File name: Pandora159s1_Wakkerstroom_20231012_L2Fit_fwvt1c3d20201207p1-8.txt File generation date: 20231014T192959.3Z Data description: Level 2 spectral fitting results file Data file version: fwvt1c3p1-8 Local principal investigator: Refilwe Kai Network principal investigator: Alexander Cede Instrument type: Pandora Instrument number: 159 Spectrometer number: 1 Processing software version used: BlickP v1.8.49 Instrument operation file used: Pandora159_OF_v6d20191004.txt Instrument calibration file used: Pandora159s1_CF_v3d20201207.txt Level 1 file used: Pandora159s1_Wakkerstroom_20231012_L1_smca1c3d20201207p1-8.txt Full location name: Global Change Institute, University of Witwatersrand field site in Wakkerstroom Short location name: Wakkerstroom Country of location: South Africa Location latitude [deg]: -27.3493 Location longitude [deg]: 30.1438 Location altitude [m]: 1760 Local noon date: 20231012 Notes on s-number (L1 configuration): Corrections NOT applied although requested by the s-number are dark map for dark correction (replaced by immediate dark method), latency correction, matrix method stray light correction (replaced by simple method) Data caveats: None First and last pixel inside fitting window: 1645 1794 Nominal wavelengths inside fitting window [nm]: 492.1099 492.2308 492.3516 492.4724 492.5932 492.7140 492.8348 492.9556 493.0763 493.1970 493.3177 493.4384 493.5591 493.6797 493.8004 493.9210 494.0416 494.1622 494.2828 494.4033 494.5238 494.6444 494.7649 494.8853 495.0058 495.1263 495.2467 495.3671 495.4875 495.6079 495.7283 495.8486 495.9690 496.0893 496.2096 496.3299 496.4501 496.5704 496.6906 496.8108 496.9310 497.0512 497.1714 497.2915 497.4116 497.5317 497.6518 497.7719 497.8920 498.0120 498.1321 498.2521 498.3721 498.4920 498.6120 498.7319 498.8519 498.9718 499.0917 499.2115 499.3314 499.4512 499.5711 499.6909 499.8106 499.9304 500.0502 500.1699 500.2896 500.4093 500.5290 500.6487 500.7683 500.8880 501.0076 501.1272 501.2468 501.3663 501.4859 501.6054 501.7249 501.8444 501.9639 502.0833 502.2028 502.3222 502.4416 502.5610 502.6804 502.7997 502.9191 503.0384 503.1577 503.2770 503.3963 503.5155 503.6348 503.7540 503.8732 503.9924 504.1115 504.2307 504.3498 504.4689 504.5880 504.7071 504.8261 504.9452 505.0642 505.1832 505.3022 505.4212 505.5401 505.6591 505.7780 505.8969 506.0158 506.1346 506.2535 506.3723 506.4911 506.6099 506.7287 506.8475 506.9662 507.0849 507.2036 507.3223 507.4410 507.5597 507.6783 507.7969 507.9155 508.0341 508.1527 508.2712 508.3897 508.5083 508.6267 508.7452 508.8637 508.9821 509.1005 509.2190 509.3373 509.4557 509.5741 509.6924 509.8107 509.9290 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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 78: 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 79: 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 80: 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 81: 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 82: 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 83: Atmospheric variability [%], 999=no atmospheric variability was determined Column 84: Wavelength effective temperature [°C], 999=no effective temperature given Column 85: Estimated average residual stray light level [%] (only valid for stray light correction methods 2 and higher) Column 86: Retrieved wavelength shift from L1 data [nm], -9=no wavelength change determination Column 87: Retrieved total wavelength shift [nm], -9=no wavelength change fitting Column 88: Number of bright count cycles Column 89: Number of dark count cycles Column 90: Effective position of filterwheel #1, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions Column 91: Effective position of filterwheel #2, 0=filterwheel not used, 1-9 are valid positions Column 92: Sum over 2^i, 0=spectra were interpolated in time, 1=spectra are corrected for off-target signal Column 93: Integration time [ms] Column 94: Spectrometer control temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 95: Auxiliary spectrometer temperature [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 96: Temperature in head sensor [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 97: Temperature at electronics board 1 [°C], 999=no temperature signal Column 98: Temperature at electronics board 2 [°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 101-250: Unweighted slant column residuals for each pixel inside the fitting window multiplied by 1e5, 9e5=pixel was not used for fitting Columns 251-400: 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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