11. Record Description of the ASCAT Level 1b Full Resolution Product

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11. Record Description of the ASCAT Level 1b Full Resolution Product

11.1 ASCA_SZF_1B product

This ASCAT SZF_1B description corresponds to the ASCAT Level 1 PFS [RD12] Issue v8B (PFV 11.0) and Issue 6 Revision 8 (previous PFV 10.0), and to the Generic PFS [RD11] Issue v7E.

In the tables below, coloured items have the following meanings:

         Compound data type, which consists of at least two basic or other compound data types. The name of the compound data type is shown first, followed by a list of the items contained within it.
  Dimension parameter for variable product fields.
 

Summary of Product Format Version record contents history

  PFV = 10.0 PFV = 11.0
Record name Record version Record version
mphr 2 2
sphr (not present) 1 (new record)
viadr-tr 1 (deleted)
viadr-ip 2 (deleted)
viadr-pp 3 (deleted)
viadr-oa 2 2
viadr-dump 2 (deleted)
viadr-ver (not present) 1 (new record)
mdr-1b-full 3 3

If more than one version of a record exists, all versions are described below.

Contents:

Certain record types with formats common to all products (IPR, DMDR, GEADR, VEADR) are not included below, since they are not relevant to the average user. If required, details of these records can be found in the Generic PFS [RD11].

MPHR ( name 'mphr', class 1, subclass 0, version 2 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
Product Details
PRODUCT_NAME Complete name of the product


1 1 1 1 string 67 100 20
PARENT_PRODUCT_NAME_1 Name of the parent product from which this product has been produced. For Level 0 products, this field is filled with lower case x's.


1 1 1 1 string 67 100 120
PARENT_PRODUCT_NAME_2 Name of the parent product from which this product has been produced. For Level 0 products or products for which this is not appropriate, this field is filled with lower case x's.


1 1 1 1 string 67 100 220
PARENT_PRODUCT_NAME_3 Name of the parent product from which this product has been produced. For Level 0 products or products for which this is not appropriate, this field is filled with lower case x's.


1 1 1 1 string 67 100 320
PARENT_PRODUCT_NAME_4 Name of the parent product from which this product has been produced. For Level 0 products or products for which this is not appropriate, this field is filled with lower case x's.


1 1 1 1 string 67 100 420
INSTRUMENT_ID Instrument identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 4 37 520
INSTRUMENT_MODEL Instrument Model identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 3 36 557
PRODUCT_TYPE Product Type


1 1 1 1 enumerated 3 36 593
PROCESSING_LEVEL Processing Level Identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 2 35 629
SPACECRAFT_ID Spacecraft identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 3 36 664
SENSING_START UTC Time of start of sensing data in this object (PDU, ROI or Full Product)


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 700
SENSING_END UTC Time of end of sensing data in this object (PDU, ROI or Full Product)


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 748
SENSING_START_THEORETICAL Theoretical UTC Time of start of sensing data in the dump from which this object is derived. This data is the predicted start time at the MPF level.


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 796
SENSING_END_THEORETICAL Theoretical UTC Time of end of sensing data in the dump from which this object is derived. This data is the predicted end time at the MPF level.


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 844
PROCESSING_CENTRE Processing Centre Identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 4 37 892
PROCESSOR_MAJOR_VERSION Processing chain major version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 929
PROCESSOR_MINOR_VERSION Processing chain minor version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 967
FORMAT_MAJOR_VERSION Dataset Format Major Version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1005
FORMAT_MINOR_VERSION Dataset Format Minor Version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1043
PROCESSING_TIME_START UTC time of the processing at start of processing for the product


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 1081
PROCESSING_TIME_END UTC time of the processing at end of processing for the product


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 1129
PROCESSING_MODE Identification of the mode of processing


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 34 1177
DISPOSITION_MODE Identification of the disposition mode


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 34 1211
RECEIVING_GROUND_STATION Acquisition Station Identification


1 1 1 1 enumerated 3 36 1245
RECEIVE_TIME_START UTC time of the reception at CDA for first Data Item


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 1281
RECEIVE_TIME_END UTC time of the reception at CDA for last Data Item


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 1329
ORBIT_START Start Orbit Number, counted incrementally since launch


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1377
ORBIT_END Stop Orbit Number


1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1415
ACTUAL_PRODUCT_SIZE Size of the complete product

bytes
1 1 1 1 uinteger 11 44 1453
ASCENDING NODE ORBIT PARAMETERS
STATE_VECTOR_TIME Epoch time (in UTC) of the orbital elements and the orbit state vector. this corresponds to the time of crossing the ascending node for ORBIT_START

UTC
1 1 1 1 longtime 18 51 1497
SEMI_MAJOR_AXIS Semi major axis of orbit at time of the ascending node crossing.

mm
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1548
ECCENTRICITY Orbit eccentricity at time of the ascending node crossing
10^6

1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1592
INCLINATION Orbit inclination at time of the ascending node crossing
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1636
PERIGEE_ARGUMENT Argument of perigee at time of the ascending node crossing
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1680
RIGHT_ASCENSION Right ascension at time of the ascending node crossing
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1724
MEAN_ANOMALY Mean anomaly at time of the ascending node crossing
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1768
X_POSITION X position of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1812
Y_POSITION Y position of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1856
Z_POSITION Z position of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1900
X_VELOCITY X velocity of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m/s
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1944
Y_VELOCITY Y velocity of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m/s
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 1988
Z_VELOCITY Z velocity of the orbit state vector in the orbit frame at ascending node
10^3
m/s
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2032
EARTH_SUN_DISTANCE_RATIO Earth-Sun distance ratio - ratio of current Earth-Sun distance to Mean Earth-Sun distance


