Excel Export Fields

Field Units  
Albedo 0..1 Albedo of the land covered by this swath, in the range 0..1, 0 = total absorption, 1 = total reflection
Altitude m Swath center altitude over the ellipsoid.
Anx time Ascending node crossing time of this orbit
AnxLon deg Geographical longitude of ascending node crossing of this orbi
AreaCovered % Percentage of coverage as the ratio between the Area Intersected by the Swath and the Total AOI Area.
ArgLatitude deg Argument of Latitude since the last Ascending Node Crossing, as the angle between the ECI position vectors at Anx and at the current time.
Azimuth deg Azimuth angle is the look direction with respect to the target - the horizontal angular distance from true north measured clockwise from true north
Bands   Number of spectral bands
Beta angle deg Angle between the solar vector (Earth to Sun) and its projection onto the orbit plane, calculated at the centre of the swath
Catalog number   NORAD Catalog Number, to uniquely identify the satellite
Center_Lat deg Latitude of the Swath centroid
Center_Lat_AOI deg Latitude of the center of the AOI covering the current swath
Center_Lon deg Longitude of the Swath centroid
Center_Lon_AOI deg Longitude of the center of the AOI covering the current swath
CloudPercent % Cloud probability percent for the date and hour of the swath, measured for the intersection between AOI and Swath.
Constellation   Satellite constellation to which this event applies, if any
Cost   Cost in monetary units. It requires a cost model associated with and AOI or a sensor.
CoverageId   Coverage counter, associating this swath to a coverage operation performed with the optimization algorithm.
Cycle   Cycle Number. Only shown for SSO orbits
DataSize GBytes Size of the swath in GBytes. It requires that the sensor bit rate parameter is configured with a value in MBits / sec. By default the sensor is usually not configured and therefore the DataSize is most of the times zero
DeliveryTime(*) time Estimated time of delivery to user, on account of the antenna estimated delivery time after downlink.
DownlinkAnx(*) time Time of the ascending crossing for the orbit where the downlink operation starts
DownlinkAntenna (*)   Name of the suitable antenna for first downlink opportunity
DownlinkLatency (*) sec Time gap until next downlink opportunity.
DownlinkOrbit (*)   Absolute orbit number at the time of downlink
DownlinkTime (*) time Time of next downlink opportunity
Duration sec Event duration
End time Stop of event
Frame_End   Frame number of the last frame of this swath
Frame_Start   Frame number of the first frame of this swath
Frames   Number of frames (scenes) in this swath
Frequencies GHz Frequency or frequencies employed by the sensor (SAR or MW instruments)
Ground speed km/sec Average satellite speed perceived on ground at the center of the swath, and iin the direction of the swath length.
GSD_Azimuth m Ground Sample Distance (GSD), or distance between pixel centers measured on the ground in the azimuth direction (along-track)
GSD_Range m Ground Sample Distance (GSD), or distance between pixel centers measured on the ground in the range direction (cross-track)
Height km Height of the satellite over the ellipsoid at the mid swath time
IntersectionArea km2 Area of the Intersection between AOI and Swath
IntlDesignator   International designator, also known as COSPAR ID, is an international identifier assigned to artificial objects in space
IntrContribution % Ratio between the AOI part covered exclusively by this swath, discounting the contribution of other swaths, and the AOI part covered without the discount
LandCover % Percentage of land covered by this swath
Length km Swath Along Track length
LookAngle deg Look Angle between Satellite Nadir and Centroid of the intersection between AOI and Swath.
Max_Incid deg Maximum Incidence Angle, measured at one of the swath edges.
MaxElevation deg Maximum antenna elevation reached during the current pass.
Min_Incid deg Minimum Incidence Angle, measured at one of the swath edges.
MLST_End   Mean Local Solar Time at Swath End time, measured at the center of the last scan line
MLST_Start   Mean Local Solar Time at Swath Start time, measured at the center of the first scan line
Nadir End Lat deg Satellite Nadir latitude at the end of the swath
