Introduction
 Quick start
 Description
 WEB MAPSS and data production cycle
 Format and naming conventions
  Naming conventions
  File format
    Format of raw MAPSS files
    Format of MAPSS files generated using WEB interface
 Data availability
 Supported products
  AERONET
    AERONET_AOD
    AERONET_SDA
    AERONET_INV
  MODIS
    MOD04_L2 and MYD04_L2
    MOD05_L2 and MYD05_L2
  MISR
    MIL2ASAE
  OMI
    OMAERUV
  POLDER
    PxL2TLGC
    PxL2TOGC
  CALIOP
    05kmALay


 

Introduction

The Multi-sensor Aerosol Products Sampling System (MAPSS) has been established as a consensus data framework for multi-sensor aerosol validation, intercomparison, and joint analysis.  MAPSS supports data products from a variety of sensors and instruments, including ground-based, airborne, and spaceborne, obtained at different locations and time around the globe.

 

Quick start

Step 1: Select one or more ground locations (stations)

Tip: locations can be entered either manually by typing in location names separated by comma, or by using the location selection dialog that opens by clicking on the "Browse" button.

Step 2: Select one or more parameters

Tip: Hovering with a mouse pointer over items in the Product, Parameter, Layer, or Measurement would produce a pop-up with a more complete description of the item.

Step 3: Select dates range

Tip: dates can be either typed in manually using the yyyy-mm-dd format, or by using the calendar dialog that opens by clicking on the calendar icons next to the date range fields.

Step 4: Press "Plot Data" and stand by while data are retrieved

Step 5: Data are displayed on one or more plots

Step 6: Retrieved data can be downloaded as an CSV file

Step 7: Data linage tab provides a summary of the retrieved data

Step 8: Previous results and their data selection criteria can be reloaded if necessary

Tip: "History" button reloads only the results of past trials. To also reload data selection criteria that were used to produce these results, please press "Load Data Selections"; until this button is pressed, the "Data Selection" tab will show the data selection criteria of the most recent results.

 

Description

MAPSS provides statistics of spatial and temporal subsets of Level-2 aerosol scientific data sets (SDS) from a range of sensors that currently includes AERONET, MODIS, MISR, OMI, POLDER, and CALIOP.

Certain ground locations, including, but not limited to, the AERONET sun photometer measurement sites, have been identified as focal points for these spatial statistics. The process of generating the statistics for each spatial spaceborne aerosol product involves extracting values of the pixels that fall within an approximate radius of 27.5 km from the chosen locations (see the diagram below).  Similarly, statistics for ground-based temporal observations in a particular location are derived from measurements taken within 30 minutes of each satellite overpass over this location.

This subset of pixels for each location is then used to compute the following statistics:

• Total number of pixels in the subset;
• Number of valid pixels in the subset;
• Value of the central pixel in the subset;
• Mean of the subset;
• Median of the subset;
• Mode of the subset;
• Standard deviation of the subset;
• Slope of a plane (for a spatial subset) or line (for a temporal subset) fitted to the subset;
• Azimuth (direction) of the slope of the plane; and
• Multiple Correlation Coefficient (for a spatial subset) or Linear Correlation Coefficient (for a temporal subset)

Note that mean, median, deviation, slope, azimuth and correlation are computed only for continuous datasets (i.e., datasets with real numbers). Likewise, mode is computed only for discrete datasets (i.e., datasets with integer numbers). We do not compute standard deviation for a sample if it has only 1 data point. Furhtermore, we do not compute slope, azimuth and correlation if the number of data points in the sample is insufficient to fit a plane; the threshold varies with the resolution of the products.

Statistics for each data product are updated on a daily basis. There is usually, however, a delay of several days between the data availability in a repository for a sensor and its availability in MAPSS, associated with the time required for data retrieval and processing.  Also, there are likely to be some data gaps resulting from non-retrieval conditions encountered by the sensors, including clouds in reflective bands, downtime for sensor calibrations etc.

For more information, please refer to the following publications:

• Ichoku, C., D. A. Chu, S. Mattoo, Y. J. Kaufman, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, I. Slutsker, and B. N. Holben, 2002: A spatio-temporal approach for global validation and analysis of MODIS aerosol products. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013206. [Full Text (PDF)]
• Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, L. A. Remer, D. Tanre, and B. N. Holben, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol optical depth retrieval over land. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GLO13205. [Full Text (PDF)]
• Remer, L. A., D. Tanre, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, D. A. Chu, B. N. Holben, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J. V. Martins, R.-R. Li, and Z. Ahmad, 2002: Validation of MODIS aerosol retrieval over ocean. Geophys Res. Lett., 29, doi: 10.1029/2001GL013204. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]

 

WEB MAPSS and data production cycle

MAPSS produces and archives sampled data in a form of comma-separated text files; these files are available for download at http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MAPSS/. A more interactive access to the sampled data is provided by the WEB-based data customization and plotting interface, http://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/mapss/. Using this interface, it is possible to create a custom file containing one or more datasets of interest, sampled at a specific location and at a specific time. It is also possible to display the selected data on a plot, providing for a rapid data exploration and evaluation process. The MAPSS data production cycle, as well as the relation between MAPSS and WEB MAPSS is explained in the picture below.

The data customization interface of WEB MAPSS consists of 3 main sections: station picker, parameter picker, and date range picker. The pickers can be configured in arbitrary order. Still, a selection made in one of the picker might affect the other pickers; for example, selecting a particular aerosol parameter will limit the date range picker to the production dates of this parameter.

The station (location) picker can be configured manually by typing in names of desired stations separated by comma, or automatically by pressing the "Select" button and choosing stations from the pop-up dialog. In the dialog, multiple stations can be selected by holding "Ctrl" key (on Windows) or "Command" (on Mac) and clicking on the station names of interest.

The parameter picker is configured by progressively selecting aerosol product, parameter (i.e., data set), data set layer, and variable (i.e., measurement statistics or geometry value), and clicking the "Add" button. Explanations of an unfamiliar product/parameter/layer/variable data item can be obtained by hovering mouse over this item; clicking the blue "info" button will open the MAPSS documentation at the section of the selected product. Selected parameters are added to the "Summary" area of the picker, and, if necessary, can be removed by clicking the "Delete" button. Note that the parameter picker has two modes: "Basic" and "Advanced". In the "Basic" mode, only the most popular data sets and variables are shown, while the "Advanced" mode displays the full range of the data sets and variables.

Like the station picker, the date range picker can be also configured either manually by typing in the dates, or automatically by using the provided pop-up dialog. Using the dialog, the date can be selected by clicking on an appropriate day; a month can be adjusted to a next or previous month by clicking the arrows at the top of the dialog; a year can be adjusted by clicking on the year label at the top of the dialog (i.e., between the month selection arrows). Please note that some of the dates in the dialog may be grayed out; this indicates that there is no MAPSS data sampled at these dates for the selected stations and products; in this case, it might be necessary to adjust the selection in the station and parameter pickers.

Once the data picker is configured, the selected data can be plotted and downloaded by clicking one of the "Plot Data" buttons. The produced plot can display up to 3 categories of aerosol parameters; if the selected parameters can not be organized in 3 categories, the system will generate several independent plots. After creating a plot, the selected parameters can be adjusted by clicking back on the data selection tab; after adjusting the parameters, click on the "Plot Data" button again - this will create a new plot. Previously created plots can be reviewed by selecting the appropriate item from the "History" list.

The plotted data can be downloaded as a comma-separated file using the "Download Data" tab on top of the plot page. Note that the produced files can have very long names; if your operating system (e.g., Windows XP) does not support some long file names, please choose a shorter name while saving the file in your browser.

Format and naming conventions

Naming conventions

MAPSS provides subset statistics in the form of comma-separated text files, available for direct download at http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MAPSS/, or thorough the Web-based customization interface. These files are organized in columns, where the name of each column follows the next conventions.

Generally, names of all MAPSS columns are composed from an abbreviation of a dataset name (e.g., AOD stands for Aerosol Optical Depth) and abbreviations for specific parameters within this dataset (e.g., AOD0550sm stands for Aerosol Optical Depth measured at 550nm for particles in small mode); dataset column names can be expected to be unique within a set of MAPSS files produced for a specific aerosol product. For detailed explanations of the column names in a particular product of interest, please refer to an appropriate product section in this document.

Certain column names can be prefixed with abbreviations followed by underscore, signifying a type of statistics reported in this column. For example, sdev_AOD0550sm denotes standard deviation computed for a MAPSS sample of AOD550sm. The prefixes used in MAPSS are as the following:

cval	Data value in the center of the subset
nval	Number of valid subsetting points in the subset
mean	Arithmetic mean of the subset
sdev	Sample standard deviation of the subset
slop	Slope of a plane fitted to the spatial subset, or of a line fitted to the temporal subset
slaz	Azimuth of a plane fitted to the spatial subset
mcoc	Multiple correlation of the spatial subset
lcoc	Linear correlation of the temporal subset
medn	Statistical median of the subset
mode	Statistical mode of the subset

There are also several special column names, common to all data products:

ndat	Total number of the subsetting points in the subset, including ones without valid data
orbit	Orbit of the satellite while acquiring data in the subset
irowc	Row of the original data file containing the central data point of the subset
icolc	Column of the original data file containing the central data point of the subset
block	Block of the original data file containing the central data point of the subset

File format

Format of raw MAPSS files

Raw MAPSS files are available for download at http://modis-atmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/MAPSS/ and have the following format. The header of the file contains information about dataset sampled in this file, as well as input parameters of the MAPSS sampling algorithm. This includes product (PGE) name and version, dataset (SDS) name and description, surface resolution of a single pixel in the dataset, units of measure of the dataset, number of layers in the dataset (e.g., a dataset containing aerosol optical depth can report AOD at several wavelengths), diameter of the surface circle or time interval used for sampling, and maximum number of data points that can fit into the sample.

The line following the header lists data column titles and uses the naming conventions as described above. The remaining lines contain the actual data. In the data block, leftmost columns list auxiliary information, including date and time of the sensor acquiring the central sampling data point (i.e., the time of the overpass), source product file used to produce the sample, sampling location, line and row of the central sampling data point in the source file, total number of data points in the sample (including ones containing a fill value), and number of layers in the dataset. If available, these columns may also include sensor geometry information registered over the central sampling data point, and mode of data quality flags over the entire sampling area.

Important note: because of the special multi-camera sensor architecture, geometry parameters of the MISR MIL2ASAE product are reported in a separate “Geometry” dataset, and are not included in other MAPSS files of this product.

The remaining columns are grouped by dataset layers. For each layer, the columns list a number of statistical parameters as described in the Description section, prefixed by the abbreviations described in the naming conventions section. In the picture below, green shading indicates sampling locations, while orange shading highlights first columns of layer column groups.

*Click on the picture to the see the drawing in the full size

Format of MAPSS files generated using WEB interface

The format of the files generated using Web-based customization interface for MAPSS is the following. The rows 2-3 indicate the range of the dates used to generate the data. The row 4 contains names of ground stations used for the sampling, where each station name cell is followed by a trailing set of empty cells. Please note that all the data located below row 4 under a cell with a station name and its trailing empty cells always belong to a MAPSS sample at this location. Row 5 contains titles for the data columns, and the rest of the rows contain the actual data.

The first column of the data block contains sampling dates, while the rest of the columns are organized in pairs of the form [name of file used to produce a particular data value, the data value]. Naming conventions follow those described in naming conventions section with the exception that the titles also contain product and station names. For example, a pair of column titles [filename_mean_MYD04_L2_051_AOD0550_GSFC, mean_MYD04_L2_051_AOD0550_GSFC] indicates a source file name and a value of aerosol optical depth at 550nm from the MYD05 L2 version 5.1 product at the GSFC location.

In the example picture below, two shades of red indicate two aerosol parameters sampled at the GSFC location, while two shades of green highlight the same two parameters sampled at the SERC location.

*Click on the picture to the see the drawing in the full size

 

Data availability

Product	Version	From	To	Notes
AERONET
AERONET AOD L2	2	10/30/1996	Present	The initial date of the availability reflects the first date it was possible to collocate observations from this product with observations from one of the spaceborne sensor products. Dates of availability vary with the stations.
AERONET SDA L2	4.1	10/30/1996	Present
AERONET INV L1.5	2	02/18/1997	Present
AERONET INV L2	2	02/24/2000	Present
AERONET AOD L1.5	Currently, not supported in MAPSS.
AERONET SDA L1.5
MODIS
MODIS MOD04 L2	5	02/24/2000	04/14/2010	These products were reprocessed and switched to version 5.1. Version 5 is not produced any more.
MODIS MOD05 L2	5	02/24/2000	04/14/2010
MODIS MOD04 L2	5.1	02/24/2000	Present	These products are currently reprocessed by the MODIS team. Certain dates between 2007 and 2010 might not be available yet.
MODIS MOD05 L2	5.1	02/24/2000	Present
MODIS MYD04 L2	5.1	07/04/2002	Present
MODIS MYD05 L2	5.1	07/04/2002	Present
MISR
MISR MIL2ASAE L2	22	02/24/2000	Present	This product is usually delayed for several month in respect to a current date
OMI
OMI OMAERUV L2	3	10/01/2004	Present
POLDER / PARASOL
POLDER P1L2TLGC L2	H	10/30/1996	06/29/1997
POLDER P1L2TOGC L2	H	10/30/1996	06/29/1997
POLDER P2L2TLGC L2	C	04/02/2003	10/24/2003
POLDER P2L2TOGC L2	C	04/02/2003	10/24/2003
POLDER P3L2TLGC L2	J	03/05/2005	09/30/2006	On 10/01/2006, version J was switched to version K. The data collected before 10/01/2006 was not reprocessed to version K.
POLDER P3L2TLGC L2	K	10/02/2006	Present
POLDER P3L2TOGC L2	J	03/05/2005	09/30/2006
POLDER P3L2TOGC L2	K	10/02/2006	Present
CALIOP
CALIOP 05kmALay L2	3.01	06/07/2006	Present

 

Supported products

 

AERONET

The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) program is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and PHOTONS (Univ. of Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU), and is greatly expanded by collaborators from national agencies, institutes, universities, individual scientists, and partners. The program provides a long-term, continuous and readily accessible public domain database of aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties for aerosol research and characterization, validation of satellite retrievals, and synergism with other databases. The network imposes standardization of instruments, calibration, processing and distribution.

