File name: Pandora34s1_MountainViewCA_20250201_L2Fit_fwvt1c4d20240215p1-8.txt
File generation date: 20250202T083140.3Z
Data description: Level 2 spectral fitting results file
Data file version: fwvt1c4p1-8
Local principal investigator: Nader Abuhassan
Network principal investigator: Alexander Cede
Instrument type: Pandora
Instrument number: 34
Spectrometer number: 1
Processing software version used: BlickP v1.8.70
Instrument operation file used: Pandora34_OF_v3d20191105.txt
Instrument calibration file used: Pandora34s1_CF_v4d20240215.txt
Level 1 file used: Pandora34s1_MountainViewCA_20250201_L1_smca1c4d20240215p1-8.txt
Full location name: Ames Research Center
Short location name: MountainViewCA
Country of location: United States
Location latitude [deg]: 37.4200
Location longitude [deg]: -122.0568
Location altitude [m]: 50
Local noon date: 20250201
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: None
First and last pixel inside fitting window: 1682 1832
Nominal wavelengths inside fitting window [nm]: 492.0998 492.2201 492.3404 492.4607 492.5809 492.7011 492.8213 492.9415 493.0617 493.1819 493.3020 493.4222 493.5423 493.6624 493.7825 493.9025 494.0226 494.1426 494.2626 494.3826 494.5026 494.6226 494.7425 494.8625 494.9824 495.1023 495.2222 495.3420 495.4619 495.5817 495.7015 495.8213 495.9411 496.0609 496.1807 496.3004 496.4201 496.5398 496.6595 496.7792 496.8988 497.0185 497.1381 497.2577 497.3773 497.4969 497.6164 497.7360 497.8555 497.9750 498.0945 498.2140 498.3334 498.4529 498.5723 498.6917 498.8111 498.9305 499.0498 499.1692 499.2885 499.4078 499.5271 499.6464 499.7657 499.8849 500.0041 500.1233 500.2425 500.3617 500.4809 500.6000 500.7192 500.8383 500.9574 501.0764 501.1955 501.3146 501.4336 501.5526 501.6716 501.7906 501.9096 502.0285 502.1474 502.2664 502.3853 502.5041 502.6230 502.7419 502.8607 502.9795 503.0983 503.2171 503.3359 503.4546 503.5733 503.6921 503.8108 503.9295 504.0481 504.1668 504.2854 504.4040 504.5226 504.6412 504.7598 504.8783 504.9969 505.1154 505.2339 505.3524 505.4709 505.5893 505.7078 505.8262 505.9446 506.0630 506.1814 506.2997 506.4180 506.5364 506.6547 506.7730 506.8912 507.0095 507.1277 507.2460 507.3642 507.4824 507.6005 507.7187 507.8368 507.9550 508.0731 508.1912 508.3092 508.4273 508.5453 508.6634 508.7814 508.8994 509.0173 509.1353 509.2532 509.3712 509.4891 509.6070 509.7249 509.8427 509.9606
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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: Water vapor slant column amount [moles per square meter], -9e99=fitting not successful
Column 23: Independent uncertainty of water vapor 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 water vapor 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 water vapor 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 water vapor 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: Water vapor effective temperature [K]
Column 28: Independent uncertainty of water vapor 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 water vapor 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 water vapor 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 water vapor fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful
Column 32: Diffuse correction applied before fitting at effective fitting wavelength for water vapor [%], 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: Ozone slant column amount [moles per square meter], -9e99=fitting not successful
Column 45: 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 46: 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 47: 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 48: 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 49: Ozone effective temperature [K]
Column 50: 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 51: 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 52: 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 53: Effective ozone fitting wavelength [nm], -9=fitting not successful
Column 54: 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 55: Molecular scattering air mass factor used for molecular scattering subtraction before the fitting
Column 56: Estimated uncertainty of molecular scattering air mass factor, -9=molecular scattering was not subtracted before the fitting
Column 57: Lower limit used for wavelength scaling [nm]
Column 58: Upper limit used for wavelength scaling [nm]
Column 59: Order of smoothing polynomial
Column 60: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0
Column 61: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 62: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 63: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 64: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 65: Smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1
Column 66: Independent uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful
Column 67: Structured uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful
Column 68: Common uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful
Column 69: rms-based uncertainty of smoothing polynomial coefficient, order 1, -9=fitting not successful
Column 70: Mean value of measured data inside fitting window [same units as measurements]
Column 71: Wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0
Column 72: Independent uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 73: Structured uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 74: Common uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 75: rms-based uncertainty of wavelength change polynomial coefficient, order 0, -9=fitting not successful
Column 76: L1 based wavelength change coefficient, order 0, -9=no L1 wavelength change determination
Column 77: L1 based wavelength change coefficient, order 1, -9=no L1 wavelength change determination
Column 78: 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 79: 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 80: 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 81: 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 82: 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 83: 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 84: Atmospheric variability [%], 999=no atmospheric variability was determined
Column 85: Wavelength effective temperature [°C], 999=no effective temperature given
Column 86: Estimated average residual stray light level [%] (only valid for stray light correction methods 2 and higher)
Column 87: Retrieved wavelength shift from L1 data [nm], -9=no wavelength change determination
Column 88: Retrieved total wavelength shift [nm], -9=no wavelength change fitting
Column 89: Number of bright count cycles
Column 90: Number of dark count cycles
Column 91: Effective position of filterwheel #1, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions
Column 92: Effective position of filterwheel #2, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions
Column 93: Sum over 2^i, 0=spectra were interpolated in time, 1=spectra are corrected for off-target signal
Column 94: Integration time [ms]
Column 95: Temperature at electronics board [°C], 999=no temperature signal
Column 96: Spectrometer control temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal
Column 97: Auxiliary spectrometer temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal
Column 98: Temperature in head sensor [°C], 999=no temperature signal
Column 99: Humidity in head sensor [%], -9=no humidity signal
Column 100: Pressure in head sensor [hPa], -9=no pressure signal
Columns 101-251: Unweighted slant column residuals for each pixel inside the fitting window multiplied by 1e5, 9e5=pixel was not used for fitting
Columns 252-402: 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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