File name: Pandora252s1_BoulderCO-NCAR_20260722_L2Fit_fwvt1c5d20260330p1-8.txt
File generation date: 20260731T153903.4Z
Data description: Level 2 spectral fitting results file
Data file version: fwvt1c5p1-8
Local principal investigator: 
Network principal investigator: Alexander Cede
Instrument type: Pandora
Instrument number: 252
Spectrometer number: 1
Processing software version used: BlickP v1.8.88
Instrument operation file used: Pandora252_OF_v1d20260327.txt
Instrument calibration file used: Pandora252s1_CF_v5d20260330.txt
Level 1 file used: Pandora252s1_BoulderCO-NCAR_20260722_L1_smca1c5d20260330p1-8.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: 20260722
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: Oob-data based on session 4
First and last pixel inside fitting window: 1611 1760
Nominal wavelengths inside fitting window [nm]: 492.0471 492.1682 492.2892 492.4103 492.5313 492.6524 492.7734 492.8944 493.0153 493.1363 493.2572 493.3781 493.4991 493.6199 493.7408 493.8617 493.9825 494.1033 494.2241 494.3449 494.4657 494.5864 494.7072 494.8279 494.9486 495.0693 495.1899 495.3106 495.4312 495.5518 495.6724 495.7930 495.9136 496.0341 496.1546 496.2752 496.3956 496.5161 496.6366 496.7570 496.8774 496.9979 497.1182 497.2386 497.3590 497.4793 497.5996 497.7199 497.8402 497.9605 498.0808 498.2010 498.3212 498.4414 498.5616 498.6818 498.8019 498.9220 499.0422 499.1623 499.2823 499.4024 499.5224 499.6425 499.7625 499.8825 500.0025 500.1224 500.2424 500.3623 500.4822 500.6021 500.7219 500.8418 500.9616 501.0815 501.2013 501.3210 501.4408 501.5606 501.6803 501.8000 501.9197 502.0394 502.1591 502.2787 502.3983 502.5179 502.6375 502.7571 502.8767 502.9962 503.1157 503.2352 503.3547 503.4742 503.5937 503.7131 503.8325 503.9519 504.0713 504.1907 504.3100 504.4293 504.5487 504.6680 504.7872 504.9065 505.0257 505.1450 505.2642 505.3834 505.5025 505.6217 505.7408 505.8600 505.9791 506.0982 506.2172 506.3363 506.4553 506.5743 506.6933 506.8123 506.9313 507.0502 507.1691 507.2881 507.4069 507.5258 507.6447 507.7635 507.8823 508.0011 508.1199 508.2387 508.3575 508.4762 508.5949 508.7136 508.8323 508.9510 509.0696 509.1882 509.3068 509.4254 509.5440 509.6626 509.7811 509.8996
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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 101-250: 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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