1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2076
LOCATION_TOLERANCE_RADIAL Nadir Earth location tolerance radial

m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2120
LOCATION_TOLERANCE_CROSSTRACK Nadir Earth location tolerance cross-track

m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2164
LOCATION_TOLERANCE_ALONGTRACK Nadir Earth location tolerance along-track

m
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2208
YAW_ERROR Constant Yaw attitude error
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2252
ROLL_ERROR Constant Roll attitude error
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2296
PITCH_ERROR Constant Pitch attitude error
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2340
LOCATION SUMMARY
SUBSAT_LATITUDE_START Latitude of sub-satellite point at start of the data set
10^3
Deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2384
SUBSAT_LONGITUDE_START Longitude of sub-satellite point at start of the data set
10^3
Deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2428
SUBSAT_LATITUDE_END Latitude of sub-satellite point at end of the data set
10^3
Deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2472
SUBSAT_LONGITUDE_END Longitude of sub-satellite point at end of the data set
10^3
Deg
1 1 1 1 integer 11 44 2516
Leap Second Information
LEAP_SECOND Occurrence of Leap second within the product. Field is set to -1, 0 or +1 dependent upon occurrence of leap second and direction.


1 1 1 1 integer 2 35 2560
LEAP_SECOND_UTC UTC time of occurrence of the Leap Second (If no leap second in the product, value is null)


1 1 1 1 time 15 48 2595
Record counts
TOTAL_RECORDS Total count of all records in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2643
TOTAL_MPHR Total count of all MPHRs in product (should always be 1!)


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2682
TOTAL_SPHR Total count of all SPHRs in product (should be 0 or 1 only)


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2721
TOTAL_IPR Total count of all IPRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2760
TOTAL_GEADR Total count of all GEADRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2799
TOTAL_GIADR Total count of all GIADRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2838
TOTAL_VEADR Total count of all VEADRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2877
TOTAL_VIADR Total count of all VIADRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2916
TOTAL_MDR Total count of all MDRs in the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2955
Record Based Generic Quality Flags
COUNT_DEGRADED_INST_MDR Count of MDRs with degradation due to instrument problems


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 2994
COUNT_DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Count of MDRs with degradation due to processing problems


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 3033
COUNT_DEGRADED_INST_MDR_BLOCKS Count of the number of blocks of MDRs degraded due to degraded instrument


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 3072
COUNT_DEGRADED_PROC_MDR_BLOCKS Count of the number of blocks of MDRs degraded due to degraded processing


1 1 1 1 uinteger 6 39 3111
Time Based Generic Quality Flags
DURATION_OF_PRODUCT The duration of the product in milliseconds

ms
1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 3150
MILLISECONDS_OF_DATA_PRESENT The total amount of data present in the product

ms
1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 3191
MILLISECONDS_OF_DATA_MISSING The total amount of data missing from the product

ms
1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 3232
Regional Product Information
SUBSETTED_PRODUCT Set when product has been subset (e.g. geographically subset using a region of interest filter). Implies the presence of one or more EUMETSAT Data Centre GIADRs in GAD section for product retrieved from Data Centre.


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 34 3273
Total: 3307

SPHR ( name 'sphr', class 2, subclass 0, version 1 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header . . 1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
L1A Product Details
N_L1A_MDR Total number of MDRs in the L1A product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 20
N_L1A_MDR_B0 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 0


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 61
N_L1A_MDR_B1 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 102
N_L1A_MDR_B2 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 2


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 143
N_L1A_MDR_B3 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 3


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 184
N_L1A_MDR_B4 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 4


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 225
N_L1A_MDR_B5 Number of MDRs in the L1A product corresponding to Beam 5


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 266
N_GAPS Number of data gaps


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 307
TOTAL_GAPS_SIZE Total gap size in milliseconds


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 348
N_HKTM_PACKETS_RECEIVED Number of HKTM telemetry packets received within the sensing time of the product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 389
L1A Product Quality
N_F_ECHO Number of instances where the flag F_ECHO is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 430
N_M_ECHO Number of instances where the flag M_ECHO is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 471
N_C_ECHO Number of instances where the flag C_ECHO is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 512
N_I_ECHO Number of instances where the flag I_ECHO is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 553
N_F_NOISE Number of instances where the flag F_NOISE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 594
N_M_NOISE Number of instances where the flag M_NOISE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 635
N_C_NOISE Number of instances where the flag C_NOISE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 676
N_I_NOISE Number of instances where the flag I_NOISE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 717
N_F_PG Number of instances where the flag F_PG is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 758
N_V_PG Number of instances where the flag V_PG is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 799
N_F_EXT_PG Number of instances where the flag F_EXT_PG is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 840
N_F_FILTER Number of instances where the flag F_FILTER is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 881
N_V_FILTER Number of instances where the flag V_FILTER is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 922
N_F_EXT_FILTER Number of instances where the flag F_EXT_FILTER is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 963
N_F_TEL_FILTER Number of instances where the flag F_TEL_FILTER is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1004
N_F_ORBIT Number of instances where the flag F_ORBIT is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1045
N_F_ATTITUDE Number of instances where the flag F_ATTITUDE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1086
N_F_OMEGA Number of instances where the flag F_OMEGA is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1127
N_F_MAN Number of instances where the flag F_MAN is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1168
N_F_DSL Number of instances where the flag F_DSL is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1209
N_F_E_TEL_PRES Number of instances where the flag F_E_TEL_PRES is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1250
N_F_E_TEL_IR Number of instances where the flag F_E_TEL_IR is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1291
N_F_CE Number of instances where the flag F_CE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1332
N_V_CE Number of instances where the flag V_CE is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1373
N_F_OA Number of instances where the flag F_OA is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1414
N_F_TEL Number of instances where the flag F_TEL is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1455
N_F_SA Number of instances where the flag F_SA is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1496
N_F_LAND Number of instances where the flag F_LAND is 1


