Specific_Product_Header_Level2C_01_32

xml record "Specific_Product_Header_Level2C_01_32"
Specific Product Header for ALD Level 2C products

idfield namedefinition
0Sph_Descriptor
xml string
1Spare_1
xml string

hidden: true
2Num_BRC
ascii uint16
Number of BRCs in the product. This is also the number of Data Set Records in the Measurement Data Sets as there is systematically one DSR for each BRC
3Intersect_Start_Lat
ascii int32 (double)
Latitude of the intersection of WGS84 DEM and the satellite line-of-sight for the first measurement (first measurement centroid time of the first BRC)

unit: "1e-6 degrees_north"

converted unit: "degrees_north" (multiply by 1/1000000)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 8
fixed value: "10-6DegN"

available: optional
4Intersect_Start_Long
ascii int32 (double)
Longitude of the intersection of WGS84 DEM and the satellite line-of-sight for the first measurement (first measurement centroid time of the first BRC)

unit: "1e-6 degrees_east"

converted unit: "degrees_east" (multiply by 1/1000000)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 8
fixed value: "10-6DegE"

available: optional
5Intersect_Stop_Lat
ascii int32 (double)
Latitude of the intersection of WGS84 DEM and the satellite line-of-sight for the last measurement (last measurement centroid time of the last BRC)

unit: "1e-6 degrees_north"

converted unit: "degrees_north" (multiply by 1/1000000)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 8
fixed value: "10-6DegN"

available: optional
6Intersect_Stop_Long
ascii int32 (double)
Longitude of the intersection of WGS84 DEM and the satellite line-of-sight for the last measurement (last measurement centroid time of the last BRC)

unit: "1e-6 degrees_east"

converted unit: "degrees_east" (multiply by 1/1000000)

attribute: unit
ascii stringsize: 8
fixed value: "10-6DegE"

available: optional
7Sat_Track
ascii double
Sub-satellite heading at the sensing start time in the MPH

unit: "degrees"

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

available: optional
8Spare_2
xml string

hidden: true
9M_Mie
ascii uint8
Maximum number of Mie profiles reserved for all the DSR in the file
10M_Rayleigh
ascii uint8
Maximum number of Rayleigh profiles reserved for all the DSR in the file
11M_Meas
ascii uint8
Maximum number of measurements reserved for all measurement-level information in each DSR in the file
12Num_Valid_Mie_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of valid Mie profiles. Beware, this number can be less than, or greater than the number of BRCs. This second option may happen when a discrimination is done in a BRC between e.g. cloudy and clear scenes and two independent profiles are produced
13Num_Valid_Rayleigh_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of valid Rayleigh profiles. Beware, this number can be less than, or greater than the number of BRCs. This second option may happen when a discrimination is done in a BRC between e.g. cloudy and clear scenes and two independent profiles are produced
14Num_Clear_Mie_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of clear (no cloud) Mie profiles
15Num_Clear_Rayleigh_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of clear (no cloud) Rayleigh profiles
16Num_Cloud_Mie_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of cloudy Mie profiles
17Num_Cloud_Rayleigh_Profiles
ascii uint16
Number of cloudy Rayleigh profiles
18Num_Mie_Prof_Warm_Pulses
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles using warm-up pulses
19Num_Rayleigh_Prof_Warm_Pulses
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles using warm-up pulses
20Num_Profiles_Surface_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles reported in L2B extending down to the surface
21Num_Profiles_Surface_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles reported in L2B extending down to the surface
22Num_Valid_Obs_Prof_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles flagged valid at observation level in L1B input file
23Num_Valid_Obs_Prof_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles flagged valid at observation level in L1B input file
24Num_Valid_Meas_Prof_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles flagged valid at measurement level in L1B input file
25Num_Valid_Meas_Prof_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles flagged valid at measurement level in L1B input file
26Num_Valid_Obs_Bins_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie range-bins flagged valid at observation level in L1B input file
27Num_Valid_Obs_Bins_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh range-bins flagged valid at observation level in L1B input file
28Num_Valid_Meas_Bins_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie range-bins flagged valid at measurement level in L1B input file
29Num_Valid_Meas_Bins_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh range-bins flagged valid at measurement level in L1B input file
30Num_Invalid_Meas_Prof_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles flagged invalid at measurement level in L1B input file
31Num_Invalid_Meas_Prof_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles flagged invalid at measurement level in L1B input file
32Num_Invalid_Meas_Prof_L2B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie profiles valid in L1B input file but flagged invalid at measurement level during L2B processing
33Num_Invalid_Meas_Prof_L2B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh profiles valid in L1B input file but flagged invalid at measurement level during L2B processing
34Num_Invalid_Meas_Bins_L1B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie range-bins flagged invalid at measurement level in L1B input file
35Num_Invalid_Meas_Bins_L1B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh range-bins flagged invalid at measurement level in L1B input file
36Num_Invalid_Meas_Bins_L2B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie range-bins valid in L1B input file but flagged invalid at measurement level during L2B processing
37Num_Invalid_Meas_Bins_L2B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh range-bins valid in L1B input file but flagged invalid at measurement level during L2B processing
38Spare_3
xml string

hidden: true
39Num_Valid_Obs_L2B_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie observations valid in L2B file (any observation class, any range bin)
40Num_Valid_Obs_L2B_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh observations valid in L2B file (any observation class, any range bin)
41Num_Invalid_Obs_L2C_Mie
ascii uint16
Number of Mie observations valid in L2B file but flagged invalid during L2C processing (any observation class, any range bin; only present in L2C products)
42Num_Invalid_Obs_L2C_Ray
ascii uint16
Number of Rayleigh observations valid in L2B file but flagged invalid during L2C processing (any observation class, any range bin; only present in L2C products)
43Spare_4
xml string

hidden: true
44List_of_Dsds
xml record "List_of_Dsds"