10. Record Description of the GOME-2 Level 1b Products
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10. Record Description of the GOME-2 Level 1b Products

This GOME 1b description corresponds to the GOME Level 1 PFS [RD8] Issue v9 and the Generic PFS [RD3] 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 PFV = 12.0
Record name Record version Record version Record version
mphr 2 2 2
sphr 2 2 2
giadr-channels 2 2 3 (new version)
giadr-1b-bands 2 2 2
giadr-1b-steps 1 1 1
giadr-1b-pmdbanddef (not present) 1 (new record) 1
viadr-smr 1 1 1
mdr-1b-earthshine 3 4 (new version) 5 (new version)
mdr-1b-calibration 3 3 4 (new version)
mdr-1b-sun 3 3 4 (new version)
mdr-1b-moon 3 3 4 (new version)

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 [RD3].

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 1, 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
Scans_Summary
N_SCANS Number of scans in the product

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 20
N_VALID_WITH_MISS_DP Number of valid scans with missing data packets

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 58
N_MISS_DP Number of missing data packets in valid scans

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 96
N_MISSING_SCANS Number of missing scans

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 134
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_1 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, FPA 1

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 172
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_2 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, FPA 2

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 210
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_3 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, FPA 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 248
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_4 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, FPA 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 286
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_5 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, PMD p

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 324
N_NN_DETECTOR_TEMP_6 Number of scans with non-nominal detector temperature, PMD s

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 362
N_NN_PDP_TEMP Number of scans with non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 400
N_NN_RAD_TEMP Number of scans with non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 438
N_NN_WLS_U Number of scans with non-nominal WLS lamp voltage

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 476
N_NN_WLS_I Number of scans with non-nominal WLS lamp current

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 514
N_NN_SLS_U Number of scans with non-nominal SLS lamp voltage

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 552
N_NN_SLS_I Number of scans with non-nominal SLS lamp current

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 590
N_INV_UTC Number of scans with invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 628
N_NADIR_SCAN Number of scans in Nadir scanning observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 666
N_NTH_POLE_SCAN Number of scans in North pole scanning observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 704
N_STH_POLE_SCAN Number of scans in South pole scanning observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 742
N_OTHER_SCAN Number of scans in Other scanning observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 780
N_NADIR_STATIC Number of scans in Nadir static observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 818
N_OTHER_STATIC Number of scans in Other Static observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 856
N_DARK Number of scans in Dark observation observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 894
N_LED Number of scans in LED observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 932
N_WLS Number of scans in WLS observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 970
N_SLS Number of scans in SLS observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1008
N_SLS_DIFF Number of scans in SLS over diffuser observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1046
N_SUN Number of scans in Sun observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1084
N_MOON Number of scans in Moon observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1122
N_IDLE Number of scans in Idle observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1160
N_TEST Number of scans in Test observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1198
N_DUMP Number of scans in Dump observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1236
N_INVALID Number of scans assigned Invalid observation mode

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1274
N_MIN_INTENSITY_1 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 1a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1312
N_MIN_INTENSITY_2 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 1b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1350
N_MIN_INTENSITY_3 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 2a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1388
N_MIN_INTENSITY_4 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 2b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1426
N_MIN_INTENSITY_5 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1464
N_MIN_INTENSITY_6 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band FPA 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1502
N_MIN_INTENSITY_7 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band PMD p

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1540
N_MIN_INTENSITY_8 Number of scans where the minimum mean uncalibrated radiance is below a specified threshold, band PMD s

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1578
N_SATURATED_1 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 1a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1616
N_SATURATED_2 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 1b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1654
N_SATURATED_3 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 2a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1692
N_SATURATED_4 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 2b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1730
N_SATURATED_5 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1768
N_SATURATED_6 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band FPA 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1806
N_SATURATED_7 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band PMD p

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1844
N_SATURATED_8 Number of scans with saturated pixels, band PMD s

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1882
N_HOT_1 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 1a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1920
N_HOT_2 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 1b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1958
N_HOT_3 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 2a

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 1996
N_HOT_4 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 2b

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2034
N_HOT_5 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2072
N_HOT_6 Number of scans with hot pixels, band FPA 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2110
N_HOT_7 Number of scans with hot pixels, band PMD p

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2148
N_HOT_8 Number of scans with hot pixels, band PMD s

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2186
N_SAA Number of scans in the SAA

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2224
N_SUNGLINT Number of scans with sunglint danger

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2262
N_RAINBOW Number of scans with rainbow danger

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2300
N_MODE_GEOLOCATION Number of scans with possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2338
N_MISS_STOKES_1 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 1

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2376
N_MISS_STOKES_2 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 2

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2414
N_MISS_STOKES_3 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2452
N_MISS_STOKES_4 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2490
N_MISS_STOKES_5 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 5