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1537
L1b product details Note: If the SPHR is part of a L1A product, the field values in this section will be filled in with the value 99999999
N_L1B_MDR Total number of MDRs in the L1B product


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1578
N_EMPTY_S0_TRIP Number of fully empty s0 triplets


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1619
N_L1B_MDR_F Number of s0 FORE valid values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1660
N_EMPTY_S0_TRIP_F Number of s0 FORE default values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1701
N_L1B_MDR_M Number of s0 MID valid values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1742
N_EMPTY_S0_TRIP_M Number of s0 MID default values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1783
N_L1B_MDR_A Number of s0 AFT valid values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1824
N_EMPTY_S0_TRIP_A Number of s0 AFT default values


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1865
L1b product quality Note: If the SPHR is part of a L1A product, the field values in this section will be filled in with the value 99999999
N_F_KP_F Number of instances where the flag F_KP is set to 1for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1906
N_F_USABLE_F Number of instances where the flag F_USABLE is set to 1 for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1947
AVG_F_F_F Averaged value of F_F for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 1988
AVG_F_V_F Averaged value of F_V for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2029
AVG_F_OA_F Averaged value of F_OA for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2070
AVG_F_SA_F Averaged value of F_SA for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2111
AVG_F_TEL_F Averaged value of F_TEL for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2152
AVG_F_EXT_FIL_F Averaged value of F_EXT_FIL for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2193
AVG_F_LAND_F Averaged value of F_LAND for FORE s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2234
N_F_KP_M Number of instances where the flag F_KP is set to 1 for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2275
N_F_USABLE_M Number of instances where the flag F_USABLE is set to 1 for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2316
AVG_F_F_M Averaged value of F_F for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2357
AVG_F_V_M Averaged value of F_V for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2398
AVG_F_OA_M Averaged value of F_OA for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2439
AVG_F_SA_M Averaged value of F_SA for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2480
AVG_F_TEL_M Averaged value of F_TEL for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2521
AVG_F_EXT_FIL_M Averaged value of F_EXT_FIL for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2562
AVG_F_LAND_M Averaged value of F_LAND for MID s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2603
N_F_KP_A Number of instances where the flag F_KP is set to 1 for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2644
N_F_USABLE_A Number of instances where the flag F_USABLE is set to 1 for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2685
AVG_F_F_A Averaged value of F_F for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2726
AVG_F_V_A Averaged value of F_V for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2767
AVG_F_OA_A Averaged value of F_OA for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2808
AVG_F_SA_A Averaged value of F_SA for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2849
AVG_F_TEL_A Averaged value of F_TEL for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2890
AVG_F_EXT_FIL_A Averaged value of F_EXT_FIL for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2931
AVG_F_LAND_A Averaged value of F_LAND for AFT s0s


1 1 1 1 uinteger 8 41 2972
PROCESSING_MESSAGE_1 Processing Message free text


1 1 1 1 uinteger 50 83 3013
PROCESSING_MESSAGE_2 Processing Message free text


1 1 1 1 uinteger 50 83 3096
Total: 3179

VIADR ( name 'viadr-tr', class 7, subclass 1, version 1 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
TR_TRF Transponders Terrestrial Reference Frame coordinates x, y and z
10^4
km
3 3 1 1 integer8 8 72 20
TR_RBCS Transponders Radar Backscattering Cross-section
10^4
dB m2
3 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 12 92
TR_ID Transponders Internal Delay
10^6
ms
3 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 12 104
TR_OF Transponders Nominal Operations Flag


3 1 1 1 boolean 1 3 116
Total: 119

VIADR ( name 'viadr-ip', class 7, subclass 2, version 2 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
GENERAL
CHIRP_RATE_MEAS Chirp Rate for the 6 beams, for Measurement Mode
10^8
Hz/s
6 1 1 1 integer8 8 48 20
CHIRP_START_FWORD_MEAS Chirp start frequency words for the 6 beams, for Measurement Mode

Hz
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 68
DERAMP_START_FWORD_MEAS Deramp start frequency words for the 6 beams, for Measurement Mode

Hz
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 92
CHIRP_RATE_CAL Chirp Rate for the 6 beams, for Calibration Mode
10^8
Hz/s
6 1 1 1 integer8 8 48 116
CHIRP_START_FWORD_CAL Chirp start frequency words for the 6 beams, for Calibration Mode

Hz
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 164
DERAMP_START_FWORD_CAL Deramp start frequency words for the 6 beams, for Calibration Mode

Hz
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 188
A_TX Pulse amplitude distortion model: 4 coefficients a(0), a(1), a(2) and a(3) for each one of the 6 beams. The units for a coefficient are 1/msec^i , i = 0,...3.
10^8
(see DESCRIPTION)
6 4 1 1 integer4 4 96 212
N_NOISE

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 308
N_FIR Number of echo windows averaged on-board

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 310
O_ECHO_W Overlap of echo window
10^2
%
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 312
FIR_COEFF FIR Beta and g coefficients
10^4

8 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 32 314
M Number of range looks for every beam

count
6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 346
RL_COEFF Range Look Summation alpha and rho weights for every beam
10^4

256 20 6 1 uinteger4 4 122880 358
FIR_FUNC 2-dimension flag to denote the FIR-function shape and fractional overlaps. Values (0,0) in this flag denote a triangle shape with 50% overlap of adjacent echoes. This is the default value


