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Question:
What are the files contained in an ALI Level 1 product?

Answer:
An example of the products distributed with an ALI L1 product:
entityID.MET                                  Metadata file (site location, start/stop time, etc)
Order#.SUM                                  Order summary of files
entityID.M1R                                  First Sensor Chip Assembly (SCA)
entityID.M2R                                  Second SCA
entityID.M3R                                  Third SCA
entityID.M4R                                  Fourth SCA
2002_001_acs.hdf                                  This file and the following files are related to
2002_001_ali.hdf                                  Level 0 processing and are useful to the
2002_001_eff.hdf                                  instrument teams for calibration and validation.
2002_001_gps.hdf
2002_001_mis.hdf
2002_001_wrp.hdf
2002_001_xbd.hdf