File description: BALI
Product file format: NetCDF3
Product datasets
| Dataset | DataType | Dimensions | units | valid_range | scale_factor | add_offset | _FillValue | Missing_Output | long_name |
| Time | float32 | [Time] | hours since 2015-03-16 00:00:00 | [0.0, 24.0] | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | Time of the retrievals (decimal hours) |
| Lidar_Profile_Time | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time] | hours since 2015-03-16 00:00:00 | [0.0, 24.0] | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | LIDAR profile time (decimal hours) |
| Input_Lidar_Ratio_Time | float32 | [Input_Lidar_Ratio_Time] | hours since 2015-03-16 00:00:00 | [0.0, 24.0] | NONE | NONE | -999.0 | NONE | Time scale of the LIDAR ratio input (decimal hours) |
| Altitude | float32 | [Altitude] | meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | Vertical bins altitudes, starting from platform level |
| Cloud_Index | int8 | [Cloud_Index] | 1 | [1, 10] | NONE | NONE | NONE | NONE | Cloud indexes |
| Latitude | float32 | [Time] | degrees_north | [-90.0, 90.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Latitude of the station |
| Longitude | float32 | [Time] | degrees_east | [-180.0, 180.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Longitude of the station |
| Platform_Height | float32 | [Time] | meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Altitude of the station above the mean sea level |
| Boundary_Layer_Altitude | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time] | meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Boundary layer altitude retrieved from the LIDAR |
| Top_Layer_Altitude | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time] | meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Top layer altitude retrieved from the LIDAR |
| Number_Clouds_Found_Lidar | int8 | [Lidar_Profile_Time] | 1 | [0, 127] | 1 | 0 | -1 | NONE | Number of clouds identified by the LIDAR |
| Cloud_Base_Altitude_Lidar | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time, Cloud_Index] |
meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Cloud base altitude identified by the LIDAR |
| Cloud_Centroid_Altitude_Lidar | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time, Cloud_Index] |
meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Cloud centroid altitude identified by the LIDAR |
| Cloud_Top_Altitude_Lidar | float32 | [Lidar_Profile_Time, Cloud_Index] |
meters | [0.0, 50000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Cloud top altitude identified by the LIDAR |
| Aerosol_Optical_Depth_532nm | float32 | [Time] | 1 | [-1.0, 3.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Retrieved aerosol optical depth |
| Number_Clear_Profiles | int8 | [Time] | 1 | [0, 127] | 1 | 0 | -1 | NONE | Number of clear LIDAR profiles identify during the retrieval process |
| Number_Used_Profiles | int8 | [Time] | 1 | [0, 127] | 1 | 0 | -1 | NONE | Number of used LIDAR profiles identify during the retrieval process |
| Lidar_Ratio | float32 | [Time] | 1 | [0.0, 1000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | LIDAR ratio |
| Extinction_Coefficient_532nm | float32 | [Time, Altitude] |
km-1 | [-100.0, 100.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Retrieved extinction profiles at 532nm |
| Input_Lidar_Ratio | float32 | [Input_Lidar_Ratio_Time] | 1 | [0.0, 1000.0] | 1.0 | 0.0 | -999.0 | NONE | Lidar ratio inputs (constrained values) |
Product global attributes
| Global attribute | DataType | Dimensions | Value |
| production_center | string | 1 | ICARE - Data and Services Center (http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr) |
| contact | string | 1 | contact@icare.univ-lille1.fr |
| reference | string | 1 | http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/Instruments/lidar/uk/index |
| Conventions | string | 1 | CF-1.6 |
| featureType | string | 1 | profile |
| product_name | string | 1 | BALI |
| product_description | string | 1 | Aerosol retrievals issued from the BASIC algorithm,"LIDAR only" mode |
| file_name | string | 1 | BALI-L2_2015-03-16T00-00-00_LOA-Photons-Lille_V2-00.nc |
| netcdf_libversion | string | 1 | 4.2.1.1 of Mar 6 2013 11:00:43 $ |
| year | int16 | 1 | 2015 |
| month | int16 | 1 | 3 |
| day | int16 | 1 | 16 |
| beginning_acquisition_date | string | 1 | 2015-03-16T00:00:00Z |
| end_acquisition_date | string | 1 | 2015-03-16T23:59:59Z |
| software_version | string | 1 | V1.5.0 |
| product_version | string | 1 | V2-00 |
| production_date | string | 1 | 2015-06-03T15:55:50Z |
| ICARE_ID | string | 1 | N/A |
| input_files | string | 1 | LOA_CE370_L1B-PR2_2015-03-16T00-00-00_1440_V1-00.nc |
| platform_name | string | 1 | LOA-Photons_Lille |
| lidar_wavelengths | string | 1 | 532 nm |
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