absorption aerosol optical depth; meas_type = 13

aerosol optical depth; meas_type = 12

Diagonal of covariance matrix (also known as OMEGA)

Values of depolarization ratio

Values of parallel polarized lidar

Values of cross (perpendicular) polarized lidar.

Total gas absorption for this wavelength (tau gases)

Skip it: Value of surface for each surface. Currently not used

hyperspectral relative irradiance; meas_type = 14

I Stokes parameter

Relative Stokes parameter I/sum(I(1:NBVM)); meas_type = 45.

0/1 Presence of covariance matrix

0/1 Presence of molecular profile

Index of wavelength in the list of wavelengths.

This information is set inside retrieval code and it is used in internal calculations. It is not necessary to be set outside retrieval code

index of initial wl in list of wavelenghts corresponding to an index of a shifted measurement (e.q. Raman lidar)

Values of lidar signal

Type of measure of each kind of measure

Vertical profile of Rayleigh backscatter (beta_m)

value of crosstalk between par/per lidar channels

Number of measurements for each measure type

Number of measure types in this wavelength

Skip it: Number of surface. Currently not used

Polarization sqrt(Q*Q+U*U)

Values of p11 phase matrix element.

p11/p11(given_angle) phase matrix element; meas_type = 27

Values of p12 phase matrix element.

-p12/p11 phase matrix element; meas_type = 28

Values of p22 phase matrix element.

Values of p33 phase matrix element.

Values of p34 phase matrix element.

Values of p44 phase matrix element.

linear polarization sqrt(Q*Q+U*U)/I; meas_type = 46

relative azimuth angle (phi) for each measure in this wavelength in degrees

Q Stokes parameter

Values of Raman lidar signal

Solar zenit angle of current wavelength in degrees.

View zenit angle (thetav) for each measure in this wavelength in degrees

total optical depth; meas_type = 11

U Stokes parameter

Raman lidar signal; meas_type = 39

Values of vertical extinction profile

Current wavelength