12. Record Description of the ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products

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12. Record Description of the ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture Products

These ASCAT SMO_02 and SMR_02 descriptions correspond to the ASCAT Level 2 Soil Moisture PFS [RD22] Issue v3A (PFV 11.0) and 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.
 

12.1 ASCA_SMO_02 product

Summary of Product Format Version record contents history

  PFV = 10.0 PFV = 11.0
Record name Record version Record version
mphr 2 2
mdr-2-sm-50km 0 1
viadr-ver (not present) 0 (new record)

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

MDR ( name 'mdr-2-sm-50km', class 8, subclass 5, version 0 )

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_50_KM_RES_NODES_and_associated_data
UTC_LINE_NODES UTC time of line of 50 km nodes

UTC
1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
SAT_TRACK_AZI Azimuth angle bearing of nadir track velocity 10^2
deg
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 26
50_KM_RESOLUTION_NODE_and_associated_data
NODE_NUM 50 km node number as used in the PGF (ref AD-2]), i.e., (10 to -10) for the left swath in the left-to-right order, (-10 to 10) for the right swath in the left-to-right order, 0 corresponding to the mid swath position in both swaths.

count
42 1 1 1 integer2 2 84 28
SWATH_INDICATOR Swath (right or left)


42 1 1 1 boolean 1 42 112
LATITUDE Latitude (-90 to 90 deg)
10^6
deg
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 154
LONGITUDE Longitude (0 to 360 deg)
10^6
deg
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 322
50_KM_RESOLUTION_TRIPLET_COMPONENT_and_associated_data
SIGMA0_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) sigma zero values
10^6
dB
3 42 1 1 integer4 4 504 490
KP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) Kp values (values between 0 and 1)
10^4

3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 994
INC_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) incidence angle values
10^2
deg
3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 1246
AZI_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) azimuth angle values 10^2
deg
3 42 1 1 integer2 2 252 1498
F_KP Flag related to the quality of the Kp estimate (ref. Ad-2)


3 42 1 1 boolean 1 126 1750
F_USABLE Flag related to the usability of the averaged value (ref. Ad-2)


3 42 1 1 enumerated 1 126 1876
F_LAND Flag related to the use of measurements over land in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1)
10^3

3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 2002
50_KM_RESOLUTION_SOIL_MOISTURE_COMPONENT
WARP_NRT_VERSION WARP-NRT version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 2254
PARAM_DB_VERSION Parameters database version


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 2256
SOIL_MOISTURE Soil Moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 2258
SOIL_MOISTURE_ERROR Estimated Soil Moisture Error %
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 2342
SIGMA40 Extrapolated Sigma0 backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 2426
SIGMA40_ERROR Estimated Error in Extrapolated Sigma Zero backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 2594
SLOPE40 Slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 2762
SLOPE40_ERROR Estimated error in the slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 2930
SOIL_MOISTURE_SENSITIVITY Soil Moisture sensitivity
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 168 3098
DRY_BACKSCATTER Dry backscatter
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 3266
WET_BACKSCATTER Wet backscatter
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 3434
MEAN_SURF_SOIL_MOISTURE Mean surface soil moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 3602
RAINFALL_FLAG Rainfall contamination flag (0 to 100, zero meaning no rain contamination, 100 meaning full rain contamination)


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3686
CORRECTION_FLAGS Correction flags


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3728
PROCESSING_FLAGS Processing flags


42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 3770
AGGREGATED_QUALITY_FLAG Aggregated quality flag. Equal to the maximum value of fields 36,37,38 & 39


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3854
SNOW_COVER_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of presence of snow cover


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3896
FROZEN_SOIL_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of frozen soil


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3938
INUNDATION_OR_WETLAND Flag indicating the fraction of inundation and wetland areas. Zero means no inundation or wetland areas present


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 3980
TOPOGRAPHICAL_COMPLEXITY Flag indicating the topographical complexity (equal to the normalised standard deviation of the elevation). Zero values mean flat, higher values mean complex topography


