2,INTEGRATION.TIME,DATETIME,h,DOUBLE,Actual integration time (could be smaller than DATETIME.STOP - DATETIME.START e.g. due to breaks; clouds ...),x
2,WAVELENGTH_EMISSION,[CONSTANT|INDEPENDENT],nm,DOUBLE,Wavelength(s) of the transmitted laser pulse,x
2,WAVELENGTH_DETECTION,[CONSTANT|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION],nm,DOUBLE,Detection wavelength(s) (may or may not be the same as emission),x
2,ANGLE.VIEW_ZENITH,[CONSTANT|DATETIME],deg,DOUBLE,off-zenith pointing of lidar beam, e.g. 10 degrees off zenith to avoid specular reflection from cirrus clouds,x
2,ANGLE.VIEW_AZIMUTH,[CONSTANT|DATETIME],deg,DOUBLE,azimuth pointing of lidar beam, e.g. 45 degrees azimtuh to point towards NE,x
2,ANGLE.VIEW_ZENITH,[CONSTANT|DATETIME],deg,DOUBLE,off-zenith pointing of lidar beam, e.g. 10 deg off zenith to avoid specular reflection from cirrus clouds,x
2,ANGLE.VIEW_AZIMUTH,[CONSTANT|DATETIME],deg,DOUBLE,azimuth pointing of lidar beam, e.g. 45 deg azimtuhial rotation to point towards NE,x
2,NUMBER.DENSITY_INDEPENDENT,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],m-3,DOUBLE,Air number density profile used to derive backscatter coefficient,x
2,PRESSURE_INDEPENDENT,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],hPa,DOUBLE,Pressure profile used to derive backscatter coefficient,x
2,TEMPERATURE_INDEPENDENT,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],K,BOUBLE,Temperature profile used to derive backscatter coefficient,x
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2,ALTITUDE,ALTITUDE,m,DOUBLE, Altitude (above sea level) that corresponds to each vertical bin of the lidar,x
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol Backscatter coefficient derived from measured lidar signals from linear emission,x
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol Backscatter coefficient derived from measured lidar signals from circular emission,x
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction coefficient derived from the return Raman signal from the linear emission,o
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol Backscatter coefficient derived from measured lidar signals from circular emission,o
2,AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction coefficient derived from the return Raman signal from linear emission,o
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction coefficient derived from the return Raman signal from the circular emission,o
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction coefficient derived from the return Raman signal from circular emission,o
2,AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio using the derived products from linear emission,x if AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratio using the derived products from circular emission,x if AEROSOL.EXTINCTION.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Volume linear depolarization ratio arising from Rayleigh(+ rotational Raman) scattering and aerosol scattering,x
2,VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Volume linear depolarization ratio arising from Rayleigh(+ rotational Raman) and aerosol scattering,x
2,VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Volume circular depolarization ratio arising from Rayleigh(+ rotational Raman) scattering and aerosol scattering,x
2,VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Volume circular depolarization ratio arising from Rayleigh(+ rotational Raman) and aerosol scattering,o
2,VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Particle linear depolarization ratio for aerosol scattering,x
2,PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.SYSTEMATIC.STANDARD,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Systematic uncertainty: NDACC-lidar-standardized definition see also Freudenthaler, V.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/9-4181-2016; 2016.,o
2,PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Particle circular depolarization ratio for aerosol scattering,x
2,PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x
2,PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.SYSTEMATIC.STANDARD,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Systematic uncertainty: NDACC-lidar-standardized definition see also Freudenthaler, V.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/9-4181-2016; 2016.,o
2,PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Particle circular depolarization ratio for aerosol scattering,o
2,PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE, Aeolus-like Aerosol Backscatter coefficient derived using the aerosol backscatter coefficient from circular emission and the particle circular depolarization ratio (see also Paschou; P. et al.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/amt-15-2299-2022; 2022,o
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE|DATETIME;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE, Aeolus-like Aerosol Backscatter coefficient derived using the aerosol backscatter coefficient from linear emission and the converted particle circular depolarization ratio (see also Paschou; P. et al.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/amt-15-2299-2022; 2022,o
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],m-1 sr-1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEOLUS.AEROSOL.BACKSCATTER.COEFFICIENT_DERIVED.LINEAR is provided
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE, Aeolus-like Aerosol lidar ratio derived using the aerosol lidar ratio from circular emission and the particle circular depolarization ratio (see also Paschou, P. et al.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/amt-15-2299-2022; 2022,o
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.CIRCULAR is provided
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Aeolus-like Aerosol lidar ratio derived using the aerosol lidar ratio from linear emission and the converted particle circular depolarization ratio (see also Paschou; P. et al.: Atmos. Meas. Tech. doi:10.5194/amt-15-2299-2022; 2022,o
2,AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE|WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;WAVELENGTH_DETECTION;ALTITUDE],sr,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if AEOLUS.AEROSOL.LIDAR.RATIO_DERIVED.LINEAR is provided
2,CONVERTED.VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE, Converted Volume linear depolarization ratio using the derived volume circular depolarization ratio and the theoretical relationship in Mishchenko, M. I. and Hovenier, J. W.: Opt. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001356; 1995.,o
2,CONVERTED.VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if CONVERTED.VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,CONVERTED.VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Converted Volume circular depolarization ratio using the derived volume linear depolarization ratio and the theoretical relationship in Mishchenko, M. I. and Hovenier, J. W.: Opt. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001356; 1995.,o
2,CONVERTED.VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if CONVERTED.VOLUME.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,CONVERTED.PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Converted Particle linear depolarization ratio using the derived particle circular depolarization ratio and the theoretical relationship in Mishchenko, M. I. and Hovenier, J. W.: Opt. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001356; 1995.,o
2,CONVERTED.PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if CONVERTED.PARTICLE.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,CONVERTED.PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Converted Particle circular depolarization ratio using the derived particle linear depolarization ratio and the theoretical relationship in Mishchenko, M. I. and Hovenier, J. W.: Opt. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.001356; 1995.,o
2,CONVERTED.PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if CONVERTED.PARTICLE.CIRCULAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED is provided
2,VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED.FOV2,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,derived Volume linear depolarization ratio arising from Rayleigh(+ rotational Raman) and aerosol scattering with the use of lidar signals collected from the telescope with broader FOV (eVe dual-FOV technique),o
2,VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED.FOV2_UNCERTAINTY.ORIGINATOR,[ALTITUDE|DATETIME;ALTITUDE],1,DOUBLE,Statistical uncertainty: non-NDACC standardized definition provided by data originator,x if VOLUME.LINEAR.DEPOLARIZATION.RATIO_DERIVED.FOV2 is provided
