OLCI Level-1 data is divided into four product packages; two User products and two Internal products. Each product is composed of an information package map, also called a manifest, and several measurement and annotation data files.
User Products
- OL_1_EFR, providing the OLCI Level-1 Full Resolution product, includes 22 measurement data files and seven annotation data files.
- OL_1_ERR, providing the OLCI Level-1 Reduced Resolution product, includes 21 measurement data files and seven annotation data files.
Internal Products
- OL_1_RAC, providing internal dark offset and gain coefficient from radiometric calibration: includes one measurement data file and one annotation data file.
- OL_1_SPC, providing internal wavelength characterisation from spectral calibration: includes one measurement data file and two annotation data files.
For OL_1_EFR and OL_1_ERR products, the measurement files are written in netCDF 4 format and contain the TOA radiances and their error estimates for each OLCI channel.
OL_1_EFR is also composed of one file providing data for each removed pixel, the 21 associated radiances, geographical position, associated angles and flags.
The annotation data files, also written in netCDF 4 format, are similar and described in the following table.
| File Name | Dimensions | Contents |
| timeCoordinates | Number of lines in the product image | Time stamp |
| geoCoordinates | Number of lines and columns in the product image. | Longitude, Latitude, Altitude |
| qualityFlags | Number of lines and columns in the product image. | Quality flags. |
| tie_geoCoordinates | Number of lines and columns in the tie-point grid. | Longitude, latitude. |
| tie_geometries | Number of lines and columns in the tie-point grid | Sun and observation angles: Sun Zenith Angle (SZA) Sun Azimuth Angle (SAA), Observation Zenith Angle (OZA), Observation Azimuth Angle (OAA) |
| tie_meteo | Number of lines and columns in the tie-point grid. |
ECMWF data: horizontal_wind, sea_level_pressure, |
| instrumentData | Number of lines and columns in the product image, number of instrument detectors per frame and number of OLCI bands.. | lambda0, FWHM, Solar Flux, detector_index, frame_offset, relative_spectral_covariance |
For calibration products, the content is similar, written in netCDF 4 and described in the following table.
| File Name | Product | File Type | Dimensions | Contents |
| radiometricCoef | OL_1_RAC | Measurement | Number of instrument detectors, number of OLCI band and number of dark and blank pixels. | Dark offsets and currents coefficients; gain coefficients and time average of the dark/blank pixels acquired in shutter or diffuser position. |
| RC_annotations | OL_1_RAC | Annotation | Number of instrument detectors, number of OLCI band and number of OLCI cameras. | Quality flags, valid acquired pixels used in different computation and statistics of CCD temperature in shutter or diffuser position. |
| calWavelengths | OL_1_SPC | Measurement | Number of used frames, of selected row, number of instrument detectors, of OLCI camera and number of dark/blank pixels. | Central wavelengths, time average of the dark/blank pixels acquired in shutter or diffuser position. |
| TimeCoordinates | OL_1_SPC | Annotation | Number of used frames. | Time stamps. |
| SC_annotations | OL_1_SPC | Annotation | Number of used frames, of selected row, of instrument detectors and of OLCI camera. | Quality flags and statistics of CCD temperature in shutter or diffuser position. |
Associated with each file, an information package map describes the content unit identifier and description, and the type of data contained in each file. An XML manifest file contains metadata associated with the instrument and the processing.
The Level-1 Product Data Format Specification document contains more detailed information.