| id | field name | definition |
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| 0 | FIT_MODE |
| binary array[32] | size: 32 |
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Cloud fitting mode (0 = default fitting for c and zc, 1 = snow/ice mode for A and z
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| 1 | FAIL_FLAG |
| binary array[32] | size: 32 |
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Fail flag (0 = succesful fit, 1 = R out of range, 2 = theta0 out of range, 3 = theta out of range, 4 = fit did not converge, 5 = missing input data)
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| 2 | FIT_1 |
| binary array[32] | size: 128 |
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Cloud fitting parameter 1 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either cloud top pressure or lower reflecting surface pressure
| binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
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unit: "1e-3 hPa"
converted unit: "hPa" (multiply by 1/1000)
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| 3 | FIT_2 |
| binary array[32] | size: 128 |
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Cloud fitting parameter 2 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either effective cloud fraction or albedo for lower reflecting surface
| binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000000)
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| 4 | E_FIT_1 |
| binary array[32] | size: 64 |
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Error in Cloud fitting parameter 1
| binary uint16 (double) | size: 2 |
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unit: "1e-1 hPa"
converted unit: "hPa" (multiply by 1/10)
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| 5 | E_FIT_2 |
| binary array[32] | size: 64 |
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Error in Cloud fitting parameter 2
| binary uint16 (double) | size: 2 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/10000)
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| 6 | FINAL_CHI_SQUARE |
| binary array[32] | size: 128 |
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Final Chi-Square perturbation
| binary uint32 (double) | size: 4 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/100000)
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| 7 | CLOUD_ALBEDO |
| binary array[32] | size: 128 |
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Cloud albedo. This is always greater than or equal to the a priori cloud albedo
| binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000000)
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| 8 | SURFACE_ALBEDO |
| binary array[2, 32] | size: 256 |
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Surface albedo used in the retrieval (at 758 and 772 nm)
| binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000000)
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| 9 | SURFACE_PRESSURE |
| binary array[32] | size: 128 |
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Surface pressure
| binary int32 (double) | size: 4 |
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unit: "1e-3 hPa"
converted unit: "hPa" (multiply by 1/1000)
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| 10 | AVHRR_INHOMOGENEITY |
| binary array[256] | size: 512 |
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Inhomogeneity of co-located AVHRR radiance corresponding to PMD channel readouts
| binary uint16 (double) | size: 2 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000)
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| 11 | AVHRR_CLOUD_FRAC |
| binary array[256] | size: 512 |
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Geometrical cloud fraction from co-located AVHRR cloud flags corresponding to PMD channel readouts
| binary uint16 (double) | size: 2 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000)
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| 12 | AVHRR_SNOW_ICE_FRAC |
| binary array[256] | size: 512 |
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Geometrical snow/ice fraction from co-located AVHRR snow/ice flags corresponding to PMD channel readouts
| binary uint16 (double) | size: 2 |
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converted unit: "" (multiply by 1/1000)
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