File name: Pandora252s1_BoulderCO-NCAR_20250609_L2Fit_ffuh5c3d20230118p1-8.txt File generation date: 20250731T081438.1Z Data description: Level 2 spectral fitting results file Data file version: ffuh5c3p1-8 Local principal investigator: Tom Hanisco Network principal investigator: Alexander Cede Instrument type: Pandora Instrument number: 252 Spectrometer number: 1 Processing software version used: BlickP v1.8.75 Instrument operation file used: Pandora252_OF_v2d20221123.txt Instrument calibration file used: Pandora252s1_CF_v3d20230118.txt Level 1 file used: Pandora252s1_BoulderCO-NCAR_20250609_L1_smca1c3d20230118p1-8.txt Full location name: National Center for Atmospheric Research Short location name: BoulderCO-NCAR Country of location: United States Location latitude [deg]: 40.0375 Location longitude [deg]: -105.2420 Location altitude [m]: 1616 Local noon date: 20250609 Notes on s-number (L1 configuration): Corrections NOT applied although requested by the s-number are latency correction, matrix method stray light correction (replaced by simple method) Data caveats: Updated OoB with correct parameters based on session 2 First and last pixel inside fitting window: 360 580 Nominal wavelengths inside fitting window [nm]: 328.6173 328.7564 328.8954 329.0344 329.1734 329.3124 329.4514 329.5904 329.7294 329.8683 330.0072 330.1462 330.2851 330.4240 330.5629 330.7018 330.8406 330.9795 331.1183 331.2572 331.3960 331.5348 331.6736 331.8124 331.9512 332.0899 332.2287 332.3674 332.5061 332.6449 332.7836 332.9223 333.0609 333.1996 333.3383 333.4769 333.6155 333.7542 333.8928 334.0314 334.1700 334.3085 334.4471 334.5856 334.7242 334.8627 335.0012 335.1397 335.2782 335.4167 335.5552 335.6936 335.8321 335.9705 336.1089 336.2473 336.3857 336.5241 336.6625 336.8009 336.9392 337.0775 337.2159 337.3542 337.4925 337.6308 337.7691 337.9073 338.0456 338.1838 338.3221 338.4603 338.5985 338.7367 338.8749 339.0130 339.1512 339.2893 339.4275 339.5656 339.7037 339.8418 339.9799 340.1180 340.2560 340.3941 340.5321 340.6702 340.8082 340.9462 341.0842 341.2222 341.3601 341.4981 341.6360 341.7740 341.9119 342.0498 342.1877 342.3256 342.4634 342.6013 342.7391 342.8770 343.0148 343.1526 343.2904 343.4282 343.5660 343.7037 343.8415 343.9792 344.1169 344.2547 344.3924 344.5301 344.6677 344.8054 344.9431 345.0807 345.2183 345.3559 345.4935 345.6311 345.7687 345.9063 346.0438 346.1814 346.3189 346.4564 346.5940 346.7314 346.8689 347.0064 347.1439 347.2813 347.4187 347.5562 347.6936 347.8310 347.9684 348.1057 348.2431 348.3804 348.5178 348.6551 348.7924 348.9297 349.0670 349.2043 349.3416 349.4788 349.6160 349.7533 349.8905 350.0277 350.1649 350.3021 350.4392 350.5764 350.7135 350.8506 350.9878 351.1249 351.2620 351.3990 351.5361 351.6732 351.8102 351.9472 352.0842 352.2212 352.3582 352.4952 352.6322 352.7691 352.9061 353.0430 353.1799 353.3168 353.4537 353.5906 353.7275 353.8643 354.0012 354.1380 354.2748 354.4116 354.5484 354.6852 354.8220 354.9587 355.0955 355.2322 355.3689 355.5057 355.6423 355.7790 355.9157 356.0524 356.1890 356.3256 356.4623 356.5989 356.7355 356.8720 357.0086 357.1452 357.2817 357.4182 357.5548 357.6913 357.8278 357.9643 358.1007 358.2372 358.3736 358.5101 358.6465 358.7829 358.9193 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Column 1: Two letter code of measurement routine Column 2: UT date and time for center-time of measurement, yyyymmddThhmmssZ (ISO 8601) Column 3: Fractional days since 1-Jan-2000 midnight for center-time of measurement Column 4: Routine count (1 for the first routine of the day, 2 for the second, etc.) Column 5: Repetition count (1 for the first set in the routine, 2 for the second, etc.) Column 6: Total duration of measurement set in seconds Column 7: Data processing type index Column 8: Solar zenith angle for center-time of measurement in degree Column 9: Solar azimuth for center-time of measurement in degree, 0=north, increases clockwise Column 10: Lunar zenith angle for center-time of measurement in degree Column 11: Lunar azimuth for center-time of measurement in degree, 0=north, increases clockwise Column 12: Pointing zenith angle in degree, absolute or relative (see next column), 999=tracker not used Column 13: Zenith pointing mode: zenith angle is... 0=absolute, 1=relative to sun, 2=relative to moon Column 14: Pointing azimuth in degree, increases clockwise, absolute (0=north) or relative (see next column), 999=tracker not used Column 15: Azimuth pointing mode: like zenith angle mode but also fixed scattering angles relative to sun (3) or moon (4) Column 16: Fitting result index: 0=no error or warning, 1, 2=warning, >2=error Column 17: Number of function evaluations used, 0=linear fitting or fitting not successful or no fitting done Column 18: rms of unweighted fitting residuals, -9=fitting not successful Column 19: Normalized rms of fitting residuals weighted with independent uncertainty, -9=fitting not successful or no uncertainty used Column 20: Expected rms based on independent uncertainty, -9=fitting not successful or no uncertainty given Column 21: Expected normalized weighted rms based on independent uncertainty, -9=fitting not successful or no uncertainty given Column 22: Formaldehyde slant column amount [moles per square meter], -9e99=fitting not successful Column 23: Independent uncertainty of formaldehyde slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 24: Structured uncertainty of formaldehyde slant column amount [moles per square meter], -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 25: Common uncertainty of formaldehyde slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 26: rms-based uncertainty of formaldehyde slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no rms-based uncertainty could be retrieved, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 27: Formaldehyde effective temperature [K] Column 28: Independent uncertainty of formaldehyde effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 29: Structured uncertainty of formaldehyde effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 30: Common uncertainty of formaldehyde effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no common uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 31: Effective formaldehyde fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful Column 32: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective fitting wavelength for formaldehyde [%], 0=no diffuse correction applied