Data Quality Reports for Session: 103158 User: ql_data Completed: 12/11/2006


TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D060814.2SGP/AERI/E14 - Missing datasgpaerich1E14.b1, sgpaerich2E14.b1, sgpaerisummaryE14.b1, sgpaeriengineerE14.b1,
sgpaerich1nf1turnE14.c1, sgpaerich2nf1turnE14.c1


DQRID : D060814.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/27/2006235507/11/20061300
Subject:
SGP/AERI/E14 - Missing data
DataStreams:sgpaerich1E14.b1, sgpaerich2E14.b1, sgpaerisummaryE14.b1, sgpaeriengineerE14.b1,
sgpaerich1nf1turnE14.c1, sgpaerich2nf1turnE14.c1
Description:
Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:sgpaerich1E14.b1:
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)

sgpaerich1nf1turnE14.c1:
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)

sgpaerich2nf1turnE14.c1:
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)

sgpaerisummaryE14.b1:
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum2)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum7)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch2)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch2)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum11)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum4)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch1)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch1)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Difference between frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp and frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp
    indicative of front end air flow.(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 1000 cm-1(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 2500 cm-1(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the sky view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum14)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between HBB Thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Rain sensor analog output: the rain sensor is located inside the hatch near the
    sky aperture and is used to flag the critical condition of rain falling on
    the AERI s(rainSensorIntensity)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Sun sensor analog output: The sun sensor has a view angle to the sky slightly
    larger than the interferometer FOV and is aligned to the interferometer
    line-of-sight. I(sunSensorIntensity)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)

sgpaeriengineerE14.b1:
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature average(ABBtopTempWeight)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near the interferometer(airNearInterferometerTemp)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between HBB Thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance985_990)
  • Sun sensor analog output: The sun sensor has a view angle to the sky slightly
    larger than the interferometer FOV and is aligned to the interferometer
    line-of-sight. I(sunSensorIntensity)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBbottomTempWeight)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance675_680)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBtopTempWeight)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Size of buffer holding expanded spectrum before interpolation(expandedInterferogramSize)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Coadditions count Number of complete(forward+backward) interferogram scans in a
    sample average.(coadditionsCount)
  • Limit applied to SWskyNEN in determination of SWskyNENacceptable(SWskyNENlimit)
  • Scene mirror temperature as measured at the center of the back of the mirror(sceneMirrorTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance700_705)
  • Scene Mirror Position Count Number of viewers in a sequence(sceneMirPosCount)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Field of view half angle used in finite FOV correction(FFOVhalfAngle)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 1000 cm-1(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2295_2300 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2295_2300
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Interferometer front end fan airflow heated temperature: used with unheated
    temperature as measure of airflow.(frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Relative humidity measured in the optics compartment atop the interferometer.(opticsCompartmentRelativeHumidity)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Number of terms used in finite field of view correction(numberOfTerms)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Laser wavenumber used in definition of output wavenumber scale(outputLaserWavenumber)
  • Relative Humidity measured in the Interferometer Enclosure(interferometerEnclosureRelativeHumidity)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Corrective offset for final hot blackbody average temperature(HBBtempOffset)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Difference between frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp and frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp
    indicative of front end air flow.(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Rain sensor analog output: the rain sensor is located inside the hatch near the
    sky aperture and is used to flag the critical condition of rain falling on
    the AERI s(rainSensorIntensity)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 2500 cm-1(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Blackbody cavity geometry factor(BBcavityFactor)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Interferometer front end fan airflow unheated temperature: used with heated
    temperature as measure of airflow.(frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • Original laser wavenumber assumed for this instrument(originalLaserWavenumber)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Corrective offset for final ambient blackbody average temperature(ABBtempOffset)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Limit applied to LWskyNEN in determination of LWskyNENacceptable(LWskyNENlimit)
  • Size of buffer holding initial spectrum(originalInterferogramSize)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Instrument scene mirror position identifier(sceneMirrorPosition)
  • Interferometer window temperature measured on the outside of the aluminum window
    flange(interferometerWindowTemp)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2510_2515)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2282_2287)
  • Motor step value given to motor controller to achieve proper mirror positioning(sceneMirrorMotorStep)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the sky view(HBBtempDrift)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Weight factor for apex used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBapexTempWeight)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Limit applied to HBBtempDrift in determination of HBBstable flag(HBBtempDriftLimit)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2295_2300)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Weight factor for apex used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature average(ABBapexTempWeight)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature
    average(ABBbottomTempWeight)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2282_2287
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)

sgpaerich2E14.b1:
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
    time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)


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