degree of polynomial used for fitting of frequency step response errors, default setting: 5.
10Lower_Altitude_Limit
ascii double
RRC lower altitude limit

unit: "m"

attribute: unit
ascii string
11Upper_Altitude_Limit
ascii double
RRC upper altitude limit

unit: "m"

attribute: unit
ascii string
12Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
13Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
14Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
15Maximum_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
16Maximum_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
17Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift for ground detection
18Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection
19Etalon_Temp_Range_Threshold
ascii double
RRC RSP Etalon range threshold

unit: "degC"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 1
fixed value: "C"

available: optional
20Outlier_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
21Outlier_Detection_Atmosphere_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal atmospheric response for a certain frequency step.
22Outlier_Detection_Ground_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal ground response for a certain frequency step.
23Outlier_Detection_Reference_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold value for maximum difference between calculated and ideal reference pulse response for a certain frequency step.
24Scattering_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
25Scattering_Ratio_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold for maximum Mie scattering ratio used to discard data of Rayleigh atmospheric measurement bins.
26Rayleigh_Ideal_Calibration_Values
xml record
Ideal slope and intercept values used for RDB correction and outlier detection.

idfield namedefinition
0Rayleigh_Atmospheric_Slope
ascii double
Ideal atmospheric measurement mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)
1Rayleigh_Atmospheric_Offset
ascii double
Ideal atmospheric measurement zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)
2Rayleigh_Internal_Slope
ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)
3Rayleigh_Internal_Offset
ascii double
Ideal internal reference pulse zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)
4Rayleigh_Ground_Slope
ascii double
Ideal ground measurement mean sensitivity (slope of the best straight line of channel response)
5Rayleigh_Ground_Offset
ascii double
Ideal ground measurement zero frequency response (y-intercept of the best straight line of channel response)
9OWV_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Offline Wind Measurement

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Data_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.
3Line_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
4Min_Num_of_Mie_Ground_Echo_Measurements
ascii uint32
Minimum number of Mie ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor
5Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
6Mie_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
7Mie_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
8Mie_SR_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold
ascii double
Useful signal threshold used to flag Mie SR on measurement level valid/invalid. See also parameter Mie_SR_Useful_Signal_Lower_Threshold_Met

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
9Min_Num_of_Rayleigh_Ground_Echo_Measurements
ascii uint32
Minimum number of Rayleigh ground wind measurement bins to validate ground correction factor
10Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
11Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
12Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional
13Maximum_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
14Maximum_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
15Correction_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
16Root_Selection_Stop_Threshold
ascii double
If CorrectionWith_Error_Respose_Fit is set to TRUE, the root of a polynomial is retrieved in a Newton iteration that uses this iteration stop threshold.
17Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Mie ground correction weighting factor
18Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor
19Min_Mie_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Mie signal for ground detection

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"

available: optional
20Max_Mie_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Mie Response shift for ground detection

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional
21Min_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Signal_Derivative
ascii double
Minimum derivative of Rayleigh signal shift forground detection
22Max_Rayleigh_Ground_Detection_Response_Shift
ascii double
Maximum Rayleigh Response shift for ground detection
23Ground_Detection_FWHM_Upper_Threshold
ascii double
Maximum FWHM of Mie signal for ground detection

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

available: optional
24Mie_Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Offset
ascii double
Offset between Mie and Rayleigh ground corrections

attribute: unit
ascii string
25Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Ground_Echo_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie ground echo
26Mie_Harmonic_Correction_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for Mie harmonic correction
27Rayleigh_Harmonic_Correction_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for Rayleigh harmonic correction
28Rayleigh_Correction_With_Mie_Harmonic_Weighting_Factor
ascii double
Weighting parameter for correction of Rayleigh with Mie harmonic
29Num_Bad_Pulses_Per_Meas_Threshold
ascii uint32
Threshold for the number of bad pulses in each measurement
30Multimode_Average_Ratio_Obs_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold for the for the multimode average ratio over an observation
31Wind_Velocity_Threshold
ascii double
Retrieved wind values above this threshold are flagged invalid

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional
32Cut_Negative_Mie_Measurement_Data
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate whether negative values for the Mie_Measurement_Data should be set to 0.0.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
33Use_Fitted_Non_Linearities
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if the fitted non-linearities should be used for the Mie processing instead of non-linearities of the input AUX_MRC_1B

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
34Fitted_Non_Linearities
xml record
idfield namedefinition
0Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference
ascii uint16
Number of sampling points for the Mie non-linearities for the internal path
1Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere
ascii uint16
Number of sampling points for the Mie non-linearities for the atmospheric path
2Pixel_Positions_Internal_Reference
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

ascii double
3Fitted_Reference_Pulse_Error_Mie_Response
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Internal_Reference)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

ascii double
4Pixel_Positions_Atmospheric_Path
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

ascii double
5Fitted_Measurement_Error_Mie_Response
ascii array[dim_0]
dim_0: int(../Num_Sampling_Points_Atmosphere)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"

ascii double
35Use_Constant_Internal_Response_Rayleigh
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if a constant response value for the internal Rayleigh reference should be used instead of the processed internal Rayleigh reference response.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
36Constant_Internal_Response_Rayleigh
ascii double
Constant internal Rayleigh reference response.

