High: Number of good quality pixel AOT retrievals > 16 (1/4 the total number of pixels in aggregated horizontal cell) Medium: Number of good quality retrievals ≤ 16 and the number of good/degraded quality retrievals ≥ 16 Low: 11 = 3 = High Number of good/degraded quality 10 = 2 = Medium retrievals < 16 Not AOT Quality 2 01 = 1 =Low Produced: No good/degraded 00 = 0 = Not Produced quality retrievals, neither land or sea water dominant (number of land or ocean pixels < half the number of good/degraded pixels in the horizontal cell), ellipsoid fill in the geolocation, night scan, has a pixel with a solar zenith angle between 80º and 85º but no pixel with a solar zenith angle between 65º and 80º High: Number of good quality pixel APSP retrievals > 16 (1/4 the total number of pixels in aggregated horizontal cell) Medium: Number of good quality retrievals ≤ 16 and the number of good/degraded quality retrievals ≥ 11 = 3 = High 16 Low: 10 = 2 = Medium APSP Quality 2 Number of good/degraded quality 01 = 1 =Low retrievals < 16 Not 00 = 0 = Not Produced Produced: No good/degraded quality retrievals, neither land or sea water dominant (number of land or ocean pixels < half the number of good/degraded pixels in the horizontal cell), ellipsoid fill in the geolocation, night scan Land: Number of land/desert pixels ≥ half the total good/degraded pixels Land, Ocean, 00 = 0 = Land within the horizontal cell Ocean: or Not 01 = 1 = Ocean 2 Number of sea water pixels > half Produced 10 = 2 = Not Produced the total good/degraded pixels within the horizontal cell
AOT Quality 11 = 3 = High 10 = 2 = Medium 01 = 1 =Low 00 = 0 = Not Produced 2 High: Number of good quality pixel AOT retrievals > 16 (1/4 the total number of pixels in aggregated horizontal cell) Medium: Number of good quality retrievals ≤ 16 and the number of good/degraded quality retrievals ≥ 16 Low: Number of good/degraded quality retrievals < 16 Not Produced: No good/degraded quality retrievals, neither land or sea water dominant (number of land or ocean pixels < half the number of good/degraded pixels in the horizontal cell), ellipsoid fill in the geolocation, night scan, has a pixel with a solar zenith angle between 80º and 85º but no pixel with a solar zenith angle between 65º and 80º APSP Quality 11 = 3 = High 10 = 2 = Medium 01 = 1 =Low 00 = 0 = Not Produced 2 High: Number of good quality pixel APSP retrievals > 16 (1/4 the total number of pixels in aggregated horizontal cell) Medium: Number of good quality retrievals ≤ 16 and the number of good/degraded quality retrievals ≥ 16 Low: Number of good/degraded quality retrievals < 16 Not Produced: No good/degraded quality retrievals, neither land or sea water dominant (number of land or ocean pixels < half the number of good/degraded pixels in the horizontal cell), ellipsoid fill in the geolocation, night scan Land, Ocean, or Not Produced 00 = 0 = Land 01 = 1 = Ocean 10 = 2 = Not Produced 2 Land: Number of land/desert pixels ≥ half the total good/degraded pixels within the horizontal cell Ocean: Number of sea water pixels > half the total good/degraded pixels within the horizontal cell
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