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 4022
Total: 4064

MDR ( name 'mdr-2-sm-50km', class 8, subclass 5, 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
Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. . . 1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. . . 1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
LINE_OF_50_KM_RES_NODES_and_associated_data
UTC_LINE_NODES UTC time of line of 50 km nodes

UTC
1 1 1 1 time 6 6 22
SAT_TRACK_AZI Azimuth angle bearing (range: 0 to 360) of nadir track velocity
10^2
deg
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 28
50_KM_RESOLUTION_NODE_and_associated_data
NODE_NUM 50 km node number as used in the PGF (ref AD-2]), i.e., (10 to -10) for the left swath in the left-to-right order, (-10 to 10) for the right swath in the left-to-right order, 0 corresponding to the mid swath position in both swaths.

count
42 1 1 1 integer2 2 84 30
SWATH_INDICATOR Swath (right or left)


42 1 1 1 boolean 1 42 114
LATITUDE Latitude (-90 to 90 deg)
10^6
deg
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 156
LONGITUDE Longitude (0 to 360 deg)
10^6
deg
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 324
ATMOSPHERIC_HEIGHT Height of atmosphere used 10^3 km 42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 492
ATMOSPHERIC_LOSS Atmospheric loss per unit length of atmosphere 10^10 dB/km 42 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 168 576
50_KM_RESOLUTION_TRIPLET_COMPONENT_and_associated_data
SIGMA0_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) sigma zero values
10^6
dB
3 42 1 1 integer4 4 504 744
KP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) Kp values (values between 0 and 1)
10^4

3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 1248
INC_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) incidence angle values
10^2
deg
3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 1500
AZI_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 50 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) azimuth angle values (range: -180 to +180, where minus is west and plus is east) 10^2
deg
3 42 1 1 integer2 2 252 1752
F_KP Flag related to the quality of the Kp estimate (ref. Ad-2)


3 42 1 1 boolean 1 126 2004
F_USABLE Flag related to the usability of the averaged value (ref. Ad-2)


3 42 1 1 enumerated 1 126 2130
F_F Flag related to the use of synthetic data in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 2256
F_V Flag related to the quality of the use of synthetic data in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 2508
F_OA Flag related to orbit/attitude quality in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 2760
F_SA Flag related to solar array reflection contamination in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 3012
F_TEL Flag related to telemetry quality in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 3264
F_EXT_FIL Flag related to the presence of extrapolated reference functions in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 3516
F_LAND Flag related to the use of measurements over land in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1)
10^3

3 42 1 1 uinteger2 2 252 3768
50_KM_RESOLUTION_SOIL_MOISTURE_COMPONENT
WARP_NRT_VERSION WARP-NRT version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 4020
PARAM_DB_VERSION Parameters database version


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 4022
SOIL_MOISTURE Soil Moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 4024
SOIL_MOISTURE_ERROR Estimated Soil Moisture Error %
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 4108
SIGMA40 Extrapolated Sigma0 backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 4192
SIGMA40_ERROR Estimated Error in Extrapolated Sigma Zero backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 4360
SLOPE40 Slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 4528
SLOPE40_ERROR Estimated error in the slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 4696
SOIL_MOISTURE_SENSITIVITY Soil Moisture sensitivity
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 168 4864
DRY_BACKSCATTER Dry backscatter
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 5032
WET_BACKSCATTER Wet backscatter
10^6
dB
42 1 1 1 integer4 4 168 5200
MEAN_SURF_SOIL_MOISTURE Mean surface soil moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 5368
RAINFALL_FLAG Rainfall contamination flag (0 to 100, zero meaning no rain contamination, 100 meaning full rain contamination)


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5452
CORRECTION_FLAGS Correction flags


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5494
PROCESSING_FLAGS Processing flags


42 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 84 5536
AGGREGATED_QUALITY_FLAG Aggregated quality flag. Equal to the maximum value of fields 36,37,38 & 39


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5620
SNOW_COVER_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of presence of snow cover


