| # | Variables | Dependencies/Dimensions | Units | Data type | Comment | Req |
| 0 | DATETIME | DATETIME | MJD2K | DOUBLE | Mean time of the measurement sequence used for each retrieval; defined relative to reference datetime of Jan. 1 2000 at 0:00:00 UT which is equal to 0.00 | x |
| 1 | DATETIME.START | DATETIME | MJD2K | DOUBLE | Start time of the measurement sequence used for each retrieval; defined relative to reference datetime of Jan. 1 2000 at 0:00:00 UT which is equal to 0.00 | x |
| 2 | DATETIME.STOP | DATETIME | MJD2K | DOUBLE | End time of the measurement sequence used for each retrieval; defined relative to reference datetime of Jan. 1 2000 at 0:00:00 UT which is equal to 0.00 | x |
| 3 | INTEGRATION.TIME | DATETIME | s | REAL | Effective measurement time | x |
| 4 | LATITUDE.INSTRUMENT | CONSTANT | deg | REAL | Inst. geolocation. Latitude north (decimal degrees) of the location of the instrument (+ for north; - for south) | x |
| 5 | LONGITUDE.INSTRUMENT | CONSTANT | deg | REAL | Inst. geolocation. Longitude east (decimal degrees) of the location of the instrument (+ for east; - for west) | x |
| 6 | ALTITUDE.INSTRUMENT | CONSTANT | m | REAL | Inst. geolocation. Altitude of the instrument relative to the location site | x |
| 7 | ANGLE.SOLAR_ZENITH.ASTRONOMICAL | DATETIME | deg | REAL | The solar astronomical zenith angle at which the measurement was taken | x |
| 8 | ANGLE.SOLAR_AZIMUTH | DATETIME | deg | REAL | The solar azimuth angle at which the measurement was taken using north as the reference plane and increasing clockwise (0 for north; 90 for east and so on) | x |
| 9 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR | DATETIME | mol m-2 | REAL | Total vertical column of target gas retrieved from Direct Sun DOAS measurements | x |
| 10 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_UNCERTAINTY.RANDOM.STANDARD | DATETIME | mol m-2 | REAL | Independent uncertainty on the total column (expressed in same units as the column) retrieved from Direct Sun DOAS measurements | x |
| 11 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_UNCERTAINTY.MIXED.STANDARD | DATETIME | mol m-2 | REAL | Structured uncertainty on the total column (expressed in same units as the column) retrieved from Direct Sun DOAS measurements | x |
| 12 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_UNCERTAINTY.SYSTEMATIC.STANDARD | DATETIME | mol m-2 | REAL | Common uncertainty on the total column (expressed in same units as the column) retrieved from Direct Sun DOAS measurements | x |
| 13 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_UNCERTAINTY.COMBINED.STANDARD | DATETIME | mol m-2 | REAL | Total uncertainty on the total column (expressed in same units as the column) retrieved from Direct Sun DOAS measurements | x |
| 14 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_AMF | DATETIME | 1 | REAL | Direct Sun air mass factor | x |
| 15 | [GAS].COLUMN_ABSORPTION.SOLAR_FLAG | DATETIME | 1 | BYTE | Data quality flag: 0=assured high quality; 1=assured medium quality; 2=assured low quality; 10=not-assured high quality; 11=not-assured medium quality; 12=not-assured low quality; 20=unusable high quality; 21=unusable medium quality; 22=unusable low quality | x |
| 16 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS] | DATETIME | K | REAL | Effective temperature of [GAS] | x |
| 17 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS]_UNCERTAINTY.RANDOM.STANDARD | DATETIME | K | REAL | Independent uncertainty on the effective temperature (= 0.0 if temperature source is climatology) | x |
| 18 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS]_UNCERTAINTY.MIXED.STANDARD | DATETIME | K | REAL | Structured uncertainty on the effective temperature (variation of effective temperature from climatology; = 0.0 if temperature is retrieved) | x |
| 19 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS]_UNCERTAINTY.SYSTEMATIC.STANDARD | DATETIME | K | REAL | Common uncertainty on the effective temperature (= 0.0 if temperature source is climatology) | x |
| 20 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS]_UNCERTAINTY.COMBINED.STANDARD | DATETIME | K | REAL | Total uncertainty on the effective temperature | x |
| 21 | TEMPERATURE.EFFECTIVE.[GAS]_SOURCE | DATETIME | [empty] | STRING | Source of the effective temperature (PGN climatology or retrieved) | x |
| 22 | SOURCE.PRODUCT | INDEPENDENT
| [empty] | STRING | Native Pandora data file name in form Original_Archive;Original_Filename;Original_File_Generation_Date | x |
Download in CSV format GEOMS-TE-PANDORA-DIRECTSUN-GAS-VA.csv (last updated: February 14, 2022).
