The data directory contains subdirectories for aerosol, cirrus, gas and Rayleigh that contain files with the optical depth, single scattering abedo and scatteringmatrix
Optical depth for is given for each spectral point and each vertical layer. The uppermost layer and the last column is the optical depth of the bottom layer.
Single scattering albedo (ssa) for aerosol and cirrus is given for each spectral point
The input files are given for each spectral band separately. They will be identified with b1, b2, b3 for the O2 A Band, the 1.6 micron Band and the 2.03 micron band followed by the window number (w1 or w2).
We assume that the scattering matrix is constant across each band, ie. only one scattering matrix is given per band. The scatteringmatrix file contains all 3 bands
Scattering matrix is given as alpha1-4,beta1-2 according to following representation (Note that alpha1 is the scalar phase function):
Rayleigh depolarization factor 0.0279
Please note that the forward peak of cirrus phase function has been truncated and the other optical properties of cirrus (single scattering albedo) have been modified accordingly.