diff --git a/python/packages/nisar/products/writers/BaseL2WriterSingleInput.py b/python/packages/nisar/products/writers/BaseL2WriterSingleInput.py
index 02370a170..6dbb78980 100644
--- a/python/packages/nisar/products/writers/BaseL2WriterSingleInput.py
+++ b/python/packages/nisar/products/writers/BaseL2WriterSingleInput.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def _get_attribute_dict(band,
                         valid_max=None,
                         stats_obj_list=None,
                         stats_real_imag_obj_list=None,
-                        to_string_function=str):
+                        to_string_function=str,
+                        to_data_format_function=lambda x: x):
     '''
     Get attribute dictionary for a raster layer
 
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ def _get_attribute_dict(band,
         List of complex stats object
     to_string_function: function, optional
         Function to convert input data type to string
+    to_data_format_function: function, optional
+        Function to convert input data type to the desired output data type.
 
     Returns
     -------
@@ -97,33 +100,42 @@ def _get_attribute_dict(band,
         attr_dict['units'] = to_string_function(units)
 
     if fill_value is not None:
-        attr_dict['_FillValue'] = fill_value
+        attr_dict['_FillValue'] = to_data_format_function(fill_value)
 
     if stats_obj_list is not None:
         stats_obj = stats_obj_list[band]
-        attr_dict['min_value'] = stats_obj.min
-        attr_dict['mean_value'] = stats_obj.mean
-        attr_dict['max_value'] = stats_obj.max
-        attr_dict['sample_stddev'] = stats_obj.sample_stddev
+        attr_dict['min_value'] = to_data_format_function(stats_obj.min)
+        attr_dict['mean_value'] = to_data_format_function(stats_obj.mean)
+        attr_dict['max_value'] = to_data_format_function(stats_obj.max)
+        attr_dict['sample_stddev'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.sample_stddev)
 
     elif stats_real_imag_obj_list is not None:
 
         stats_obj = stats_real_imag_obj_list[band]
-        attr_dict['min_real_value'] = stats_obj.real.min
-        attr_dict['mean_real_value'] = stats_obj.real.mean
-        attr_dict['max_real_value'] = stats_obj.real.max
-        attr_dict['sample_stddev_real'] = stats_obj.real.sample_stddev
-
-        attr_dict['min_imag_value'] = stats_obj.imag.min
-        attr_dict['mean_imag_value'] = stats_obj.imag.mean
-        attr_dict['max_imag_value'] = stats_obj.imag.max
-        attr_dict['sample_stddev_imag'] = stats_obj.imag.sample_stddev
+        attr_dict['min_real_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.real.min)
+        attr_dict['mean_real_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.real.mean)
+        attr_dict['max_real_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.real.max)
+        attr_dict['sample_stddev_real'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.real.sample_stddev)
+
+        attr_dict['min_imag_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.imag.min)
+        attr_dict['mean_imag_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.imag.mean)
+        attr_dict['max_imag_value'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.imag.max)
+        attr_dict['sample_stddev_imag'] = \
+            to_data_format_function(stats_obj.imag.sample_stddev)
 
     if valid_min is not None:
-        attr_dict['valid_min'] = valid_min
+        attr_dict['valid_min'] = to_data_format_function(valid_min)
 
     if valid_max is not None:
-        attr_dict['valid_max'] = valid_max
+        attr_dict['valid_max'] = to_data_format_function(valid_max)
 
     return attr_dict
 
@@ -456,6 +468,9 @@ def save_hdf5_dataset(ds_filename, h5py_obj, root_path,
     for band in range(nbands):
         gdal_band = gdal_ds.GetRasterBand(band+1)
 
+        to_data_format_function = gdal_array.GDALTypeCodeToNumericTypeCode(
+            gdal_band.DataType)
+
         attr_dict = _get_attribute_dict(
             band,
             standard_name=standard_name,
@@ -466,7 +481,8 @@ def save_hdf5_dataset(ds_filename, h5py_obj, root_path,
             valid_max=valid_max,
             stats_obj_list=stats_obj_list,
             stats_real_imag_obj_list=stats_real_imag_obj_list,
-            to_string_function=np.bytes_)
+            to_string_function=np.bytes_,
+            to_data_format_function=to_data_format_function)
 
         if isinstance(output_ds_name, str):
             output_ds_name_band = output_ds_name
@@ -675,6 +691,9 @@ def save_raster(ds_filename, output_ds_name,
         if mantissa_nbits is not None:
             truncate_mantissa(data, mantissa_nbits)
 
+        to_data_format_function = gdal_array.GDALTypeCodeToNumericTypeCode(
+            gdal_band.DataType)
+
         attr_dict = _get_attribute_dict(
             band,
             standard_name=standard_name,
@@ -684,7 +703,8 @@ def save_raster(ds_filename, output_ds_name,
             valid_min=valid_min,
             valid_max=valid_max,
             stats_obj_list=stats_obj_list,
-            stats_real_imag_obj_list=stats_real_imag_obj_list)
+            stats_real_imag_obj_list=stats_real_imag_obj_list,
+            to_data_format_function=to_data_format_function)
 
         if isinstance(output_ds_name, str):
             output_ds_name_band = output_ds_name