ICID 0 => EARTH_GLOBAL_TROPICS

Illumination:

• Earth radiance.

Purpose:

• Global Earth radiance measurements.

Location:

• Dayside of the orbit (1 block per orbit).

Usage:

• From launch onwards, almost every orbit, except during spatial zoom-in measurement days and during Monthly 3 observational scenario (1 orbit per month).

Description:

Earth global measurement with instrument settings optimised for high Earth radiances at tropical latitudes. The dark (background) measurements of ICID 3 are eventually used to correct these light measurements in the 0-1 data processing.