Level_2B_Proc_Params_01_32

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Level 2B Processing Parameters GADS DSR

field name

definition

FH_Default_Fields

xml record

Fields responsible for populating the Fixed Header

field name

definition

File_Description

xml string
1-line description of the file

Notes

xml string
Multi-lines free text

Mission

xml string
Aeolus

Mission_Id

xml string
AE

File_Class

xml string
1-Line description of the file class

File_Version

ascii int16
4 digits used to distinguish between versions of a file having the same validity period

System

xml string
Aeolus L1bP

Creator

xml string
Aeolus L1bP

Creator_Version

xml string
Version of the tool

MPH_Default_Fields

xml record

Values responsible for populating the main product header

field name

definition

Ref_Doc

xml string
Reference document describing the product

Software_Ver

xml string
Software version number of processing software. Format: name of processor (up to 10 char) version number (4 char)

Proc_Center

xml string
AEOLUS PHS

WVM_Params

xml record

Processing parameters for Wind Velocity Measurement

field name

definition

File_Type

xml string
File type string

Sph_Descriptor

xml string
ASCII string describing the product

Warmup_Pulse_Min_Height

ascii double

Height below which the warmup pulses may not be used

unit: "m"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional

Rangebin_Mismatch_Tolerance

ascii double

Tolerance above which Mie and Rayleigh rangebins are considered mismatched

unit: "m"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional

Line_of_Sight_Wind_Flag

ascii uint8
Flag indicating whether the horizontal or line-of-sight wind component should be reported mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1

Mie_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor

ascii double
Mie ground correction weighting factor

Rayleigh_Ground_Correction_Weighting_Factor

ascii double
Rayleigh ground correction weighting factor

N_Obs_Mie_Max

ascii uint8
Maximum number of observations that may be generated for the Mie channel

N_Obs_Rayleigh_Max

ascii uint8
Maximum number of observations that may be generated for the Rayleigh channel

Classification_Params

xml record

Parameters for the Classification algorithm

field name

definition

Classification_Type_Mie

xml string
The classification type for the Mie channel

Classification_Type_Rayleigh

xml string
The classification type for the Rayleigh channel

List_of_BackscatterRatio_Thresholds

xml record

List of BackscatterRatio_threshold structures

attribute: count

xml string

field name

definition

BackscatterRatio_Threshold

xml array[dim_0]

dim_0: determined automatically from xml file

xml record

used for classification of a rangebin using a threshold on the backscatter ratio

id field name definition

0 Threshold_Value

ascii double

Thresholds to be used for classification of a rangebin

1 Altitude

ascii double

Altitude at which Threshold_Value is valid

unit: "km"

attribute: unit

ascii string size: 2

fixed value: "km"

available: optional

List_of_Extinction_Thresholds

xml record

List of Extinction_threshold structures

attribute: count

xml string

field name

definition

Extinction_Threshold

xml array[dim_0]

dim_0: determined automatically from xml file

xml record

used for classification of a rangebin using a threshold on the extinction value

id field name definition

0 Threshold_Value

ascii double

Thresholds to be used for classification of a rangebin

unit: "1/m"

attribute: unit

ascii string size: 3

fixed value: "m-1"

available: optional

1 Altitude

ascii double

Altitude at which Threshold_Value is valid

unit: "km"

attribute: unit

ascii string size: 2

fixed value: "km"

available: optional

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Optical_Properties_Params

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Parameters for the algorithms determining the optical properties of the atmosphere

field name

definition

ScatRatio_Method

xml string
The method to be used to get the scattering ratio

ScatRatio_Method2

xml string
A backup method to get the scattering ratio, to be used when ScatRatio_Method gives no result, i.e. returns a missing_data indicator

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Error_Quantifier_Params

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Parameters for the algorithms determining the Error properties of the reported wind results

field name

definition

ErrorQuantMethod_Mie

xml string
The method to be used to calculate the Error quantifier for the Mie channel

ErrorQuantMethod_Rayleigh

xml string
The method to be used to calculate the Error quantifier for the Rayleigh channel

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Common_Processing_Params

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Common Processing Parameters

field name

definition

Mie_PCD_Params

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Processing parameters for Mie product confidence params SNR and backscatter-ratio

field name

definition

Alpha_Correction

ascii double
Correction factor for the calculation of the Mie SNR

Summation_Index

ascii uint32
Summation index for calculation of SNR and backscatter ratio

Mie_Core_Algorithm_Params

xml record

Processing parameters for Mie Core Algorithm

field name

definition

SNR_Threshold

ascii double
Threshold to switch Mie-Core processing on/off

Start_FWHM

ascii double

Starting value for FWHM

attribute: unit

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

available: optional

Residual_Error_Threshold

ascii double

Stop threshold for quadratic sum of differences between modeled and measured ACCD counts per pixel

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 4
fixed value: "A.U."

