1 INTRODUCTION¶
1.1 Purpose and Scope¶
The purpose of this document is to list the Auxiliary data managed as part of the EOF-CSC for all Sentinel missions. It also indicates which Auxiliary Data Files are to be distributed via the Copernicus Data Access Service and whether access to these will be limited to Expert users or not.
1.2 Reference Documents¶
| ID | Document Reference | Document Title |
|---|---|---|
| [RD-1] | S1-RS-MDA-52-7443 | Sentinel-1 IPF Auxiliary Product Specification |
| [RD-2] | S2-PDGS-TAS-DI-PSD | Sentinel-2 Products Specification Document |
| [RD-3] | S3IPF.PDS.001 | Seninel-3 Product Data Format Specification - Level 0 Products |
| [RD-4] | S3IPF.PDS.002 | Product Data Format Specification - Product Structures |
| [RD-5] | GMES-GSEG-EOPG-FS-10-0075 | Sentinels POD Service File Format Specifications |
| [RD-6] | ESA-EOPG-EOPGC-TN-58 | ESA EO Framework (EOF) – CSC - Data Flow Configuration |
Table 1-1 – Reference Documents
1.3 Acronyms and Abbreviations¶
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| ADF | Auxiliary Data Files |
| ADGS | Auxiliary Data Gathering Service |
| AUX | Auxiliary |
| CSC | Copernicus Space Component |
| DA | Data Access |
| ECMWF | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts |
| EOF | ESA Earth Observation Framework |
| FOS | Flight Operation Segment |
| GNSS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| IERS | International Earth Rotation Service |
| KNMI | Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute) |
| MPC | Mission Performance Cluster |
| MSSL | Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
| NetCDF | Network Common Data Format |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRT | Near Real Time |
| NTC | Non-Time Critical |
| OSV | Orbit State Vectors |
| PDGS | Payload Data Ground Segment |
| (C)POD | (Copernicus) Precise Orbit Determination |
| SALP | Service d'Altimetrie et Localisation Precise (Altimetry and Precise Positioning Service) |
| STC | Short-Time Critical |
Table 1-2 – Acronyms and Abbreviations
2 SENTINEL-1 AUXILIARY DATA¶
| Product Type | Data Provider | Description | Frequency | Expert Users Only | For Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S[1..6]_ETA__AX1 | Production Service | Extended Time Annotation Products SAR SM Level A | NO | YES | |
| EW_ETA__AX | Production Service | Extended Time Annotation Products SAR EW Level A | NO | YES | |
| IW_ETA__AX | Production Service | Extended Time Annotation Products SAR IW Level A | NO | YES | |
| AUX_ML2 | Cal/Val (MPC) | L2 Machine Learning Models | On a need basis (typically less than 5 per year) | NO | YES |
| AUX_PP1 | Cal/Val (MPC) | The Processor Parameters Auxiliary Data contains parameters and options for configuring the L1 processing. | On a need basis (typically less than 5 per year) | NO | YES |
| AUX_CAL | Cal/Val (MPC) | The Calibration Auxiliary Data contains parameters used to correct and calibrate the imagery during processing. | On a need basis (typically less than 5 per year) | NO | YES |
| AUX_INS | Cal/Val (MPC) | The Instrument Auxiliary Data contains information about the SAR instrument that is required for image processing. | On a need basis (typically less than 5 per year) | NO | YES |
| AUX_PP2 | Cal/Val (MPC) | The Processor Parameters Auxiliary Data contains parameters and options for configuring the L2 processing. | On a need basis (typically less than 5 per year) | NO | YES |
| AUX_SCS | Cal/Val (MPC) | The OSW processing algorithm requires a lookup table to predict the modulation transfer function (MTF) and to remove non- linear effects from the cross spectra. | NO | YES | |
| AUX_TRO | ECMWF | Tropospheric model Auxiliary Data | YES | YES | |
| AUX_TEC | University of Bern | Ionospheric model Auxiliary Data | YES | YES | |
| AUX_SCF | Cal/Val (MPC) | L1 SETAP configuration file controlling the dynamic behaviour of the SETAP processor | YES | YES | |
