The effects table codifies all the important information about any source of uncertainty (all the twigs in the measurement function tree).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Table descriptor<\/strong><\/td>\r\n| \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | How this is codified<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | Notes<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Name of effect<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | A unique name for each source of uncertainty in a term of the measurement function<\/td>\r\n | If a similar effect is present for several terms, the names should be unique, e.g. earth count noise, ICT count noise<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Affected term in measurement function <\/strong><\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Name and standard symbol of affected term<\/td>\r\n | Usually an effect will only affect a single term, though there may be exceptions, see Section 3.3.3.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Instruments in the series affected<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Identifier of the specific instrument \/ satellite platform where this effect matters<\/td>\r\n | Some effects may only apply to certain instruments in an FCDR series, or may take a different correlation form for different instruments<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Correlation type and form <\/strong><\/td>\r\n | Pixel-to-pixel [pixels]<\/td>\r\n | One of the types defined in Section 4.2: provided by name<\/td>\r\n | Images is for GEO satellites, Orbits for LEO satellites. \u00a0 Time is a more general quantity and needs an associated attribute describing the unit (e.g. day, week, month, year, epoch)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | from scanline to scanline [scanlines]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | between images [images]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Between orbits [orbit]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Over time [time]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Correlation scale<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | Pixel-to-pixel [pixels]<\/td>\r\n | In units of pixels, scanlines, time or images\/orbits \u2013 what is the scale of the correlation shape?<\/td>\r\n | See Section 3.4.2. The parameters defined for the particular type and form provided here are as specified in Table 1.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | from scanline to scanline [scanlines]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | between images [images]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Between orbits [orbit]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Over time [time]<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Channels\/bands<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | List of channels \/ bands affected<\/td>\r\n | Channel names in standard form<\/td>\r\n | Some effects may only affect certain channels<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Error correlation coefficient matrix<\/td>\r\n | A matrix<\/td>\r\n | See Section 5.5<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Uncertainty <\/strong><\/td>\r\n | PDF shape \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Functional form of estimated error distribution for the term<\/td>\r\n | See Section 5.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | units<\/td>\r\n | Units in which PDF shape is expressed (units of term, or can be as percentage etc)<\/td>\r\n | See Section 5.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | magnitude<\/td>\r\n | Value(s) or parameterisation estimating width of PDF<\/td>\r\n | See Section 5.3<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n | Sensitivity coefficient<\/strong><\/td>\r\n | \u00a0<\/td>\r\n | Value, equation or parameterisation of sensitivity of measurand to term<\/td>\r\n | See Section 5.4<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n | Useful Documents<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWoolliams, E., Mittaz, J., Merchant C. & Harris, P., 2017, D2_2a: Principles behind the FCDR effects table <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n |