9. Record Description of the GOME-2 Level 1a Products
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9. Record Description of the GOME-2 Level 1a Products

This GOME 1a description corresponds to the GOME Level 1 PFS [RD8] Issue 7 Revision 4 and the Generic PFS [RD3] Issue 6 Revision 6.

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

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

Summary of Product Format Version record contents history

  PFV = 10.0 PFV = 11.0
Record name Record version Record version
mphr 2 2
sphr 2 2
giadr-1a-bands 2 2
giadr-1a-steps 1 1
giadr-1a-mme 2 2
giadr-channels 2 2
viadr-1a-dark 1 1
viadr-1a-ppg 1 1
viadr-1a-etalon 1 1
viadr-1a-spec 3 4 (new version)
viadr-smr 1 1
mdr-1a-earthshine 2 2
mdr-1a-calibration 2 2
mdr-1a-sun 2 2
mdr-1a-moon 2 2
mdr-1a-other 1 1

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 UMARF GIADRs in GAD section for product retrieved from UMARF.

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-1a-bands', class 5, 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
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
Total: 80

GIADR ( name 'giadr-1a-steps', class 5, subclass 2, 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 1a 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-1a-mme', class 5, subclass 3, 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
MME_Parameters
MME_N_PSI_F Number of viewing angles (fine grid), n_psi_f

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 20
MME_N_E_F Number of elevation angles (fine grid), n_e_f

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 22
MME_N_PHI_F Number of azimuth angles (fine grid), n_phi_f

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 24
MME_PSI_F Viewing angles (fine grid)
deg
 n_psi_f 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 105 26
MME_E_F Elevation angles (fine grid)
deg
 n_e_f 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 165 131
MME_PHI_F Azimuth angles (fine grid)
deg
 n_phi_f 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 175 296
MME_WL Wavelength grid for Mueller matrix elements
 10^6
 nm
 4654 1 1 1 uinteger4 4 18616 471
MME_RAD_RESP Mueller matrix element describing the radiance response of the instrument to unpolarised light
BU.s-1/ (photons/(s.cm2.sr.nm))
 4654 n_psi_f 1 1 vinteger4 5 488670 19087
MME_IRRAD_RESP Mueller matrix element describing the irradiance response of the instrument to unpolarised light
BU.s-1/ (photons/ (s.cm2.nm))
 4654 n_e_f n_phi_f 1 vinteger4 5 26876850 507757
MME_POL_SENS Ratio of MMEs M2 to M1 which describes the polarisation sensitivity of the instrument with respect to the q Stokes component

4654 n_psi_f 1 1 vinteger4 5 488670 27384607
MME_POL_SHIFT Ratio of MMEs M3 to M1 which describes the polarisation sensitivity of the instrument with respect to the u Stokes component

4654 n_psi_f 1 1 vinteger4 5 488670 27873277
MEE_INT_RAT Intensity ratio of PMD-s/PMD-p as function of viewing angle

279 n_psi_f 1 1 vinteger4 5 29295 28361947
MME_ERR_RAD_RESP Error on the Mueller matrix element describing the radiance response of the instrument to unpolarised light

4654 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 23270 28391242
MME_ERR_IRRAD_RESP Error on the Mueller matrix element describing the irradiance response of the instrument to unpolarised light

4654 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 23270 28414512
MME_ERR_POL_SENS Error on ratio of MMEs M2 to M1 which describes the polarisation sensitivity of the instrument with respect to the q Stokes component

4654 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 23270 28437782
MME_ERR_POL_SHIFT Error on ratio of MMEs M3 to M1 which describes the polarisation sensitivity of the instrument with respect to the u Stokes component

4654 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 23270 28461052
MME_SNRR_ERR Error on the sun-normalised radiance response

4654 1 1 1 vinteger4 5 23270 28484322
Total: 28507592

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

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

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
Dark_Signal_Correction_Parameters
START_UTC_DARK Start UTC date/time of Dark calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_DARK End UTC date/time of Dark calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_DARK
AV_DARK Dark signal correction averaged per band
 10^3
 BU
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 32
AV_DARK_NOISE Dark signal correction readout noise averaged per band
 10^6
 BU
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 36
F_AV_DARK Flag indicating that AV_DARK exceeds a specified threshold

