| Code/Flag Figure |
Description |
Status |
|
1-5
|
Reserved
|
Operational
|
|
6
|
Bulk SST outside of validation range
|
Operational
|
|
7
|
Skin SST outside of validation range
|
Operational
|
|
8
|
Sensor zenith angle > 40 degrees (pixel is not within 40 degrees of nadir and therefore is not of high quality)
|
Operational
|
|
9
|
Degradation - horizontal cell size (HCS) > 1.3 km (HCS > 1.3 km, swath width > 1 700 km, sensor zenith angle > 50.3 degrees)
|
Operational
|
|
10
|
Exclusion: no ocean in pixel
|
Operational
|
|
11
|
Degradation: aerosol optical thickness (AOT) > 0.6 (AOT in horizontal cell > 0.6 on the slant path (AOT @550 nm))
|
Operational
|
|
12
|
Exclusion: AOT > 1.0 (AOT in horizontal cell > 1.0 on the slant path (AOT @550 nm))
|
Operational
|
|
13
|
Sun glint present in pixel
|
Operational
|
|
14
|
Ice concentration threshold exceeded (SST not retrieved due to ice concentration exceeding threshold in system spec)
|
Operational
|
|
15
|
Thin cirrus detected in pixel
|
Operational
|
|
All 16
|
Missing value
|
Operational
|