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 |