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5662
FROZEN_SOIL_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of frozen soil


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5704
INUNDATION_OR_WETLAND Flag indicating the fraction of inundation and wetland areas. Zero means no inundation or wetland areas present


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5746
TOPOGRAPHICAL_COMPLEXITY Flag indicating the topographical complexity (equal to the normalised standard deviation of the elevation). Zero values mean flat, higher values mean complex topography


42 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 42 5788
Total: 5830

VIADR ( name 'viadr-ver', class 7, subclass 6, version 0 )

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 L1 PPF major release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 20
PROCESSOR_VERSION2 L1 PPF release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 21
PROCESSOR_VERSION3 L1 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
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION1 SOMO L2 PPF major release number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 31
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION2 SOMO L2 PPF release number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 32
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION3 SOMO L2 PPF patch number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 33
SMC_VERSION1 ASCA_SMC_xx_ Major Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 34
SMC_VERSION2 ASCA_SMC_xx_ Minor Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 35
CURV-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_curv.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 36
CURV-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_curv_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 37
DRY-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_dry.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 38
DRY-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_dry_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 39
MS-MEAN-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_ms_mean.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 40
NONSCAT-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_nonscat.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 41
SLOP-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_slop.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 42
SLOP-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_slop_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 43
WET-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_wet.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 44
WET-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 45
Total: 46

Enumeration DISPOSITION_MODE

Value Name Description
T Testing .
O Operational .
C Commissioning .

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
CGS3 . Third 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
SMO . ASCAT SoilMoisture calibrated s0 data at operational resolution (50 km)
SMR . ASCAT SoilMoisture calibrated s0 data at research resolution (25 km)

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 F_USABLE

Value Name Description
N/A Undefined Enumerated tags not defined

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
SWATH_INDICATOR Left Swath Right Swath
F_KP Kp estimate at nominal quality Kp estimate at non-nominal quality
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Nominal Degraded
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Nominal Degraded

 

12.2 ASCA_SMR_02 product

Summary of Product Format Version record contents history

  PFV = 10.0 PFV = 11.0
Record name Record version Record version
mphr 2 2
mdr-2-sm-25km 0 1
viadr-ver (not present) 0 (new record)

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

MDR ( name 'mdr-2-sm-25km', class 8, subclass 4, version 0 )

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_25_KM_RES_NODES_and_associated_data
UTC_LINE_NODES UTC time of line of 25 km nodes

UTC
1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
SAT_TRACK_AZI Azimuth angle bearing of nadir track velocity 10^2
deg
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 26
25_KM_RESOLUTION_NODE_and_associated_data
NODE_NUM 25 km node number as used in the PGF (ref AD-2]), i.e., (20 to -20) for the left swath in the left-to-right order, (-20 to 20) for the right swath in the left-to-right order, 0 corresponding to the mid swath position in both swaths.

count
82 1 1 1 integer2 2 164 28
SWATH_INDICATOR Swath (right or left)


82 1 1 1 boolean 1 82 192
LATITUDE Latitude (-90 to 90 deg)
10^6
deg
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 274
LONGITUDE Longitude (0 to 360 deg)
10^6
deg
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 602
25_KM_RESOLUTION_TRIPLET_COMPONENT_and_associated_data
SIGMA0_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) sigma zero values
10^6
dB
3 82 1 1 integer4 4 984 930
KP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) kp values (values between 0 and 1)
10^4

3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 1914
INC_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) incidence angle values
10^2
deg
3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 2406
AZI_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) azimuth angle values 10^2
deg
3 82 1 1 integer2 2 492 2898
F_KP Flag related to the quality of the Kp estimate (ref. Ad-2)


3 82 1 1 boolean 1 246 3390
F_USABLE Flag related to the usability of the averaged value (ref. Ad-2)


3 82 1 1 enumerated 1 246 3636
F_LAND Flag related to the use of measurements over land in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1)
10^3

3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 3882
25_KM_RESOLUTION_SOIL_MOISTURE_COMPONENT
WARP_NRT_VERSION WARP-NRT version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 4374
PARAM_DB_VERSION Parameters database version


