File name: Pandora165s1_BuckeyeAZ_20260528_L2Fit_fwvt1c11d20251203p1-8.txt File generation date: 20260529T134106.2Z Data description: Level 2 spectral fitting results file Data file version: fwvt1c11p1-8 Local principal investigator: Lukas Valin Network principal investigator: Alexander Cede Instrument type: Pandora Instrument number: 165 Spectrometer number: 1 Processing software version used: BlickP v1.8.88 Instrument operation file used: Pandora165_OF_v2d20220302.txt Instrument calibration file used: Pandora165s1_CF_v11d20251203.txt Level 1 file used: Pandora165s1_BuckeyeAZ_20260528_L1_smca1c11d20251203p1-8.txt Full location name: Buckeye, Arizona Short location name: BuckeyeAZ Country of location: United States Location latitude [deg]: 33.3699 Location longitude [deg]: -112.6207 Location altitude [m]: 258 Local noon date: 20260528 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: 1638 1788 Nominal wavelengths inside fitting window [nm]: 492.0108 492.1318 492.2529 492.3739 492.4950 492.6160 492.7369 492.8579 492.9789 493.0998 493.2207 493.3416 493.4625 493.5834 493.7042 493.8251 493.9459 494.0667 494.1875 494.3083 494.4290 494.5497 494.6705 494.7912 494.9118 495.0325 495.1532 495.2738 495.3944 495.5150 495.6356 495.7561 495.8767 495.9972 496.1177 496.2382 496.3587 496.4792 496.5996 496.7200 496.8405 496.9608 497.0812 497.2016 497.3219 497.4423 497.5626 497.6829 497.8031 497.9234 498.0436 498.1638 498.2841 498.4042 498.5244 498.6446 498.7647 498.8848 499.0049 499.1250 499.2451 499.3652 499.4852 499.6052 499.7252 499.8452 499.9652 500.0851 500.2051 500.3250 500.4449 500.5648 500.6846 500.8045 500.9243 501.0441 501.1639 501.2837 501.4035 501.5232 501.6429 501.7626 501.8823 502.0020 502.1217 502.2413 502.3610 502.4806 502.6002 502.7197 502.8393 502.9588 503.0784 503.1979 503.3174 503.4368 503.5563 503.6757 503.7952 503.9146 504.0339 504.1533 504.2727 504.3920 504.5113 504.6306 504.7499 504.8692 504.9884 505.1077 505.2269 505.3461 505.4653 505.5845 505.7036 505.8227 505.9418 506.0609 506.1800 506.2991 506.4181 506.5372 506.6562 506.7752 506.8942 507.0131 507.1321 507.2510 507.3699 507.4888 507.6077 507.7265 507.8454 507.9642 508.0830 508.2018 508.3206 508.4393 508.5581 508.6768 508.7955 508.9142 509.0329 509.1515 509.2702 509.3888 509.5074 509.6260 509.7445 509.8631 509.9816 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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