unit: "pixel"
37Use_Constant_Internal_Response_Mie
ascii uint8
Flag TRUE/FALSE to indicate if a constant response value for the internal Mie reference should be used instead of the processed internal Mie reference response.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
38Constant_Internal_Response_Mie
ascii double
Constant internal Mie reference response.

unit: "pixel"

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"

available: optional
10ZWC_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Zero Wind Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
11DCMZ_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Dark Current Memory Zone Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Dude_Reference_Height_Bin
ascii uint8
Altitude reported for this Dude_Reference_Height_Bin has to be below 0.0 m to identify DUDE data.
3Dude_Energy_Threshold
ascii double
Energy threshold applied to parameter Avg_UV_Energy to identify valid DUDE measurements.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 2
fixed value: "mJ"
4Rayleigh_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 stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
5Outlier_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold applied to the absolute zScore values to identify outliers.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
6Altitude_Offset_Margin
ascii double
If the top of a certain height bin in meters + Altitude_Offset_Margin is above 0 meters, retrieved dark current rates are replaced by the dark current rates of the input DCMZ file.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 1
fixed value: "m"
7Min_Num_Observations_Used
ascii uint32
If the number of Mie or Rayleigh observations used to retrieve dark current rates is less than the value stated here, the calibration is flagged invalid in the SPH.
8Sun_Elevation_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold for sun elevation at DEM intersection to remove measurements within the DUDE period during DCMZ correction for the solar background range gate

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "deg"
9Outlier_Threshold_Background
ascii double
Threshold applied to the absolute zScore values to identify outliers for background rate calculation.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
10Min_Num_Measurements_Used
ascii uint32
If for a certain background pixel, the number of input measurements for background rate calculation is below the value stated here, the input background value is copied to the output.
12LBM_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Laser Beam Monitoring Calibration

idfield namedefinition
0File_Type
xml string
File type string
1Sph_Descriptor
xml string
ASCII string describing the product
2Mie_Image_Binarization_Factor
ascii double
Factor used to calculate the binarization threshold
3Max_Iterations_Ellipse_Fit
ascii uint16
Maximum iterations of least squares ellipse fit
4Step_Size_Factor
ascii double
Factor used to vary diagonal elements of transmission matrix
5Max_Step_Factor
ascii double
Maximum variation of diagonal elements of transmission matrix
6Min_Step_Factor
ascii double
Minimum variation of diagonal elements of transmission matrix
7Stop_Tolerance
ascii double
Tolerance to check convergence of least squares error
8Start_Frequency_Ramp
ascii double
Lower frequency threshold for frequency steps to be used for the calibration result calculation.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
9Stop_Frequency_Ramp
ascii double
Upper frequency threshold for frequency steps to be used for the calibration result calculation.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 3
fixed value: "GHz"
10Min_Num_Valid_Images
ascii uint16
Minimum number of valid images required to assume frequency step results valid.
11PD74_UV_Energy_Translation
ascii double
Factor used to scale the reported PD74 energy.
12Image_Row_Max
ascii uint16
Maximum row number used to calculate the Rayleigh spot size.
13Image_Row_Min
ascii uint16
Minimum row number used to calculate the Rayleigh spot size.
14Image_Column_Channel1_Max
ascii uint16
Maximum column attributed to channel 1.
15Image_Column_Channel1_Min
ascii uint16
Minimum column attributed to channel 1.
16Image_Column_Channel2_Max
ascii uint16
Maximum column attributed to channel 1.
17Image_Column_Channel2_Min
ascii uint16
Minimum column attributed to channel 1.
18Pixel_Size
ascii double
Edge length of one pixel of the ACCD.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 2
fixed value: "cm"
13Common_Processing_Params
xml record
Common Processing Params

idfield namedefinition
0Mie_PCD_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Mie product confidence params SNR and backscatter-ratio

idfield namedefinition
0Alpha_Correction
ascii double
Correction factor for the calculation of the Mie SNR
1Summation_Index
ascii uint32
Summation index for calculation of SNR and backscatter ratio
2SR_Cubic_A_x3
ascii double
Coefficient for x^3 in cubic correction of refined SR calculation.
3SR_Cubic_B_x2
ascii double
Coefficient for x^2 in cubic correction of refined SR calculation.
4SR_Cubic_C_x1
ascii double
Coefficient for x^1 in cubic correction of refined SR calculation.
5SR_Cubic_D_x0
ascii double
Coefficient for x^0 in cubic correction of refined SR calculation.
6Cubic_Correction_Lower_Application_Threshold
ascii double
Retrieved refined SR value will only be corrected with the cubic correction, if the refined SR is above or equal to this threshold.
7Cubic_Correction_Upper_Application_Threshold
ascii double
Retrieved refined SR value will only be corrected with the cubic correction, if the refined SR is below or equal to this threshold.
1Mie_Core_Algorithm_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Mie Core Algorithm

idfield namedefinition
0Gaussian_Width_A
ascii double
Gaussian width a. This value should be approximately the fringe FWHM
1Peak_Error_Threshold
ascii double
Peak error threshold
2Peak_Error_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Peak error threshold for internal reference path signal
3Max_Num_Iterations
ascii uint32
Maximum number of gaussian iterations
4SNR_Threshold
ascii double
Threshold to switch Mie-Core processing on/off
5Start_FWHM
ascii double
Starting value for FWHM