MAPSS supports three AERONET aerosol products: the standard AERONET AOD product, the AERONET SDA spectral deconvolution product, and the AERONET INV inversion product.

MAPSS processes two levels of AERONET data: Level 1.5 (cloud-screened data) and Level 2 (cloud-screened, re-calibrated and quality assured data). While Level 2 is more accurate and suitable for research, its availability may be significantly delayed; on the other hand, Level 1.5 data are less reliable, but are available within hours of a measurement and appears in MAPSS much faster.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some of the measurements in the original AERONET data files are reported for several adjacent wavelengths (e.g., 439 and 440 nm), where only one of these wavelengths actually contains data, or is reported for one of the closely adjacent wavelengths that vary depending on the file. MAPSS aggregates this wide set of AERONET wavelengths into a smaller set using the following lookup table:

MAPSS wavelength	AERONET wavelength range
340	330-340
350	350-355
380	380-389
410	410-412
440	437-446
470	470
490	490
500	500
530	530-532
550	550-558
660	660
670	667-677
870	860-873
1020	1016-1023
1060	1060
1200	1200
1380	1380
1600	1600
1640	1640

AERONET_AOD (AERONET_AOT)

AERONET AOD (AOT) is a collection of the standard AERONET sun photometer aerosol products obtained by direct measurement of solar radiance.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: MAPSS includes the "AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated" dataset that is a derived product, produced in MAPSS by interpolating the original AERONET AOD data using the quadratic fit on log-log scale (Eck et al, 1999). It is not supported by AERONET team, and designated strictly for validation purposes; furthermore, the interpolated data might have certain inaccuracies, inherent to the process of interpolation..

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
AOD1640	Aerosol optical depth at 1640nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD1020	Aerosol optical depth at 1020nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0870	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0670	Aerosol optical depth at 670nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0550	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0530	Aerosol optical depth at 530nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0500	Aerosol optical depth at 500nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0490	Aerosol optical depth at 490nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0440	Aerosol optical depth at 440nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0410	Aerosol optical depth at 410nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0380	Aerosol optical depth at 380nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0340	Aerosol optical depth at 340nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD2100intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1600intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1380intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1380nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1200intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1064intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1064nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0870intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0866intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 866nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0865intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 865nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0860intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 860nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0672intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 672nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0670intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 670nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0660intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0558intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 558nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0555intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 555nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0550intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0532intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 532nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0470intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0446intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 446nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0443intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 443nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0412intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 412nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0388intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 388nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0354intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 354nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
TripVar1640	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 1640nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar1020	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 1020nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0870	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 870nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0670	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 670nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0550	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 550nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0530	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 530nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0500	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 500nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0490	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 490nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0440	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 440nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0410	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 410nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0380	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 380nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
TripVar0340	Triplet variability of aerosol optical depth at 340nm multiplied by 100	TripletVariability
WaterVapor	Water vapor	WaterVapor
WateVaporError	Error in water vapor	WaterVaporError
Aexp0440-0870	Angstrom exponent for 440-870nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0380-0500	Angstrom exponent for 380-500nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0440-0670	Angstrom exponent for 440-670nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0500-0870	Angstrom exponent for 550-870nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0340-0440	Angstrom exponent for 340-440nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0440-0670pl	Angstrom exponent for 440-670nm (Polar)	AngstromExponent
SolarZenith	Solar zenith angle	SolarZenithAngle

AERONET_SDA

The AERONET SDA data product is produced by a spectral deconvolution algorithm based on the standard AERONET measurements. The algorithm enables discrimination of particles in fine and coarse modes, which is not available in the standard AERONET AOD product. Since only some of the standard AERONET measurements are suitable for SDA, the SDA product has a significantly smaller number of data points than the standard AERONET AOD product.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
AOD0500t	Aerosol optical depth at 500nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepth500nm
AOD0500f	Aerosol optical depth at 500nm - small mode	AerosolOpticalDepth500nm
AOD0500c	Aerosol optical depth at 500nm - large mode	AerosolOpticalDepth500nm
FMfrac0500	Fine mode fraction at 500nm	FineModeFraction500nm
rfitErrAOD0500t	2nd order regression fit error for aerosol optical depth at 500nm	RegFitErrorAerosolOpticalDepth500nm
rmseAOD0500f	Root mean square error of aerosol optical depth at 500nm - small mode	RMSEAerosolOpticalDepth500nm
rmseAOD0500c	Root mean square error of aerosol optical depth at 500nm - large mode	RMSEAerosolOpticalDepth500nm
rmseFMfrac0500	Root mean square error of fine mode fraction at 500nm	RMSEFineModeFraction500nm
Aexp0500t	Angstrom exponent at 500nm - total	AngstromExponent500nm
Aexp0500f	Angstrom exponent at 500nm - small mode	AngstromExponent500nm
slopeAexp0500t	Slope of Angstrom exponent dAE/dln(wavelength) at 500nm - total	AngstromExponentSlope500nm
slopeAexp0500f	Slope of Angstrom exponent dAE/dln(wavelength) at 500nm - small mode	AngstromExponentSlope500nm
SolarZenith	Solar zenith angle	SolarZenithAngle
AirMass	Air mass	AirMass
AOD0870inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 870nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0670inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 670nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0550inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 550nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0530inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 530nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0500inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 500nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0490inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 490nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0440inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 440nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0410inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 410nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0380inp	Input AOD to the spectral deconvolution algorithm at 380nm	InputAerosolOpticalDepth

AERONET_INV

The AERONET INV aerosol product is computed with the help of an inversion algorithm that, based on a limited set of measured aerosol properties, estimates possible values for other aerosol properties. Unlike AERONET SDA product, the INV product is computed from the measurements collected, in addition to the standard measurements of AERONET. In this way, the inversion product provides the most complete set of aerosol parameters, but with the smallest number of available data points.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: MAPSS includes the "AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated" dataset that is a derived product, produced in MAPSS by interpolating the original AERONET AOD data using the quadratic fit on log-log scale (Eck et al, 1999). It is not supported by AERONET team, and designated strictly for validation purposes; furthermore, the interpolated data might have certain inaccuracies, inherent to the process of interpolation.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
AOD1640	Aerosol optical depth at 1640nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD1020	Aerosol optical depth at 1020nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0870	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0670	Aerosol optical depth at 670nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0550	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0530	Aerosol optical depth at 530nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0500	Aerosol optical depth at 500nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0490	Aerosol optical depth at 490nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0440	Aerosol optical depth at 440nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0410	Aerosol optical depth at 410nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0380	Aerosol optical depth at 380nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0340	Aerosol optical depth at 340nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD2100intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1600intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1380intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1380nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1200intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD1064intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 1064nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0870intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0866intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 866nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0865intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 865nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0860intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 860nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0672intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 672nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0670intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 670nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0660intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0558intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 558nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0555intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 555nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0550intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0532intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 532nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0470intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0446intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 446nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0443intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 443nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0412intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 412nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0388intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 388nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
AOD0354intrp	Aerosol optical depth at 354nm (interpolated)	AerosolOpticalDepthInterpolated*
WaterVapor	Water vapor	WaterVapor
AODext0440t	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 440nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0670t	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 670nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0870t	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 870nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext1020t	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 1020nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0440f	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 440nm - small mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0670f	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 670nm - small mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0870f	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 870nm - small mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext1020f	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 1020nm - small mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0440c	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 440nm - large mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0670c	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 670nm - large mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext0870c	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 870nm - large mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AODext1020c	Extinction aerosol optical depth at 1020nm - large mode	AerosolOpticalDepthExtinction
AE0870-0440t	Angstrom exponent for 870-440nm	AngstromExponent
AE0870-0440abs	Angstrom exponent for 870-440nm - absorption	AngstromExponent
SSA0440t	Single scattering albedo at 440nm - total	SingleScatteringAlbedo
SSA0670t	Single scattering albedo at 670nm - total	SingleScatteringAlbedo
SSA0870t	Single scattering albedo at 870nm - total	SingleScatteringAlbedo
SSA1020t	Single scattering albedo at 1020nm - total	SingleScatteringAlbedo
AAOD0440t	Absorption aerosol optical depth at 440nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthAbsorption
AAOD0670t	Absorption aerosol optical depth at 670nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthAbsorption
AAOD0870t	Absorption aerosol optical depth at 870nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthAbsorption
AAOD1020t	Absorption aerosol optical depth at 1020nm - total	AerosolOpticalDepthAbsorption
RIre0440	Refractive index at 440nm - real part	RefractiveIndex
RIre0670	Refractive index at 670nm - real part	RefractiveIndex
RIre0870	Refractive index at 870nm - real part	RefractiveIndex
RIre01020	Refractive index at 1020nm - real part	RefractiveIndex
RIim0440	Refractive index at 440nm - imaginary part	RefractiveIndex
RIim0670	Refractive index at 670nm - imaginary part	RefractiveIndex
RIim0870	Refractive index at 870nm - imaginary part	RefractiveIndex
RIim1020	Refractive index at 1020nm - imaginary part	RefractiveIndex
ASYM0440t	Asymmetry factor at 440nm - total	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0670t	Asymmetry factor at 670nm - total	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0870t	Asymmetry factor at 870nm - total	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM1020t	Asymmetry factor at 1020nm - total	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0440f	Asymmetry factor at 440nm - small mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0670f	Asymmetry factor at 670nm - small mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0870f	Asymmetry factor at 870nm - small mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM1020f	Asymmetry factor at 1020nm - small mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0440c	Asymmetry factor at 440nm - large mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0670c	Asymmetry factor at 670nm - large mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM0870c	Asymmetry factor at 870nm - large mode	AsymmetryFactor
ASYM1020c	Asymmetry factor at 1020nm - large mode	AsymmetryFactor
SizeBin1	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.05um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin2	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.065604um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin3	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.086077um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin4	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.112939um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin5	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.148184um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin6	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.194429um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin7	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.255105um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin8	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.334716um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin9	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.439173um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin10	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.576227um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin11	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.756052um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin12	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 0.991996um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin13	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 1.301571um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin14	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 1.707757um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin15	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 2.240702um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin16	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 2.939966um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin17	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 3.857452um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin18	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 5.06126um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin19	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 6.640745um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin20	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 8.713145um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin21	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 11.432287um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
SizeBin22	Size distribution [dV(r)/dln r] - bin with the center in 15um (logarithmic scale)	SizeDistribution
InflectionPoint	Inflection point separating fine and coarse modes	InflectionPoint
VolConct	Volume concentration - total	VolumeConcentration
VolConcf	Volume concentration - small mode	VolumeConcentration
VolConcc	Volume concentration - large mode	VolumeConcentration
EffRadt	Effective radius - total	EffectiveRadius
EffRadf	Effective radius - small mode	EffectiveRadius
EffRadc	Effective radius - large mode	EffectiveRadius
VolMedRadt	Volume median radius - total	VolumeMedianRadius
VolMedRadf	Volume median radius - small mode	VolumeMedianRadius
VolMedRadc	Volume median radius - large mode	VolumeMedianRadius
StdDevt	Standard deviation from volume median radius - total	StandardDeviation
StdDevf	Standard deviation from volume median radius - small mode	StandardDeviation
StdDevc	Standard deviation from volume median radius - large mode	StandardDeviation
altBOA	Altitude - bottom of the atmosphere	Altitude
altTOA	Altitude - top of the atmosphere	Altitude
FluxBbDnBOA	Downward broadband flux at bottom of the atmosphere	BroadbandFlux
FluxBbDnTOA	Downward broadband flux at top of the atmosphere	BroadbandFlux
FluxBbUpBOA	Upward broadband flux at bottom of the atmosphere	BroadbandFlux
FluxBbUpTOA	Upward broadband flux at top of the atmosphere	BroadbandFlux
frcnboa	Radiative forcing at bottom of the atmosphere	RadiativeForcing
frcntoa	Radiative forcing at top of the atmosphere	RadiativeForcing
FrcnEffcBOA	Radiative forcing efficiency at bottom of the atmosphere	RadiativeForcingEfficiency
FrcnEffcTOA	Radiative forcing efficiency at top of the atmosphere	RadiativeForcingEfficiency
FluxSpDn0440tot	Downward spectral flux at 440nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDn0670tot	Downward spectral flux at 670nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDn0870tot	Downward spectral flux at 870nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDn1020tot	Downward spectral flux at 1020nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpUp0440tot	Upward spectral flux at 440nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpUp0670tot	Upward spectral flux at 670nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpUp0870tot	Upward spectral flux at 870nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpUp1020tot	Upward spectral flux at 1020nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDfs0440tot	Diffuse spectral flux at 440nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDfs0670tot	Diffuse spectral flux at 670nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDfs0870tot	Diffuse spectral flux at 870nm - total	SpectralFlux
FluxSpDfs1020tot	Diffuse spectral flux at 1020nm - total	SpectralFlux
almType	Almucantar type (data level identifier)	AlmucantarType
SolarZenithBtwnAlm1020	Solar zenith angle for 1020nm channel (average between left and right almucantars)	SolarZenithAngleBtwnAlm
SkyErr	Sky error	SkySunError
SunErr	Sun error	SkySunError
AExp0440-0870	Angstrom exponent	Alpha
AOD0440msrd	Aerosol optical depth	Tau
SpherParm	Sphericity parameter	SphericityParameter
ScatteringAngle0440_3to6	Scattering angle (>=3.2 to 6) at 440nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0440_6to30	Scattering angle (>=6 to 30) at 440nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0440_30to80	Scattering angle (>=30 to 80) at 440nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0440_grt80	Scattering angle (>=80) at 440nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0670_3to6	Scattering angle (>=3.2 to 6) at 670nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0670_6to30	Scattering angle (>=6 to 30) at 670nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0670_30to80	Scattering angle (>=30 to 80) at 670nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0670_grt80	Scattering angle (>=80) at 670nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0870_3to6	Scattering angle (>=3.2 to 6) at 870nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0870_6to30	Scattering angle (>=6 to 30) at 870nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0870_30to80	Scattering angle (>=30 to 80) at 870nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle0870_grt80	Scattering angle (>=80) at 870nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle1020_3to6	Scattering angle (>=3.2 to 6) at 1020nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle1020_6to30	Scattering angle (>=6 to 30) at 1020nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle1020_30to80	Scattering angle (>=30 to 80) at 1020nm	ScatteringAngle
ScatteringAngle1020_grt80	Scattering angle (>=80) at 1020nm	ScatteringAngle
Albedo0440	Spectral albedo at 440nm	SpectralAlbedo
Albedo0670	Spectral albedo at 670nm	SpectralAlbedo
Albedo0870	Spectral albedo at 870nm	SpectralAlbedo
Albedo1020	Spectral albedo at 1020nm	SpectralAlbedo
SolzenForFluxClc	Average solar zenith angle used for broadband flux calculation	AverageSolarZenithForFluxCalc