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2528
N_MISS_STOKES_6 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 6

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2566
N_MISS_STOKES_7 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 7

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2604
N_MISS_STOKES_8 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 8

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2642
N_MISS_STOKES_9 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 9

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2680
N_MISS_STOKES_10 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 10

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2718
N_MISS_STOKES_11 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 11

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2756
N_MISS_STOKES_12 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 12

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2794
N_MISS_STOKES_13 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 13

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2832
N_MISS_STOKES_14 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 14

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2870
N_MISS_STOKES_15 Number of scans with missing Stokes fractions, PMD band 15

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2908
N_BAD_STOKES_1 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 1

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2946
N_BAD_STOKES_2 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 2

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 2984
N_BAD_STOKES_3 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 3

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3022
N_BAD_STOKES_4 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 4

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3060
N_BAD_STOKES_5 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 5

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3098
N_BAD_STOKES_6 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 6

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3136
N_BAD_STOKES_7 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 7

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3174
N_BAD_STOKES_8 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 8

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3212
N_BAD_STOKES_9 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 9

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3250
N_BAD_STOKES_10 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 10

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3288
N_BAD_STOKES_11 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 11

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3326
N_BAD_STOKES_12 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 12

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3364
N_BAD_STOKES_13 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 13

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3402
N_BAD_STOKES_14 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 14

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3440
N_BAD_STOKES_15 Number of scans with bad Stokes fractions, PMD band 15

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3478
N_CLOUD Number of scans with fractional cloud above a specified threshold

1 1 1 1 uinteger 5 38 3516
Processing_information
PROCESSING_INDICATOR Auxiliary information on processing details. May be filled as needed (no requirements imposed). If not used, this field is filled by lower case x's.

1 1 1 1 string 67 100 3554
Total: 3654

GIADR ( name 'giadr-channels', class 5, 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
Band_Separation_Information
CHANNEL_NUMBER Channel number

6 1 1 1 enumerated 1 6 20
START_VALID_WAVELENGTHS Start wavelength of the valid data in the specified channel
 10^6
 nm
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 26
END_VALID_WAVELENGTHS End wavelength of the valid data in the specified channel
 10^6
 nm
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 50
START_VALID_PIXELS Approximate start pixel of the valid data in the specified channel

6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 74
END_VALID_PIXELS Approximate end pixel of the valid data in the specified channel

6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 86
Total: 98

GIADR ( name 'giadr-channels', class 5, subclass 4, 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
Band_Separation_Information
CHANNEL_NUMBER Channel number

6 1 1 1 enumerated 1 6 20
START_VALID_WAVELENGTHS Start wavelength of the valid data in the specified channel
 10^6
 nm
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 26
END_VALID_WAVELENGTHS End wavelength of the valid data in the specified channel
 10^6
 nm
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 50
START_VALID_PIXELS Approximate start pixel of the valid data in the specified channel

6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 74
END_VALID_PIXELS Approximate end pixel of the valid data in the specified channel

6 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 12 86
CHANNEL_READOUT_SEQ Sequence of detector pixel read-out. 0: from short to long wavelength; 1: from long to short wavelength     1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 1 98
Total: 99

GIADR ( name 'giadr-1b-bands', class 5, 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
Band_Separation_Information
CHANNEL_NUMBER Channel number

10 1 1 1 enumerated 1 10 20
BAND_NUMBER Band number

10 1 1 1 enumerated 1 10 30
START_PIXEL Start pixel of the band in the specified channel

10 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 20 40
NUMBER_OF_PIXELS Number of pixels in the specified band

10 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 20 60
START_LAMBDA Start wavelength
 10^6
 nm
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 80
END_LAMBDA End wavelength
 10^6
 nm
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 120
Total: 160

GIADR ( name 'giadr-1b-steps', class 5, 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
Applicable_Calibration_Steps_Information
APPLIED_CAL_STEPS Calibration steps applied in level 0 to 1b processing for every observation mode - first dimension mode, second dimension calibration steps

20 30 1 1 boolean 1 600 20
Total: 620

GIADR ( name 'giadr-1b-pmdbanddef', class 5, subclass 7, 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
Applicable_Calibration_Steps_Information
START_PIXEL PMD band start pixel, 15 bands, PMD-p first.