2 1 1 1 enumerated 1 2 123238
T_RL Range Look Duration = z_RAN
10^8
ms
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 123240
X_RAN Range look fractional overlaps
10^7
%
20 20 6 1 uinteger4 4 9600 123244
V_ADC ADC frequency sampling discriminator signal
10^2
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 132844
V_HIGH Highest signal frequency effectively present in the discriminator signal
10^2
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 132848
N_FFT Number of samples in the range look Fast Fourier Transform

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 132852
F_CAL Calibration Frequency
10^2
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 132854
F_ICALP Frequency of the sample above the calibration frequency
10^4
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 132858
F_ICALM Frequency of the sample below the calibration frequency
10^4
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 132862
ICALP Sample index corresponding to F_ICALP

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 132866
ICALM Sample index corresponding to F_ICALM

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 132868
L_CC Coupler to coupler loss for each beam and switch path
10^9

6 2 1 1 uinteger4 4 48 132870
F_T_LUT Instrument characterisation functions
10^12
Watts
200 20 2 1 uinteger8 8 64000 132918
F_I_LUT Instrument characterisation functions
10^12
Watts
200 20 2 1 uinteger8 8 64000 196918
F_R_LUT Instrument characterisation functions
10^12
Watts
200 20 2 1 uinteger8 8 64000 260918
L_TX Transmit Path losses
10^8

6 2 1 1 uinteger4 4 48 324918
L_RX Receive Path losses
10^8

6 2 1 1 uinteger4 4 48 324966
DELTA_RADAR Radar Internal Delay
10^8
ms
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 325014
F_LO4 LO4 mixer frequency
10^2
Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 325018
GC_OFFSET Gain Compression Offset
10^4

1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 325022
MEASUREMENT_MODE
GUARD_TIME_G0 Guard Time for G0, for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325026
TX_PULSE_DURATION Transmit pulse duration for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325034
GUARD_TIME_G1 Guard Time for G1, for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325042
ECHO_W Echo reception window for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325050
GUARD_TIME_G2 Guard Time for G2, for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325058
CALIBRATION_W Calibration window for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325066
GUARD_TIME_G3 Guard Time for G3, for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325074
NOISE_W Noise window for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325082
GUARD_TIME_G4 Guard Time for G4, for MID and SIDE antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
2 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 8 325090
DELTA_ECHO_MEAS Time Offset
10^6
ms
6 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 24 325098
DELTA_NOISE_MEAS Time Offset
10^6
ms
6 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 24 325122
C_M_E_MEAS Range Look Window Parameter c
10^6

6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 325146
P_M_E_MEAS Range Look Window Parameter p
10^6

6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 325170
CALIBRATION_MODE
GUARD_TIME_G0_CAL Guard Time for G0, for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325194
TX_PULSE_DURATION_CAL Transmit pulse duration for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325210
GUARD_TIME_G1_CAL Guard Time for G1, for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325226
ECHO_W_CAL Echo reception window for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325242
GUARD_TIME_G2_CAL Guard Time for G2, for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325258
CALIBRATION_W_CAL Calibration window for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325274
GUARD_TIME_G3_CAL Guard Time for G3, for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325290
NOISE_W_CAL Noise window for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325306
GUARD_TIME_G4_CAL Guard Time for G4, for MID-CAL, OTHER, OTHER and SIDE-CAL antennas sequentially
10^6
ms
4 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 16 325322
DELTA_ECHO_CAL Time Offset
10^6
ms
6 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 24 325338
DELTA_NOISE_CAL Time Offset
10^6
ms
6 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 24 325362
C_M_E_CAL Range Look Window Parameter c
10^6

6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 325386
P_M_E_CAL Range Look Window Parameter p
10^6

6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 325410
Total: 325434

VIADR ( name 'viadr-pp', class 7, subclass 3, version 3 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
F_UC Radar carrier frequency
10^3
GHZ
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 20
P_TX_P Nominal radar RF transmit power in pulse
10^6
Watts
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 24
G_RX Nominal receive chain gain setting
10^4

1 1 1 1 uinteger8 8 8 28
L_ATM Nominal atmospheric loss per unit length
10^10
dB/km
360 180 1 1 uinteger4 4 259200 36
H_ATM Nominal height of the atmosphere
10^3
km
360 180 1 1 uinteger2 2 129600 259236
T_ORC Threshold for Out-Of-Range count

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388836
M_SEG Number of noise source packets in a noise segment

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388838
M_BLOCK Number of noise segments in a noise block

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388840
N_H_FIL Number of samples in the filter which smoothes noise over frequencies

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388842
ALPHA_FIL Coefficients of the filter which smoothes noise over frequencies
10^6

11 1 1 1 integer4 4 44 388844
S Start sample number for noise power estimation

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388888
E End sample number for noise power estimation

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388890
N_PG Number of power gain values in the along track average

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388892
C_CAL Normalisation factors for internal calibration (set at the start of commissioning)
10^12
1/Watts
6 1 1 1 uinteger8 8 48 388894
T_ON_OFF Power gain estimation T on-off


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 388942
RX_FIL_ON_OFF RX filter shape estimation method switch


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 388943
RX_FIL_X RX filter shape estimation parameter X

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388944
REFERENCE_FUNCTION_THRESHOLDS_FOR_FLAGGING
T_PG selectable percentage of synthetic power gain products before along-track averaging
10^2
%
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388946
T_PG_CAL selectable percentage of synthetic power gain products before along-track averaging, for calibration source packets
10^2
%
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388948
T_FILTER Selectable percentage of synthetic noise for RX filter shape computation
10^2
%
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388950
T_USABLE Threshold for usable sigma0 flag
10^2
%
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388952
T_TIME Threshold separation in time between last good and first good filter shapes in case of interruption of measuring sequence by a calibration sequence

s
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 388954
FL_COM_OP Commissioning/Operations phase flag (see AD-2 for values)