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 40
F_AV_DARK_NOISE Flag indicating that AV_DARK_READ exceeds a specified threshold

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 41
F_DARK_MISS Flag indicating that missing mean dark calibration mode measurements have been filled by interpolation or that complete band is missing

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 42
End: PCD_DARK
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 43
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 44
CHANNEL_NUMBER Channel number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 45
BAND_NUMBER Band number

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 46
START_PIXEL Start pixel of the band in the specified channel

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 47
NUMBER_OF_PIXELS Number of pixels in the specified channel

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 49
INTEGRATION_TIME Integration time for the band
 10^6
 s
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 51
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 55
DARK_SIGNAL Dark signal correction
 10^3
 BU
 1024 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 59
DARK_READOUT_NOISE Dark signal correction readout noise
 10^6
 BU
 1024 1 1 1 integer4 4 4096 4155
Total: 8251

VIADR ( name 'viadr-1a-ppg', class 7, subclass 2, 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
Pixel-to-Pixel_Gain_Correction_Parameters
START_UTC_PPG Start UTC date/time of LED calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_PPG End UTC date/time of LED calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_PPG
PPG_BACK Switch indicating whether back-up algorithm using WLS for calculation of PPG has been used

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 32
AV_PPG PPG correction averaged per channel
 10^6
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 33
STDDEV_PPG Standard deviation of PPG per channel
 10^9
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 57
F_AV_PPG Flag indicating that AV_PPG exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 81
F_STDDEV_PPG Flag indicating that STDDEV_PPG exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 87
F_PPG_MISS Flag indicating that missing mean LED calibration mode measurements have been filled by interpolation or that complete channel is missing

6 1 1 1 enumerated 1 6 93
F_PPG_LED Flag indicating LED status

1 1 1 1 uinteger1 1 1 99
End: PCD_PPG
PPG PPG correction
 10^6
1024 6 1 1 integer4 4 24576 100
Total: 24676

VIADR ( name 'viadr-1a-etalon', class 7, subclass 3, 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
Etalon_Correction_Parameters
START_UTC_WLS Start UTC date/time of WLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_WLS End UTC date/time of WLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_ETALON
ETALON_BACK Switch indicating whether back-up algorithm using Sun calibration mode measurements for calculation of Etalon has been used

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 32
ETALON_ALGO Switch indicating which Etalon correction algorithm has been used

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 33
AV_ETALON Etalon correction averaged per channel
 10^6
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 34
STDDEV_ETALON Standard deviation of Etalon per channel
 10^9
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 58
AV_RESIDUAL Mean residual structure at a pixel level
 10^6
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 82
STDDEV_RESIDUAL Standard deviation of the residual structure at a pixel level
 10^9
6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 106
F_AV_ETALON Flag indicating that AV_ETALON exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 130
F_STDDEV_ETALON Flag indicating that STDDEV_ETALON exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 136
F_AV_RESIDUAL Flag indicating that AV_RESIDUAL exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 142
F_STDDEV_RESIDUAL Flag indicating that STDDEV_RESIDUAL exceeds a specified threshold

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 148
F_ETALON_MISS Flag indicating that missing mean WLS calibration mode measurements have been filled by interpolation or that complete channel is missing

6 1 1 1 boolean 1 6 154
End: PCD_ETALON
LAMBDA_ETALON Wavelength grid for Etalon correction
 10^6
 nm
 1024 6 1 1 integer4 4 24576 160
ETALON Etalon correction
 10^6
1024 6 1 1 integer4 4 24576 24736
Total: 49312

VIADR ( name 'viadr-1a-spec', class 7, 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
Spectral_Calibration_Parameters
START_UTC_SLS Start UTC date/time of SLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_SLS End UTC date/time of SLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_SPEC
N_LINES Number of lines used for spectral calibration per main channel