15 2 1 1 uinteger2 2 60 20
LENGTH_PIXEL PMD band length in pixels, 15 bands, PMD-p first.     15 2 1 1 uinteger2 2 60 80
WAVELENGTH PMD band wavelength (nm), 15 bands, PMD-p first. 10^6 nm 15 2 1 1 integer4 4 120 140
Total: 260

VIADR ( name 'viadr-smr', class 7, 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
Solar_Mean_Reference_Spectrum_Parameters
START_UTC_SUN Start UTC date/time of Sun calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_SUN End UTC date/time of Sun calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_SMR
N_INTENSITY Number of Sun calibration mode spectra which pass the intensity check

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 32
F_N_INTENSITY Flag indicating that number of sun calibration mode spectra passing the intensity check was too low

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_SMR_MISS Flag indicating that no SMR was generated due to missing Sun calibration mode measurements, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 35
End: PCD_SMR
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 41
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 42
LAMBDA_SMR Wavelength grid for SMR spectrum (after Doppler correction)
 10^6
 nm
 1024 6 1 1 integer4 4 24576 43
SMR Solar Mean Reference spectrum
photons/(s.cm2.nm)
 1024 6 1 1 vinteger4 5 30720 24619
E_SMR Absolute error on Solar Mean Reference spectrum
photons/(s.cm2.nm)
 1024 6 1 1 vinteger4 5 30720 55339
E_REL_SUN Relative error in the mean of the Nsun spectra having passed the intensity check before correction for the irradiance response of the instrument

1024 6 1 1 vinteger4 5 30720 86059
Total: 116779

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-earthshine', class 8, subclass 6, 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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_HOT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if F_MISS or F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Earthshine_measurements_1b
OUTPUT_SELECTION Calibrated radiance or sun-normalised radiance

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 22
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 23
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 32
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 33
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 35
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 36
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 37
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 47
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 57
F_SUNGLINT Flag indicating danger of sun-glint

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 58
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 59
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 60
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 61
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per band
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 71
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 111
End: PCD_BASIC
PCD_EARTH
F_MISS_STOKES Flag indicating missing (formerly called 'invalid') Stokes fractions, per PMD band

15 1 1 1 boolean 1 15 112
F_BAD_STOKES Flag indicating bad Stokes fractions, per PMD band, and main channel readout

15 32 1 1 boolean 1 480 127
SIGMA_SCENE Scene variability within a 187.5 ms groundpixel
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 607
End: PCD_EARTH
PCD_EARTH_1B
F_CLOUD Flag indicating that effective cloud fraction is above a specified level

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 735
End: PCD_EARTH_1B
CLOUD
FIT_MODE Cloud fitting mode (default or snow/ice)

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 736
FAIL_FLAG Fail flag

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 768
FIT_1 Cloud fitting parameter 1 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either cloud top pressure or lower reflecting surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 800
FIT_2 Cloud fitting parameter 2 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either effective cloud fraction or albedo for lower reflecting surface
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 928
E_FIT_1 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 1
 10^6
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1056
E_FIT_2 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 2
 10^9
32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1120
GOOD_FIT Goodness of fit
 10^6
32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1184
FINAL_CHI_SQUARE Final Chi-Square perturbation
 10^6
32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1248
CLOUD_ALBEDO Cloud albedo. This is always greater than or equal to the a priori cloud albedo
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1312
SURFACE_ALBEDO Surface albedo used in the retrieval (at 2 wavelengths)
 10^6
32 2 1 1 integer4 4 256 1440
SURFACE_PRESSURE Surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1696
End: CLOUD
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1824
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1825
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1826
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 1827
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 2087
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 2279
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2535
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2663
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2791
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_EARTH
SCAN_CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude for the complete scan at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     4 1 1 1 COORD 8 32 2919
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SCAN_CENTRE
LATITUDE Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 2951
LONGITUDE Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 2955
End: SCAN_CENTRE
CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     32 4 1 1 COORD 8 1024 2959
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, point F (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 3983
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH Solar zenith angle at height h0 (specified as initialisation parameter), points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 4239
SOLAR_AZIMUTH Solar azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 4623
SAT_ZENITH Satellite zenith angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 5007
SAT_AZIMUTH Satellite azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 5391
SCAT_ANGLE Scattering angle at height h0, point F(topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 5775
SURFACE_ELEVATION Land/sea floor elevation (above sea level), point F
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 5903
EARTH_RADIUS Radius of the earth
m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 6031
End: GEO_EARTH
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
N_UNIQUE_INT Number of unique integration times in scan

1 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 1 6035
UNIQUE_INT Unique integration times in scan
 10^6
 s
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 6036
INT_INDEX Index to unique integration times for each main channel band

