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File naming convention

JAXA file naming conventions and examples in EarthCARE are shown below.

File naming convention
No. Name Digit count Value
1 missionID (mission name) 3 ECA
(EarthCARE mission, fixed)
2 Processing institution identification 1 "J" (JAXA)
"E" (ESA)
3 Sensor identification 3 CPR:CPR, MSI:MSI, ATL:ATLID, AC_: ATLID+CPR etc.
4 File identifier 3 See attached table 1
5 Processing level 3 LLt (L0:level0, 1A:level 1a, 1B:level 1b, 1C:level 1c, 1D:level 1d, 2A:level 2a, 2B:level 2b/Synergy, AX: Auxiliary data, XX:others, S: standard products)
6 Frame start time 13 YYYYMMDDThhmm (UTC)
7 Frame end time 13 YYYYMMDDThhmm (UTC)
8 Orbit number + frame ID 6 Orbit number (00001~99999) (zero padding 5 digits)
frame ID : f
A: 22.5°S (Ascending) to 22.5°N (Ascending)
B: 22.5°N (Ascending) to 67.5°N (Ascending)
C: 67.5°N (Ascending) to 67.5°N (Descending)
D: 67.5°N (Descending) to 22.5°N (Descending)
E: 22.5°N (Descending) to 22.5°S (Descending)
F: 22.5°S (Descending) to 67.5°S (Descending)
G: 67.5°S (Descending) to 67.5°S (Ascending)
H: 67.5°S (Ascending) to 22.5°S (Ascending)
9 Product version 3 "vAb"
  v: Product Version (fixed)
  A: Major version
  b: minor version