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8 32
MAX_LINE_DEV Maximum deviation between fitted and true line position per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 1 1 1 integer4 4 16 40
AV_LINE_DEV Average deviation between fitted and true line position per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 1 1 1 integer4 4 16 56
LINE_DEV Deviation between fitted and true line positions per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 30 1 1 integer4 4 480 72
F_N_LINES Flag indicating that N_LINES is insufficient

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 552
F_MAX_LINE_DEV Flag indicating that MAX_LINE_DEV exceeds a specified threshold

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 556
F_SPEC_MISS Flag indicating that no spectral calibration was generated due to missing mean SLS mode measurements per channel

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 560
N_ITERATION Number of iterations required for PMD spectral calibration, per fitting window and PMD channel

2 20 1 1 uinteger2 2 80 564
F_NO_CONVERGENCE Flag indicating that PMD spectral calibration has not converged, per PMD channel

2 1 1 1 boolean 1 2 644
F_GOF Flag indicating that PMD spectral calibration goodness of fit is not acceptable

2 1 1 1 boolean 1 2 646
End: PCD_SPEC
PDP_TEMP Pre-disperser prism temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 648
POLY_COEFF_FPA Main FPA spectral calibration polynomial coefficients (8 coefficients + 2 spare per channel maximum), channel 1 first
 10^6
 nm
 4 10 1 1 integer4 4 160 652
POLY_COEFF_PMD PMD spectral calibration polynomial coefficients (8 coefficients + 2 spare per channel maximum), PMD p first
 10^0
 nm
 2 10 1 1 integer4 4 80 812
Total: 892

VIADR ( name 'viadr-1a-spec', class 7, subclass 4, 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
Spectral_Calibration_Parameters
START_UTC_SLS Start UTC date/time of SLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 20
END_UTC_SLS End UTC date/time of SLS calibration mode measurements

1 1 1 1 time 6 6 26
PCD_SPEC
N_LINES Number of lines used for spectral calibration per main channel

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8 32
MAX_LINE_DEV Maximum deviation between fitted and true line position per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 1 1 1 integer4 4 16 40
AV_LINE_DEV Average deviation between fitted and true line position per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 1 1 1 integer4 4 16 56
LINE_DEV Deviation between fitted and true line positions per channel
 10^6
 nm
 4 30 1 1 integer4 4 480 72
F_N_LINES Flag indicating that N_LINES is insufficient

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 552
F_MAX_LINE_DEV Flag indicating that MAX_LINE_DEV exceeds a specified threshold

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 556
F_SPEC_MISS Flag indicating that no spectral calibration was generated due to missing mean SLS mode measurements per channel

4 1 1 1 boolean 1 4 560
SHIFT_PER_WINDOW Derived shift in fine grid pixels for PMD spectral calibration, per fitting window and PMD channel

2 20 1 1 integer2 2 80 564
F_NO_CONVERGENCE Flag indicating that PMD spectral calibration has not converged, per PMD channel

2 1 1 1 boolean 1 2 644
F_GOF Flag indicating that PMD spectral calibration goodness of fit is not acceptable

2 1 1 1 boolean 1 2 646
End: PCD_SPEC
PDP_TEMP Pre-disperser prism temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 648
SPEC_GRID_FPA FPA spectral grid (channel 1 first)
 10^6
 nm
 1024 4 1 1 integer4 4 16384 652
SPEC_GRID_PMD PMD spectral grid (PMD-p first)
 10^6
 nm
 1024 2 1 1 integer4 4 8192 17036
Total: 25228

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-1a-earthshine', class 8, 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
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_1a
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
PCD_EARTH
F_MISS_STOKES Flag indicating missing (formerly called 'invalid') Stokes fractions, per PMD band

15 1 1 1 boolean 1 15 111
F_BAD_STOKES Flag indicating bad Stokes fractions, per PMD band, and main channel readout

