Data Processing Level Definitions
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Processing Level
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Definition
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Level 0 |
Reconstructed, unprocessed data at full resolution; all communications
artifacts have been removed |
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Level 1 |
Level 0 data that has been time-referenced and annotated with ancillary
information, including radiometric and geometric calibration coefficients,
and geolocation information |
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Level 2 |
Derived geophysical variables at the same resolution and location
as the Level 1 data |
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Level 3 |
Variables mapped on uniform space-time grids, usually with some completeness
and consistency |
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Level 4 |
Model output or results from analyses of lower level data
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