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 388956
FL_CAL Calibration good/bad flag (see AD-2 for values)


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 388957
FL_DEBLOOM Deblooming on/off flag (see AD-2 for values)


1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 388958
X_ORBIT Threshold for characterising the departure of the orbit from a reference orbit
10^2
m
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 388959
X_ATTITUDE Threshold for characterising the departure of the attitude from a reference attitude
10^8

1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 388963
TELEMETRY_RANGES
TEL_R_DPU_A_Volt Power bus voltage DPU A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388967
TEL_R_DPU_B_Volt Power bus voltage DPU B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388971
TEL_R_RFU_A_Volt Power bus voltage RFU A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388975
TEL_R_RFU_B_Volt Power bus voltage RFU B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388979
TEL_R_SFE_A_Volt Power bus voltage SFE A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388983
TEL_R_SFE_B_Volt Power bus voltage SFE B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388987
TEL_R_HPA_A_Volt Power bus voltage HPA A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388991
TEL_R_HPA_B_Volt Power bus voltage HPA B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388995
TEL_R_DPU_A_Pow Power bus power DPU A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 388999
TEL_R_DPU_B_Pow Power bus power DPU B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389003
TEL_R_RFU_A_Pow Power bus power RFU A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389007
TEL_R_RFU_B_Pow Power bus power RFU B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389011
TEL_R_SFE_A_Pow Power bus power SFE A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389015
TEL_R_SFE_B_Pow Power bus power SFE B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389019
TEL_R_HPA_A_Pow Power bus power HPA A - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389023
TEL_R_HPA_B_Pow Power bus power HPA B - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389027
TEL_R_OFFSET_AD Offset references for equipment temperatures (AD590 channels) - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389031
TEL_R_GAIN_AD Gain references for equipment temperatures (AD590 channels) - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389035
TEL_R_FWD_CAL_ADC_VR1 ref. Voltage 1 of Fwd/Cal PowerADC - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389039
TEL_R_FWD_CAL_ADC_VR2 ref. Voltage 2 of Fwd/Cal PowerADC - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389043
TEL_R_REFL_ADC_VR1 ref. Voltage 1 of Reflected PowerADC - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389047
TEL_R_REFL_ADC_VR2 ref. Voltage 2 of Reflected PowerADC - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389051
TEL_R_MAIN_ADC_VR1_(TBC) TBD - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389055
TEL_R_MAIN_ADC_VR2_(TBC) TBD - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389059
TEL_R_T_SSPA1_A SSPA power stage temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389063
TEL_R_T_SSPA2_A SSPA output isolator temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389067
TEL_R_T_EPC_A EPC temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389071
TEL_R_T_RFU_A RFU temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389075
TEL_R_T_DPU_A DPU temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389079
TEL_R_T_SSPA1_B SSPA power stage temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389083
TEL_R_T_SSPA2_B SSPA output isolator temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389087
TEL_R_T_EPC_B EPC temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389091
TEL_R_T_RFU_B RFU temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389095
TEL_R_T_DPU_B DPU temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389099
TEL_R_T_PDU PDU temperature - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389103
TEL_R_T_ICU ICU internal thermistor - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389107
TEL_R_T_ANT_01 Antenna temperature 1 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389111
TEL_R_T_ANT_02 Antenna temperature 2 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389115
TEL_R_T_ANT_03 Antenna temperature 3 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389119
TEL_R_T_ANT_04 Antenna temperature 4 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389123
TEL_R_T_ANT_05 Antenna temperature 5 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389127
TEL_R_T_ANT_06 Antenna temperature 6 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389131
TEL_R_T_ANT_07 Antenna temperature 7 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389135
TEL_R_T_ANT_08 Antenna temperature 8 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389139
TEL_R_T_ANT_09 Antenna temperature 9 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389143
TEL_R_T_ANT_10 Antenna temperature 10 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389147
TEL_R_T_ANT_11 Antenna temperature 11 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389151
TEL_R_T_ANT_12 Antenna temperature 12 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389155
TEL_R_T_SFE_01 SFE temperature 1 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389159
TEL_R_T_SFE_02 SFE temperature 2 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389163
TEL_R_T_SFE_03 SFE temperature 3 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389167
TEL_R_T_SFE_04 SFE temperature 4 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389171
TEL_R_T_SFE_05 SFE temperature 5 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389175
TEL_R_T_SFE_06 SFE temperature 6 - range values


2 1 1 1 integer2 2 4 389179
SPATIAL_AVERAGING
H_PAR_AL_25 Hamming Parameter Along Track for 25 km resolution spatial averaging


6 41 1 1 integer4 4 984 389183
H_PAR_AC_25 Hamming Parameter Across Track for 25 km spatial averaging


6 41 1 1 integer4 4 984 390167
H_WL_AL_25 Hamming Window Length Along Track for 25 km resolution spatial averaging
10^2
m
6 41 1 1 uinteger4 4 984 391151
H_WL_AC_25 Hamming Window Length Across Track for 25 km spatial resolution averaging
10^2
m
6 41 1 1 uinteger4 4 984 392135
D_ALONG_25 Along Track 25 km resolution node spacing
10^2
m
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 393119
D_ACROSS_25 Across Track 25 km resolution node spacing
10^2
m
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 393123
H_PAR_AL_50 Hamming Parameter Along Track for 50 km resolution spatial averaging