| AUX_ITC | Cal/Val (MPC) | L1 SETAP configuration file holding instrument timing calibration data | YES | YES | |
| AUX_WND | ECMWF | The ECMWF atmospheric model provides wind speed and direction at 10 m above the sea surface. | YES | YES | |
| AUX_WAV | IFREMER | The Wavewatch III model provides surface stockes drift velocity and direction necessary for the interpretation of the RVL component of the L2 OCN product. | YES | YES | |
| AUX_ICE | OSI SAF | Sea ice auxiliary data is used to estimate the percentage of the image covered by ice. Used to process the OWI component of the L2 OCN products. | YES | YES | |
| AMH_ERRMAT AMV_ERRMAT | Production Service | Excitation coefficients error matrix auxiliary data is used to derive accurate Doppler estimation using an antenna model for the RVL component of the L2 OCN product. | YES | YES | |
| AISAUX | Production Service | Automatic Identification System auxiliary product | YES | YES | |
| AUX_OBMEMC | Mission Planning On-Board Memory Configuration Update | On-Board Memory Configuration Update | n/a | NO | |
| TLM_REQ_A TLM_REQ_B TLM_REQ_C TLM_REQ_D TLM_REQ_E TLM_REQ_F | FOS | EDAS telemetry extraction files for prototype RVL production | n/a | NO | |
| REP_MACP_ | FOS | Manoeuvre Acceleration Profile File (Manoeuvre History File) | n/a | NO | |
| REP__MCSF_ | FOS | Manoeuvre Calibration Scale Factor File | n/a | NO | |
| REP__SMPR_ | FOS | Satellite Mass Properties Report | n/a | NO |
Table 2-1 – Sentinel-1 Auxiliary Data List
¹ Note: for SM (Strip-Map) mode the product type code S[1…6]_<type> means that there are six different codes one per each number (e.g.: S[1…6]_ETA_AX: S1_ETA_AX, S2_ETA_AX, S3_ETA_AX, S4_ETA_AX, S5_ETA_AX and S6_ETA_AX)
3 SENTINEL-2 AUXILIARY DATA¶
| Product Type | Data Provider | Description | Band-ID Discriminator 2 | Expert Users Only | For Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUX_ECMWFD | ECMWF | Auxiliary Data File which contains weather forecast parameters for 3 geophysical variables: total column ozone, total column water vapour and mean sea level pressure. (GRIB format) | YES | YES | |
| AUX_UT1UTC | IERS | The International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Bulletin A, which contains rapid determinations for earth orientation parameters (Earth orientation parameters x/y pole, UT1-UTC and their errors). | NO | YES | |
| AUX_CAMSFO | CAMS | Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service 'Forecast' Dataset with a sub-selection of 10 geophysical variables | YES | YES | |
| AUX_CAMSAN | ReProcessing Platform (RPP) | Copernicus CAMS 'Analysis' Dataset | YES | YES | |
| AUX_CAMSRE | ReProcessing Platform (RPP) | Copernicus CAMS 'Re-analysis' Dataset | YES | YES | |
| GIP_ATMIMA | Cal/Val (MPC) | IAS AnaTm image parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_ATMSAD | Cal/Val (MPC) | IAS AnaTm image parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_DATATI | Cal/Val (MPC) | IAS Datation parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_LREXTR | Cal/Val (MPC) | LR Extraction parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_INVLOC | Cal/Val (MPC) | InitLoc Inv parameters file | NO | YES | |
| (Type_1) | |||||
| GIP_VIEDIR | Cal/Val (MPC) | Pixel line of sight for each bands in the focal plane reference frame (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_SPAMOD | Cal/Val (MPC) | Platform model (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_BLINDP | Cal/Val (MPC) | List of blind pixels (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_CLOINV | Cal/Val (MPC) | CloudInv parameter file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_CLOPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | Cloud mask file | NO | YES | |