6 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 6 6060
SCANNER_ANGLE_ACTUAL Scanner viewing angle corresponding to actual integration time
 10^6
 deg
 32 6 1 1 integer4 4 768 6066
CORNER_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     32 4 6 1 COORD 8 6144 6834
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points F (Earth-fixed CS)     32 6 1 1 COORD 8 1536 12978
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH_ACTUAL Solar zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 14514
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Solar azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 16818
SAT_ZENITH_ACTUAL Satellite zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 19122
SAT_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Satellite azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 21426
End: GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 23730
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 23734
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 23758
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 23762
POL_SS Single scattering polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     32 1 1 1 POLSS 20 640 23802
WL_POL_SS
 Wavelength assigned to the single scattering Stokes fractions
 10^6
 nm
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
P_POL_SS
 Degree of polarisation P (single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CHI_POL_SS
 Polarisation angle (single scattering)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
Q_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction q (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
U_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction u (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
POL_M Measured polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     4 32 1 1 POLV 150 19200 24442
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_P Measured polarisation values given for each PMD readout     256 1 1 1 POLV 150 38400 43642
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_SW Fractional polarisation value for the short-wave PMD region (currently not used, set to zero)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 82042
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82046
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82048
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82050
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82052
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82054
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82056
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82058
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82060
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82062
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82064
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82066
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82068
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82070
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82072
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82074
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82076
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82078
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82080
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82082
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82084
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 82086
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 85610
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 86182
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 86950
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 90278
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 94374
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 98470
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 98530
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 98590
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 98730
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 98870
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 109442
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 164354
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 238082
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 557570
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 950786
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1344002
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1374722
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1405442
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1405722
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Total: 1406002

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-earthshine', class 8, subclass 6, version 4 )

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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_HOT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if F_MISS or F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Earthshine_measurements_1b
OUTPUT_SELECTION Calibrated radiance or sun-normalised radiance

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 22
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 23
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 32
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 33
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 35
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 36
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 37
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 47
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 57
F_SUNGLINT Flag indicating danger of sun-glint

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 58
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 59
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 60
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 61
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per band
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 71
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 111
End: PCD_BASIC
PCD_EARTH
F_MISS_STOKES Flag indicating missing (formerly called 'invalid') Stokes fractions, per PMD band

15 1 1 1 boolean 1 15 112
F_BAD_STOKES Flag indicating bad Stokes fractions, per PMD band, and main channel readout

15 32 1 1 boolean 1 480 127
SIGMA_SCENE Scene variability within a 187.5 ms groundpixel
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 607
End: PCD_EARTH
PCD_EARTH_1B
F_CLOUD Flag indicating that effective cloud fraction is above a specified level

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 735
End: PCD_EARTH_1B
CLOUD
FIT_MODE Cloud fitting mode (default or snow/ice)

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 736
FAIL_FLAG Fail flag

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 768
FIT_1 Cloud fitting parameter 1 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either cloud top pressure or lower reflecting surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 800
FIT_2 Cloud fitting parameter 2 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either effective cloud fraction or albedo for lower reflecting surface
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 928
E_FIT_1 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 1
 10^1
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1056
E_FIT_2 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 2
 10^4
32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1120
FINAL_CHI_SQUARE Final Chi-Square from cloud parameter fitting
 10^5
32 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 128 1184
CLOUD_ALBEDO Cloud albedo. This is always greater than or equal to the a priori cloud albedo
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1312
SURFACE_ALBEDO Surface albedo used in the retrieval (at 2 wavelengths)
 10^6
32 2 1 1 integer4 4 256 1440
SURFACE_PRESSURE Surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1696
End: CLOUD
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1824
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1825
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 1826
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 1827
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 2087
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 2279
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2535
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2663
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 2791
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_EARTH
SCAN_CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude for the complete scan at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     4 1 1 1 COORD 8 32 2919
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SCAN_CENTRE
LATITUDE Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 2951
LONGITUDE Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 2955
End: SCAN_CENTRE
CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     32 4 1 1 COORD 8 1024 2959
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, point F (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 3983
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH Solar zenith angle at height h0 (specified as initialisation parameter), points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 4239
SOLAR_AZIMUTH Solar azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 4623
SAT_ZENITH Satellite zenith angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 5007
SAT_AZIMUTH Satellite azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 5391
SCAT_ANGLE Scattering angle at height h0, point F(topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 5775
SURFACE_ELEVATION Land/sea floor elevation (above sea level), point F
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 5903
EARTH_RADIUS Radius of the earth
m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 6031
End: GEO_EARTH
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
N_UNIQUE_INT Number of unique integration times in scan

1 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 1 6035
UNIQUE_INT Unique integration times in scan
 10^6
 s
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 6036
INT_INDEX Index to unique integration times for each main channel band

