Level 1 dark files provide processed dark currents for satellite measurements. The data includes dark current rates for all cross-track pixels, average rates for UV and visible bands, pixel quality flags, and ancillary information in netCDF4 format. These provisional data were validated on December 9, 2024.
Use Cases
- Calibrating satellite radiance measurements based on dark current rates
- Validating instrument performance for solar irradiance measurements based on pixel quality flags
- Analyzing sensor noise characteristics based on dark current averages for UV and visible bands
Strengths
- Data includes dark currents for all North-South cross-track pixels
- Files contain average dark current rates for both UV and visible bands
- Product reached provisional validation on December 9, 2024
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- LARC_CLOUD
- Collection Method
- Produced using the image processing of L0-1b processor.