available: optional

Max_Iterations_Lorentz_Fit

ascii uint8
Maximum number of iterations in Lorentz fit-loop

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"

available: optional

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"

available: optional

Peak_Height_Upper_Threshold

ascii double

Relative (upper) threshold for peak height of Lorentz function

attribute: unit

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

available: optional

Peak_Height_Lower_Threshold

ascii double

Relative (lower) threshold for peak height of Lorentz function

attribute: unit

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

available: optional

Peak_Location_Threshold

ascii double

Peak location threshold

attribute: unit

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

available: optional

Nonlinear_Optimization_Threshold

ascii double

Stop threshold for Downhill Simplex algorithm merit function

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 4
fixed value: "A.U."

available: optional

Max_Iterations_Nonlinear_Optimization

ascii uint32

Maximum number of interations of Downhill Simplex algorithm

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 4
fixed value: "A.U."

available: optional

Num_Spectral_Sub_Samples

ascii uint32

Number of functional evaluations of Lorentz fit function for one pixel

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 4
fixed value: "A.U."

available: optional

Corrupt_Data_Detection_Params

xml record

Parameters for corrupt data detection

field name

definition

Max_Signal_Derivative

ascii uint16

Maximum signal derivative. Maximum valid pixel intensity difference between adjacent CCD pixels

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelLevel"

available: optional

Pixel_Saturation_Threshold

ascii uint16

Pixel saturation threshold

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelLevel"

available: optional

RBC_Algorithm_Params

xml record

Parameters used by the RBC algorithm

field name

definition

Do_Mie_Decontamination

ascii uint8
Switch to select whether Mie_Decontamination should be done in the L2BP or not mapping: "False" -> 0 mapping: "false" -> 0 mapping: "True" -> 1 mapping: "true" -> 1

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AMD_Matchup_Params

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Parameters used by the L1B-AMD matchup algorithm

field name

definition

Matchup_Method

xml string
Matchup method to be used for L1B-AMD matchup. 0: one-for-one between L1B BRC and AMD DSR, 1: Nearest-neighbour in space and time

Max_Allowed_Time_Diff

ascii uint32

Maximum allowed time difference in seconds between L1B BRC and AMD DSR

unit: "s"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "s"

available: optional

Max_Allowed_Distance

ascii uint32

Maximum allowed distance in kilometres between L1B BRC and AMD DSR

unit: "km"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "km"

available: optional

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CLM_Matchup_Params

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Parameters used by the L1B-CLM matchup algorithm

field name

definition

Matchup_Method

xml string
Matchup method to be used for L1B-CLM matchup. 0: TBD, 1: Nearest-neighbour in space and time

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Screening_Params

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Collected Screening Parameters used for testing the input files and the generated results

field name

definition

L1B_Screening_Params

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Parameters used for screening the L1B input file

field name

definition

L1B_Obs_Screening_Params

xml record

Parameters used for screening the L1B observations from the L1B input file

field name

definition

L1B_Laser_Freq_Unlocked_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with laser_freq_unlocked

L1B_Ref_Pulses_Unlocked_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nrefpulses with laser_freq_unlocked

L1B_Laser_Freq_Offset_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of average laser freq. offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Laser_UV_Energy_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of average laser UV energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Laser_Freq_Offs_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Standard deviation for laser frequency offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Laser_UV_Energy_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Standard deviation for laser pulse UV energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Mean_Emit_Freq_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Mie mean emitted frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Mean_Emit_Freq_Max

ascii double

Maximumallowed value for Mie mean emitted frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Emit_Freq_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Mie emitted frequency standard deveation

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Mean_Emit_Freq_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Rayleigh mean emitted frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Mean_Emit_Freq_Max

ascii double

Maximumallowed value for Rayleigh mean emitted frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Emit_Freq_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Rayleigh emitted frequency standard deviation

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Sat_Not_on_Target_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with sat_not_on_target

L1B_Mie_corrupt_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with corrupt Mie meas

L1B_Rayleigh_corrupt_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with corrupt Rayleigh meas

L1B_Mie_Ref_Pulses_Corrupt_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with corrupt Mie ref. Pulses

L1B_Rayl_Ref_Pulses_Corrupt_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of nmeas with corrupt Rayleigh ref. Pulses

L1B_Mie_Invalid_Meas_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_mie_invalid_measurements

L1B_Mie_Invalid_Ref_Pulses_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_mie_invalid_reference_pulse

L1B_Rayl_Invalid_Meas_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_rayleigh_invalid_measurements

L1B_Rayl_Invalid_Ref_Pulses_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_rayleigh_invalid_reference_pulse

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L1B_Mie_Meas_Screening_Params

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Parameters used for screening the L1B Mie Measurements from the L1B input file

field name

definition

L1B_Mie_Meas_Invalid_Ref_Pulses_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_mie_invalid_reference_pulses

