Level_2BC_PCD_ADSR_01_32

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5 bytes each holding up to 8 flags, so in total 40 flags to store individual problems detected in the L1B_Obs screening

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List of M_Meas structures describing the problems found for each Mie measurement. Only the first N_Meas are meaningful in any BRC id field name definition 0 l1b_mie_meas_qc binary uint8 size: 1 A code describing a problem which prevent using this Mie measurement 1 l1b_mie_meas_qc_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing problems which prevent using this Mie Measurement 2 l1b_mie_meas_bin_screening binary array[24] size: 48 binary record size: 2 List of 24 structures describing the problems found for each Mie measurement Bin id field name definition 0 l1b_mie_meas_bin_qc binary uint8 size: 1 A code describing a problem which prevent using this Mie measurement bin 1 l1b_mie_meas_bin_qc_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing problems which prevent using this Mie measurement bin 3 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Meas structures describing the problems found for each Mie measurement. Only the first N_Meas are meaningful in any BRC id field name definition 0 l1b_rayleigh_meas_qc binary uint8 size: 1 A code describing a problem which prevent using this Rayleigh measurement 1 l1b_rayleigh_meas_qc_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing problems which prevent using this Rayleigh measurement 2 l1b_rayleigh_meas_bin_screening binary array[24] size: 48 binary record size: 2 List of 24 structures describing the problems found for each Rayleigh measurement Bin id field name definition 0 l1b_rayleigh_bin_qc binary uint8 size: 1 A code describing a problem which prevent using this Rayleigh measurement bin 1 l1b_rayleigh_meas_bin_qc_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing problems which prevent using this Mie measurement bin 3 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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Flags describing problems which prevent using this L2B AMD file

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List of M_Meas structures describing the problems found while collocating each measurement. Only the first N_Meas are meaningful in any BRC id field name definition 0 l2b_amd_collocation_qc binary uint8 size: 1 A code describing what problem occurred during the collocation of this measurement with the AUX NWP data 1 l2b_amd_collocation_qc_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing what problems occurred during the collocation of this measurement with the AUX NWP data 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Meas structures describing the results of the Mie classification algoritm for each measurement. Only the first N_Meas are meaningful in any BRC id field name definition 0 l2b_mie_meas_bin_classification binary array[24] size: 264 binary record size: 11 List of 24 structures describing the results of the Mie classification algorithm for each measurement bin id field name definition 0 l2b_mie_meas_class_flags binary array[16] size: 2 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing classification properties for the current Mie measurement rangebin 1 l2b_reliability binary double size: 8 A measure for the reliability of the classification result for this rangebin 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 1 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Mie structures describing the results of the scene classification for each reported Mie observation id field name definition 0 l2b_mie_obs_class_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing classification properties for the current Mie observation 1 l2b_mie_obs_bin_classification binary array[24] size: 264 binary record size: 11 List of 24 structures describing the results of the classification algorithm for each reported observation bin id field name definition 0 l2b_mie_meas_class_flags binary array[16] size: 2 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing classification properties for the current Mie measurement rangebin 1 l2b_reliability binary double size: 8 A measure for the reliability of the classification result for this rangebin 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Meas structures describing the results of the Rayleigh observation algoritm for each measurement. Only the first N_Meas are meaningful in any BRC id field name definition 0 l2b_rayleigh_meas_bin_classification binary array[24] size: 264 binary record size: 11 List of 24 flag values describing the results of the Rayleigh classification algorithm for each measurement bin id field name definition 0 l2b_rayleigh_meas_class_flags binary array[16] size: 2 binary uint8 size: 0:1 FlagFlags describing classification properties for the current Rayleigh measurement rangebin 1 l2b_reliability binary double size: 8 A measure for the reliability of the classification result for this rangebin 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 1 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Rayleigh structures describing the results of the scene classification for each reported Rayleigh observation id field name definition 0 l2b_rayleigh_obs_class_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing classification properties for the current Rayleigh observation 1 l2b_rayleigh_obs_bin_classification binary array[24] size: 264 binary record size: 11 List of 24 flag values describing the results of the classification algorithm for each reported observation bin id field name definition 0 l2b_rayleigh_meas_class_flags binary array[16] size: 2 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing classification properties for the current Rayleigh measurement rangebin 1 l2b_reliability binary double size: 8 A measure for the reliability of the classification result for this rangebin 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 2 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Mie structures describing the results of the Mie processing for each reported observation id field name definition 0 l2b_obs_mie_bin_qc binary array[24] size: 1968 binary record size: 82 List of 24 structures describing the results of the Mie processing for each reported range bin id field name definition 0 hlos_error_estimate binary double size: 8 Error estimate reported by the Mie processing algorithm unit: "m/s" 1 reliability_number binary double size: 8 Probably to be derived from the SNR, to catch cases in which signal level is too low (for which fitting the spectrum might be very difficult) 2 l2b_obs_mie_bin_flags binary array[8] size: 1 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing Mie processing results for the current rangebin 3 fitting_amplitude binary double size: 8 Amplitude of the curve used for fitting the Mie spectrum 4 fitting_residual binary double size: 8 Residual after the fit to the Mie spectrum is performed (should also give an idea of the reliability of the fit) 5 fitting_offset binary double size: 8 Offset of the curve used for fitting the Mie spectrum 6 fittting_fwhm binary double size: 8 FWHM of the curve used for fitting the spectrum. This gives a measure of the wind variability in this rangebin 7 mie_snr binary double size: 8 SNR of the Mie spectrum 8 extinction binary double size: 8 Extinction used to determine the height assignment for this rangebin unit: "1/m" 9 scattering_ratio binary double size: 8 Scattering_Ratio used to estimate the extinction for this rangebin 10 variability_measure binary double size: 8 Measure of the variability between the measurements of this observation for this rangebin 11 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 1 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true

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List of M_Rayleigh structures describing the results of the Rayleigh processing for each reported observation id field name definition 0 l2b_obs_rayleigh_bin_qc binary array[24] size: 912 binary record size: 38 List of 24 structures describing the results of the Rayleigh processing for each reported range bin id field name definition 0 hlos_error_estimate binary double size: 8 Error estimate reported by the Rayleigh processing algorithm unit: "m/s" 1 l2b_obs_rayleigh_bin_flags binary array[24] size: 3 binary uint8 size: 0:1 Flags describing Rayleigh processing results for the current rangebin 2 extinction binary double size: 8 Extinction used to determine the height assignment for this rangebin unit: "1/m" 3 scattering_ratio binary double size: 8 Scattering_Ratio used to estimate the Mie signal used in Mie decontamination for this rangebin 4 variability_measure binary double size: 8 Some measure of the variability between the measurements of this observation for this rangebin 5 extinction_method binary uint8 size: 1 Method was used to determine the extinction for this rangebin. 0: undefined, 1: not available, 2: using NWP information 6 scattering_ratio_method binary uint8 size: 1 Method used to determine the scattering ratio rho. 0: undefined, 1: computed from L1B Mie channel (arithmetic average), 2: computed from L1B Mie and Rayleigh channel information combined 7 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true 1 spare_1 binary bytes size: 1 Spare hidden: true