SCC Bitmask/flag description

In this section a description of all the SCC bitmask or flag fields is provided.

Bitmask fields

Table A1: SCC product type bitmask description

Bit Description
1st experimental
2nd operational

Table A2: Range type bitmask description

Bit Description
1st ultra_near_range
2nd near_range
3rd far_range

Table A3: Scatteters type bitmask description

Bit Description
1st particle
2nd nitrogen
3rd oxygen
4th water_vapour

Table A4: Detection mode bitmask description

Bit Description
1st analog
2nd photoncountin

Table A5: Cloudmask bitmask description

Bit Description
1st unknown cloud
2nd cirrus
3rd mixed-phase cloud

Table A6: Cloudmask type bitmask description

Bit Description
1st manual cloudmask
2nd automatic cloudmask

Table A.7: Polarization channel geometry bitmask description

Bit Description
1st transmitted signal
2nd reflected signal

Table A.8: Polarization channel configuration bitmask description

Bit Description
1st 0 degrees
2nd 90 degrees
3rd +45 degree
4th -45 degrees

Table A.9: Polarization calibration type bitmask description

Bit Description
1st automatic
2nd manual

Table A.10: User defind category bitmask description

Bit Description
1st cirrus
2nd climatol
3rd dicucles
4th volcanic
5th forfires
6th photosmog
7th rurban
8th sahadust
9th stratos
10th | satallite_overpasses

Flag fields

Table B.1: Molecular calculation source flag description

Value Description
0 US standard atmosphere
1 Radiosounding
2 ECMWF forecast
3 ICON-IGLO-12-13 forecast
4 ICON-IGLO-24-25 forecast
5 ICON-IGLO-36-47 forecast
6 GDAS forecast
7 ERA5-1-12
8 ERA5-7-18

Table B.2: Cirrus contamination flag description

Value Description
0 not available
1 no cirrus
2 cirrus detecte

Table B.3: Cirrus contamination source flag description

Value Description
0 not available
1 user provid
2 automatic calculate

Table B.4: Error retrieval method flag description

Value Description
0 Monte Carlo
1 Standard error propagation
2 automatic calculate

Table B.5: Backscatter evaluation method flag description

Value Description
0 Raman
1 Elastic

Table B.6: Elastic backscatter algorithm flag description

Value Description
0 Klett-Fernald
1 Iterative

Table B.7: Earlinet product type flag description

Value Description
1 e0355
2 b0355
3 e0351
4 b0351
5 e0532
6 b0532
7 e1064
8 b1064
9 b0253
10 b0313
11 b0335
12 b0511
13 b0694
14 b0817

Table B.8: Backscatter calibration range search algorithm flag description

Value Description
0 minimum of signal ratio
1 minimum of elastic signal
2 Rayleigh fit

Table B.9: Raman backscatter algorithm flag description

Value Description
0 Ansmann method
1 via backscatter ratio

Table B.10: Extinction evaluation algorithm flag description

Value Description
0 weighted linear fit
1 non weighted linear fi