6 21 1 1 integer4 4 504 393127
H_PAR_AC_50 Hamming Parameter Across Track for 50 km resolution spatial averaging


6 21 1 1 integer4 4 504 393631
H_WL_AL_50 Hamming Window Length Along Track for 50 km resolution spatial averaging
10^2
m
6 21 1 1 uinteger4 4 504 394135
H_WL_AC_50 Hamming Window Length Across Track for 50 km resolution spatial averaging
10^2
m
6 21 1 1 uinteger4 4 504 394639
D_ALONG_50 Along Track 50 km resolution node spacing
10^2
m
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 395143
D_ACROSS_50 Across Track 50 km resolution node spacing
10^2
m
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 395147
THETA_LOOK_MID Look angle defining position of node number 0 (mid swath)
10^3
deg
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395151
DELTA_T_FLN Time delay after the first source packet time given to the processor, in order to generate the first node of nodes

s
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395153
GAP/AGPO
GAP_GAIN_RANGE_PEAK Antenna gain range below peak gain to be used when building GAP estimates dataset
10^2
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395155
GAP_DELTA_TRANS Integration range about the peak of transponder echoes

Hz
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395157
AGPO_DEG_POL Degree of the polynomial in (1) n (elevation) and (2) m (azimuth)


2 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 4 395159
AGPO_SCHEDULE Codeword related to AGPO parameter refinement schedule (0 for default, as given in [AD2], successive numbers for later changes)


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395163
AGPO_L_M_MAX_STEP Maximum number of Steps in each Levenberg-Marquart Iteration


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395165
AGPO_L_M_LAMBDA Lambda Parameter in Levelberg-Marquart Iteration: (1) Initial factor, (2) Reduction factor and (3) Increment Factor
10^3

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6 395167
AGPO_ALGO_FLAG Flag indicating Linear (=0) or Exponential (=1) Temperature reduction in simulated annealing


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395173
AGPO_SA_CALCYC Number of calibration cycles for initialising simulated annealing


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395175
AGPO_SA_TEMP Number of temperatures to be used in simulated annealing


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395177
AGPO_SA_CYC Number of cycles at each temperature in simulated annealing


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395179
AGPO_SA_SF Scale factor for thermal fluctuations in simulated annealing
10^3

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6 395181
AGPO_SA_AE Probability of accepting energy increase in simulated annealing
10^3

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6 395187
AGPO_SC Value of energy measure set as stopping criterion
10^3

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6 395193
AGPO_NOM_AGP_MID Parameters of the nominal theoretical antenna gain pattern used for the Mid Beams, as defined in [AD2] : (1) Amplitude and (2) Phase
10^4
dB for Amplitude and degrees for Phase
2 16 1 1 integer4 4 128 395199
AGPO_NOM_AGP_SIDE Parameters of the nominal theoretical antenna gain pattern used for the Side Beams, as defined in [AD2]: (1) Amplitude and (2) Phase
10^4
dB for Amplitude and degrees for Phase
2 12 1 1 integer4 4 96 395327
AGPO_TRA_REJECT Threshold setting for transponder measurement rejection
10^2
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 395423
AGPO_DATA_RANGE_TIME Time range or time ranges (up to 50) of data to be selected for use in iteration (for each of the 6 antennas)

UTC
6 50 2 1 string 15 9000 395425
AGPO_TRANS_SET Set of transponders to be used in AGPO estimation (for each of the 6 antennas)


6 3 1 1 boolean 1 18 404425
AGPO_PASS_SET Set of ascending and/or descending passes to be used in AGPO estimation (for each of the 6 antennas)


6 2 1 1 boolean 1 12 404443
AGPO_GAIN_RANGE_PEAK Antenna gain range below peak gain to be used in this AGPO run (for each of the 6 antennas)
10^2
dB
2 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 4 404455
AGPO_GAP_SELECTION Flag set to 1 if GAP data is to be edited out of the above selection / set to 0 otherwise


6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 404459
AGPO_L Domain control function parameter for AGPO (theta and phi components)
10^4
db
6 2 1 1 integer4 4 48 404471
AGPO_DELTA Domain control function parameter for AGPO (theta and phi components)
10^4
db
6 2 1 1 integer4 4 48 404519
DEBLOOMING
DEB_RADIOUS Domain radius of the deblooming kernels
10^4
km
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 404567
TX
TX_FILTER_SHAPE Tx Filter shape function coefficients
10^4

10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 404569
GCM
GCM_J_BEGIN Start source packet for GCMN averaging

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 404609
GCM_J_END End source packet for GCMN averaging

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 404611
GCM_T_TEST_GCM Test threshold for normal GCM
10^4
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 404613
GCM_T_HIGH Overdrive threshold for normal GCM
10^4
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 404617
GCM_T_LOW Low threshold for normal GCM
10^4
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 404621
GCM_D_MIN Minimum drive level for exceptional GCM
10^4
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 404625
GCM_D_MAX Maximum drive level for exceptional GCM
10^4
dB
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 404629
Total: 404633

VIADR ( name 'viadr-oa', class 7, subclass 4, version 2 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
AC_UTC_TIME Ascending node UTC time

UTC
1 1 1 1 longtime 8 8 20
AC_SV_POSITION State vector at Ascending Node - Position
10^4
k m
3 1 1 1 integer8 8 24 28
AC_SV_VELOCITY State vector at Ascending Node - Velocity
10^4
m/s
3 1 1 1 integer8 8 24 52
ATT_YS_LAW Attitude Yaw Steering Law: Amplitude parameters: Cx (pitch), Cy (roll) and Cz (yaw)
10^6
radians
3 1 1 1 integer4 4 12 76
ATT_DIST_LAW Attitude Distortion Law parameters, DIM1 is for 3 different coefficients, DIM3 is for 4 different values per coefficient, DIM2 is for three different attitude angles
10^6

3 3 4 1 integer4 4 144 88
Total: 232

VIADR ( name 'viadr-dump', class 7, subclass 5, version 2 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
START_ORBIT_DUMP Start orbit of the Dump

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 20
STOP_ORBIT_DUMP Stop orbit of the Dump

count
1 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 4 24
DUMP_START_TIME Start time of the dump

UTC
1 1 1 1 longtime 8 8 28
DUMP_AC_STATION Acquisition station of the dump


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 36
Total: 37

VIADR ( name 'viadr-ver', class 7, subclass 6, version 1 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header . . 1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
PROCESSOR_VERSION1 PPF major release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 20
PROCESSOR_VERSION2 PPF release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 21
PROCESSOR_VERSION3 PPF patch number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 22
PRC_VERSION1 ASCA_PRC_xx_ Major Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 23
PRC_VERSION2 ASCA_PRC_xx_ Minor Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 24
INS_VERSION1 ASCA_INS_xx_ Major Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 25
INS_VERSION2 ASCA_INS_xx_ Minor Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 26
NTB_VERSION1 ASCA_NTB_xx_ Major Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 27
NTB_VERSION2 ASCA_NTB_xx_ Minor Version


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 28
DEB_VERSION1 ASCA_DEB_xx_ Major Version (Note: For L1A, set this value to 0)


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 29
DEB_VERSION2 ASCA_DEB_xx_ Minor Version (Note: For L1A, set this value to 0)


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 30
Total: 31

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-full', class 8, subclass 3, version 3 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
LINE_OF_FULL_RESOLUTION_SIGMA_ZERO_SAMPLES_and_associated_data
UTC_LOCALISATION UTC time associated to the echo data (localisation time T_0)

UTC
6 1 1 1 longtime 8 48 20
SAT_TRACK_AZI Azimuth angle bearing (range: 0 to 360) of nadir track velocity
10^4
deg
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 68
ORBIT_NUMBER Orbit number

count
6 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 24 92
AS_DES_PASS Ascending/descending pass indicator


6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 116
BEAM_NUMBER Antenna Beam number


6 1 1 1 enumerated 1 6 122
ANTENNA_BEAM_FULL-RESOLUTION_SIGMA_0_VALUES_and_associated_data
SIGMA0_FULL Full-resolution sigma_0 values
10^6
dB
256 6 1 1 integer4 4 6144 128
INC_ANGLE_FULL Full-resolution incidence angle values (angle formed by the radar look line and the local normal line)
10^6
deg
256 6 1 1 integer4 4 6144 6272
AZI_ANGLE_FULL Full-resolution azimuth angle values (range: 180 to +180, where minus is west and plus is east)
10^6
deg
256 6 1 1 integer4 4 6144 12416
LATITUDE_FULL Latitude
10^6
deg
256 6 1 1 integer4 4 6144 18560
LONGITUDE_FULL Longitude
10^6
deg
256 6 1 1 integer4 4 6144 24704
ATMOSPHERIC_HEIGHT_FULL Height of atmosphere used
10^3
km
256 6 1 1 uinteger2 2 3072 30848
ATMOSPHERIC_LOSS_FULL Atmospheric loss per unit length of atmosphere
10^10
dB/km
256 6 1 1 uinteger4 4 6144 33920
FLAGFIELD_SIN Flag field related to replacement by synthetic values


6 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 6 40064
FLAGFIELD_RF Flag field related to the quality of reference functions


6 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 6 40070
FLAGFIELD_PL Flag field related to platform orbit/attitude quality


6 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 6 40076
FLAGFIELD_GEN1 Flag field related to other/summary qualifiers (1-dim)


6 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 6 40082
FLAGFIELD_GEN2 Flag field related to other/summary qualifiers (256-dim)


256 6 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 1536 40088
Total: 41624

Enumeration DISPOSITION_MODE

Value Name Description
T Testing  
O Operational  
C Commissioning  

Enumeration DUMP_AC_STATION

Value Name Description
0 Svalbard Svalbard
1 Wallops Wallops Island, Virginia
2 Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska
3 SOCC SOCC (NESDIS Satellite Operations Control Centre), Suitland, Maryland

Enumeration INSTRUMENT_ID

Value Name Description
AMSA AMSU-A  
ASCA ASCAT  
ATOV ATOVS instruments: AVHRR/3, HIRS/4, AMSU-A, MHS
AVHR AVHRR/3  
GOME GOME  
GRAS GRAS  
HIRS HIRS/4  
IASI IASI  
MHSx MHS  
NOAA All NOAA instruments specific to Level 0 NOAA product
SEMx SEM  
ADCS ADCS  
SBUV SBUV  
xxxx No specific instrument  
HKTM VCDU34 data specific to Level 0

Enumeration INSTRUMENT_MODEL

Value Name Description
0 Reserved  
1 Flight Model 1  
2 Flight Model 2  
3 Engineering Model  
4 Protoflight Model  

Enumeration PROCESSING_CENTRE

Value Name Description
CGS1   First EUMETSAT EPS Core Ground Segment
CGS2   Second EUMETSAT EPS Core Ground Segment
NSSx   NOAA/NESDIS
RUSx   Reference User Station
DMIx   DMI, Copenhagen (GRAS SAF)
DWDx   DWD, Offenbach (Climate SAF)
FMIx   FMI , Helsinki (Ozone SAF)
IMPx   IMP, Lisbon (Land SAF)
INMx   INM, Madrid (NCW SAF)
MFxx   MF, Lannion (OSI SAF)
UKMO   UKMO, Bracknell (NWP SAF)