15 32 1 1 boolean 1 480 126
SIGMA_SCENE Scene variability within a 187.5 ms groundpixel
 10^6
32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 606
End: PCD_EARTH
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 734
PMD_TRANSFER PMD transfer mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 735
PMD_READOUT PMD readout mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 736
SCANNER_ANGLE Scanner viewing angle with additional element at end of scan
 10^6
 deg
 65 1 1 1 integer4 4 260 737
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 997
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 1189
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 1445
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1573
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 1701
End: GEO_BASIC
GEO_EARTH
SCAN_CORNER     4 1 1 1 COORD 8 32 1829
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 1861
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 1865
End: SCAN_CENTRE
CORNER     32 4 1 1 COORD 8 1024 1869
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     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 2893
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 3149
SOLAR_AZIMUTH Solar azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 3533
SAT_ZENITH Satellite zenith angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 3917
SAT_AZIMUTH Satellite azimuth angle at height h0, points EFG (topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 3 1 1 integer4 4 384 4301
SCAT_ANGLE Scattering angle at height h0, point F(topocentric CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 4685
SURFACE_ELEVATION Land/sea floor elevation (above sea level), point F
 10^3
 m
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 4813
EARTH_RADIUS Radius of the earth
m
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 4941
End: GEO_EARTH
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 4945
FPA_TEMP FPA temperature, per channel
 10^3
 K
 6 1 1 1 integer4 4 24 4949
RAD_TEMP Radiator temperature
 10^3
 K
 1 1 1 1 integer4 4 4 4973
INTEGRATION_TIMES Integration times of the channel bands (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, shortwave PS and PP)
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 4977
POL_SS     32 1 1 1 POLSS 20 640 5017
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     4 32 1 1 POLV 150 19200 5657
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     256 1 1 1 POLV 150 38400 24857
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 63257
ISP_HEAD     16 1 1 1 ISP_HEAD 978 15648 63261
PRI_HEAD
 Packet Primary Header

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6  
SEC_HEAD
 Packet secondary header (UTC)

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8  
ANC_DATA
 Ancillary data

14 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 28  
HK_375
 Housekeeping data at 375 ms

199 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 398  
HK_1_5
 Housekeeping data at 1.5 s

268 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 536  
CRC
 Packet error control (CRC)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2  
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Earthshine
l1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78909
l2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78911
l3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78913
l4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78915
l5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78917
l6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78919
l7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78921
l8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78923
l9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78925
l10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78927
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Earthshine
NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Earthshine
b1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78929
b2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78931
b3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78933
b4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78935
b5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78937
b6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78939
b7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78941
b8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78943
b9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78945
b10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 78947
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Earthshine
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a
BU
 l1 b1 1 1 uinteger2 2 1762 78949
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b
BU
 l2 b2 1 1 uinteger2 2 9152 80711
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a
BU
 l3 b3 1 1 uinteger2 2 12288 89863
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b
BU
 l4 b4 1 1 uinteger2 2 53248 102151
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3
BU
 l5 b5 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 155399
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4
BU
 l6 b6 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 220935
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p
BU
 l7 b7 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 286471
BAND_PS Band data record for PMD s
BU
 l8 b8 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 296199
BAND_SWPP Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
BU
 l9 b9 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 305927
BAND_SWPS Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
BU
 l10 b10 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 305997
Total: 306067

MDR ( name 'mdr-1a-calibration', class 8, subclass 2, version 2 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
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_(except_sun_and_moon)_1a
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     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 of the channel bands (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, shortwave PS and PP)
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1238
ISP_HEAD     16 1 1 1 ISP_HEAD 978 15648 1278
PRI_HEAD
 Packet Primary Header

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6  
SEC_HEAD
 Packet secondary header (UTC)

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8  
ANC_DATA
 Ancillary data

14 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 28  
HK_375
 Housekeeping data at 375 ms

199 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 398  
HK_1_5
 Housekeeping data at 1.5 s