Nadir End Lon deg Satellite Nadir longitude at the end of the swath
Nadir Start Lat deg Satellite Nadir latitude at the beginning of the swath
Nadir Start Lon deg Satellite Nadir longitude at the beginning of the swath
Name   Unique string identifier
NE_Lat deg Latitude of the Swath North East Corner
NE_Lon deg Longitude of the Swath North East Corner
NW_Lat deg Latitude of the Swath North West Corner
NW_Lon deg Longitude of the Swath North West Corner
Orbit   Absolute Orbit Number
OrbName   Orbit Name identifier used to calculate the current swath
OZA deg Observation Zenith Angle (aka Incidence Angle), measured at the centroid of the intersection between AOI and Swath. The OZA is the angle between local zenith and the observation vector .
Pass   Pass direction, measured at the start of the event, Ascending or Descending
Path   Orbit path number, if defined for this orbit
Pitch deg Satellite pitch angle at the beginning of the swath
Polarization   Selected polarization, if defined for the current sensor.
Priority   Priority number for this event, in the range 0...999. Lower numbers mean higher priority
Range km Distance between satellite and center of the swath at the mid swath time
Region   Name of the AOI associated with the swath
RelOrb   Relative Orbit Number. . Only shown for SSO orbits
Revisiting days Time gap between this and the previous swath (in time order), measured Start to Start.
Roll deg Satellite roll angle at the beginning of the swath
Satellite   Satellite Name
ScanRate 1/sec Required sensor scan rate, in scan lines per second, compatible with the ground speed and the GSD
SE_Lat deg Latitude of the Swath South East Corner
SE_Lon deg Longitude of the Swath South East Corner
Sensor   Sensor Name
Sensor band   Sensor operation frequency band, e.g VNIR, SWIR, for optical, C-BAND, X-BAND, for radar
SensorMode   Sensor Mode Name
Sensor Type   Sensor type, whether Radar, Optical, Microwave, etc.
Slew   Slew side, RIGHT ot LEFT, for satellites with a slew plan, like Radarsat-2
Spectral range nm Range of wavelengths covered by the sensor, in nano meters
Start time Start of event
Sun glint 0..1 Sun glint normalized reflectance coefficient calculated at the centroid of the swath and the area of interest
SW_Lat deg Latitude of the Swath South West Corner
SW_Lon deg Longitude of the Swath South West Corner
SwathArea km2 Total Swath Area
SZA deg Sun Zenith Angle, measured at the centroid of the intersection between AOI and Swath. The SZA is the angle between local zenith and the vector to the sun.
TAnx sec Time ellapsed since the last Ascending Node Crossing
TargetInImage % Percentage of useful swath coverage as the ratio between the Area Intersected by the Swath and the Total Swath Area.
TaskingAntenna(**)   Name of the suitable antenna for last tasking opportunity for uplinking commands to the satellite
TaskingLatency(**) sec Time gap between latest opportunity of uplink tasking and actual sensing
TaskingTime(**) time Time of next tasking opportunity for uplinking commands to the satellite
Type   Type tag for vertical ordering in the Gantt chart
Width km Swath Width measured at the start of the swath
WindowingFactorLeft 0..1

Swaths without windowing will have a WindowingFactorLeft = 0. If Windowing is applied this value will increase up to a maximum of 1, depending of the the level of windowing.

It is always the case that WindowingFactorRight > WindowingFactorLeft

See more information in the Windowing Constraint page.

WindowingFactorRight 0..1

Swaths without windowing will have a WindowingFactorRight = 1. If Windowing is applied this value will decrease up to a minimum of 1, depending of the the level of windowing.

It is always the case that WindowingFactorRight > WindowingFactorLeft

See more information in the Windowing Constraint page.

Yaw deg Satellite yaw angle at the beginning of the swath

(*) It requires that a downlink opportunity exists ahead of time over a selected antenna. If there are no antennas selected this value will not be calculated and the parameter will not be generated.

(**)It requires a tasking opportunity exists ahead of time over a selected antenna. If there are no antennas selected this value will not be calculated and the parameter will not be generated.

 

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