or fitting not requested, >0=measured diffuse correction, <0=(negative value of) calculated diffuse correction Column 33: Nitrogen dioxide slant column amount [moles per square meter], -9e99=fitting not successful Column 34: Independent uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 35: Structured uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide slant column amount [moles per square meter], -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 36: Common uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 37: rms-based uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no rms-based uncertainty could be retrieved, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 38: Nitrogen dioxide effective temperature [K] Column 39: Independent uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 40: Structured uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 41: Common uncertainty of nitrogen dioxide effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no common uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 42: Effective nitrogen dioxide fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful Column 43: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective fitting wavelength for nitrogen dioxide [%], 0=no diffuse correction applied or fitting not requested, >0=measured diffuse correction, <0=(negative value of) calculated diffuse correction Column 44: Oxygen dimer slant column amount [moles squared per meter to the 5th], -9e99=fitting not successful Column 45: Independent uncertainty of oxygen dimer slant column amount [moles squared per meter to the 5th], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 46: Structured uncertainty of oxygen dimer slant column amount [moles squared per meter to the 5th], -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 47: Common uncertainty of oxygen dimer slant column amount [moles squared per meter to the 5th], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 48: rms-based uncertainty of oxygen dimer slant column amount [moles squared per meter to the 5th], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no rms-based uncertainty could be retrieved, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 49: Oxygen dimer effective temperature [K] Column 50: Independent uncertainty of oxygen dimer effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 51: Structured uncertainty of oxygen dimer effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 52: Common uncertainty of oxygen dimer effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no common uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 53: Effective oxygen dimer fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful Column 54: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective fitting wavelength for oxygen dimer [%], 0=no diffuse correction applied or fitting not requested, >0=measured diffuse correction, <0=(negative value of) calculated diffuse correction Column 55: Ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -9e99=fitting not successful Column 56: Independent uncertainty of ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 57: Structured uncertainty of ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 58: Common uncertainty of ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -7=not given since method "MEAS" was chosen, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 59: rms-based uncertainty of ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -1=cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no rms-based uncertainty could be retrieved, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 60: Ozone effective temperature [K] Column 61: Independent uncertainty of ozone effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no independent uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -5=no independent uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 62: Structured uncertainty of ozone effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 63: Common uncertainty of ozone effective temperature [K], -1=temperature fitting was requested, but cross section is zero in this wavelength range, -2=no temperature fitting was requested and output for effective temperature and structured uncertainty of it is based on f-code, -3=spectral fitting was done, but no common uncertainty could be retrieved, -4=temperature fitting was requested, but differential optical depth is too small to retrieve the temperature, -6=no common uncertainty input was given, -9=spectral fitting not successful Column 64: Effective ozone fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful Column 65: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective fitting wavelength for ozone [%], 0=no diffuse correction applied or fitting not requested, >0=measured diffuse correction, <0=(negative value of) calculated diffuse correction Column 66: Fitted Ring spectrum, -9e99=no fitting done or fitting not successful Column 67: Independent uncertainty of fitted Ring spectrum, -9=fitting not successful Column 68: Structured uncertainty of fitted Ring spectrum, -9=fitting not successful Column 69: Common uncertainty of fitted Ring spectrum, -9=fitting not successful Column 70: rms-based uncertainty of fitted Ring spectrum, -9=fitting not successful Column 71: Effective Ring fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not done or not successful Column 72: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective Ring fitting wavelength [%], 0=no diffuse correction applied, >0=measured diffuse correction, <0=(negative value of) calculated diffuse correction Column 73: Lower limit used for wavelength scaling [nm] Column 74: Upper limit used for wavelength scaling [nm] Column 75: Order of smoothing polynomial Column 76: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0 Column 77: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 78: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 79: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 80: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 81: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1 Column 82: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 83: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 84: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 85: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 86: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 2 Column 