268 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 536  
CRC
 Packet error control (CRC)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2  
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Calibration
l1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16926
l2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16928
l3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16930
l4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16932
l5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16934
l6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16936
l7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16938
l8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16940
l9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16942
l10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16944
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Calibration
NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Calibration
b1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16946
b2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16948
b3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16950
b4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16952
b5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16954
b6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16956
b7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16958
b8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16960
b9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16962
b10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16964
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Calibration
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a
BU
 l1 b1 1 1 uinteger2 2 1762 16966
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b
BU
 l2 b2 1 1 uinteger2 2 9152 18728
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a
BU
 l3 b3 1 1 uinteger2 2 12288 27880
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b
BU
 l4 b4 1 1 uinteger2 2 53248 40168
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3
BU
 l5 b5 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 93416
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4
BU
 l6 b6 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 158952
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p
BU
 l7 b7 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 224488
BAND_PS Band data record for PMD s
BU
 l8 b8 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 234216
BAND_SWPP Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
BU
 l9 b9 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 243944
BAND_SWPS Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
BU
 l10 b10 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 244014
Total: 244084

MDR ( name 'mdr-1a-sun', class 8, subclass 3, 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
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_1a
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     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 of the channel bands (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, shortwave PS and PP)
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1246
ISP_HEAD     16 1 1 1 ISP_HEAD 978 15648 1286
PRI_HEAD
 Packet Primary Header

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6  
SEC_HEAD
 Packet secondary header (UTC)

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8  
ANC_DATA
 Ancillary data

14 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 28  
HK_375
 Housekeeping data at 375 ms

199 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 398  
HK_1_5
 Housekeeping data at 1.5 s

268 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 536  
CRC
 Packet error control (CRC)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2  
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Sun
l1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16934
l2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16936
l3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16938
l4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16940
l5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16942
l6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16944
l7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16946
l8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16948
l9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16950
l10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16952
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Sun
NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Sun
b1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16954
b2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16956
b3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16958
b4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16960
b5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16962
b6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16964
b7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16966
b8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16968
b9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16970
b10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16972
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Sun
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a
BU
 l1 b1 1 1 uinteger2 2 1762 16974
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b
BU
 l2 b2 1 1 uinteger2 2 9152 18736
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a
BU
 l3 b3 1 1 uinteger2 2 12288 27888
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b
BU
 l4 b4 1 1 uinteger2 2 53248 40176
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3
BU
 l5 b5 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 93424
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4
BU
 l6 b6 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 158960
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p
BU
 l7 b7 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 224496
BAND_PS Band data record for PMD s
BU
 l8 b8 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 234224
BAND_SWPP Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
BU
 l9 b9 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 243952
BAND_SWPS Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
BU
 l10 b10 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 244022
Total: 244092

MDR ( name 'mdr-1a-moon', class 8, 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
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_1a
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     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 of the channel bands (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, shortwave PS and PP)
 10^6
 s
 10 1 1 1 integer4 4 40 1294
ISP_HEAD     16 1 1 1 ISP_HEAD 978 15648 1334
PRI_HEAD
 Packet Primary Header

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6  
SEC_HEAD
 Packet secondary header (UTC)

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8  
ANC_DATA
 Ancillary data

14 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 28  
HK_375
 Housekeeping data at 375 ms

199 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 398  
HK_1_5
 Housekeeping data at 1.5 s

