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2. Reference Documents
2.1 EPS programme
documents
2.2 SAF documents
2.3 Papers, reports
and other technical documentation
3. IASI Level 1 Products Configuration History
4. IASI Level 1 Products
Overview
4.1 The
IASI instrument
4.1.1
Spectral characteristics of IASI
4.1.2
Instrument modes
4.1.3
IASI on-board processing
4.1.4
Sampling characteristics of IASI
4.2 Overview
of the ground processing and calibration
4.2.1
IIS chain
4.2.2
ISRFEM chain
4.2.3
IASI Level 1 chain
4.2.3.1
Level 1a
4.2.3.2
Level 1b
4.2.3.3
Level 1c
4.2.4
Quality control
4.2.4.1
On-board processor
4.2.4.2
Level 1 processor
4.3 IASI
Level 1 product characteristics
4.3.1
General
4.3.2
Quality information in the product
4.4 Summary of
IASI Level 1 product applications
5. Data
Viewing and Reading
5.1
Generic tools for data reading
5.2
BEAT for data reading
6. IASI Level 1 Product
Formats and Dissemination
6.1 EPS products
available dissemination means
6.1.1
Satellite Direct Broadcast Service
6.1.2
EUMETCast
6.1.3
GTS/RMDCN
6.1.4
UMARF
6.2 IASI
products dissemination
6.2.1
Near-real-time dissemination
6.2.2
Archive retrieval
6.3 IASI
EPS native product formats
6.3.1
The EPS native formats
6.3.1.1
General overview of the EPS generic product format
6.3.1.2
Granularity of the EPS products
6.3.1.3
Product format version control
6.3.1.4
Product naming convention
6.3.2
The IASI Level 1 product formats
6.3.2.1
IASI Level 1a
6.3.2.2
IASI Level 1b
6.3.2.3
IASI Level 1c
6.3.3
The computation of wavenumbers
6.3.3.1
IASI Level 1a spectra
6.3.3.2
IASI Level 1b/c spectra
6.3.3.3
Interpolation in the sounder spectral database
6.4 The HDF
format
6.5 The WMO
formats
7. IASI Level 1 Product Processing Algorithms
8. IASI Level 1 Products Validation
9. IASI Level 1 Products Routine Monitoring
10. Record Description
of the IASI Level 1 Products
10.1 IASI
Level 1a
10.2 IASI
Level 1b
10.3 IASI
Level 1c
11. Spectral Channels used for IASI Level 1c Subset Product
Appendix A: Summary of all EPS Products
Appendix
B: Metop Operational Orbit
B.1
Metop orbit basic parameters
B.2
Metop attitude law
B.2.1
Metop yaw steering law
B.3
Metop orbit and attitude propagation
B.3.1
Orbit propagation
B.3.2
Metop attitude propagation
Appendix
C: Data Types Used by the Generic EPS Format
C.1
Basic data types
C.2
Compound data types
Appendix
D: Format and Contents of the GRH and IPR
D.1
Generic Record Header
D.1.1
RECORD_CLASS enumerated values
D.1.2
INSTRUMENT_GROUP enumerated values
D.1.3
RECORD_SUBCLASS values
D.1.4
RECORD_SUBCLASS_VERSION values
D.1.5
RECORD_SIZE values
D.1.6
Definitions of RECORD_START_TIME and RECORD_STOP_TIME values
D.2
Generic Internal Pointer Record
Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations