5.6. Bad Pixel Replacement Method Definition of bad pixels Pixels included in missing packets during down link. Damaged detectors. All Level-1B pixels generated from bad pixels of Level-1A (Figure 5-8). Figure 5-8 Definition of bad pixels in Level-B data products Basic replacement policy Bad pixel replacement processing is applied to the Level-1B products generation. The simple linear interpolation method is used to generate replacement values (Figure 5-9). The bad pixels are listed using the first and the last pixels in the cross-track direction in the specific header. Figure 5-9 Bad pixel replacement in along track direction