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
6Residual_Error_Threshold
ascii double
Stop threshold for quadratic sum of differences between modeled and measured ACCD counts per pixel
7Max_Iterations_Lorentz_Fit
ascii uint8
Maximum number of iterations in Lorentzfit-loop
8FWHM_Upper_Threshold
ascii double
Upper threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
9FWHM_Lower_Threshold
ascii double
Lower threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
10Peak_Height_Upper_Threshold
ascii double
Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
11Peak_Height_Lower_Threshold
ascii double
Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
12Peak_Location_Threshold
ascii double
Peak location threshold

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
13Nonlinear_Optimization_Threshold
ascii double
Stop threshold for Downhill Simplex algorithm merit function
14Max_Iterations_Nonlinear_Optimization
ascii uint32
Maximum number of iterations of Downhill Simplex algorithm
15Num_Spectral_Sub_Samples
ascii uint32
Number of functional evaluations of Lorentz fit function for one pixel
16SNR_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Threshold to switch Mie-Core processing on/off for internal reference path signal
17Start_FWHM_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Starting value for FWHM for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
18Residual_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
19Max_Iterations_Lorentz_Fit_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Maximum number of iterations in Lorentz fit-loop for internal reference path signal
20FWHM_Upper_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Upper threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
21FWHM_Lower_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Lower threshold for FWHM of Lorentz function for quality check for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
22Peak_Height_Upper_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
23Peak_Height_Lower_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Relative threshold for peak height of Lorentz function for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
24Peak_Location_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Peak location threshold for internal reference path signal

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 10
fixed value: "ACCD pixel"
25Nonlinear_Optimization_Threshold_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Stop threshold for Downhill Simplex algorithm merit function for internal reference path signal
26Max_Iterations_Nonlinear_Optimization_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Maximum number of iterations of Downhill Simplex algorithm for internal reference path signal
27Num_Spectral_Sub_Samples_Reference_Pulse
ascii double
Number of functional evaluations of Lorentz fit function for one pixel for internal reference path signal
28DownHill_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
2Rayleigh_Algorithm_Params
xml record
Processing parameters for Rayleigh algorithm

idfield namedefinition
0Channel_A_Start_Pixel
ascii uint16
Define start pixel for useful signal calculation of channel A

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"
1Channel_A_Stop_Pixel
ascii uint16
Define stop pixel for useful signal calculation of channel A

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"
2Channel_B_Start_Pixel
ascii uint16
Define start pixel for useful signal calculation of channel B

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"
3Channel_B_Stop_Pixel
ascii uint16
Define stop pixel for useful signal calculation of channel B

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 16
fixed value: "ACCD pixel index"
4SNR_Threshold
ascii double
Signal To Noise Threshold
3Corrupt_Data_Detection_Params
xml record
Parameters for corrupt data detection

idfield namedefinition
0Max_Signal_Derivative
ascii uint16
Max signal derivative. Maximum valid pixel intensity difference between adjacent CCD pixels

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
1Pixel_Saturation_Threshold
ascii uint16
Pixel saturation threshold

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 11
fixed value: "ACCD counts"
4DCO_Correction_Params
xml record
Parameters for corrupt data detection

idfield namedefinition
0Use_Pixel_1
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, pixel 1 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE pixel 1 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
1Use_Pixel_2
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, pixel 2 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE pixel 2 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
2Use_Pixel_19
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, pixel 19 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE pixel 19 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
3Use_Pixel_20
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, pixel 20 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE pixel 20 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
4Use_Imaging_Pixel_17
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, imaging pixel 17 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE imaging pixel 17 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
5Use_Imaging_Pixel_18
ascii uint8
The DCO correction uses a mean offset value. If set to TRUE, imaging pixel 18 is used to derive the mean offset value. If set to FALSE imaging pixel 18 is not used.

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
5LOS_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
6LOS_Velocity_Correct_Off_Nadir
ascii uint8
Correct Off-Nadir mode measured data for satellite velocity

mapping: "FALSE" -> 0

mapping: "False" -> 0

mapping: "false" -> 0

mapping: "TRUE" -> 1

mapping: "True" -> 1

mapping: "true" -> 1
7Frequency_Change_Settling_Time
ascii double
Time that laser needs to stabilize after a frequency change.

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 1
fixed value: "s"