 

MODIS

MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (EOS AM) and Aqua (EOS PM) satellites. Terra's orbit around the Earth is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon. Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS view the entire Earth's surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths (see MODIS Technical Specifications).

Depending on the satellite, MODIS products have a MODXX (Terra) or MYDXX (Aqua) designation, where XX is a two-digit number identifying a product. MAPSS samples two Level-2 MODIS aerosol and water vapor products: MOD04 (MYDo4) and MOD05 (MYD05).

When working with MODIS data, it is important to pay attention to Quality Assurance (QA) flags supplied with the data. Particularly, MODIS adopts the following data quality conventions:

• 0 - No Confidence (or Fill)
• 1 - Marginal
• 2 - Good
• 3 - Very Good
  
   
• -1 - This is a special value adopted in MAPSS to indicate a flag was not found in the MODIS data, or contained a fill value

Depending on the MODIS product, one of the three flags should be used:

• QA-l - Land retrievals, the 470nm Aerosol Optical Thickness Confidence Flag
• QAdpbl-l - Land retrievals in Deep Blue data sets, the Deep Blue Aerosol Confidence Flag
• QAavg-o - Ocean retrievals, the Aerosol Parameters (Avg. Soln.) Confidence Flag

MOD04_L2 and MYD04_L2

MOD04 and MYD04 are aerosol products produced by the MODIS instrument on board the Terra (MOD) and Aqua (MYD) satellites. The MODIS Aerosol Product monitors the ambient aerosol optical thickness over the oceans globally, and over a portion of the continents.

Datasets in this product are split into two groups - the standard data sets and Deep Blue data sets. Deep Blue data is computed over bright land surfaces (e.g., deserts), where the standard algorithm is not applicable.

Notes:

• When both "average" and "best" variants of a same data set exist, the "average" variant is usually better.
• Since land and ocean retrievals use different sets of wavelengths, land-only and ocean-only data sets are usually more preferable and contain more data than merged land-ocean data sets.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
lon	Geodetic longitude	Longitude
lat	Geodetic latitude	Latitude
sstime	TAI time at start of scan replicated across the swath	Scan_Start_Time
solz	Solar zenith angle, cell to sun	Solar_Zenith
sola	Solar azimuth angle, cell to sun	Solar_Azimuth
senz	Sensor zenith angle, cell to sensor	Sensor_Zenith
sena	Sensor azimuth angle, cell to sun	Sensor_Azimuth
cmqa	Cloud mask info on 10x10 km resolution	Cloud_Mask_QA
scang	Scattering angle	Scattering_Angle
scang-l	Scattering angle for land	Scattering_Angle_Land
scang-o	Scattering angle for ocean	Scattering_Angle_Ocean
AOD0550	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm with best quality data (Quality flag=3) for both ocean (best) and land (corrected)	Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean
rAODse0550	Ratio of small mode optical depth at 550nm for land and ocean	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land_And_Ocean
rflux0550	Normalized reflected flux at 550 nm for land and ocean	Reflected_Flux_Land_And_Ocean
mrall0470-l	Average of reflectance at 470nm after cloud screening for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land_All
mrall0660-l	Average of reflectance at 6600nm after cloud screening for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land_All
mrall2100-l	Average of reflectance at 2100nm after cloud screening for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land_All
srall0470-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 470nm after cloud screening for land	Standard_Deviation_Reflectance_Land_All
srall0660-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 660nm after cloud screening for land	Standard_Deviation_Reflectance_Land_All
srall2100-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 2100nm after cloud screening for land	Standard_Deviation_Reflectance_Land_All
pathrad0470-l	Path radiance at 470nm for land	Path_Radiance_Land
pathrad0660-l	Path radiance at 660nm for land	Path_Radiance_Land
errprad0470-l	Uncertainty of the path radiance at 470nm for land	Error_Path_Radiance_Land
errprad0660-l	Uncertainty of the path radiance at 660nm for land	Error_Path_Radiance_Land
critref0470-l	Critical reflectance at 470nm for land	Critical_Reflectance_Land
critref0660-l	Critical reflectance at 660nm for land	Critical_Reflectance_Land
errcref0470-l	Uncertainty of critical reflectance at 470nm for land	Error_Critical_Reflectance_Land
errcref0660-l	Uncertainty of critical reflectance at 660nm for land	Error_Critical_Reflectance_Land
qwtprad0470-l	Quality flag for path radiance based on the test for fits at 470nm for land	QualityWeight_Path_Radiance_Land
qwtprad0660-l	Quality flag for path radiance based on the test for fits at 660nm for land	QualityWeight_Path_Radiance_Land
qwtcref0470-l	Quality flag for critical reflectance based on the test for fits at 470nm for land	QualityWeight_Critical_Reflectance_Land
qwtcref0660-l	Quality flag for critical reflectance based on the test for fits at 660nm for land	QualityWeight_Critical_Reflectance_Land
atype-l	Aerosol type for land	Aerosol_Type_Land
AOD0470cont-l	Continental aerosol optical depth at 470nm for land	Continental_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0660cont-l	Continental aerosol optical depth at 660nm for land	Continental_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0470corr-l	Corrected aerosol optical depth at 470nm for land	Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0550corr-l	Corrected aerosol optical depth at 550nm for land	Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0660corr-l	Corrected aerosol optical depth at 660nm for land	Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land
unc0470-l	Uncertainty of aerosol optical depth at 470nm for land	Estimated_Uncertainty_Land
unc0660-l	Uncertainty of aerosol optical depth at 6600nm for land	Estimated_Uncertainty_Land
mconc-l	Mass concentration for land	Mass_Concentration_Land
Aexp0470-0670-l	Angstrom exponent for 470nm and 660nm for land	Angstrom_Exponent_Land
rflux0470-l	Normalized reflected flux at 470nm for land	Reflected_Flux_Land
rflux0660-l	Normalized reflected flux at 660nm for land	Reflected_Flux_Land
tflux0470-l	Normalized transmitted flux at 470nm for land	Transmitted_Flux_Land
tflux0660-l	Normalized transmitted flux at 660nm for land	Transmitted_Flux_Land
cfrac-l	Cloud fraction from land aerosol cloud mask from retrieved and overcast pixels not including cirrus mask for land	Cloud_Fraction_Land
rAODse0550-l	Small mode aerosol fraction for land	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Land
npu0470-l	Number of good pixels used for retrieval at 470nm for land	Number_Pixels_Used_Land
npu0660-l	Number of good pixels used for retrieval at 660nm for land	Number_Pixels_Used_Land
npp0470-l	Number of pixels with desired percentile at 470nm for land	Number_Pixels_Percentile_Land
npp0660-l	Number of pixels with desired percentile at 660nm for land	Number_Pixels_Percentile_Land
mref0470-l	Mean reflectance at 470nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0660-l	Mean reflectance at 660nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0870-l	Mean reflectance at 870nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref2100-l	Mean reflectance at 2100nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref3750-l	Mean reflectance at 3750nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
sref0470-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 470nm for land	STD_Reflectance_Land
sref0660-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 660nm for land	STD_Reflectance_Land
sref0870-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 870nm for land	STD_Reflectance_Land
sref2100-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 2100nm for land	STD_Reflectance_Land
sref3750-l	Standard deviation of reflectance at 3750nm for land	STD_Reflectance_Land
QACritRef-l	Runtime QA flags for critical reflectance for land	Quality_Assurance_Crit_Ref_Land
solindx-sb-o	Solution number index for small particles of best solution for ocean	Solution_Index_Ocean_Small
solindx-sa-o	Solution number index for small particles of average solution for ocean	Solution_Index_Ocean_Small
solindx-lb-o	Solution number index for large particles of best solution for ocean	Solution_Index_Ocean_Large
solindx-la-o	Solution number index for large particles of average solution for ocean	Solution_Index_Ocean_Large
AOD0470eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 470nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD0550eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD0660eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 660nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD0870eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 870nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD1200eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 1200nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD1600eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 1600nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD2100eb-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 2100nm of best solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Best_Ocean
AOD0470ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 470nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD0550ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD0660ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 660nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD0870ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 870nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD1200ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 1200nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD1600ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 1600nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD2100ea-o	Effective aerosol optical depth at 2100nm of average solution for ocean	Effective_Optical_Depth_Average_Ocean
AOD0470sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD0550sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD0660sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD0870sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD1200sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD1600sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD2100sb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for small mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Best_Ocean
AOD0470sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD0550sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD0660sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD0870sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD1200sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD1600sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD2100sa-o	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for small mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Small_Average_Ocean
AOD0470lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD0550lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD0660lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD0870lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD1200lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD1600lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD2100lb-o	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for large mode of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Best_Ocean
AOD0470la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD0550la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD0660la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD0870la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 870nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD1200la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1200nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD1600la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 1600nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
AOD2100la-o	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for large mode of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Large_Average_Ocean
mconc-b-o	Mass concentration for best solution for ocean	Mass_Concentration_Ocean
mconc-a-o	Mass concentration at average solution for ocean	Mass_Concentration_Ocean
effr0550b-o	Effective radius at 550nm at best solution for ocean	Effective_Radius_Ocean
effr0550a-o	Effective radius at 550nm at average solution for ocean	Effective_Radius_Ocean
CCN0550b-o	Column number of cloud nuclei concentration at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Cloud_Condensation_Nuclei_Ocean
CCN0550a-o	Column number of cloud nuclei concentration at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Cloud_Condensation_Nuclei_Ocean
asyf0470b-o	Asymmetry factor at 470nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf0550b-o	Asymmetry factor at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf0660b-o	Asymmetry factor at 660nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf0870b-o	Asymmetry factor at 870nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf1200b-o	Asymmetry factor at 1200nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf1600b-o	Asymmetry factor at 1600nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf2100b-o	Asymmetry factor at 2100nm of best solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Best_Ocean
asyf0470a-o	Asymmetry factor at 470nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf0550a-o	Asymmetry factor at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf0660a-o	Asymmetry factor at 660nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf0870a-o	Asymmetry factor at 870nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf1200a-o	Asymmetry factor at 1200nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf1600a-o	Asymmetry factor at 1600nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
asyf2100a-o	Asymmetry factor at 2100nm of average solution for ocean	Asymmetry_Factor_Average_Ocean
bsr0470b-o	Backscattering ratio at 470nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr0550b-o	Backscattering ratio at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr0660b-o	Backscattering ratio at 660nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr0870b-o	Backscattering ratio at 870nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr1200b-o	Backscattering ratio at 1200nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr1600b-o	Backscattering ratio at 1600nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr2100b-o	Backscattering ratio at 2100nm of best solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Best_Ocean
bsr0470a-o	Backscattering ratio at 470nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr0550a-o	Backscattering ratio at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr0660a-o	Backscattering ratio at 660nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr0870a-o	Backscattering ratio at 870nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr1200a-o	Backscattering ratio at 1200nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr1600a-o	Backscattering ratio at 1600nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
bsr2100a-o	Backscattering ratio at 2100nm of average solution for ocean	Backscattering_Ratio_Average_Ocean
Aexp0550-0860b-o	Angstrom exponent for 550nm and 865nm at best solution for ocean	Angstrom_Exponent_1_Ocean
Aexp0550-0860a-o	Angstrom exponent for 550nm and 865nm at average solution for ocean	Angstrom_Exponent_1_Ocean
Aexp0860-2130b-o	Angstrom exponent for 860nm and 2130nm at best solution for ocean	Angstrom_Exponent_2_Ocean
Aexp0860-2130a-o	Angstrom exponent for 860nm and 2130nm at average solution for ocean	Angstrom_Exponent_2_Ocean
rflux0470b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 470nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux0550b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux0660b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 660nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux0870b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 870nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux1200b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 1200nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux1600b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 1600nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux2100b-o	Normalized reflected flux at 2100nm of best solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Best_Ocean
rflux0470a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 470nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux0550a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux0660a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 660nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux0870a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 870nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux1200a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 1200nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux1600a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 1600nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
rflux2100a-o	Normalized reflected flux at 2100nm of average solution for ocean	Reflected_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux0470b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 470nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux0550b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux0660b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 660nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux0870b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 870nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux1200b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 1200nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux1600b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 1600nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux2100b-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 2100nm of best solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Best_Ocean
tflux0470a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 470nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux0550a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux0660a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 660nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux0870a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 870nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux1200a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 1200nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux1600a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 1600nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
tflux2100a-o	Normalized transmitted flux at 2100nm of average solution for ocean	Transmitted_Flux_Average_Ocean
lsqerr-b-o	Least squares error estimated for best solution for ocean	Least_Squares_Error_Ocean
lsqerr-a-o	Least squares error estimated for average solution for ocean	Least_Squares_Error_Ocean
rAODse0860b-o	Ratio of small mode optical depth at 860nm of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_0.86micron
rAODse0860a-o	Ratio of small mode optical depth at 860nm of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_0.86micron
rAODse0550b-o	Ratio of small mode optical depth at 550nm of best solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_0.55micron
rAODse0550a-o	Ratio of small mode optical depth at 550nm of average solution for ocean	Optical_Depth_Ratio_Small_Ocean_0.55micron
AOD0550m01-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 1 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m02-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 2 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m03-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 3 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m04-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 4 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m05-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 5 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m06-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 6 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m07-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 7 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m08-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 8 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
AOD0550m09-o	Aerosol optical depth for small and large modes in model 9 for ocean	Optical_Depth_by_models_ocean
cfrac-o	Cloud fraction from ocean aerosol cloud mask from retrieved and overcast pixels not including cirrus mask	Cloud_Fraction_Ocean
npused-o	Number of good pixels used for retrieval at 870 nm for ocean	Number_Pixels_Used_Ocean
mref0470-o	Mean reflectance at 470nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref0550-o	Mean reflectance at 550nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref0660-o	Mean reflectance at 660nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref0870-o	Mean reflectance at 870nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref1200-o	Mean reflectance at 1200nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref1600-o	Mean reflectance at 1600nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
mref2100-o	Mean reflectance at 2100nm for ocean	Mean_Reflectance_Ocean
sref0470-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 470 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref0550-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 550 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref0660-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 660 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref0870-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 870 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref1200-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 1200 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref1600-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 1600 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
sref2100-o	Standard deviation of reflectance at 2100 for ocean	STD_Reflectance_Ocean
QAavg-o	Run time QA flags for ocean	Quality_Assurance_Ocean
acmbp01-l	3X3 pixels standard deviation at 470nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp02-l	3X3 pixels standard deviation at 1380nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp03-l	Reflectance at 555nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp04-l	Reflectance at 1380nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp05-l	Reflectance at 2130nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp06-l	Radiance at 11000nm for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp07-l	Cirrus fraction for land	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Land
acmbp01-o	3X3 pixels standard deviation at 470nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp02-o	3X3 pixels standard deviation at 1380nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp03-o	Reflectance at 555nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp04-o	Reflectance at 1380nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp05-o	Reflectance at 2130nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp06-o	Radiance at 11000nm for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
acmbp07-o	Cirrus fraction for ocean	Aerosol_Cldmask_Byproducts_Ocean
AOD2100corr-l	Corrected aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for land	Corrected_Optical_Depth_Land_wav2p1
AOD0550dpbl-l	Deep Blue aerosol optical depth at 550nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_550_Land
AOD0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue aerosol optical depth at 412nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue aerosol optical depth at 470nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land
AOD0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue aerosol optical depth at 660nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land
Aexp0412-0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue angstrom exponent at 412-470nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Angstrom_Exponent_Land
SSA0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue single scattering albedo at 412nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Single_Scattering_Albedo_Land
SSA0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue single scattering albedo at 470nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Single_Scattering_Albedo_Land
SSA0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue single scattering albedo at 660nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Single_Scattering_Albedo_Land
surfre0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue surface reflectance at 412nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Surface_Reflectance_Land
surfre0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue surface reflectance at 470nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Surface_Reflectance_Land
surfre0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue surface reflectance at 660nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Surface_Reflectance_Land
sdAOD0550dpbl-l	Deep Blue standard deviation of aerosol optical depth at 550nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_550_Land_STD
sdAOD0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue standard deviation of aerosol optical depth at 412nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_STD
sdAOD0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue standard deviation of aerosol optical depth at 470nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_STD
sdAOD0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue standard deviation of aerosol optical depth at 660nm (corrected) with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for land	Deep_Blue_Aerosol_Optical_Depth_Land_STD
mref0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue average measured reflectance at the top of the atmosphere after cloud screening at 412nm for land	Deep_Blue_Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue average measured reflectance at the top of the atmosphere after cloud screening at 470nm for land	Deep_Blue_Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue average measured reflectance at the top of the atmosphere after cloud screening at 660nm for land	Deep_Blue_Mean_Reflectance_Land
npu0412dpbl-l	Deep Blue number of pixels used for aerosol optical depth retrieval at 412nm for land	Deep_Blue_Number_Pixels_Used_Land
npu0470dpbl-l	Deep Blue number of pixels used for aerosol optical depth retrieval at 470nm for land	Deep_Blue_Number_Pixels_Used_Land
npu0660dpbl-l	Deep Blue number of pixels used for aerosol optical depth retrieval at 660nm for land	Deep_Blue_Number_Pixels_Used_Land
AOD0550img	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm with all quality data (Quality flag=1,2,3) for both ocean (best) and land (corrected)	Image_Optical_Depth_Land_And_Ocean
mref0470-l	Mean reflectance at 470nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0550-l	Mean reflectance at 550nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0660-l	Mean reflectance at 660nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref0870-l	Mean reflectance at 870nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref1200-l	Mean reflectance at 1200nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref1600-l	Mean reflectance at 1600nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
mref2100-l	Mean reflectance at 2100nm for land	Mean_Reflectance_Land
AOD0470sm-l	Aerosol optical depth at 470nm for small mode for land	Optical_Depth_Small_Land
AOD0550sm-l	Aerosol optical depth at 550nm for small mode for land	Optical_Depth_Small_Land
AOD0660sm-l	Aerosol optical depth at 660nm for small mode for land	Optical_Depth_Small_Land
AOD2100sm-l	Aerosol optical depth at 2100nm for small mode for land	Optical_Depth_Small_Land
surfre0470-l	Surface reflectance at 470nm for land	Surface_Reflectance_Land
surfre0660-l	Surface reflectance at 660nm for land	Surface_Reflectance_Land
surfre2100-l	Surface reflectance at 2100nm for land	Surface_Reflectance_Land