6 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 6 6060
SCANNER_ANGLE_ACTUAL Scanner viewing angle corresponding to actual integration time
 10^6
 deg
 32 6 1 1 integer4 4 768 6066
CORNER_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     32 4 6 1 COORD 8 6144 6834
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points F (Earth-fixed CS)     32 6 1 1 COORD 8 1536 12978
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH_ACTUAL Solar zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 14514
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Solar azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 16818
SAT_ZENITH_ACTUAL Satellite zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 19122
SAT_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Satellite azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 6 1 integer4 4 2304 21426
End: GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 23730
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 23734
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 23758
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 23762
POL_SS Single scattering polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     32 1 1 1 POLSS 20 640 23802
WL_POL_SS
 Wavelength assigned to the single scattering Stokes fractions
 10^6
 nm
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
P_POL_SS
 Degree of polarisation P (single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CHI_POL_SS
 Polarisation angle (single scattering)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
Q_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction q (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
U_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction u (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
POL_M Measured polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     4 32 1 1 POLV 150 19200 24442
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_P Measured polarisation values given for each PMD readout     256 1 1 1 POLV 150 38400 43642
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_SW Fractional polarisation value for the short-wave PMD region (currently not used, set to zero)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 82042
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82046
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82048
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82050
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82052
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82054
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82056
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82058
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82060
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82062
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82064
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82066
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82068
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82070
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82072
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82074
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82076
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82078
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82080
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82082
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 82084
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 82086
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 85610
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 86182
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 86950
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 90278
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 94374
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 98470
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 98530
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 98590
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 98730
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 98870
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 109442
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 164354
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 238082
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 557570
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 950786
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1344002
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1374722
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1405442
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1405722
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Total: 1406002

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-earthshine', class 8, subclass 6, version 5 )

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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if F_MISS or F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Earthshine_measurements_1b
OUTPUT_SELECTION Calibrated radiance or sun-normalised radiance

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 22
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 1 23
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 24
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 25
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 26
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 27
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 32
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 72
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 112
F_SUNGLINT_RISK Flag indicating danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 116
F_SUNGLINT_HIGH_RISK Flag indicating high danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 120
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 124
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 128
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 129
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per 10 bands
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 169
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use. Note that multiple bits can be set at a time.

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 209
End: PCD_BASIC
PCD_EARTH
F_MISS_STOKES Flag indicating missing (formerly called 'invalid') Stokes fractions, per PMD band

15 1 1 1 boolean 1 15 213
F_BAD_STOKES Flag indicating bad Stokes fractions, per PMD band, and main channel readout

15 32 1 1 boolean 1 480 228
SIGMA_SCENE Scene variability within a 187.5 ms groundpixel
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 708
End: PCD_EARTH
CLOUD
FIT_MODE Cloud fitting mode (default or snow/ice)

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 836
FAIL_FLAG Fail flag

32 1 1 1 enumerated 1 32 868
FIT_1 Cloud fitting parameter 1 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either cloud top pressure or lower reflecting surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 900
FIT_2 Cloud fitting parameter 2 - depending on FIT_MODE this is either effective cloud fraction or albedo for lower reflecting surface
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1028
E_FIT_1 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 1
 10^1
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1156
E_FIT_2 Error in Cloud fitting parameter 2
 10^4
32 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 64 1220
FINAL_CHI_SQUARE Final Chi-Square from cloud parameter fitting
 10^5
32 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 128 1284
CLOUD_ALBEDO Cloud albedo. This is always greater than or equal to the a priori cloud albedo
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1412
SURFACE_ALBEDO Surface albedo used in the retrieval (at 758 and 772 nm)
 10^6
32 2 1 1 integer4 4 256 1540
SURFACE_PRESSURE Surface pressure
 10^3
 hPa
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1796
CLOUD_PMD_1 Cloud property 1 derived for a fixed number of PMD readouts 10^3 hPa 256 1 1 1 integer4 4 1024 1924
CLOUD_PMD_2 Cloud property 2 derived for a fixed number of PMD readouts 10^6   256 1 1 1 integer4 4 1024 2948
End: CLOUD
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 3972
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 3973
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 3974
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 3975
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 4235
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 4427
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 4683
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 4811
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 4939
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_EARTH
SCAN_CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude for the complete scan at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     4 1 1 1 COORD 8 32 5067
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SCAN_CENTRE
LATITUDE Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 5099
LONGITUDE Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 5103
End: SCAN_CENTRE
CORNER Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     32 4 1 1 COORD 8 1024 5107
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground, point F (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 6131
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH Solar zenith angle at height h0 (specified as initialisation parameter), points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 6387
SOLAR_AZIMUTH Solar azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 6771
SAT_ZENITH Satellite zenith angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 7155
SAT_AZIMUTH Satellite azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 7539
SCAT_ANGLE Scattering angle at height h0, point F (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 7923
SURFACE_ELEVATION Land/sea floor elevation (above sea level), point F
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 8051
EARTH_RADIUS Radius of the earth
m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 8179
End: GEO_EARTH
N_UNIQUE_INT Number of unique integration times in scan