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 4376
SOIL_MOISTURE Soil Moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 4378
SOIL_MOISTURE_ERROR Estimated Soil Moisture Error %
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 4542
SIGMA40 Extrapolated Sigma0 backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 4706
SIGMA40_ERROR Estimated Error in Extrapolated Sigma Zero backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 5034
SLOPE40 Slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 5362
SLOPE40_ERROR Estimated error in the slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 5690
SOIL_MOISTURE_SENSITIVITY Soil Moisture sensitivity
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 328 6018
DRY_BACKSCATTER Dry backscatter
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 6346
WET_BACKSCATTER Wet backscatter
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 6674
MEAN_SURF_SOIL_MOISTURE Mean surface soil moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 7002
RAINFALL_FLAG Rainfall contamination flag (0 to 100, zero meaning no rain contamination, 100 meaning full rain contamination)


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7166
CORRECTION_FLAGS Correction flags


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7248
PROCESSING_FLAGS Processing flags


82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 7330
AGGREGATED_QUALITY_FLAG Aggregated quality flag. Equal to the maximum value of fields 36,37,38 & 39


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7494
SNOW_COVER_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of presence of snow cover


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7576
FROZEN_SOIL_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of frozen soil


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7658
INUNDATION_OR_WETLAND Flag indicating the fraction of inundation and wetland areas. Zero means no inundation or wetland areas present


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7740
TOPOGRAPHICAL_COMPLEXITY Flag indicating the topographical complexity (equal to the normalised standard deviation of the elevation). Zero values mean flat, higher values mean complex topography


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 7822
Total: 7904

MDR ( name 'mdr-2-sm-25km', class 8, subclass 4, 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
Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. . . 1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. . . 1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
LINE_OF_25_KM_RES_NODES_and_associated_data
UTC_LINE_NODES UTC time of line of 25 km nodes

UTC
1 1 1 1 time 6 6 22
SAT_TRACK_AZI Azimuth angle bearing (range: 0 to 360) of nadir track velocity 10^2
deg
1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 28
25_KM_RESOLUTION_NODE_and_associated_data
NODE_NUM 25 km node number as used in the PGF (ref AD-2]), i.e., (20 to -20) for the left swath in the left-to-right order, (-20 to 20) for the right swath in the left-to-right order, 0 corresponding to the mid swath position in both swaths.

count
82 1 1 1 integer2 2 164 30
SWATH_INDICATOR Swath (right or left)


82 1 1 1 boolean 1 82 194
LATITUDE Latitude (-90 to 90 deg)
10^6
deg
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 276
LONGITUDE Longitude (0 to 360 deg)
10^6
deg
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 604
ATMOSPHERIC_HEIGHT Height of atmosphere used 10^3 km 82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 932
ATMOSPHERIC_LOSS Atmospheric loss per unit length of atmosphere 10^10 dB/km 82 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 328 1096
25_KM_RESOLUTION_TRIPLET_COMPONENT_and_associated_data
SIGMA0_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) sigma zero values
10^6
dB
3 82 1 1 integer4 4 984 1424
KP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) Kp values (values between 0 and 1)
10^4

3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 2408
INC_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) incidence angle values
10^2
deg
3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 2900
AZI_ANGLE_TRIP Smoothed to 25 km spatial resolution triplet (fore, mid, aft) azimuth angle values (range: -180 to +180, where minus is west and plus is east) 10^2
deg
3 82 1 1 integer2 2 492 3392
F_KP Flag related to the quality of the Kp estimate (ref. Ad-2)


3 82 1 1 boolean 1 246 3884
F_USABLE Flag related to the usability of the averaged value (ref. Ad-2)