| GIP_PRDLOC | Cal/Val (MPC) | InitLoc production parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2PARA | Cal/Val (MPC) | RadioS2 parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2SWIR | Cal/Val (MPC) | SWIR detectors arrangement parameters (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2EQOG | Cal/Val (MPC) | Radiometric equalization parameters on ground (on- ground correction) (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2DEPI | Cal/Val (MPC) | List of defective pixels (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2DEFI | Cal/Val (MPC) | Deconvolution filter for each deconvoluted band (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2WAFI | Cal/Val (MPC) | Wavelets filters (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2L2NC | Cal/Val (MPC) | L2 Norm coefficients (denoising) (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2DENT | Cal/Val (MPC) | Denoising thresholds (denoising) (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2DECT | Cal/Val (MPC) | Threshold file for deconvolution through wavelet Packets (Type_1) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_R2NOMO | Cal/Val (MPC) | Noise model (denoising) (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2ABCA | Cal/Val (MPC) | Absolute calibration parameters (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2BINN | Cal/Val (MPC) | Binning for 60m bands parameters (filters and undersampling) (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2CRCO | Cal/Val (MPC) | Crosstalk correction (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_G2PARA | Cal/Val (MPC) | GeoS2 parameters file (preProc) (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_G2PARE | Cal/Val (MPC) | Geometric parameter to refine (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_EARMOD | Cal/Val (MPC) | Earth model (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_GEOPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | Global geometrical parameters (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_INTDET | Cal/Val (MPC) | Description of the inter detectors overlapping area (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_TILPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | TilingS2 parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_RESPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | ResampleS2 parameters file (preProc) (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_MASPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | MaskS2 parameters file (Type_1) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_JP2KPA | Cal/Val (MPC) | Compression JP2K parameters file (Type_2) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_ECMWFP | Cal/Val (MPC) | ECMWF parameters file (Type_2) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_DECOMP | Cal/Val (MPC) | On board decompression parameters file (Type_2) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_OLQCPA | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLQC configuration parameters file | NO | YES | |
| (Type_2) | |||||
| GIP_PROBAS | Cal/Val (MPC) | Processing Baseline parameters (Type_2) | YES | YES | |
| GIP_CONVER | Cal/Val (MPC) | Mapping parameters from 16 to 18 bits (Type_2) | NO | YES | |
| GIP_R2EOB2 | Cal/Val (MPC) | Radiometric equalization parameters on board (dark current, on-board inter pixel calibration) (Type_3) | X | NO | YES |
| GIP_L2ACAC | Cal/Val (MPC) | Calibration parameter for the atmospheric correction algorithm | NO | YES | |
| GIP_L2ACSC | Cal/Val (MPC) | Calibration parameter for the scene classification algorithm | NO | YES | |
| GIP_PROBA2 | Cal/Val (MPC) | Processing baseline identifier of the generated L2A products | YES | YES | |
| GIP_HRTPAR | Cal/Val (MPC) | To configure a high or low resolution for the processing | NO | YES | |
| AUX_GRIXXX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Global Reference Image provided to the Sentinel-2 operational processor, for the Level-1B product generation | n/a | NO |
Table 3-1 – Sentinel-2 Auxiliary Data List
² Refers to Sentinel-2 Product Data Items which are separated by spectral band (i.e. one product type per spectral band).
4 SENTINEL-3 AUXILIARY DATA¶
| Product Type | Data Provider | Description | Expert Users Only | For Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUX_PRLPTF | POD | Preliminary Platform Data for Sentinel-3 | n/a | NO |
| AX___MF1_AX | ECMWF | ECMWF Meteorological Data (Forecast) FC SFC and FC PL in GRIB1 format | YES | YES |
| AX___MFA_AX | ECMWF | ECMWF meteo forecast data in GRIB1 format complementary to analysis data - FC SFC parameter | YES | YES |
| AX___MA1_AX | ECMWF | ECMWF Meteorological Data (Analysis) AN SFC + PL in GRIB1 format | YES | YES |
| AX___MF2_AX | ECMWF | ECMWF Meteorological Data (Forecast) FC ML in GRIB2 format | YES | YES |
| AX___MA2_AX | ECMWF | ECMWF Meteorological Data (Analysis) AN ML in GRIB2 format | YES | YES |
| AX___OSF_AX | Mission Planning | Reference Orbit Scenario File | n/a | NO |
| AX___FPO_AX | FOS | FOS Orbit File (Predicted) | n/a | NO |
| AX___FRO_AX | FOS | FOS Orbit File (Restituted) | n/a | NO |
| AX___DEM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Digital Elevation Model (GETASSE30V2, 288 files) | n/a | NO |
| AX___LWM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Land/Water Mask file | n/a | NO |
| AX___OOM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Open Ocean Mask file | n/a | NO |
| AX___CLM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Coastline Mask file | n/a | NO |
| AX___TRM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Tidal Regions Mask file | n/a | NO |
| AX___CST_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Universal Constants File | n/a | NO |
| SR___CHD{N,R}AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL instrumental characterization data (Nominal, Redundant) | n/a | NO |
| SR_1_CONMAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Configuration Data File - L1 processor | n/a | NO |
| SR_1_CONCAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Configuration Data File - L1 CAL processor | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_CON_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Configuration Data File - L2 processor | n/a | NO |
| SR___LSM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Land/Sea Mask | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_IC[01..10]AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Modelled instrumental corrections (10 files) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_EOT{1,2}AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Coefficients map for the diurnal and semi-diurnal elastic ocean tide calculation | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LT{1,2}_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Coefficients map for the tidal loading effect calculation | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LNEQAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Coefficients map for long period ocean tide calculation | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_GEO_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Geoid height map | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MSS1AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Mean sea surface height map (solution 1) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MSS2AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Mean sea surface height map (solution 2) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_ODLEAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Bathymetry/topography map | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_POT_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Polar tide harmonic coefficients | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_WNDLAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Wind table LRM mode | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_WNDSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Wind table SAR mode | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SIGLAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Expected Ku-band Sigma0 table (LRM) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SIGSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Expected Ku-band Sigma0 table (SAR) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SET_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Cartwright and Edden tide potential amplitudes for the solid earth tide and the equilibrium long period ocean tide height calculation | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SSM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Surface slopes models | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MSMGAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Map of the slopes of the MSS/geoid with respect to the ellipsoid | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_CP{00,06,12,18}AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Climatological pressure grids (4 files) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_S{1,2}AMAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL S1 and S2 tide grids of monthly means of global amplitude (2 files) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_S{1,2}PHAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL S1 and S2 tide grids of monthly means of global phase (2 files) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MDT_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Mean Dynamic Topography height map | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SHD_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Theoretical distance to shore | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SSBLAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL SSB correction table (LRM) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SSBSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL SSB correction table (SAR) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SD[01..12]AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Snow depth climatology (12 files containing gridded snow depth: one for each calendar month of the year) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SI[01..12]AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Sea-ice concentration climatology (12 files, monthly medium ice concentration) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SST_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Sea surface temperature seasonal tables | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LRC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Lapse rate climatology table | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SFL_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Seasonal freezing level table | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_FLT_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Freezing level table | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_RRC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Rain rate correction table | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_CCT_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Coastal configuration type | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_SURFAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Surface classification mask | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_RET_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Default stack weights | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MLM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Marine/Land Mask | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_MAG_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SRAL Meteo Altimeter Gaussian Grid | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LUTFAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Look-up Table for the f0 function (SAMOSA retracking) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LUTEAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Look-up Table for the Epoch parameter (SAMOSA retracking) | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_LUTSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Look-up Table for the SWH parameter (SAMOSA retracking) | n/a | NO |
| SR_1_CA{1L,1S,2K,2C}AX | SR1CAL IPF | SRAL Internal calibration Long Term Monitoring parameters (4 files): • CAL1_LRM_LTM • CAL1_SAR_LTM • CAL2_Ku_LTM • CAL2_C_LTM | YES | YES |
| MW_1_{NIR,DNB,MON}_ AX | MW1CAL IPF | MWR Internal calibration and Monitoring Long Term Monitoring parameters (3 files): • MWR_CAL_NIR_LTM • MWR_CAL_DNB_LTM • MWR_MON_LTM | YES | YES |
| SL_1_VSC_AX | SLSTR L1 IPF | SLSTR VISCAL Data file | YES | YES |
| SR___MGNPAX | OFL POD | Medium Orbit Ephemerides (MOE) Orbit File | YES | YES |
| SR___POEPAX | OFL POD | Precise Orbit Ephemerides (POE) Orbit File | YES | YES |
| SR_2_PMPPAX | OFL POD | Preliminary Platform Files from POD | YES | YES |
| SR_2_PCPPAX | OFL POD | Precise Platform Files from POD | YES | YES |
| SR___POESAX | SALP | NTC Precise orbit file (computed with DORIS, GNSS and laser data) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_PMPSAX | SALP | Preliminary Platform files (from SALP) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_RMO_AX | SALP | SRAL Preliminary Ocean barotropic correction (MOG2D data) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_PMO_AX | SALP | SRAL Precise Ocean barotropic correction (MOG2D data) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_POL_AX | SALP | SRAL Pole location | YES | YES |
| SR_2_PGI_AX | SALP | SRAL Along-track ionospheric data (GIM) (for NRT processing) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_RGI_AX | SALP | SRAL Along-track ionospheric data (GIM) (for STC and NTC Processing) | YES | YES |
| SR_1_USO_AX | SALP | USO frequency | YES | YES |
| SR___MGNSAX | SALP | STC Expertise Preliminary orbit file (computed with GNSS data) | YES | YES |
| SR_2_SIC{N,S}_AX SR_2_SIF{N,S}_AX | OSISAF | SRAL Sea-ice concentration. Nominal and fastrack versions respectively. | YES | YES |
| SR_2_ICT{N,S}AX | OSISAF | SRAL Sea-Ice Type | YES | YES |
| MW_1_SLC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | MWR Side Lobe correction file | n/a | NO |
| MW___CHDNAX MW___CHDRAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | MWR instrumental characterization and calibration data (2 files): •nominal path •redundant path | n/a | NO |
| MW___STD_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | MWR Satellite Temperature data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_EO__AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLC L1 Processing Control Parameter file in EO mode | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_RAC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLC L1 Processing Control Parameter file in RC mode | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_SPC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLC L1 Processing Control Parameter file in SC mode | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_CLUTAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Classification thresholds LUTs file | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_INS_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Characterisation and Models Data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_CAL_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Calibration Data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_PRG_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Programmation Data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_PCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI L2 Processing Control Parameters file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_PPP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Pre Processing data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_CLP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Climatology Data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_WVP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Water Vapour Parameters data file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_ACP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Atmospheric Correction Parameters file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_OCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Ocean Colour Processing Parameters file | n/a | NO |
| OL_2_VGP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Vegetation Processing Parameters file | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_PCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Processing Control Parameter File | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_ANC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Ancillary data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_N_S1AX SL_1_N_S2AX SL_1_N_S3AX SL_1_O_S1AX SL_1_O_S2AX SL_1_O_S3AX SL_1_NAS4AX SL_1_NAS5AX SL_1_NAS6AX SL_1_NBS4AX SL_1_NBS5AX SL_1_NBS6AX SL_1_OAS4AX SL_1_OAS5AX SL_1_OAS6AX SL_1_OBS4AX SL_1_OBS5AX SL_1_OBS6AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Visible and shortwave infrared (Visible-SWIR) characterisation data file (18 files) | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_N_S7AX SL_1_N_S8AX SL_1_N_S9AX SL_1_N_F1AX SL_1_N_F2AX SL_1_O_S7AX SL_1_O_S8AX SL_1_O_S9AX SL_1_O_F1AX SL_1_O_F2AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Thermal infrared (TIR) characterisation data file (10 files) | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_VIC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Vicarious Calibration Data File | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_GEO_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Geometry Data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_GEC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Geometric Calibration Data File | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_CLO_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Cloud LUT Data File | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_ESSTAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Maps of the SST Uncertainties for SLSTR L1 Processing | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_PCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Processing Control Parameter File | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S6N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S6 nadir shortwave infrared noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S7N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S7 nadir TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S8N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S8 nadir TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S9N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S9 nadir TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_F1N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR F1 nadir TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_F2N_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR F2 nadir TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S7O_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S7 oblique TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S8O_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S8 oblique TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_S9O_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR S9 oblique TIR noise dataset | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_N2_CAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR N2 SST coefficients file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_N3RCAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR N3R SST coefficients file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_N3_CAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR N3 SST coefficients file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_D2_CAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR D2 SST coefficients file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_D3_CAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR D3 SST coefficients file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SST_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2P SST algorithms data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SDI3AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR SDI3 Saharan dust index coefficients aux file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SDI2AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR SDI2 Saharan dust index coefficients aux file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SSESAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2P SSES data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_LSTCAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST coefficients data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_LSTBAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST biome data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_LSTVAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST vegetation fraction data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_LSTWAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST water vapour data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_LSTEAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST error data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_FRPTAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR FRP test data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SSTAAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L4 SST analysis data file | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_IMSCAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR LST static snow data file. It is a NetCDF file in SEN3 format | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_DIMSAX | NOAA | SLSTR LST dynamic snow, daily Map file | n/a | NO |