1 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 1 8183
UNIQUE_INT Unique integration times in scan
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 8184
GEO_REC_LENGTH Number of geo-records per unique integration time (gl1, gl2, …, gl10)     10 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 20 8224
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_1 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 1     gl1 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL
(see below)		 99 396 8244
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_2 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 2     gl2 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 3168 8640
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_3 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 3     gl3 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 25344 11808
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_4 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 4     gl4 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 3168 37152
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_5 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 5     gl5 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_6 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 6     gl6 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_7 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 7     gl7 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_8 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 8     gl8 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_9 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 9     gl9 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL_10 Geolocation records given for actual integration time 10     gl10 1 1 1 GEO_EARTH
_ACTUAL		 99 0 40320
GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
SCANNER_ANGLE_ACTUAL Scanner viewing angle corresponding to actual integration time
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SCAN_DIRECTION Scanning direction 1: forward, 2: backward, 0: other     1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1  
CORNER_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points ABCD (Earth-fixed CS)     4 1 1 1 COORD 8 32  
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CENTRE_ACTUAL Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude at ground corresponding to actual integration time, points F (Earth-fixed CS)     1 1 1 1 COORD 8 8  
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SOLAR_ZENITH_ACTUAL Solar zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 3 1 1 1 integer4 4 12  
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Solar azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 3 1 1 1 integer4 4 12  
SAT_ZENITH_ACTUAL Satellite zenith angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 3 1 1 1 integer4 4 12  
SAT_AZIMUTH_ACTUAL Satellite azimuth angle corresponding to actual integration time at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 3 1 1 1 integer4 4 12  
READOUT_START_TIME UTC time associated with the read-out of the detector pixel which is read out first per band     1 1 1 1 short cds time 6 6  
End: GEO_EARTH_ACTUAL
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 40320
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 40324
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 40348
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 40352
POL_SS Single scattering polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     32 1 1 1 POLSS 20 640 40392
WL_POL_SS
 Wavelength assigned to the single scattering Stokes fractions
 10^6
 nm
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
P_POL_SS
 Degree of polarisation P (single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
CHI_POL_SS
 Polarisation angle (single scattering)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
Q_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction q (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
U_POL_SS
 Stokes fraction u (theoretical value for single scattering)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
POL_M Measured polarisation values given every 187.5 ms     4 32 1 1 POLV 150 19200 41032
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_P Measured polarisation values given for each PMD readout     256 1 1 1 POLV 150 38400 60232
Q_POL
 Stokes fractions q (15 values from the PMD bands)
 10^6
15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
Q_POL_ERR
 Errors on the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
15 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 30  
WL_POL
 Wavelengths assigned to the Stokes fractions q
 10^6
 nm
 15 1 1 1 integer4 4 60  
POL_M_SW Fractional polarisation value for the short-wave PMD region (currently not used, set to zero)
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 98632
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98636
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98638
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98640
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98642
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98644
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98646
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98648
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98650
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98652
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98654
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Earthshine
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98656
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98658
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98660
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98662
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98664
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98666
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98668
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98670
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98672
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 98674
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Earthshine
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 98676
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 102200
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 102772
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 103540
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 106868
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 110964
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 115060
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 115120
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 115180
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 115320
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 115460
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 126032
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 180944
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 254672
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 574160
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 967376
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1360592
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1422032
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1483472
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1484032
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Variable record size!                                                                                                           Total: 1484592

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-calibration', class 8, subclass 7, 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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_HOT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if any of F_MISS, F_SAA, F_SUNGLINT, F_RAINBOW, F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Calibration_measurements_1b
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 22
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 32
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 33
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 35
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 36
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 46
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 56
F_SUNGLINT Flag indicating danger of sun-glint

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 57
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 58
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 59
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 60
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per band
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 70
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 110
End: PCD_BASIC
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 111
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 112
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 113
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 114
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 374
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 566
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 822
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 950
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1078
End: GEO_BASIC
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1206
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 1210
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1234
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1238
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Calibration
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1278
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1280
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1282
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1284
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1286
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1288
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1290
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1292
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1294
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1296
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Calibration
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Calibration
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1298
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1300
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1302
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1304
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1306
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1308
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1310
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1312
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1314
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1316
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Calibration
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 1318
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 4842
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 5414
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 6182
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 9510
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 13606
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17702
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17762
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17822
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17962
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 18102
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B
 Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 28674
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A
 Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 83586
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B
 Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 157314
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3
 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 476802
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 870018
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP
 Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1263234
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1293954
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1324674
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1324954
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Total: 1325234

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-calibration', class 8, subclass 7, version 4 )

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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if any of F_MISS, F_SAA, F_SUNGLINT, F_RAINBOW, F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Calibration_measurements_1b
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 1 22
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 23
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 24
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 25
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 26
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 27
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 31
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 71
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 111
F_SUNGLINT_RISK Flag indicating danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 115
F_SUNGLINT_HIGH_RISK Flag indicating high danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs     1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 119
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 123
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 127
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 128
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per 10 bands
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 168
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use. Note that multiple bits can be set at a time.

