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 |
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1st | ultra_near_range |
2nd | near_range |
3rd | far_range |
Table A3: Scatteters type bitmask description
Bit | Description |
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1st | particle |
2nd | nitrogen |
3rd | oxygen |
4th | water_vapour |
Table A4: Detection mode bitmask description
Bit | Description |
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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 |