.. _ascatformattable: ASCAT BUFR format table ======================= Taken from http://projects.knmi.nl/scatterometer/publications/pdf/ASCAT_Product_Manual.pdf ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 1 001033 Identification Of Originating/Generating Centre Code Table 2 001034 Identification Of Originating/Generating Sub-Centre Code Table 3 025060 Software Identification Numeric 4 001007 Satellite Identifier Code Table 5 002019 Satellite Instruments Code Table 6 001012 Direction Of Motion Of Moving Observing Platform Degree True 7 004001 Year Year 8 004002 Month Month 9 004003 Day Day 10 004004 Hour Hour 11 004005 Minute Minute 12 004006 Second Second 13 005001 Latitude (High Accuracy) Degree 14 006001 Longitude (High Accuracy) Degree 15 005033 Pixel Size On Horizontal-1 m 16 005040 Orbit Number Numeric 17 006034 Cross Track Cell Number Numeric 18 010095 Height Of Atmosphere Used m 19 021157 Loss Per Unit Length Of Atmosphere Used dB/m 20 021150 Beam Collocation Flag Table ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 21 008085 Beam Identifier Code Table 22 002111 Radar Incidence Angle Degree 23 002134 Antenna Beam Azimuth Degree 24 021062 Backscatter dB 25 021063 Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value) % 26 021158 ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality Code Table 27 021159 ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability Code Table 28 021160 ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data Numeric 29 021161 ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality Numeric 30 021162 ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality Numeric 31 021163 ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination Numeric 32 021164 ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality Numeric 33 021165 ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function Numeric 34 021166 ASCAT Land Fraction Numeric ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 35 008085 Beam Identifier Code Table 36 002111 Radar Incidence Angle Degree 37 002134 Antenna Beam Azimuth Degree 38 021062 Backscatter dB 39 021063 Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value) % 40 021158 ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality Code Table 41 021159 ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability Code Table 42 021160 ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data Numeric 43 021161 ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality Numeric 44 021162 ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality Numeric 45 021163 ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination Numeric 46 021164 ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality Numeric 47 021165 ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function Numeric 48 021166 ASCAT Land Fraction Numeric ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 49 008085 Beam Identifier Code Table 50 002111 Radar Incidence Angle Degree 51 002134 Antenna Beam Azimuth Degree 52 021062 Backscatter dB 53 021063 Radiometric Resolution (Noise Value) % 54 021158 ASCAT Kp Estimate Quality Code Table 55 021159 ASCAT Sigma-0 Usability Code Table 56 021160 ASCAT Use Of Synthetic Data Numeric 57 021161 ASCAT Synthetic Data Quality Numeric 58 021162 ASCAT Satellite Orbit And Attitude Quality Numeric 59 021163 ASCAT Solar Array Reflection Contamination Numeric 60 021164 ASCAT Telemetry Presence And Quality Numeric 61 021165 ASCAT Extrapolated Reference Function Numeric 62 021166 ASCAT Land Fraction Numeric ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 63 025060 Software Identification Numeric 64 025062 Database Identification Numeric 65 040001 Surface Soil Moisture (Ms) % 66 040002 Estimated Error In Surface Soil Moisture % 67 021062 Backscatter dB 68 021151 Estimated Error In Sigma0 At 40 Deg Incidence Angle dB 69 021152 Slope At 40 Deg Incidence Angle dB/Degree 70 021153 Estimated Error In Slope At 40 Deg Incidence Angle dB/Degree 71 021154 Soil Moisture Sensitivity dB 72 021062 Dry Backscatter dB 73 021088 Wet Backscatter dB 74 040003 Mean Surface Soil Moisture Numeric 75 040004 Rain Fall Detection Numeric 76 040005 Soil Moisture Correction Flag Flag Table 77 040006 Soil Moisture Processing Flag Flag Table 78 040007 Soil Moisture Quality % 79 020065 Snow Cover % 80 040008 Frozen Land Surface Fraction % 81 040009 Inundation And Wetland Fraction % 82 040010 Topographic Complexity % ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Number Descriptor Parameter Unit ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== 83 025060 Software Identification Numeric 84 001032 Generating Application Code Table 85 011082 Model Wind Speed At 10 m m/s 86 011081 Model Wind Direction At 10 m Degree True 87 020095 Ice Probability Numeric 88 020096 Ice Age (A-Parameter) dB 89 021155 Wind Vector Cell Quality Flag Table 90 021101 Number Of Vector Ambiguities Numeric 91 021102 Index Of Selected Wind Vector Numeric 92 031001 Delayed Descriptor Replication Factor Numeric 93 011012 Wind Speed At 10 m m/s 94 011011 Wind Direction At 10 m Degree True 95 021156 Backscatter Distance Numeric 96 021104 Likelihood Computed For Solution Numeric 97 011012 Wind Speed At 10 m m/s 98 011011 Wind Direction At 10 m Degree True 99 021156 Backscatter Distance Numeric 100 021104 Likelihood Computed For Solution Numeric ====== ========== ========================================================= ============== Note that descriptor numbers 93-96 can be repeated 1 to 144 times, depending on the value of the Delayed Descriptor Replication Factor (descriptor number 92)