id | field name | definition |
0 | starttime |
binary time | size: 12 |
Start date and time of the SCA profile covered by the present DSR
unit: "s since 2000-01-01"
value: float(./days) * 86400 + float(./seconds) + float(./microseconds) / 1000000
binary record | size: 12 |
ENVISAT binary datetime
id | field name | definition |
0 | days |
binary int32 | size: 4 |
days since January 1st, 2000 (may be negative)
unit: "days since 2000-01-01"
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1 | seconds |
binary uint32 | size: 4 |
seconds since start of day
unit: "s"
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2 | microseconds |
binary uint32 | size: 4 |
microseconds since start of second
unit: "1e-6 s"
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1 | sca_optical_properties |
binary array[24] | size: 768 |
binary record | size: 32 |
Structure containing SCA products
id | field name | definition |
0 | extinction |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle extinction of the bin
unit: "10^-6 m^-1"
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1 | backscatter |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle backscatter of the bin
unit: "10^-6 sr m^-1"
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2 | lod |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle LOD of the bin
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3 | sr |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle SR of the bin
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2 | geolocation_middle_bins |
binary array[24] | size: 384 |
binary record | size: 16 |
Horizontal averaged coordinates of the boundaries of the middle bins over the BRC. Middle bins are made of 2 halves of adjacent Rayleigh bins.
id | field name | definition |
0 | longitude |
binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
Longitude of the start point of the profile middle bin
unit: "1e-6 degrees_east"
converted unit: "degrees_east" (multiply by 1/1000000)
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1 | latitude |
binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
Latitude of the start point of the profile middle bin
unit: "1e-6 degrees_north"
converted unit: "degrees_north" (multiply by 1/1000000)
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2 | altitude |
binary double | size: 8 |
Bottom altitude of the middle bin
unit: "m"
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3 | sca_optical_properties_mid_bins |
binary array[23] | size: 736 |
binary record | size: 32 |
Structure containing SCA BRC-level products in bins made from 2 halves of adjacent original Rayleigh bins
id | field name | definition |
0 | extinction |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle extinction of the middle bin
unit: "10^-6 m^-1"
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1 | backscatter |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle backscatter of the middle bin
unit: "10^-6 sr m^-1"
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2 | lod |
binary double | size: 8 |
Particle LOD of the middle bin
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3 | ber |
binary double | size: 8 |
Backscatter-to-extinction ratio of the middle bin
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