MOD05_L2 and MYD05_L2

MOD05_L2 and MYD05_L2 are the precipitable water products consisting of column water vapor amounts from the Terra (MOD05) and Aqua (MYD05) satellites. During the daytime, a near-infrared algorithm is applied over clear land areas of the globe and above clouds over both land and ocean. Over clear ocean areas, water vapor estimates are provided over the extended glint area. An infrared algorithm for deriving atmospheric profiles is also applied both day and night for Level 2.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
sstime	TAI time at start of scan replicated across the swath	Scan_Start_Time
lat	Geodetic latitude	Latitude
lon	Geodetic longitude	Longitude
solz	Solar zenith angle, cell to sun	Solar_Zenith
sola	Solar azimuth angle, cell to sun	Solar_Azimuth
senz	Sensor zenith angle, cell to sensor	Sensor_Zenith
sena	Sensor azimuth angle, cell to sensor	Sensor_Azimuth
cmqa	MODIS cloud mask, first byte	Cloud_Mask_QA
wni	Total column precipitable water vapor - near-infrared retrieval	Water_Vapor_Near_Infrared
wcf	Aerosol correction factor for water vapor - near-infrared retrieval	Water_Vapor_Correction_Factors
wir	Total column precipitable water vapor - infrared retrieval	Water_Vapor_Infrared
qani	Run time QA flags - near-infrared retrieval	Quality_Assurance_Near_Infrared
qair	Run time QA flags - infrared retrieval	Quality_Assurance_Infrared

 

MISR

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) is an instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft. One of the most distinct features of MISR is its ability to view the sunlit Earth from 9 widely spaced angles, which allows MISR to measure a number of aerosol properties that are not available from the other instruments. For this reason, many of the MISR data sets are provided separately for each of the 9 cameras. On the other hand, some of the data sets are a merged product of all or some of the 9 cameras.

MIL2ASAE

MIL2ASAE is a MISR Level 2 aerosol product. It is considered to be a "FINAL" product, meaning that it is more reliable than a "FIRSTLOOK" MIL2ASAF aerosol product, but with a penalty of not being available until several months after the data were acquired.

Many datasets in MIL2ASAE use encoding schemas, where a limited set of integer numbers is associated with some meaning (i.e., 0 = hot, 1 = cold, etc.). A full list of these encoding schemas can be found in MISR Data Product Specifications Document.

When working with the MIL2ASAE data, one should pay attention to the following Quality Assurance (QA) flags:

• QAb - Flag indicating criteria for establishing aerosol optical depth and Angstrom exponent best estimate and uncertainty
  • 0 = there was 1 successful aerosol mixture; set RegBestEstimateX to value for the single successful mixture; set RegBestEstimateXUnc to fill, except RegBestEstimateSpectral OptD epthUnc, which is set to value of OptDepthUncPerMixture for the successful mixture
  • 1 = there were multiple successful aerosol mixtures; set RegBestEstimateX and RegBestEstimateXUnc to mean and standard deviation of X over all successful mixtures
  • 2 = estimates and uncertainties are calculated by averaging successful mixtures in neighboring regions
  • 3 = there were no successful mixtures; set all RegBestEstimateX and RegBestEstimateXUnc to fill
• QApprop - Quality indicator flag for single scattering albedo, aerosol optical depth fraction, number fraction, and volume fraction
  • 0 = good
  • 1 = bad

Note that each pixel in MIL2ASAE product corresponds to a 17.6km x 17.6km area. In MIL2ASAE products, this area is referred to as a "region".