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 208
End: PCD_BASIC
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 212
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 213
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 214
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 215
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 475
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 667
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 923
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1051
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1179
End: GEO_BASIC
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1307
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 1311
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1335
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1339
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Calibration
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1379
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1381
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1383
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1385
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1387
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1389
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1391
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1393
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1395
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1397
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Calibration
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Calibration
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1399
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1401
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1403
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1405
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1407
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1409
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1411
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1413
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1415
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1417
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Calibration
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 1419
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 4943
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 5515
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 6283
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 9611
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 13707
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17803
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17863
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17923
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 18063
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 18203
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B
 Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 28775
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A
 Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 83687
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B
 Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 157415
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3
 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 476903
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 870119
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP
 Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1263335
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1324775
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1386215
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1386775
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Variable record size!                                                                                                           Total: 1387335

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-sun', class 8, subclass 8, 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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_HOT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if any of F_MISS, F_SAA, F_SUNGLINT, F_RAINBOW, F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Sun_measurements_1b
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 22
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 32
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 33
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 35
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 36
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 46
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 56
F_SUNGLINT Flag indicating danger of sun-glint

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 57
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 58
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 59
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 60
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per band
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 70
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 110
End: PCD_BASIC
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 111
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 112
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 113
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 114
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 374
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 566
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 822
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 950
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1078
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_SUN
DISTANCE_SAT_SUN Satellite-Sun distance
 10^-3
 m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1206
VEL_SAT_SUN Relative speed of satellite and sun (negative if satellite is moving towards the sun)
 10^3
 m/s
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1210
End: GEO_SUN
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1214
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 1218
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1242
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1246
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Sun
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1286
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1288
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1290
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1292
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1294
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1296
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1298
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1300
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1302
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1304
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Sun
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Sun
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1306
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1308
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1310
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1312
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1314
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1316
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1318
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1320
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1322
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1324
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Sun
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 1326
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 4850
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 5422
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 6190
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 9518
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 13614
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17710
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17770
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17830
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17970
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 18110
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B
 Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 28682
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A
 Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 83594
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B
 Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 157322
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3
 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 476810
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4
 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 870026
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP
 Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1263242
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 8 30720 1293962
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1324682
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 8 280 1324962
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Total: 1325242

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-sun', class 8, subclass 8, version 4 )

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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if F_MISS or F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised.

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Sun_measurements_1b
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 1 ) 1 1 22
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 23
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 24
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 25
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 26
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 27
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 31
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 71
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 111
F_SUNGLINT_RISK Flag indicating danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 115
F_SUNGLINT_HIGH_RISK Flag indicating high danger of sun-glint, per 32 read-outs     1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 119
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow, per 32 read-outs

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 123
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 127
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per 10 bands and 32 read-outs

10 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 40 128
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per 10 bands
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 168
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use. Note that multiple bits can be set at a time.

1 1 1 1 bitfield ( 4 ) 4 4 208
End: PCD_BASIC
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 212
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 213
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 214
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 215
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 475
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 667
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 923
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1051
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1179
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_SUN
DISTANCE_SAT_SUN Satellite-Sun distance
 10^-3
 m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1307
VEL_SAT_SUN Relative speed of satellite and sun (negative if satellite is moving towards the sun)
 10^3
 m/s
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1311
End: GEO_SUN
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1315
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 1319
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1343
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1347
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Sun
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1387
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1389
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1391
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1393
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1395
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1397
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1399
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1401
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1403
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1405
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Sun
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Sun
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1407
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1409
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1411
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1413
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1415
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1417
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1419
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1421
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1423
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1425
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Sun
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 1427
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 4951
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 5523
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 6291
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 9619
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 13715
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17811
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17871
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17931
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 18071
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 18211
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B
 Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 28783
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A
 Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 83695
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2B
 Band data record for Band 2b     n4 m4 1 1 BAND_M 12 319488 157423
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_3
 Band data record for Band 3     n5 m5 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 476911
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_4
 Band data record for Band 4     n6 m6 1 1 BAND_M 12 393216 870127
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_PP
 Band data record for PMD p     n7 m7 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1263343
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_PS
 Band data record for PMD s     n8 m8 1 1 BAND_P 16 61440 1324783
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPP
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p     n9 m9 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1386223
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
BAND_SWPS
 Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s     n10 m10 1 1 BAND_P 16 560 1386783
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
UNCORR_RAD Radiance or reflectivity not corrected for instrument polarisation sensitivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
UNCORR_ERR_RAD Absolute error on uncorrected radiance or reflectivity   (various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
Variable record size!                                                                                                           Total: 1387343

MDR ( name 'mdr-1b-moon', class 8, subclass 9, 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
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation. Occurs if any of F_NN_DT, F_NN_PDP, F_NN_RAD, F_NN_WLS_U, F_NN_WLS_I, F_NN_SLS_U, F_NN_SLS_I, F_SAT, F_HOT, F_MIN in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation. Occurs if any of F_MISS, F_SAA, F_SUNGLINT, F_RAINBOW, F_OLD_CAL_DATA in PCD_BASIC have been raised

