# Introduction

The online processing is optional. Customers can opt out of having their data uploaded to Skaha's server for processing.&#x20;

The following steps are performed as part of the online processing:

* Filtering
* Gain and drift corrections
* Gridding onto a regular grid of latitude and longitude
* Separation of polarized and unpolarized components
* Conversion of radiometer output into volumetric water content using a land-surface model
* Provision of raw data, processed data, and graphs in a Google Drive folder accessible to the customer only

Even though users may want to perform their own data processing, letting the raw data run through Skaha's processing chain will give quick feedback on the data quality:

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