268 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 536  
CRC
 Packet error control (CRC)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2  
REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Moon
l1 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16982
l2 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16984
l3 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16986
l4 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16988
l5 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16990
l6 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16992
l7 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16994
l8 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16996
l9 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 16998
l10 Number of elements per band data record for the 10 bands that follow (l1, l2, ..., l10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17000
End: REC_LENGTH_MDR-1a-Moon
NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Moon
b1 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17002
b2 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17004
b3 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17006
b4 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17008
b5 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17010
b6 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17012
b7 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17014
b8 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17016
b9 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17018
b10 Number of band data records for the 10 bands that follow (b1, b2, ..., b10)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2 17020
End: NUM_RECS_MDR-1a-Moon
BAND_1A Band data record for Band 1a
BU
 l1 b1 1 1 uinteger2 2 1762 17022
BAND_1B Band data record for Band 1b
BU
 l2 b2 1 1 uinteger2 2 9152 18784
BAND_2A Band data record for Band 2a
BU
 l3 b3 1 1 uinteger2 2 12288 27936
BAND_2B Band data record for Band 2b
BU
 l4 b4 1 1 uinteger2 2 53248 40224
BAND_3 Band data record for Band 3
BU
 l5 b5 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 93472
BAND_4 Band data record for Band 4
BU
 l6 b6 1 1 uinteger2 2 65536 159008
BAND_PP Band data record for PMD p
BU
 l7 b7 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 224544
BAND_PS Band data record for PMD s
BU
 l8 b8 1 1 uinteger2 2 9728 234272
BAND_SWPP Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD p
BU
 l9 b9 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 244000
BAND_SWPS Band data record for short wavelength range (block B) PMD s
BU
 l10 b10 1 1 uinteger2 2 70 244070
Total: 244140

MDR ( name 'mdr-1a-other', class 8, subclass 5, version 1 )

Name Description Scaling factor Units Dim1 Dim2 Dim3 Dim4 Type Type size Field size Offset
RECORD_HEADER Generic Record Header     1 1 1 1 REC_HEAD 20 20 0
GENERIC_QUALITY_INDICATORS
DEGRADED_INST_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to an instrument degradation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 20
DEGRADED_PROC_MDR Quality of MDR has been degraded from nominal due to a processing degradation

1 1 1 1 boolean 1 1 21
Other_measurements_1a
OBSERVATION_MODE Observation mode

1 1 1 1 enumerated 1 1 22
GEO_BASIC
UTC_TIME UTC time associated with every second scanner position (0,2,...,62)

32 1 1 1 time 6 192 23
SUB_SATELLITE_POINT     32 1 1 1 COORD 8 256 215
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 4 128 471
SOLAR_ZENITH_ANGLE Solar zenith angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 599
SOLAR_AZIMUTH_ANGLE Solar azimuth angle (Satellite Relative Actual CS)
 10^6
 deg
 32 1 1 1 integer4 4 128 727
End: GEO_BASIC
ISP     16 1 1 1 ISP 18738 299808 855
PRI_HEAD
 Packet Primary Header

3 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 6  
SEC_HEAD
 Packet secondary header (UTC)

4 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 8  
ANC_DATA
 Ancillary data

14 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 28  
HK_375
 Housekeeping data at 375 ms

199 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 398  
HK_1_5
 Housekeeping data at 1.5 s

268 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 536  
PMD
 Detector data of the two PMD channels

680 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 1360  
FPA
 Detector data of the four main channels

8200 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 16400  
CRC
 Packet error control (CRC)

1 1 1 1 uinteger2 2 2  
Total: 300663

Enumeration BAND_NUMBER

Value Name Description
1   Main FPA band 1a
2   Main FPA band 1b
3   Main FPA band 2a
4   Main FPA band 2b
5   Main FPA band 3
6   Main FPA band 4
7   PMD p blocks CDE
8   PMD s blocks CDE
9   PMD p block B
10   PMD s block B

Enumeration CHANNEL_NUMBER

Value Name Description
1   Main FPA channel 1
2   Main FPA channel 2
3   Main FPA channel 3
4   Main FPA channel 4
5   PMD channel p
6   PMD channel s

Enumeration DISPOSITION_MODE

Value Name Description
T Testing  
O Operational  
C Commissioning  

Enumeration ETALON_ALGO

Value Name Description
0 Algo1 Algorithm Option 1
1 Algo2 Algorithm Option 2

Enumeration ETALON_BACK

Value Name Description
0 WLS WLS
1 Sun SMR Backup

Enumeration F_DARK_MISS

Value Name Description
0 no_missing No missing pixels
1 some_missing Missing pixels filled by interpolation
2 all_missing Complete channel/band missing