L1B_Avg_Laser_Freq_Offset_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Avg_Laser_Frequency_Offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_Laser_Freq_Offset_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Avg_Laser_Frequency_Offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_UV_Energy_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Avg_UV_Energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_UV_Energy_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Avg_UV_Energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Laser_Freq_Offset_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value for Laser_Frequency_Offset_Std_ Dev

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_UV_Energy_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value for UV_Energy_Std_Dev

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Vel_of_Att_Uncertainty_Error_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Velocity_of_Attitude_Uncertainty_Error

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional

L1B_Vel_of_Att_Uncertainty_Error_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Velocity_of_Attitude_Uncertainty_Error

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Mean_Emitted_Freq_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Mie_Mean_Emitted_Frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Mean_Emitted_Freq_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Mie_Mean_Emitted_Frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Mie_Emitted_Freq_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Mie_Emitted_Frequency_Std_Dev

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Meas_Reference_Pulse_FWHM_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for L1B PCD measurement-level parameter Reference_Pulse_FWHM

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelIndex"

available: optional

L1B_Meas_Reference_Pulse_FWHM_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for L1B PCD measurement-level parameter Reference_Pulse_FWHM

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelIndex"

available: optional

L1B_Scattering_Ratio_Min

ascii double
Minimum allowed value for Scattering_Ratio_Mie

L1B_Scattering_Ratio_Max

ascii double
Maximum allowed value for Scattering_Ratio_Mie

L1B_Mie_SNR_Threshold

ascii double
Threshold on the value of Mie_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio

Mie_Ground_Bin_Thickness_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the part of the ground bin that is above the surface according to the DEM

unit: "m"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional

Max_Signal_Derivative

ascii int16

Threshold on the Mie spectrum to be able to detect corrupt channels

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelLevel"

available: optional

Pixel_Saturation_Threshold

ascii int16

Threshold on the Mie spectral channels to be able to detect saturated channels

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelLevel"

available: optional

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L1B_Rayleigh_Meas_Screening_Params

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Parameters used for screening the L1B Rayleigh Measurements from the L1B input file

field name

definition

L1B_Rayleigh_Meas_Invalid_Ref_Pulses_Threshold

ascii int32
Threshold on the value of num_of_Rayleigh_invalid_reference_pulses

L1B_Avg_Laser_Freq_Offset_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Avg_Laser_Frequency_Offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_Laser_Freq_Offset_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Avg_Laser_Frequency_Offset

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_UV_Energy_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Avg_UV_Energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Avg_UV_Energy_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Avg_UV_Energy

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Laser_Freq_Offset_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value for Laser_Frequency_Offset_Std_ Dev

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_UV_Energy_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value for UV_Energy_Std_Dev

unit: "mJ"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "mJ"

available: optional

L1B_Vel_of_Att_Uncertainty_Error_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Velocity_of_Attitude_Uncertainty_Error

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional

L1B_Vel_of_Att_Uncertainty_Error_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Velocity_of_Attitude_Uncertainty_Error

unit: "m/s"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 3
fixed value: "m/s"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Mean_Emitted_Freq_Min

ascii double

Minimum allowed value for Rayleigh_Mean_Emitted_Frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Mean_Emitted_Freq_Max

ascii double

Maximum allowed value for Rayleigh_Mean_Emitted_Frequency

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_Emitted_Freq_Stdev_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the value of Rayleigh_Emitted_Frequency_Std_Dev

unit: "GHz"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 9
fixed value: "GigaHertz"

available: optional

L1B_Rayleigh_SNR_Min

ascii double
Minimum allowed value for Rayleigh_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio_Channel_A and Rayleigh_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio_Channel_B

L1B_Rayleigh_SNR_Max

ascii double
Maximum allowed value for Rayleigh_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio_Channel_A and Rayleigh_Signal_to_Noise_Ratio_Channel_B

Rayleigh_Ground_Bin_Thickness_Threshold

ascii double

Threshold on the part of the ground bin that is above the surface according to the DEM

unit: "m"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "m"

available: optional

Pixel_Saturation_Threshold

ascii int16

Threshold on the Rayleigh channels to be able to detect saturated signals

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 10
fixed value: "PixelLevel"

available: optional

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L2B_AMD_Screening_Params

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Parameters used for screening the L2B_AMD input file

field name

definition

L2B_AMD_p_min

ascii double

Minimum pressure allowed in a pressure profile

unit: "Pa"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "Pa"

available: optional

L2B_AMD_p_max

ascii double

Maximum pressure allowed in a pressure profile

unit: "Pa"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 2
fixed value: "Pa"

available: optional

L2B_AMD_T_min

ascii double

Minimum temperature allowed in a temperature profile

unit: "K"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "K"

available: optional

L2B_AMD_T_max

ascii double

Maximum temperature allowed in a temperature profile

unit: "K"

attribute: unit

ascii string	size: 1
fixed value: "K"

available: optional

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