Important note: because of the special multi-camera sensor architecture, raw MAPSS files report geometry parameters in a separate “Geometry” dataset, and are not included in other MAPSS files of this product.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
AOD0446b	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepth
AOD0558b	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepth
AOD0672b	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepth
AOD0866b	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepth
uncAOD0446b	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthUnc
uncAOD0558b	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthUnc
uncAOD0672b	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthUnc
uncAOD0866b	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthUnc
AExpb	Best estimate of Angstrom exponent for the region	RegBestEstimateAngstromExponent
uncAExpb	Uncertainty in best estimate of Angstrom exponent for the region	RegBestEstimateAngstromExponentUnc
SSA0446b	Best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSA
SSA0558b	Best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSA
SSA0672b	Best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSA
SSA0866b	Best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSA
uncSSA0446b	Uncertainty in best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSAUnc
uncSSA0558b	Uncertainty in best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSAUnc
uncSSA0672b	Uncertainty in best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSAUnc
uncSSA0866b	Uncertainty in best estimate of single scattering albedo for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralSSAUnc
FrAOD0446smb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446mdb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446lgb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446sphb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446nsb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558smb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558mdb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558lgb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558sphb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558nsb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672smb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672mdb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672lgb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672sphb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672nsb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866smb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866mdb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866lgb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866sphb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866nsb	Best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFraction
uncFrAOD0446smb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0446mdb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0446lgb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0446sphb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0446nsb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 446nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0558smb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0558mdb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0558lgb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0558sphb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0558nsb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 558nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0672smb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0672mdb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0672lgb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0672sphb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0672nsb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 672nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0866smb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for small particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0866mdb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for medium particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0866lgb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for large particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0866sphb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for spherical particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
uncFrAOD0866nsb	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol optical depth fraction for non-spherical particles for the region at 866nm	RegBestEstimateSpectralOptDepthFractionUnc
NFsm	Best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for small particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFraction
NFmd	Best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for medium particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFraction
NFlg	Best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for large particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFraction
NFsph	Best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFraction
NFns	Best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for non-spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFraction
uncNFsm	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle fractional number for small particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFractionUnc
uncNFmd	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for medium particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFractionUnc
uncNFlg	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for large particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFractionUnc
uncNFsph	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFractionUnc
uncNFns	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle number fraction for non-spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateNumberFractionUnc
VFsm	Best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction binned for small particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFraction
VFmd	Best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction binned for medium particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFraction
VFlg	Best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction binned for large particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFraction
VFsph	Best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction binned for spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFraction
VFns	Best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction binned for non-spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFraction
uncVFsm	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction for small particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFractionUnc
uncVFmd	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction for medium particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFractionUnc
uncVFlg	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction for large particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFractionUnc
uncVFsph	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction for spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFractionUnc
uncVFns	Uncertainty in best estimate of aerosol particle volume fraction for non-spherical particles for the region	RegBestEstimateVolumeFractionUnc
QAb	Flag indicating criteria for establishing optical depth and angstrom exponent best estimate and uncertainty	RegBestEstimateQA
QApprop	Quality indicator flag for single scattering albedo, aerosol optical depth fraction, number fraction, and volume fraction	RegParticlePropertyQA
AlgTypeFlag	Algorithm type flag	AlgTypeFlag
RegClassInd	Regional classification indicator	RegClassInd
RegSurfTypeFlag	Regional surface type indicator	RegSurfTypeFlag
AerRetrSuccFlag	Aerosol retrieval success flag	AerRetrSuccFlag
NumSuccAerMix	Number of successful mixtures	NumSuccAerMixture
AOD0446lr	Aerosol optical depth of mixture with the smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth
AOD0558lr	Aerosol optical depth of mixture with the smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth
AOD0672lr	Aerosol optical depth of mixture with the smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth
AOD0866lr	Aerosol optical depth of mixture with the smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth
AExplr	Angstrom exponent of mixture with the smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures	RegLowestResidAngstromExponent
Chisqlr	Smallest value of chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures	RegLowestResidChisq
Combreslr	Smallest value of combined residual fitting parameter (a function of retrieval chi-squares and optical depth uncertainty), out of successful aerosol mixtures	RegLowestResidCombinedResidual
Mixlr	Aerosol mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures	RegLowestResidMixture
ReflMix0446eq1lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 1 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq2lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 2 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq3lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 3 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq4lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 4 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq5lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 5 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq6lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 6 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq7lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 7 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq8lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 8 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0446eq9lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 9 at 446nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq1lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 1 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq2lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 2 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq3lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 3 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq4lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 4 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq5lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 5 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq6lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 6 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq7lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 7 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq8lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 8 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0558eq9lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 9 at 558nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq1lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 1 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq2lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 2 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq3lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 3 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq4lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 4 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq5lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 5 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq6lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 6 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq7lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 7 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq8lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 8 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0672eq9lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 9 at 672nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq1lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 1 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq2lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 2 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq3lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 3 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq4lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 4 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq5lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 5 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq6lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 6 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq7lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 7 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq8lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 8 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
ReflMix0866eq9lr	Aerosol mixture equivalent reflectances for the mixture identified by RegLowestResidMixture at the aerosol optical depth corresponding to RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepth by camera 9 at 866nm	RegLowestResidMixtureEqRefl
AOD0446mean	Regional mean aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepth
AOD0558mean	Regional mean aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepth
AOD0672mean	Regional mean aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepth
AOD0866mean	Regional mean aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepth
AOD0446medn	Regional median aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegMedianSpectralOptDepth
AOD0558medn	Regional median aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegMedianSpectralOptDepth
AOD0672medn	Regional median aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegMedianSpectralOptDepth
AOD0866medn	Regional median aerosol optical depth, computed from aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegMedianSpectralOptDepth
stdvAOD0446	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepth
stdvAOD0558	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepth
stdvAOD0672	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepth
stdvAOD0866	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depths of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepth
SSA0446mean	Regional mean single scattering albedo (SSA), computed from SSA of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralSSA
SSA0558mean	Regional mean single scattering albedo (SSA), computed from SSA of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralSSA
SSA0672mean	Regional mean single scattering albedo (SSA), computed from SSA of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralSSA
SSA0866mean	Regional mean single scattering albedo (SSA), computed from SSA of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralSSA
stdvSSA0446	Standard deviation of single scattering albedo (SSA) of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralSSA
stdvSSA0558	Standard deviation of single scattering albedo (SSA) of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralSSA
stdvSSA0672	Standard deviation of single scattering albedo (SSA) of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralSSA
stdvSSA0866	Standard deviation of single scattering albedo (SSA) of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralSSA
SSA0446lr	Single scattering albedo (SSA) of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralSSA
SSA0558lr	Single scattering albedo (SSA) of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralSSA
SSA0672lr	Single scattering albedo (SSA) of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralSSA
SSA0866lr	Single scattering albedo (SSA) of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralSSA
FrAOD0446smmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446mdmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446lgmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446sphmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446nsmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 446nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558smmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558mdmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558lgmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558sphmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558nsmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 558nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672smmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672mdmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672lgmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672sphmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672nsmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 672nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866smmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866mdmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866lgmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866sphmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866nsmean	Regional mean of fractional aerosol optical depth computed from aerosol optical depth fractions of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 866nm	RegMeanSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0446sm	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0446md	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0446lg	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0446sph	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0446ns	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 446nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0558sm	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0558md	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0558lg	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0558sph	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0558ns	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 558nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0672sm	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0672md	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0672lg	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0672sph	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0672ns	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 672nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0866sm	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0866md	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0866lg	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0866sph	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
stdvFrAOD0866ns	Standard deviation of aerosol optical depth fraction of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 866nm	RegStDevSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446smlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446mdlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446lglr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446sphlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0446nslr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 446nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558smlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558mdlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558lglr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558sphlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0558nslr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 558nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672smlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672mdlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672lglr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672sphlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0672nslr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 672nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866smlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866mdlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866lglr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866sphlr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
FrAOD0866nslr	Aerosol optical depth fraction of mixture with smallest chisquare fitting parameter (chisquare absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chisquare heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles at 866nm	RegLowestResidSpectralOptDepthFraction
NFsmlr	Number fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles	RegLowestResidNumberFraction
NFmdlr	Number fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles	RegLowestResidNumberFraction
NFlglr	Number fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles	RegLowestResidNumberFraction
NFsphlr	Number fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles	RegLowestResidNumberFraction
NFnslr	Number fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles	RegLowestResidNumberFraction
VFsmlr	Volume fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for small particles	RegLowestResidVolumeFraction
VFmdlr	Volume fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for medium particles	RegLowestResidVolumeFraction
VFlglr	Volume fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for large particles	RegLowestResidVolumeFraction
VFsphlr	Volume fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for spherical particles	RegLowestResidVolumeFraction
VFnslr	Volume fraction of mixture with smallest chi-square fitting parameter (chi-square absolute for aerosol mixtures over dark water; chi-square heterogeneous for aerosol mixtures over land), out of successful aerosol mixtures for non-spherical particles	RegLowestResidVolumeFraction
AODSfcRetr	Aerosol optical depth to be used in the land surface retrieval	RegSfcRetrOptDepth
MixSfcRetr	Aerosol mixture to be used in the land surface retrieval	RegSfcRetrMixture
AlgSfcRetr	Algorithm type used to compute aerosol mixture and optical depth	RegSfcRetrAlgTypeFlag
NumCam0446	Number of cameras which meet the minimum number of subregions constraint specified in the aerosol science configuration file at 446nm	NumCamUsed
NumCam0558	Number of cameras which meet the minimum number of subregions constraint specified in the aerosol science configuration file at 558nm	NumCamUsed
NumCam0672	Number of cameras which meet the minimum number of subregions constraint specified in the aerosol science configuration file at 672nm	NumCamUsed
NumCam0866	Number of cameras which meet the minimum number of subregions constraint specified in the aerosol science configuration file at 866nm	NumCamUsed
CamRnbFlag	Camera rainbow flag	CamRainbowFlag
NumEof0446	Nmax(l), or number of EOFs (empirical orthogonal functions) over a heterogeneous surface at 446nm	NumEofUsed
NumEof0558	Nmax(l), or number of EOFs (empirical orthogonal functions) over a heterogeneous surface at 558nm	NumEofUsed
NumEof0672	Nmax(l), or number of EOFs (empirical orthogonal functions) over a heterogeneous surface at 672nm	NumEofUsed
NumEof0866	Nmax(l), or number of EOFs (empirical orthogonal functions) over a heterogeneous surface at 866nm	NumEofUsed
HetContrast0446	Heterogeneous surface contrast at 446nm	HetContrast
HetContrast0558	Heterogeneous surface contrast at 558nm	HetContrast
HetContrast0672	Heterogeneous surface contrast at 672nm	HetContrast
HetContrast0866	Heterogeneous surface contrast at 866nm	HetContrast
NumAccept0446subr1	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 1 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr2	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 2 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr3	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 3 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr4	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 4 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr5	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 5 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr6	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 6 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr7	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 7 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr8	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 8 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0446subr9	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 9 at 446nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr1	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 1 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr2	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 2 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr3	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 3 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr4	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 4 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr5	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 5 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr6	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 6 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr7	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 7 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr8	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 8 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0558subr9	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 9 at 558nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr1	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 1 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr2	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 2 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr3	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 3 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr4	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 4 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr5	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 5 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr6	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 6 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr7	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 7 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr8	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 8 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0672subr9	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 9 at 672nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr1	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 1 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr2	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 2 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr3	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 3 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr4	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 4 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr5	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 5 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr6	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 6 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr7	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 7 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr8	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 8 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
NumAccept0866subr9	Number of subregions of acceptable quality for retrieval by camera 9 at 866nm	NumAcceptSubr
Refl0446eq1	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 1 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq2	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 2 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq3	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 3 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq4	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 4 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq5	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 5 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq6	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 6 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq7	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 7 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq8	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 8 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0446eq9	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 9 at 446nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq1	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 1 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq2	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 2 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq3	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 3 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq4	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 4 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq5	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 5 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq6	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 6 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq7	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 7 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq8	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 8 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0558eq9	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 9 at 558nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq1	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 1 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq2	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 2 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq3	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 3 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq4	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 4 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq5	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 5 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq6	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 6 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq7	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 7 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq8	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 8 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0672eq9	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 9 at 672nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq1	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 1 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq2	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 2 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq3	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 3 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq4	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 4 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq5	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 5 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq6	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 6 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq7	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 7 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq8	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 8 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
Refl0866eq9	Observed regional equivalent reflectances which were used in the aerosol retrieval by camera 9 at 866nm	RegEqRefl
stdvRefl0446eq1	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 1 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq2	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 2 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq3	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 3 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq4	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 4 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq5	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 5 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq6	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 6 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq7	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 7 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq8	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 8 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0446eq9	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 9 at 446nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq1	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 1 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq2	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 2 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq3	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 3 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq4	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 4 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq5	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 5 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq6	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 6 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq7	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 7 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq8	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 8 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0558eq9	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 9 at 558nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq1	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 1 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq2	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 2 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq3	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 3 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq4	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 4 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq5	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 5 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq6	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 6 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq7	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 7 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq8	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 8 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0672eq9	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 9 at 672nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq1	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 1 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq2	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 2 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq3	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 3 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq4	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 4 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq5	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 5 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq6	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 6 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq7	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 7 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq8	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 8 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
stdvRefl0866eq9	Standard deviation of observed regional equivalent reflectances by camera 9 at 866nm	RegEqReflStDev
Refl0446eq1dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 1 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq2dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 2 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq3dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 3 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq4dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 4 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq5dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 5 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq6dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 6 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq7dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 7 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq8dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 8 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0446eq9dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 9 at 446nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq1dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 1 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq2dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 2 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq3dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 3 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq4dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 4 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq5dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 5 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq6dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 6 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq7dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 7 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq8dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 8 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0558eq9dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 9 at 558nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq1dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 1 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq2dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 2 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq3dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 3 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq4dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 4 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq5dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 5 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq6dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 6 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq7dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 7 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq8dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 8 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0672eq9dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 9 at 672nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq1dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 1 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq2dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 2 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq3dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 3 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq4dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 4 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq5dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 5 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq6dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 6 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq7dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 7 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq8dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 8 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
Refl0866eq9dk	Darkest weighted mean equivalent reflectances in a region by camera 9 at 866nm	RegEqReflDarkest
SolarZenith	Solar zenith angle	SolZenAng
SensorZenith1	View zenith angle by camera 1	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith2	View zenith angle by camera 2	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith3	View zenith angle by camera 3	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith4	View zenith angle by camera 4	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith5	View zenith angle by camera 5	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith6	View zenith angle by camera 6	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith7	View zenith angle by camera 7	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith8	View zenith angle by camera 8	ViewZenAng
SensorZenith9	View zenith angle by camera 9	ViewZenAng
RelativeAzimuth1	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 1	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth2	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 2	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth3	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 3	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth4	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 4	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth5	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 5	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth6	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 6	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth7	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 7	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth8	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 8	RelViewCamAziAng
RelativeAzimuth9	Relative view-Sun azimuth by camera 9	RelViewCamAziAng
ScatteringAngle1	Scattering angle by camera 1	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle2	Scattering angle by camera 2	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle3	Scattering angle by camera 3	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle4	Scattering angle by camera 4	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle5	Scattering angle by camera 5	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle6	Scattering angle by camera 6	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle7	Scattering angle by camera 7	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle8	Scattering angle by camera 8	ScatterAng
ScatteringAngle9	Scattering angle by camera 9	ScatterAng
GlitterAngle1	Glitter angle by camera 1	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle2	Glitter angle by camera 2	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle3	Glitter angle by camera 3	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle4	Glitter angle by camera 4	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle5	Glitter angle by camera 5	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle6	Glitter angle by camera 6	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle7	Glitter angle by camera 7	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle8	Glitter angle by camera 8	GlitterAng
GlitterAngle9	Glitter angle by camera 9	GlitterAng
ColOzAbund	Column ozone abundance	ColOzAbund
ColOzAbundSrc	Ozone data source	ColOzAbundSrc
SfcWindsp	Near-surface wind speed	SfcWindsp
SfcWindspSrc	Wind speed data source	SfcWindspSrc
SfcPres	Surface pressure	SfcPres
SfcPresSrc	Surface pressure data source	SfcPresSrc
RegAltPres	Atmospheric pressure at regional terrain altitude	RegAltPres
RegAltPresSrc	Atmospheric pressure at regional terrain altitude data source	RegAltPresSrc
SfcAirTemp	Surface air temperature	SfcAirTemp
SfcAirTempSrc	Surface air temperature data source	SfcAirTempSrc
RegAltAirTemp	Air temperature at regional terrain altitude	RegAltAirTemp
RegAltAirTempSrc	Air temperature at regional terrain altitude data source	RegAltAirTempSrc
ColPrecipWater	Column precipitable water	ColPrecipWater
ColPrecipWaterSrc	Column precipitable water data source	ColPrecipWaterSrc