| SR_2_NRPPAX | NRT POD | S3 Attitude output product | n/a | NO |
| OL_1_MCHDAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | OLCI Inter-channel Misregistration Characterization Data File | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_MCHDAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR Inter-channel Misregistration Characterization Data File | n/a | NO |
| SY_1_PCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN L1 Processing control parameter file | n/a | NO |
| SY_1_CDIBAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | Map file of the distance to the coast | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_PCP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN L2 Processing control parameter file | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_PCPSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN L2 VGS Processing control parameter file | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_RAD_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN L2 radiative transfer Simulation dataset | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_RADPAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN VGT P radiative Transfer simulation dataset | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_SPCPAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN VGT P spectral response function dataset | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_RADSAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN VGT S radiative transfer Simulation dataset | n/a | NO |
| SY_1_GCPBAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L1 Processor GCP data base | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_ACLMAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 NRT Aerosol Climatology Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_ART_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 NRT Atmospheric Radiative Transfer LUT Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_OSR_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 NRT Ocean Surface Reflectance LUT Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_PCPAAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Processing Control Parameter | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_ACLMAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L2 NRT Aerosol Climatology Data | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_ART_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L2 NTC Atmospheric Radiative Transfer LUT Data | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_LSR_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L2 NTC Land Spectral Reflectance LUT Data | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_OSR_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L2 NTC Ocean Surface Reflectance LUT Data | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_PCPAAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYNERGY L2 Processing Control Parameter | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_CFM_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Classification Fire Mask | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_FXPAAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Fire channel Pixel Area | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_PCPFAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Fire Radiative Power Processing Control Parameter | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_PLFMAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Potential Land Fire Mask Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_2_SXPAAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L2 Thermal channels Pixel Area | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_IRE_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 Input Land surface IR emissivity Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_LCC_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 Input Land Cloud Coefficient Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_CDP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 Conditional Probability LUT - Cloudy conditions Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_CLP_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 Conditional Probability LUT - Clear conditions Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_ADJ_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 AVHRR/SLSTR Adjustment Parameters Data | n/a | NO |
| SL_1_RTT_AX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SLSTR L1 RTTOV Coefficients Data | n/a | NO |
| SY_2_AODCAX | Cal/Val (MPC) | SYN L2 CAMS AOD climatology Data File | n/a | NO |
| MPL__NPPF_ | EUMETSAT | Nominal Payload Planning File from MP | n/a | NO |
| MPL_DNPPF | EUMETSAT | Delta Nominal Payload Planning File from MP | n/a | NO |
| REP__SUP__ | EUMETSAT | Satellite Unavailability Reports | n/a | NO |
Table 4-1 – Sentinel-3 Auxiliary Data List
5 SENTINEL-5P AUXILIARY DATA¶
| Product Type | Data Provider | Description | Format | Expert Users Only | For Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L2__FRESCO3 | PDGS | L2 TROPOMI | NetCDF-4 | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| 3 L2__AUXDEM | PDGS | L2 TROPOMI | NetCDF-4 | NO | YES (PRIP) |
| CFG_L2_CMR | KNMI | CFI L2 semi-static configuration files | .tar | n/a | NO |
| AUX_O3PPWL | KNMI | LUT for Time-dependent Soft-calibration in Ozone Profile Processor | NetCDF-4 | n/a | NO |
| AUX_BGHCHO | PDGS (UPAS-BC) Background correction for HCHO product | Background correction for HCHO product | NetCDF-4 | n/a | NO |
| AUX_BGSO2_ | PDGS (UPAS-BC) Background correction for SO2 product | Background correction for SO2 product | NetCDF-4 | n/a | NO |
| AUX_BGO3__ | PDGS (UPAS-BC) Background correction for O3 | Background correction for O3 | NetCDF-4 | n/a | NO |
| AUX_BGCLD_ | PDGS (UPAS-BC) Background correction for CLOUD | Background correction for CLOUD | NetCDF-4 | n/a | NO |