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Moon_measurements_1b
PCD_BASIC
F_NN_DT Flag indicating non-nominal detector temperature, per channel

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 22
F_NN_PDP Flag indicating non-nominal pre-disperser temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 28
F_NN_RAD Flag indicating non-nominal radiator temperature

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 29
F_NN_WLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal WLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 30
F_NN_WLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal WLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 31
F_NN_SLS_U Flag indicating non-nominal SLS voltage

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 32
F_NN_SLS_I Flag indicating non-nominal SLS current

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 33
F_INV_UTC Flag indicating invalid UTC

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 34
F_MISS Flag indicating missing data packets

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 35
F_SAT Flag indicating saturated pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 36
F_HOT Flag indicating hot pixels, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 46
F_SAA Flag indicating whether scan is in the SAA

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 56
F_SUNGLINT Flag indicating danger of sun-glint

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 57
F_RAINBOW Flag indicating danger of rainbow

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 58
F_MODE_GEOLOCATION Flag indicating possible mismatch between observation mode and geolocation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 59
F_MIN Flag indicating that mean raw signal is below a specified threshold, per band

10 1 1 1 boolean 1 10 60
MEAN_UC Mean raw signal per band
 10^3
 BU
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 70
F_OLD_CAL_DATA Flag to indicate that old in-flight auxiliary calibration data is in use

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 110
End: PCD_BASIC
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 111
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 112
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 113
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 114
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 374
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT Geodetic latitude and geocentric longitude of sub-satellite point (Earth-fixed CS)     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 566
LATITUDE
 Geodetic latitude (-90 to 90, -90 is the south pole, 90 the north pole, 0 the equator) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
LONGITUDE
 Geocentric longitude (-180 to 180, meridian is 0 and minus is going west) (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
SATELLITE_ALTITUDE Geodetic altitude of satellite (Earth-fixed CS)
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 822
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 950
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1078
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_MOON
LUNAR_AZIMUTH Lunar azimuth angle, points HJKLM (Satellite Relative Actual Reference CS)
 10^6
 deg
 5 1 1 1 integer4 4 20 1206
LUNAR_ELEVATION Lunar elevation angle, points HJKLM (Satellite Relative Actual Reference CS)
 10^6
 deg
 5 1 1 1 integer4 4 20 1226
DISTANCE_SUN_MOON Sun-Moon distance
 10^-3
 m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1246
DISTANCE_SAT_MOON Satellite-Moon distance
m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1250
LUNAR_PHASE Lunar phase angle (geometrical)
 10^6
 deg
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1254
LUNAR_FRACTION Illuminated fraction of lunar disc
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1258
End: GEO_MOON
PDP_TEMP Temperature of the pre-disperser prism for reference to the corresponding spectral calibration parameters
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1262
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 1266
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 1290
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times per band
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1294
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Moon
n1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1334
n2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1336
n3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1338
n4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1340
n5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1342
n6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1344
n7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1346
n8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1348
n9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1350
n10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (n1, n2, ..., n10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1352
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1b-Moon
NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Moon
m1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1354
m2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1356
m3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1358
m4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1360
m5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1362
m6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1364
m7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1366
m8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1368
m9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1370
m10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (m1, m2, ..., m10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 1372
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1b-Moon
WAVELENGTH_1A Wavelength for Band 1a
 10^6
 nm
 n1 1 1 1 integer4 4 3524 1374
WAVELENGTH_1B Wavelength for Band 1b
 10^6
 nm
 n2 1 1 1 integer4 4 572 4898
WAVELENGTH_2A Wavelength for Band 2a
 10^6
 nm
 n3 1 1 1 integer4 4 768 5470
WAVELENGTH_2B Wavelength for Band 2b
 10^6
 nm
 n4 1 1 1 integer4 4 3328 6238
WAVELENGTH_3 Wavelength for Band 3
 10^6
 nm
 n5 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 9566
WAVELENGTH_4 Wavelength for Band 4
 10^6
 nm
 n6 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 13662
WAVELENGTH_PP Wavelength for PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n7 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17758
WAVELENGTH_PS Wavelength for PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n8 1 1 1 integer4 4 60 17818
WAVELENGTH_SWPP Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
 10^6
 nm
 n9 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 17878
WAVELENGTH_SWPS Wavelength for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
 10^6
 nm
 n10 1 1 1 integer4 4 140 18018
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a     n1 m1 1 1 BAND_M 12 10572 18158
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_1B
 Band data record for Band 1b     n2 m2 1 1 BAND_M 12 54912 28730
RAD
 Radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 5  
ERR_RAD
 Absolute error on radiance or reflectivity
(various)
 1 1 1 1 vinteger2 3 3  
STOKES_FRACTION
 Stokes fraction
 10^6
1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4  
BAND_2A
 Band data record for Band 2a     n3 m3 1 1 BAND_M 12 73728 83642