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backscattering spectral parameter
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:40 pm America/New_York
by james.h.churnside
What is the backscattering spectral parameter? It has units of m-1 nm-1 and varies from -1 to 1. Is this related to the dimensionless exponent of the power law wavelength dependence? Thanks.
backscattering spectral parameter
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:22 pm America/New_York
by lmckinna
Hi James,
The "backscattering spectral parameter" product is the same as the power law exponent of the backscattering coefficient, which as you correctly note should be dimensionless. I found that the product.xml file, which assigns metadata to the netcdf file, has an incorrect entry resulting in the assigned units of m^-1 nm^-1. Thanks for bringing this to our attention and I'm sorry this has caused confusion, we will go ahead and make the necessary fix.
Best regards,
Lachlan