| AUX_CTMCH4 | KNMI | CTM model field of CH4 for use with CO and offline CH4 retrieval (CO for NRT, and CO and CH4 for OFFL) | Full tar archive, covering 6-9 months in daily files | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_CTM_CO | KNMI | CTM model field of CO for use with CO and offline CH4 retrieval (CO for NRT and CO and CH4 for OFFL) | Single NetCDF-4 file, containing 12 monthly fields | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_CTMFCT | KNMI | CTM model field of NO2, SO2 and HCHO for use with NO2 retrieval | Tar archive with 5 days (4 day redundancy). Five files in NetCDF-4 | NO | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_CTMANA | KNMI | CTM model field of NO2, SO2 and HCHO for use with NO2 retrieval | Single NetCDF-4 file, covering 1 day | NO | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_MET_2D | ECMWF | Meteorological surface fields (wind, surface pressure, etc. ) | NetCDF-4 | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_MET_QP | ECMWF | Meteorological specific humidity profile | NetCDF-4 | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_MET_TP | ECMWF | Meteorological temperature profiles | NetCDF-4 | YES | YES (PRIP) |
| AUX_IERS_B | IERS | This difference between UT1 and UTC is published by IERS in Bulletin B | ASCII (plain text) | n/a | NO |
| AUX_IERS_C | IERS | Leap second information | XML | n/a | NO |
| AUX_ISRF | KNMI | Instrument spectral response function file. | NetCDF-4 (*.nc) | n/a | NO |
| AUX_L1_CKD | KNMI | The in-flight calibration key data product | HDF5 (*.h5) | n/a | NO |
| AUX_O3 _M | KNMI | O3 profile shape climatology | NetCDF-4 (*.nc) | n/a | NO |
| MPL NPIF_ | FOS | The NPIF is the output of the FOS Mission Planning System in response to the Nominal Baseline Schedule file (NPPF) provided by KNMI | TGZ contains two files, *.HDR and *.DBL | n/a | NO |
| MPL SAF | FOS | The Station Availability file contains all PDGS scheduled Sentinel-5p ground station contacts | TGZ contains single *.EOF file | n/a | NO |
| MPL SPF | FOS | The orbital events file is a XML file containing a list of S/C events derived from the S/C orbit history file | TGZ contains two files, *.HDR and *.DBL | n/a | NO |
| MPL_ORBPRE | FOS | This file contains the Orbit State Vectors (OSV) predicted by the FOS | XML file, *.EOF | n/a | NO |
| MPL_TLEPRE | FOS | This file contains the orbit predicted by the FOS, defined as a set of Two Line Elements | TGZ contains two files, *.HDR and *.DBL | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_CM | NOAA | VIIRS Cloud Mask | .tar (containing .nc) | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_L1B_GEO | NOAA | PGE302a VIIRS L1 Moderate Resolution Geolocation | compressed HDF5 | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_L1B_RR | NOAA | VIIRS Moderate Resolution Radiance/Reflectance Data Band 7,9,11 | compressed HDF5 | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_CP | NOAA | VIIRS Cloud Phase EDR | .tar (containing .nc) | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_DCOMP | NOAA | VIIRS Daytime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties | .tar (containing .nc) | n/a | NO |
| VIIRS_CTH | NOAA | VIIRS Cloud Top Height EDR | .tar (containing .nc) | n/a | NO |
Table 5-1 – Sentinel-5P Auxiliary Data List
³ L2_FRESCO and L2_AUXDEM are produced and distributed as Level-2 product by the Sentinel-5P PDGS. However, they are handled as Auxiliary data by the DA service, and therefore, they are traced in this list of S5P Auxiliary Data
6 POD AUXILIARY DATA OVERVIEW¶
This section presents an overview of the POD auxiliary files generated for each Sentinel mission. The file naming convention, the file formats and the specifications are described in detail in [RD-5].
6.1 POD Products¶
| Mission | Product Type | Description | Data Provider | Format | Expert Users Only | For Distribution | Rolling Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel-1 | AUX_RESORB | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | 3 months |
| AUX_POEORB* | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_PREORB | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | 3 months | |
| AUX_MOEORB | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | 1 month | |
| AUX_GNSSRD* | Daily GNSS L1b RINEX files | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_PROQUA* | Quaternions | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| Sentinel-2 | AUX_GNSSRD* | Daily GNSS L1b RINEX files | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - |
| AUX_PROQUA* | Quaternions | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_POEORB* | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | - | |
| Sentinel-3 | SR__ROE_AX | Orbit | CPOD | zip | NO | YES | 1 month |
| AUX_MOEORB | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | 1 month | |
| AUX_POEORB* | Orbit | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_PRCPTF* | Platform | CPOD | EOF | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_GNSSRD* | Daily GNSS L1b RINEX files | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_PROQUA* | Quaternions | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| SR__MDO_AX | Orbit | CNES | TGZ | NO | YES | 1 month | |
| SR__POE_AX* | Orbit | CNES | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_COMB* | Orbit | CPOD | sp3 | NO | YES | - | |
| Sentinel-6 | AX__ROE_AX | Orbit | CPOD | tar | NO | YES | 1 month |
| AUX_GNSSRD* | Daily GNSS L1b RINEX files | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_PROQUA* | Quaternions | CPOD | TGZ | NO | YES | - | |
| AX__MOED_AX | Orbit | CNES | tar | NO | YES | 1 month | |
| AX__POE_AX* | Orbit | CNES | tar | NO | YES | - | |
| AUX_COMB* | Orbit | CPOD | sp3 | NO | YES | - |
Table 6-1 – POD Auxiliary Data Files Overview
Products marked with (*) represent POD Auxiliary Data Files that need to be published since Beginning of Mission.