3 82 1 1 enumerated 1 246 4130
F_F Flag related to the use of synthetic data in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 4376
F_V Flag related to the quality of the use of synthetic data in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 4868
F_OA Flag related to orbit/attitude quality in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 5360
F_SA Flag related to solar array reflection contamination in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 5852
F_TEL Flag related to telemetry quality in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 6344
F_EXT_FIL Flag related to the presence of extrapolated reference functions in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1) 10^3   3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 6836
F_LAND Flag related to the use of measurements over land in the generation of averaged value (ref. Ad-2) (value between 0 and 1)
10^3

3 82 1 1 uinteger2 2 492 7328
25_KM_RESOLUTION_SOIL_MOISTURE_COMPONENT
WARP_NRT_VERSION WARP-NRT version number


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 7820
PARAM_DB_VERSION Parameters database version


1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 7822
SOIL_MOISTURE Soil Moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 7824
SOIL_MOISTURE_ERROR Estimated Soil Moisture Error %
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 7988
SIGMA40 Extrapolated Sigma0 backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 8152
SIGMA40_ERROR Estimated Error in Extrapolated Sigma Zero backscatter at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 8480
SLOPE40 Slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 8808
SLOPE40_ERROR Estimated error in the slope at 40 degrees incidence angle
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 9136
SOIL_MOISTURE_SENSITIVITY Soil Moisture sensitivity
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 328 9464
DRY_BACKSCATTER Dry backscatter
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 9792
WET_BACKSCATTER Wet backscatter
10^6
dB
82 1 1 1 integer4 4 328 10120
MEAN_SURF_SOIL_MOISTURE Mean surface soil moisture (0 to 100%)
10^2
%
82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 10448
RAINFALL_FLAG Rainfall contamination flag (0 to 100, zero meaning no rain contamination, 100 meaning full rain contamination)


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 10612
CORRECTION_FLAGS Correction flags


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 10694
PROCESSING_FLAGS Processing flags


82 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 164 10776
AGGREGATED_QUALITY_FLAG Aggregated quality flag. Equal to the maximum value of fields 36,37,38 & 39


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 10940
SNOW_COVER_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of presence of snow cover


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 11022
FROZEN_SOIL_PROBABILITY Flag indicating probability of frozen soil


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 11104
INUNDATION_OR_WETLAND Flag indicating the fraction of inundation and wetland areas. Zero means no inundation or wetland areas present


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 11186
TOPOGRAPHICAL_COMPLEXITY Flag indicating the topographical complexity (equal to the normalised standard deviation of the elevation). Zero values mean flat, higher values mean complex topography


82 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 82 11268
Total: 11350

VIADR ( name 'viadr-ver', class 7, subclass 6, version 0 )

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 L1 PPF major release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 20
PROCESSOR_VERSION2 L1 PPF release number


1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 21
PROCESSOR_VERSION3 L1 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
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION1 SOMO L2 PPF major release number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 31
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION2 SOMO L2 PPF release number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 32
SOMO_PROCESSOR_VERSION3 SOMO L2 PPF patch number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 33
SMC_VERSION1 ASCA_SMC_xx_ Major Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 34
SMC_VERSION2 ASCA_SMC_xx_ Minor Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 35
CURV-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_curv.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 36
CURV-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_curv_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 37
DRY-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_dry.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 38
DRY-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_dry_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 39
MS-MEAN-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_ms_mean.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 40
NONSCAT-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_nonscat.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 41
SLOP-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_slop.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 42
SLOP-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_slop_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 43
WET-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_wet.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 44
WET-NOISE-VERSION ASCA_SOMO_noise.tar Version

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 45
Total: 46

Enumeration DISPOSITION_MODE

Value Name Description
T Testing .
O Operational .
C Commissioning .

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
CGS3 . Third 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
SMO . ASCAT SoilMoisture calibrated s0 data at operational resolution (50 km)
SMR . ASCAT SoilMoisture calibrated s0 data at research resolution (25 km)

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 F_USABLE

Value Name Description
N/A Undefined Enumerated tags not defined

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
SWATH_INDICATOR Left Swath Right Swath
F_KP Kp estimate at nominal quality Kp estimate at non-nominal quality
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Nominal Degraded
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Nominal Degraded