 

OMI

OMI is the Ozone Monitoring Instrument that flies onboard the Aura satellite. The OMI instrument employs hyperspectral imaging in a push-broom mode to observe solar backscattered radiation in the visible and ultraviolet.

OMAERUV

OMAERUV is the Level-2 near-UV aerosol absorption and extinction optical depth and single scattering albedo OMI product.

Because of the large sensitivity of OMI near-UV observations to particle absorption, the Absorption Aerosol Optical Depth(AAOD) is the most reliable quantitative OMAERUV aerosol parameter. Since, by definition, AAOD is insensitive to clouds, the AAOD retrieval can be extended to pixels with small amounts for cloud contamination and is not restricted to completely cloud-free scenes as it is the case for the AOD retrieval.

When using OMAERUV products, it is necessary to consider Quality Assurance (QA) flags, particularly the Qafaf (final algorithm flags) flag that is reported in MAPSS and applied to Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Single Scattering Albedo(SSA), and Absorption Aerosol Optical Depth(AAOD) data sets. When comparing AOD from OMAERUV with other data sets, please use the flag 0 only. When comparing AAOD with other data sets, please use both flags 0 and 1. The meanings of these flag values are as the following:

• 0 - Most reliable (AAOD, SSA, and AOD)
• 1 - Reliable (AAOD only)
• 2 - Less reliable for all products

Note that some of the OMAERUV datasets provide data at several heights. These heights are the possible aerosol heights considered by the OMAERUV algorithm (the best-fitting height is reported in the FinalAerosolLayerHeight data set); thus, these data should not be treated as a vertical distribution of the aerosols.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
AAOD0354vh0.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 0.0 km at 354nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0388vh0.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 0.0 km at 388nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0500vh0.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 0.0 km at 550nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0354vh1.5	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 1.5 km at 354nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0388vh1.5	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 1.5 km at 388nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0500vh1.5	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 1.5 km at 550nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0354vh3.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 3.0 km at 354nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0388vh3.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 3.0 km at 388nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0500vh3.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 3.0 km at 550nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0354vh6.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 6.0 km at 354nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0388vh6.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 6.0 km at 388nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0500vh6.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 6.0 km at 550nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0354vh10.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 10.0 km at 354nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0388vh10.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 10.0 km at 388nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AAOD0500vh10.0	Absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) for 10.0 km at 550nm	AerosolAbsOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0354vh0.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 0.0 km at 354nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0388vh0.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 0.0 km at 388nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0500vh0.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 0.0 km at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0354vh1.5	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 1.5 km at 354nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0388vh1.5	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 1.5 km at 388nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0500vh1.5	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 1.5 km at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0354vh3.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 3.0 km at 354nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0388vh3.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 3.0 km at 388nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0500vh3.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 3.0 km at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0354vh6.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 6.0 km at 354nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0388vh6.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 6.0 km at 388nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0500vh6.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 6.0 km at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0354vh10.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 10.0 km at 354nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0388vh10.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 10.0 km at 388nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
AOD0500vh10.0	Aerosol optical depth (tau) for 10.0 km at 550nm	AerosolOpticalDepthVsHeight
SSA0354vh0.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 0.0 km at 354nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0388vh0.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 0.0 km at 388nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0500vh0.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 0.0 km at 550nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0354vh1.5	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 1.5 km at 354nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0388vh1.5	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 1.5 km at 388nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0500vh1.5	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 1.5 km at 550nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0354vh3.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 3.0 km at 354nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0388vh3.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 3.0 km at 388nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0500vh3.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 3.0 km at 550nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0354vh6.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 6.0 km at 354nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0388vh6.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 6.0 km at 388nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0500vh6.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 6.0 km at 550nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0354vh10.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 10.0 km at 354nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0388vh10.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 10.0 km at 388nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
SSA0500vh10.0	Single scattering albedo (omega1) for 10.0 km at 550nm	AerosolSingleScattAlbVsHeight
atype	Aerosol type	AerosolType
ALGflagvh0.0	Algorithm flags for 0.0km	AlgorithmFlagsVsHeight
ALGflagvh1.5	Algorithm flags for 1.5km	AlgorithmFlagsVsHeight
ALGflagvh3.0	Algorithm flags for 3.0km	AlgorithmFlagsVsHeight
ALGflagvh6.0	Algorithm flags for 6.0km	AlgorithmFlagsVsHeight
ALGflagvh10.0	Algorithm flags for 10.0km	AlgorithmFlagsVsHeight
AAOD0354fn	Best absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) at 354nm	FinalAerosolAbsOpticalDepth
AAOD0388fn	Best absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) at 388nm	FinalAerosolAbsOpticalDepth
AAOD0500fn	Best absorption aerosol optical depth (tau_abs) at 500nm	FinalAerosolAbsOpticalDepth
AEhightfn	Final aerosol layer height (km)	FinalAerosolLayerHeight
AOD0354fn	Best aerosol optical depth (tau) at 354nm	FinalAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0388fn	Best aerosol optical depth (tau) at 388nm	FinalAerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0500fn	Best aerosol optical depth (tau) at 500nm	FinalAerosolOpticalDepth
SSA0354fn	Best single scattering albedo (omega1) at 354nm	FinalAerosolSingleScattAlb
SSA0388fn	Best single scattering albedo (omega1) at 388nm	FinalAerosolSingleScattAlb
SSA0500fn	Best single scattering albedo (omega1) at 500nm	FinalAerosolSingleScattAlb
ALGflagfn	Final algorithm flags	FinalAlgorithmFlags
RIima0354vh0.0	Imaginary refractive index for 0.0 km at 354nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0388vh0.0	Imaginary refractive index for 0.0 km at 388nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0500vh0.0	Imaginary refractive index for 0.0 km at 550nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0354vh1.5	Imaginary refractive index for 1.5 km at 354nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0388vh1.5	Imaginary refractive index for 1.5 km at 388nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0500vh1.5	Imaginary refractive index for 1.5 km at 550nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0354vh3.0	Imaginary refractive index for 3.0 km at 354nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0388vh3.0	Imaginary refractive index for 3.0 km at 388nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0500vh3.0	Imaginary refractive index for 3.0 km at 550nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0354vh6.0	Imaginary refractive index for 6.0 km at 354nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0388vh6.0	Imaginary refractive index for 6.0 km at 388nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0500vh6.0	Imaginary refractive index for 6.0 km at 550nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0354vh10.0	Imaginary refractive index for 10.0 km at 354nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0388vh10.0	Imaginary refractive index for 10.0 km at 388nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RIima0500vh10.0	Imaginary refractive index for 10.0 km at 550nm	ImaRefractiveIndex
RadNorm0354	Normalized radiance at 354nm	NormRadiance
RadNorm0388	Normalized radiance at 388nm	NormRadiance
RadNorm0500	Normalized radiance at 500nm	NormRadiance
QF0354pix	Pixel quality flags at 354nm	PixelQualityFlags
QF0388pix	Pixel quality flags at 388nm	PixelQualityFlags
QF0500pix	Pixel quality flags at 500nm	PixelQualityFlags
Refl0354	Lambert equivalent reflectivity at 354nm	Reflectivity
Refl0388	Lambert equivalent reflectivity at 388nm	Reflectivity
Refl0500	Lambert equivalent reflectivity at 500nm	Reflectivity
SurfAlb0354	Surface albedo at 354nm	SurfaceAlbedo
SurfAlb0388	Surface albedo at 388nm	SurfaceAlbedo
SurfAlb0500	Surface albedo at 500nm	SurfaceAlbedo
AIuv	UV band aerosol index	UVAerosolIndex
AIvis	Visible band aerosol index	VISAerosolIndex
QFgrpix	Ground pixel quality flags	GroundPixelQualityFlags
lat	Geodetic latitude (deg)	Latitude
lon	Geodetic longitude (deg)	Longitude
RelativeAzimuth	Relative (sun + 181 - view) azimuth angle (deg)	RelativeAzimuthAngle
SolarAzimuth	Solar zenith angle (deg)	SolarZenithAngle
TerrainPressure	Terrain pressure (mbar)	TerrainPressure
SensorZenith	Viewing zenith angle (deg)	ViewingZenithAngle

POLDER

POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances) is a wide field-of-view imaging radiometer that provides systematic measurements of spectral, directional and polarized properties of solar radiation reflected by the Earth/atmosphere system. Since 1996, three POLDER instruments have flown: POLDER-1 onboard JAXA/ADEOS I (November 1996 - June 1997), POLDER-2 onboard JAXA/ADEOS-II (April 2003 - October 2003) and PARASOL onboard CNES/Myriade microsatellite within the A-train constellation (December 2004).

MAPSS supports two POLDER Level-2 aerosol data products: PxL2TLGC and PxL2TOGC, where 'x' can be either if 1, 2 or 3, representing iterations of the POLDER instruments. PxL2TLGC are Level-2 aerosol products over land, while PxL2TOGC are Level-2 aerosol products over ocean.

It should be noted that some of the POLDER datasets are a result of an inversion model fit and produced only for pixels with favorable viewing geometries and conditions. Thus, the quality of the fit should be considered when using the POLDER data; for this, it can be necessary to inspect the following data quality flags and indexes:

• QAviewgeom - this is a measurement quality index for viewing geometry conditions. The index is a real number in a range between 0 (bad) and 1(excellent). A low index indicates that many of the directional measurements of POLDER are missing or saturated, and might not be sufficient for the inversion.

• QAinv - this index is an indicator of the quality of the inversion fit. The index is a real number in a range between 0 (bad) and 1(excellent). The higher values of this index indicate that radiances obtained from the inversion models are in a good correspondence with the actual radiances measured by POLDER.

  For the land product, QAinv should be interpreted in relation with QAviewgeom: when QAviewgeom is low, it is easier to fit inversion radiances to measured radiances; however, such a fit might be inaccurate with respect to the actual atmospheric conditions. In such cases, data with high values of QAinv should be treated with extreme caution.

• pixQbits-l and pixQbits-o - bitfield flags representing a set of pixel quality and confidence data. These flags are 32-bit numbers, where each bit (or a combination of bits) represents a certain metric of the POLDER algorithm. By inspecting these flags, one may learn about result of the inversion, possible errors or difficulties encountered in this process, etc. Please note that the flags have different formats and convey different information for the land and the ocean products, as designated by the -l (land) and -o (ocean) suffixes.

PxL2TLGC

PxL2TLGC are Level-2 aerosol products over land.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
altpix	Pixel altitude from the DEM (Digital Elevation Model)	PixelAltitude
landPercent	Land percent in pixel: land (100%), mixed (50%), water (0%)	LandPercent
pixQbits-l	Bitfield representing a set of pixel quality and confidence data - land	PixelQualityBitfield
AODpol	Aerosol optical depth at 865 nm, corresponding to the polarized particles (mainly anthropogenic aerosols)	AerosolOpticalDepthPolarized
RIreal	Refractive index (real part), from aerosol model	RefractiveIndexReal
Aexp	Angstrom exponent, from aerosol model	AngstromExponent
AI	Aerosol index	AerosolIndex
AODmodel	Aerosol optical depth, from fixed model, at 865 nm	AerosolOpticalDepthModel
QAviewgeom	Measurement quality index for viewing geometry conditions (0-bad, 1-excellent)	QualityViewingGeometry
QAinv	Measurement quality (inversion quality) index for polarized reflectance fit (0-bad, 1-excellent)	QualityInversion

PxL2TOGC

PxL2TOGC are Level-2 aerosol products over ocean.