Enumeration F_OLD_CAL_DATA

Value Name Description
0   No in-flight auxiliary calibration data is old
1   Dark signal correction old
2   PPG correction old
4   Spectral calibration parameters old
8   Etalon correction old
16   SMR old
32   Missing dark signal
64   Missing spectral calibration
128   Missing other

Enumeration F_SUNGLINT

Value Name Description
0 NoRisk No risk
1 LowRisk Low risk
2 HighRisk High risk

Enumeration INSTRUMENT_ID

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

Enumeration INSTRUMENT_MODEL

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

Enumeration OBSERVATION_MODE

Value Name Description
0 Nadir_scan Nadir
1 Nth_pole_scan North Pole scanning
2 Sth_pole_scan South Pole scanning
3 Other_scan Other scanning
4 Nadir_static Nadir static
5 Other_static Other static
6 Dark Dark
7 LED LED
8 WLS WLS
9 SLS SLS
10 SLS_diff SLS over diffuser
11 Sun Sun
12 Moon Moon
13 Idle Idle
14 Test Test
15 Dump Dump
16 Invalid Invalid

Enumeration PMD_READOUT

Value Name Description
0 Nominal Nominal readout mode
1 Solar Solar readout mode
2 Calibration Calibration readout mode
3 Various PMD readout mode changes within scan

Enumeration PMD_TRANSFER

Value Name Description
1 Band+Raw Band + Raw
2 Band+Mixed Band + Mixed
3 Raw Raw Transfer
4 Various PMD transfer changes within scan

Enumeration PPG_BACK

Value Name Description
0 LED LED
1 WLS WLS Backup

Enumeration PROCESSING_CENTRE

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

Enumeration PROCESSING_LEVEL

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

Enumeration PROCESSING_MODE

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

Enumeration PRODUCT_TYPE

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

Enumeration RECEIVING_GROUND_STATION

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

Enumeration SPACECRAFT_ID

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

Enumeration F_PPG_MISS

Value Name Description
0 no_missing No missing pixels
1 some_missing Missing pixels filled by interpolation
2 all_missing Complete channel/band missing

Parameters Table

Parameter Value Description
b1 1 Number of band data records (i.e., number of readouts) in Level 1a MDR. This number is specified in field NUM_RECS of the MDR.
b10 1
b2 32
b3 32
b4 32
b5 32
b6 32
b7 16
b8 16
b9 1
l1 881 Length of band data records in Level 1a MDR. This number is specified in field REC_LENGTH of the MDR. For the main channels this number equals the number of detector pixels in a band.
l10 35
l2 143
l3 192
l4 832
l5 1024
l6 1024
l7 304
l8 304
l9 35
m1 1 Number of band data records (i.e., number of readouts) in Level 1b MDR. This number is specified in field NUM_RECS of the MDR.
m10 1
m2 32
m3 32
m4 32
m5 32
m6 32
m7 256
m8 256
m9 1
n1 881 Length of band data records (i.e., number of spectral elements within a readout) in Level 1b MDR. This number is specified in field REC_LENGTH of the MDR.
n10 35
n2 143
n3 192
n4 832
n5 1024
n6 1024
n7 15
n8 15
n9 35
num_channels 6 Number of channels (4 main FPA, 2 PMD, see enumerated variables)
num_main_channels 4 Number of main FPA channels
num_PMD_channels 2 Number of PMD channels
num_bands 10 Number of bands (6 main FPA, 4 PMD, see enumerated variables)
num_main_bands 6 Number of main FPA bands
n_psi_f 21 MME: number of viewing angles (fine grid). This number is specified in field MME_N_PSI_F of record GIADR-1a-MME
n_e_f 33 MME: number of elevation angles (fine grid). This number is specified in field MME_N_E_F of record GIADR-1a-MME
n_phi_f 35 MME: number of azimuth angles (fine grid). This number is specified in field MME_N_PHI_F of record GIADR-1a-MME
n_lambda_FPA 1024 MME: number of wavelengths for a main channel
n_lambda_PMD 279 MME: number of wavelengths for a PMD channel
n_lambda_total 4654 MME: number of wavelengths (all channels)