Enumeration PROCESSING_LEVEL

Value Name Description
00 Level 0  
01 Level 1  
1A Level 1a  
1B Level 1b  
1C Level 1c  
02 Level 2  
03 Level 3  
xx No Specific Level  

Enumeration PROCESSING_MODE

Value Name Description
N Nominal NRT processing
B Backlog Processing  
R Reprocessing  
V Validation  

Enumeration PRODUCT_TYPE

Value Name Description
ENG   IASI engineering data
GAC   NOAC Global Area Coverage AVHRR data
SND   Sounding Data
SZF   ASCAT calibrated s0 data at full resolution
SZO   ASCAT calibrated s0 data at operational resolution (50 km)
SZR   ASCAT calibrated s0 data at research resolution (25 km)
VER   IASI verification data
xxx   No specific product type specified
AIP   NOAA AIP/SAIP data
TIP   NOAA TIP/STIP data
HRP   HRPT data
LRP   LRPT data

Enumeration RECEIVING_GROUND_STATION

Value Name Description
SVL   Svalbard
WAL   Wallops Island, Virginia
FBK   Fairbanks, Alaska
SOC   SOCC (NESDIS Satellite Operations Control Centre), Suitland, Maryland
RUS   Reference User Station

Enumeration SPACECRAFT_ID

Value Name Description
xxx   No specific spacecraft
M01   METOP 01
M02   METOP 02
M02   METOP 03
N15   NOAA-K
N16   NOAA-L
N17   NOAA-M
N18   NOAA-N
N19   NOAA-N'

Enumeration BEAM_NUMBER

Value Name Description
0 Blank (value reserved)
1 Left Fore Antenna  
2 Left Mid Antenna  
3 Left Aft Antenna  
4 Right Fore Antenna  
5 Right Mid Antenna  
6 Right Aft Antenna  

Enumeration FIR_FUNC

Value Name Description
0,0 Default shape Triangle shape with 50% overlap of adjacent echoes
others Undefined Undefined

Bitfield FLAGFIELD_GEN1

Length 1 bytes

Name value = 0 value = 1 Length
Spare - - 2
F_TEL   Derived summary telemetry flag 1
F_OA   Derived summary pointing flag 1
V_CE   Derived summary for synthetic data beyond certain threshold 1
F_CE   Derived summary for any synthetic data 1
F_TEL_IR   If any telemetry associated to the echo line is out of range 1
F_E_TEL_PRES   If any telemetry associated to the echo line is not present 1
Total     8

Bitfield FLAGFIELD_PL

Length 1 bytes

Name value = 0 value = 1 Length
Spare - - 3
F_DSL Default If the SVM or PLM depointing signal lines are high 1
F_MAN Default If echo affected by spacecraft manouevre 1
F_OMEGA Default If Normalisation Function not valid for echo line 1
F_ATTITUDE Default If spacecraft attitude out of nominal range 1
F_ORBIT Default If spacecraft orbit out of nominal range 1
Total     8

Bitfield FLAGFIELD_RF

Length 1 bytes

Name value = 0 value = 1 Length
Spare - - 1
F_TEL_FILTER Default If any of the telemetry data associated to the noise used to estimate a given Rx filter shape is missing 1
F_EXT_FILTER Default If Rx filter shape is extrapolated (typically at the start or end of measurement mode sequence) 1
V_FILTER Default If Rx filter shape estimated using more than a selectable amount of synthetic noise 1
F_FILTER Default If Rx Filter shape estimated using any synthetic noise 1
F_EXT_PG Default If PG product estimated using any extrapolated PG values before the along-track averaging (typically at the start or end of measurement mode sequence) 1
V_PG Default If PG product estimated using more than a selectable amount of synthetic PG values before the along-track averaging 1
F_PG Default If PG product estimated using any synthetic PG values before the along-track averaging 1
Total     8

Bitfield FLAGFIELD_SIN

Length 1 bytes

Name value = 0 value = 1 Length
I_NOISE Default If noise sample synthetic due to invalid data 1
C_NOISE Default If noise sample synthetic due to corrupted data 1
M_NOISE Default If noise sample synthetic due to missing data 1
F_NOISE Default If noise sample synthetic due to missing data 1
I_ECHO Default If echo sample synthetic due to invalid data 1
C_ECHO Default If echo sample synthetic due to corrupted data 1
M_ECHO Default If echo sample synthetic due to missing data 1
F_ECHO Default If echo sample synthetic 1
Total     8

Bitfield FLAGFIELD_GEN2

Length 1 bytes

Name value =0 value = 1 Length
Spare - - 6
F_LAND Default If echo sample over land 1
F_S_A Default If echo sample potentially corrupted by solar array reflections 1
Total     8

Boolean values

Field value = 0 value = 1
SUBSETTED_PRODUCT Always set for near-real-time granule products. For EUMETSAT Data Centre products, set when the product contains a full dump For EUMETSAT Data Centre products, set when the product contains subset information
TR_OF Nominal operation Non-nominal operations
T_ON_OFF Power Gain estimation- G - on Power Gain estimation- G - off
RX_FIL_ON_OFF Weighted averaging over frequencies using ALPHA_H_FIL Alternative approach
FL_COM_OP Operational phase Commissioning phase
FL_CAL Calibration good Calibration not good
FL_DEBLOOM Deblooming off Deblooming on
AGPO_TRANS_SET Transponder used Transponder not used
AGPO_PASS_SET Ascending or descending pass used Ascending or Descending pass not used
AS_DES_PASS Ascending pass Descending pass