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
pixQbits-o	Bitfield representing a set of pixel quality and confidence data - ocean	PixelQualityBitfield
QAinv	QA indicator for the inversion fit, iq = (1 - DLavg/2E-3)	QualityInversion
SolarZenith	Solar zenith angle	SolarZenith
SSA0865	Single Scattering Albedo at 865 nm	SingleScatteringAlbedo
asymscat	Aerosol scattering asymmetry factor	AerosolScatteringAsymmetry
AI	Aerosol index	AerosolIndex
effr	Aerosol effective radius	EffectiveRadius
effrsm	Aerosol effective radius for small particles	EffectiveRadius
effrlg	Aerosol effective radius for large particles	EffectiveRadius
AOD0865	Aerosol optical depth at 865nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0670	Aerosol optical depth at 670nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0865sm	Aerosol optical depth for small particles at 865nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0670sm	Aerosol optical depth for small particles at 670nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0865lgsph	Aerosol optical depth for large spherical particles at 865nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
AOD0865lgns	Aerosol optical depth for large non-spherical particles at 865nm	AerosolOpticalDepth
Aexp0670-0865	Angstrom exponent for 670nm and 865nm	AngstromExponent
Aexp0670-0865sm	Angstrom exponent for 670nm and 865nm and small particles	AngstromExponent
FrAOD0865lgns	Relative contribution of non spherical particles in large mode, defined as AOD0865lgns/(AOD0865lgsph+AOD0865lgns)	FractionNonSphCoarseAerosolOpticalDepth
RIsm	Refractive index for small particles, only for AOD0865>0.02	RefractiveIndex
RIlg	Refractive index for large particles, only for AOD0865>0.02	RefractiveIndex
logbs0565	Logarithm of the backscattering (retrodiffusion) coefficient at 565nm	LogarithmBackscattering
logbs1020	Logarithm of the backscattering (retrodiffusion) coefficient at 1020nm	LogarithmBackscattering

 

CALIOP

CALIOP (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization) is a two-wavelength polarization-sensitive lidar on board of the CALIPSO (The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) satellite. The main distinctive feature of CALIOP is its ability to provide high-resolution vertical profiles of aerosols and clouds. Furthermore, unlike other sensors supported in MAPSS, CALIOP is capable of measuring aerosol properties during both daytime and nighttime.

05kmALay

05kmALay is a CALIOP product reporting aerosol properties for both vertical column (i.e., for the complete vertical span of the atmosphere) and distinct horizontal layers detected in this column.

While MAPSS samples column properties in a way that is similar to sampling other aerosol products, sampling of layer properties requires a special processing - please see the image below. To sample aerosol layer properties, MAPSS first identifies layers detected by CALIOP over a data point that is closest to the sampling location. For each of the identified layers, MAPSS checks if this layer spans over other data points in the sampling area. Finally, MAPSS computes its normal set of statistics on the full horizontal span of each of the detected layers.

Additional information about sampled layers is indicated by the following flags:

• In 05kmALay v.3, a single atmosphere column may include up to 8 layers; the actual number of layers detected over the central data point and used in MAPSS is reported in the MAPSS column "cNLayers", while the mode of the number of layers over all sampling data points is reported as "modeNLayers".
• The 05kmALay layers can be of two types: aerosols and stratospheric features; if at least one layer used in MAPSS sample over a particular location is identified as a stratospheric feature, MAPSS sets "flagStratFeature" to 1.
• The 05kmALay algorithm may decide to extend the base of a layer from an initially assigned altitude to a new lower altitude, which considerable affect the reported values of atmospheric properties; if at least one of the sampled layers is indicated as extended, MAPSS sets "flagBaseExtended" to 1.
• The "flagDay" is set to 1 if the sampled data was acquired during daytime conditions; it should be also noted that nighttime aerosol layer retrievals of CALIOP are considered to be more reliable than the daytime ones. 

For more information of CALIOP data usage, please refer to the CALIPSO user guide.

 