87: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 2, -9=fitting not successful Column 88: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 2, -9=fitting not successful Column 89: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 2, -9=fitting not successful Column 90: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 2, -9=fitting not successful Column 91: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 3 Column 92: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 3, -9=fitting not successful Column 93: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 3, -9=fitting not successful Column 94: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 3, -9=fitting not successful Column 95: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 3, -9=fitting not successful Column 96: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 4 Column 97: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 4, -9=fitting not successful Column 98: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 4, -9=fitting not successful Column 99: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 4, -9=fitting not successful Column 100: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 4, -9=fitting not successful Column 101: Mean value of measured data inside fitting window [same units as measurements] Column 102: Offset polynomial coefficient, order 0 Column 103: Independent uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 104: Structured uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 105: Common uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 106: rms-based uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 107: Offset polynomial coefficient, order 1 Column 108: Independent uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 109: Structured uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 110: Common uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 111: rms-based uncertainty of offset polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 112: Wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0 Column 113: Independent uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 114: Structured uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 115: Common uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 116: rms-based uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful Column 117: Wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 1 Column 118: Independent uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 119: Structured uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 120: Common uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 121: rms-based uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful Column 122: L1 based wavelength change coefficient, order 0, -9=no L1 wavelength change determination Column 123: L1 based wavelength change coefficient, order 1, -9=no L1 wavelength change determination Column 124: L2Fit data quality flag: 0=assured high quality, 1=assured medium quality, 2=assured low quality, 10=not-assured high quality, 11=not-assured medium quality, 12=not-assured low quality Column 125: Sum over 2^i using those i, for which the corresponding L2Fit data quality parameter exceeds the DQ1 limit, 0=L1 data quality above 0, 1=Spectral fitting was not successful, 2=Wavelength shift too large, 3=Normalized rms of fitting residuals weighted with independent uncertainty too large Column 126: Sum over 2^i using those i, for which the corresponding L2Fit data quality parameter exceeds the DQ2 limit (same parameters as for DQ1) Column 127: L1 data quality flag: 0=assured high quality, 1=assured medium quality, 2=assured low quality, 10=not-assured high quality, 11=not-assured medium quality, 12=not-assured low quality Column 128: Sum over 2^i using those i, for which the corresponding L1 data quality parameter exceeds the DQ1 limit, 0=Saturated data, 1=Too few dark counts measurements, 2=No temperature given or effective temperature too different from the reference temperature, 3=Dark count too high, 4=Unsuccessful dark background fitting, 5=The dark count differs significantly from the dark map for too many pixels, 6=Absolute value of estimated average residual stray light level too high, 7=Although attempted, no wavelength change could be retrieved, 8=Absolute value of retrieved wavelength shift too large, 9=Retrieved wavelength shift differs too much from the shift predicted by the effective temperature Column 129: Sum over 2^i using those i, for which the corresponding L1 data quality parameter exceeds the DQ2 limit (same parameters as for DQ1) Column 130: Atmospheric variability [%], 999=no atmospheric variability was determined Column 131: Wavelength effective temperature [°C], 999=no effective temperature given Column 132: Estimated average residual stray light level [%] (only valid for stray light correction methods 2 and higher) Column 133: Retrieved wavelength shift from L1 data [nm], -9=no wavelength change determination Column 134: Retrieved total wavelength shift [nm], -9=no wavelength change fitting Column 135: Number of bright count cycles Column 136: Number of dark count cycles Column 137: Effective position of filterwheel #1, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions Column 138: Effective position of filterwheel #2, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions Column 139: Sum over 2^i, 0=spectra were interpolated in time, 1=spectra are corrected for off-target signal Column 140: Integration time [ms] Column 141: Temperature at electronics board [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 142: Spectrometer control temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 143: Auxiliary spectrometer temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 144: Temperature in head sensor [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 145: Humidity in head sensor [%], -9=no humidity signal Column 146: Pressure in head sensor [hPa], -9=no pressure signal Columns 147-367: Unweighted slant column residuals for each pixel inside the fitting window multiplied by 1e5, 9e5=pixel was not used for fitting Columns 368-588: Normalized slant column residuals weighted with independent instrumental uncertainty for each pixel inside the fitting window multiplied by 1e5, 9e5=pixel was not used for fitting, 0=no independent instrumental uncertainty was given 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