MAPSS Header	Explanations	Scientific Data Set (SDS)
latstart	Geodetic latitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - first of the 15 pulses	Latitude
latmiddle	Geodetic latitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - middle of the 15 pulses	Latitude
latend	Geodetic latitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - last of the 15 pulses	Latitude
lonstart	Longitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - first of the 15 pulses	Longitude
lonmiddle	Longitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - middle of the 15 pulses	Longitude
lonend	Longitude of the laser footprint on the Earth's surface - last of the 15 pulses	Longitude
daynight	This field indicates the lighting conditions at an altitude of ~24 km above mean sea level; 0 = day, 1 = night	Day_Night_Flag
offNadir	The angle, in degrees, between the viewing vector of the lidar and the nadir angle of the spacecraft	Off_Nadir_Angle
solz	The angle, in degrees, between the zenith at the lidar footprint on the surface and the line of sight to the sun	Solar_Zenith_Angle
sola	The azimuth angle, in degrees, from north of the line of sight to the sun	Solar_Azimuth_Angle
scangle	The angle, in degrees, between the lidar viewing vector and the line of sight to the sun	Scattering_Angle
reflcol0532pll	Bi-directional mean column reflectance derived from the root-mean-square (RMS) variation of the 532 nm parallel channel background measurements	Parallel_Column_Reflectance_532
uncreflcol0532pll	Not calculated for the current release; data products contain fill values in this field	Parallel_Column_Reflectance_Uncertainty_532
reflcol0532pllRMSvar	The root-mean-square (RMS) variation of the parallel channel reflectance values computed using the 15 samples that comprise a nominal 5-km horizontal swath of CALIOP lidar measurements	Parallel_Column_Reflectance_RMS_Variation_532
reflcol0532perp	Bi-directional mean column reflectance derived from the root-mean-square (RMS) variation of the 532 nm perpendicular channel background measurements	Perpendicular_Column_Reflectance_532
uncreflcol0532perp	Not calculated for the current release; data products contain fill values in this field	Perpendicular_Column_Reflectance_Uncertainty_532
reflcol0532perpRMSvar	The root-mean-square (RMS) variation of the perpendicular channel reflectance values computed using the 15 samples that comprise a nominal 5-km horizontal swath of CALIOP lidar measurements.	Perpendicular_Column_Reflectance_RMS_Variation_532
BSatt0532colint	The integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The limits of integration are from the onset of the backscatter signal at ~40-km, down to the range bin immediately prior to the surface elevation specified by the digital elevation map.	Column_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
cprobBSatt0532colint	The cumulative probability of measuring a total column integrated attenuated backscatter value equal to the value computed for the current profile	Column_IAB_Cumulative_Probability
COD0532col	Optical depth of all clouds detected within a 5 km averaged profile, obtained by integrating the 532 nm cloud extinction profile	Column_Optical_Depth_Cloud_532
uncCOD0532col	Estimated uncertainty in the Column Optical Depth Cloud 532 parameter	Column_Optical_Depth_Cloud_Uncertainty_532
AOD0532col	Optical depth of all aerosols detected within a 5 km averaged profile, obtained by integrating the 532 nm aerosol extinction profile	Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_532
uncAOD0532col	Estimated uncertainty in the Column Optical Depth Aerosol 532 parameter	Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_Uncertainty_532
SOD0532col	Optical depth of all stratospheric layers within a 5 km averaged profile, obtained by integrating the stratospheric particulate extinction coefficients reported at 532 nm	Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_532
uncSOD0532col	Estimated uncertainty in the Column Optical Depth Stratospheric 532 parameter	Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_Uncertainty_532
AOD1064col	Optical depth of all aerosols detected within a 5 km averaged profile, obtained by integrating the 1064 nm aerosol extinction profile	Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_1064
uncAOD1064col	Estimated uncertainty in the Column Optical Depth Aerosol 1064 parameter	Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_Uncertainty_1064
SOD1064col	Optical depth of all stratospheric layers within a 5 km averaged profile, obtained by integrating the stratospheric particulate extinction coefficients reported at 1064 nm	Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_1064
uncSOD1064col	Estimated uncertainty in the Column Optical Depth Stratospheric 1064 parameter	Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_Uncertainty_1064
Ffraccol	The fraction of the 5-km horizontally averaged profile, between 30-km and the DEM surface elevation, which has been identified as containing a feature (i.e., either a cloud, an aerosol, or a stratospheric layer)	Column_Feature_Fraction
TropopauseHeight	Tropopause height, in kilometers above local mean sea level, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Tropopause_Height
TropopauseTemp	Tropopause temperature, in degrees C, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Tropopause_Temperature
typeSfcIGBP	International Geosphere/Biosphere Programme (IGBP) classification of the surface type at the lidar footprint. The IGBP surface types reported by CALIPSO are the same as those used in the CERES/SARB surface map.	IGBP_Surface_Type
typeSfcNSIDC	Snow and ice coverage for the surface at the lidar footprint; data obtained from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).	NSIDC_Surface_Type
ElevSfcLdrUBmin	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Minimum of the upper boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrUBmax	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Maximum of the upper boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrUBmean	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Mean of the upper boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrUBsd	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Standard deviation of the upper boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrLBmin	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Minimum of the lower boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrLBmax	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Maximum of the lower boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrLBmean	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Mean of the lower boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcLdrLBsd	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, determined by analysis of the lidar backscatter signal. Standard deviation of the lower boundary of the surface echo.	Lidar_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcDEMmin	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, obtained from the GTOPO30 digital elevation map (DEM) - minimum value	DEM_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcDEMmax	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, obtained from the GTOPO30 digital elevation map (DEM) - maximum value	DEM_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcDEMmean	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, obtained from the GTOPO30 digital elevation map (DEM) - median value	DEM_Surface_Elevation
ElevSfcDEMsd	Surface elevation at the lidar footprint, in kilometers above local mean sea level, obtained from the GTOPO30 digital elevation map (DEM) - standard deviation of the values	DEM_Surface_Elevation
dfElevSfc	A bit-mapped 8-bit integer that reports both the horizontal averaging resolution at which the surface was originally detected and, where applicable, the frequency with which the surface was subsequently detected at the 1-km averaging resolution.	Surface_Elevation_Detection_Frequency
unc0532normc	Uncertainty in the 532nm calibration constant due solely to random error in the backscatter measurements in the calibration region; reported as a relative error (i.e., dC/C) in a N x 2 array	Normalization_Constant_Uncertainty
unc1064normc	Uncertainty in the 1064nm calibration constant due solely to random error in the backscatter measurements in the calibration region; reported as a relative error (i.e., dC/C) in a N x 2 array	Normalization_Constant_Uncertainty
altcal0532top	Top altitude, in kilometers above mean sea level, of the region of the atmosphere used for calibrating the 532nm parallel channel	Calibration_Altitude_532
altcal0532base	Base altitude, in kilometers above mean sea level, of the region of the atmosphere used for calibrating the 532nm parallel channel	Calibration_Altitude_532
QAFFinder	To generate data at a nominal 5 km horizontal resolution requires averaging 15 consecutive laser pulses. Value of 0 in a Nth bit of the 15 least significant bits of the flag indicates a feature was found for the Nth pulse.	FeatureFinderQC
nLayers	The number of aerosol layers found in this column	Number_Layers_Found
WSsurfzonal	Zonal surface wind speed, in meters per second, obtained from the GEOS-5 data product	Surface_Wind_Speed
WSsurfmerid	Meridional surface wind speed, in meters per second, obtained from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Altitude
AltLaytop1	Layer 1 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop2	Layer 2 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop3	Layer 3 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop4	Layer 4 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop5	Layer 5 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop6	Layer 6 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop7	Layer 7 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaytop8	Layer 8 top altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase1	Layer 1 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase2	Layer 2 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase3	Layer 3 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase4	Layer 4 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase5	Layer 5 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase6	Layer 6 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase7	Layer 7 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
AltLaybase8	Layer 8 base altitude reported in units of kilometers above mean sea level	Layer_Base_Altitude
extendLaybase1	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 1 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase2	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 2 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase3	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 3 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase4	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 4 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase5	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 5 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase6	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 6 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase7	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 7 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
extendLaybase8	A non-zero value indicates that the base of the layer 8 has been extended from the initial altitude assigned by the layer detection algorithm to a new, lower altitude lying three range bins (90 m) above the Earth's surface, and represent the layer's feature classification flags prior to the base being extended.	Layer_Base_Extended
PressLaytop1	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 1 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop2	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 2 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop3	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 3 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop4	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 4 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop5	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 5 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop6	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 6 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop7	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 7 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaytop8	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 8 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Pressure
PressLaymid1	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 1 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid2	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 2 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid3	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 3 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid4	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 4 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid5	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 5 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid6	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 6 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid7	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 7 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaymid8	Pressure, in hPa, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 8 in the vertical dimension; derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Pressure
PressLaybase1	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 1 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase2	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 2 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase3	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 3 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase4	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 4 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase5	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 5 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase6	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 6 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase7	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 7 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
PressLaybase8	Pressure, in hPa, at the layer 8 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Pressure
TempLaytop1	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 1 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop2	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 2 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop3	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 3 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop4	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 4 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop5	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 5 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop6	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 6 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop7	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 7 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaytop8	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 8 top altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Top_Temperature
TempLaymid1	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 1 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid2	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 2 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid3	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 3 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid4	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 4 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid5	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 5 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid6	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 6 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid7	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 7 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaymid8	Temperature, in degrees C, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 8 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Midlayer_Temperature
TempLaybase1	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 1 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase2	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 2 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase3	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 3 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase4	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 4 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase5	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 5 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase6	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 6 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase7	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 7 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
TempLaybase8	Temperature, in degrees C, at the layer 8 base altitude, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Layer_Base_Temperature
flagOpacity1	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 1 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity2	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 2 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity3	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 3 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity4	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 4 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity5	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 5 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity6	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 6 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity7	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 7 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
flagOpacity8	An opacity flag value of 1 indicates an opaque layer 8 (i.e., layer where backscatter signal becomes completely attenuated); values of 0 indicate a transparent layer	Opacity_Flag
avHorizontal1	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 1	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal2	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 2	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal3	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 3	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal4	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 4	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal5	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 5	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal6	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 6	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal7	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 7	Horizontal_Averaging
avHorizontal8	The amount of horizontal averaging required for a feature to be detected at layer 8	Horizontal_Averaging
BSatt0532int1	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 1	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int2	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 2	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int3	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 3	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int4	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 4	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int5	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 5	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int6	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 6	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int7	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 7	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532int8	The 532nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 8	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
uncBSatt0532int1	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 1 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int2	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 2 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int3	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 3 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int4	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 4 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int5	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 5 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int6	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 6 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int7	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 7 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
uncBSatt0532int8	The uncertainties reported for the 532nm layer 8 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_532
BSatt1064int1	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 1	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int2	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 2	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int3	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 3	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int4	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 4	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int5	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 5	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int6	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 6	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int7	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 7	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
BSatt1064int8	The 1064nm integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 8	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_1064
uncBSatt1064int1	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 1 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int2	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 2 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int3	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 3 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int4	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 4 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int5	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 5 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int6	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 6 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int7	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 7 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
uncBSatt1064int8	The uncertainties reported for the 1064nm layer 8 integrated attenuated backscatters provide an estimate of the random error in the backscatter signal	Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_Uncertainty_1064
VDRint1	The layer 1 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint2	The layer 2 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint3	The layer 3 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint4	The layer 4 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint5	The layer 5 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint6	The layer 6 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint7	The layer 7 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
VDRint8	The layer 8 integrated 532 nm volume depolarization ratio	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio
uncVDRint1	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 1 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint2	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 2 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint3	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 3 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint4	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 4 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint5	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 5 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint6	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 6 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint7	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 7 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncVDRint8	The uncertainties reported for the 532 nm layer 8 integrated volume depolarization ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., the 532 nm parallel and perpendicular signals within the feature)	Integrated_Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
TCRattint1	The layer 1 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint2	The layer 2 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint3	The layer 3 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint4	The layer 4 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint5	The layer 5 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint6	The layer 6 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint7	The layer 7 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
TCRattint8	The layer 8 integrated attenuated total color ratio	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio
uncTCRattint1	The uncertainties reported for the layer 1 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint2	The uncertainties reported for the layer 2 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint3	The uncertainties reported for the layer 3 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint4	The uncertainties reported for the layer 4 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint5	The uncertainties reported for the layer 5 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint6	The uncertainties reported for the layer 6 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint7	The uncertainties reported for the layer 7 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncTCRattint8	The uncertainties reported for the layer 8 integrated attenuated total color ratios provide an estimate of the total random error in the combined backscatter signals (i.e., at 532 nm and 1064 nm)	Integrated_Attenuated_Total_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
BSatt0532intovr1	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 1 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr2	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 2 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr3	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 3 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr4	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 4 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr5	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 5 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr6	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 6 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr7	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 7 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
BSatt0532intovr8	The overlying integrated attenuated backscatter is the integral with respect to altitude of the 532 nm total attenuated backscatter coefficients. The upper limit of integration is the first range bin in the measured signal profile, and the lower limit is the range bin immediately above the layer 8 top altitude.	Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
QAlayIABfctr1	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 1	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr2	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 2	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr3	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 3	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr4	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 4	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr5	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 5	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr6	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 6	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr7	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 7	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
QAlayIABfctr8	Defined as 1-F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter), where F(overlying integrated attenuated backscatter) is the cumulative probability of measuring a complete column integrated attenuated backscatter equal to the value of the overlying integrated attenuated backscatter for layer 8	Layer_IAB_QA_Factor
FlagFclass1	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 1	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass2	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 2	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass3	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 3	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass4	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 4	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass5	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 5	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass6	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 6	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass7	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 7	Feature_Classification_Flags
FlagFclass8	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report feature type, subtype, amount of horizontal averaging required for layer detection, and quality of classifications for layer 8	Feature_Classification_Flags
QA0532ext1	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 1	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext2	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 2	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext3	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 3	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext4	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 4	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext5	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 5	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext6	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 6	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext7	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 7	ExtinctionQC_532
QA0532ext8	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 532nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 8	ExtinctionQC_532
QA1064ext1	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 1	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext2	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 2	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext3	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 3	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext4	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 4	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext5	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 5	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext6	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 6	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext7	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 7	ExtinctionQC_1064
QA1064ext8	The 16-bit bit-mapped flags report various characteristics of the retrieval at 1064nm (e.g., constrained, no solution, etc.) for layer 8	ExtinctionQC_1064
CADscore1	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 1 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore2	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 2 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore3	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 3 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore4	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 4 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore5	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 5 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore6	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 6 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore7	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 7 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
CADscore8	The cloud-aerosol discrimination (CAD) score that provides a numerical confidence level for the classification of layer 8 by the CALIOP cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm. 100 indicates complete confidence for clouds, -100 indicates complete confidence for aerosols. Values outside of [-100,100] are special indicators.	CAD_Score
Ttwoway0532meas1	The measured value of the layer 1 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas2	The measured value of the layer 2 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas3	The measured value of the layer 3 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas4	The measured value of the layer 4 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas5	The measured value of the layer 5 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas6	The measured value of the layer 6 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas7	The measured value of the layer 7 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
Ttwoway0532meas8	The measured value of the layer 8 two-way transmittance (T^2) for isolated (i.e., not in contact with other layers or surface) transparent layers	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_532
uncTtwoway0532meas1	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 1, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas2	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 2, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas3	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 3, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas4	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 4, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas5	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 5, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas6	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 6, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas7	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 7, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
uncTtwoway0532meas8	The relative error in the two-way transmittance measurement for layer 8, calculated using standard techniques for error propagation in rationed quantities	Measured_Two_Way_Transmittance_Uncertainty_532
rgnTtwoway0532meas1up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 1; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas2up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 2; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas3up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 3; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas4up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 4; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas5up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 5; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas6up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 6; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas7up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 7; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas8up	Specifies the upper boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 8; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas1lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 1; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas2lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 2; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas3lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 3; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas4lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 4; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas5lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 5; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas6lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 6; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas7lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 7; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
rgnTtwoway0532meas8lw	Specifies the lower boundary for the "clear air" altitude region beneath layer 8; the mean attenuated scattering ratio that determines the layer two-way transmittance is calculated using this region	Two_Way_Transmittance_Measurement_Region
FOD0532_1	Reports estimates of layer 1 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_2	Reports estimates of layer 2 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_3	Reports estimates of layer 3 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_4	Reports estimates of layer 4 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_5	Reports estimates of layer 5 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_6	Reports estimates of layer 6 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_7	Reports estimates of layer 7 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
FOD0532_8	Reports estimates of layer 8 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_532
uncFOD0532_1	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 1 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_2	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 2 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_3	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 3 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_4	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 4 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_5	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 5 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_6	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 6 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_7	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 7 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
uncFOD0532_8	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 8 optical depth at 532nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_532
LR0532ini1	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 1 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini2	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 2 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini3	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 3 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini4	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 4 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini5	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 5 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini6	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 6 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini7	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 7 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532ini8	Initial estimate of the lidar ratio for layer 8 before the extinction processing at 532nm	Initial_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin1	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 1 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin2	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 2 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin3	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 3 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin4	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 4 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin5	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 5 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin6	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 6 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin7	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 7 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
LR0532fin8	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 8 at 532nm	Final_532_Lidar_Ratio
smethodLR0532_1	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 1 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_2	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 2 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_3	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 3 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_4	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 4 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_5	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 5 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_6	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 6 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_7	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 7 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
smethodLR0532_8	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 8 at 532nm	Lidar_Ratio_532_Selection_Method
MSFlay0532eff1	The layer 1 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff2	The layer 2 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff3	The layer 3 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff4	The layer 4 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff5	The layer 5 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff6	The layer 6 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff7	The layer 7 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay0532eff8	The layer 8 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 532nm	Layer_Effective_532_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
PDRint1	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 1	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint2	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 2	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint3	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 3	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint4	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 4	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint5	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 5	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint6	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 6	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint7	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 7	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
PDRint8	The particulate depolarization ratio represents the contribution to the volume depolarization ratio that is due only to the cloud and/or aerosol particles within the layer 8	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio
uncPDRint1	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 1 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint2	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 2 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint3	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 3 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint4	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 4 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint5	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 5 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint6	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 6 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint7	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 7 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPDRint8	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 8 integrated particulate depolarization ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty
FOD1064_1	Reports estimates of layer 1 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_2	Reports estimates of layer 2 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_3	Reports estimates of layer 3 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_4	Reports estimates of layer 4 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_5	Reports estimates of layer 5 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_6	Reports estimates of layer 6 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_7	Reports estimates of layer 7 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
FOD1064_8	Reports estimates of layer 8 (i.e., aerosol or stratospheric feature) optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_1064
uncFOD1064_1	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 1 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_2	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 2 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_3	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 3 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_4	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 4 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_5	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 5 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_6	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 6 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_7	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 7 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
uncFOD1064_8	Estimated uncertainty in the layer 8 optical depth at 1064nm	Feature_Optical_Depth_Uncertainty_1064
LR1064ini1	Layer 1 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini2	Layer 2 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini3	Layer 3 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini4	Layer 4 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini5	Layer 5 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini6	Layer 6 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini7	Layer 7 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064ini8	Layer 8 initial estimate of the lidar ratio before the extinction processing at 1064nm	Initial_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin1	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 1 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin2	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 2 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin3	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 3 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin4	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 4 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin5	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 5 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin6	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 6 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin7	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 7 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
LR1064fin8	Lidar ratio in use at the conclusion of the extinction processing for layer 8 at 1064nm	Final_1064_Lidar_Ratio
smethodLR1064_1	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 1 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_2	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 2 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_3	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 3 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_4	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 4 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_5	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 5 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_6	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 6 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_7	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 7 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
smethodLR1064_8	Flag specifying the internal procedure used to select the initial lidar ratio for layer 8 at 1064nm	Lidar_Ratio_1064_Selection_Method
MSFlay1064eff1	The layer 1 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff2	The layer 2 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff3	The layer 3 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff4	The layer 4 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff5	The layer 5 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff6	The layer 6 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff7	The layer 7 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
MSFlay1064eff8	The layer 8 effective multiple scattering factors are the values range between 0 and 1; 1 corresponds to the limit of single scattering only; smaller values indicate increasing contributions to the backscatter signal from multiple scattering at 1064nm	Layer_Effective_1064_Multiple_Scattering_Factor
PCRint1	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 1	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint2	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 2	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint3	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 3	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint4	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 4	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint5	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 5	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint6	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 6	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint7	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 7	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
PCRint8	The integrated particulate color ratio is a post-extinction quantity, calculated from ratio of the particulate backscatter coefficients at the two wavelengths, each summed over the vertical extent of the layer 8	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio
uncPCRint1	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 1 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint2	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 2 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint3	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 3 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint4	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 4 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint5	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 5 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint6	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 6 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint7	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 7 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
uncPCRint8	Uncertainty associated with the estimate of the layer 8 integrated particulate backscatter color ratio	Integrated_Particulate_Color_Ratio_Uncertainty
RH1	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 1 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH2	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 2 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH3	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 3 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH4	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 4 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH5	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 5 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH6	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 6 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH7	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 7 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
RH8	Relative humidity, in percent, at the geometric midpoint of the layer 8 in the vertical dimension, derived from the GEOS-5 data product	Relative_Humidity
CCFsshot1	The fraction of the nominal layer 1 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot2	The fraction of the nominal layer 2 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot3	The fraction of the nominal layer 3 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot4	The fraction of the nominal layer 4 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot5	The fraction of the nominal layer 5 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot6	The fraction of the nominal layer 6 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot7	The fraction of the nominal layer 7 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction
CCFsshot8	The fraction of the nominal layer 8 area that was removed by the cloud clearing process	Single_Shot_Cloud_Cleared_Fraction