DQRID : D040909.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/21/1999000003/21/19992359
03/24/1999000003/24/19992359
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Subject:
NSA/AERI/C1 - Data file header manipulated
DataStreams:nsaaerisummaryC1.a1, nsaaeriengineerC1.a1, nsaaerich1C1.a1, nsaaerich2C1.a1
Description:
The NSA.C1 AERI data for 19990321 and 19990324 were processed on
July 23, 2004 using version 1.24 of the ingest.  This resulted
in the creation of .b1 level data files.  Because the other March
1999 data are .a1 level data files, the .b1 files were modified
using nc_tools (nc_copy, ncvarrename, ncattcopy) to create .a1
level data files.

The data in the files were not changed in anyway.  Only header
modifications were made.  The user may notice small header differences
between these files and others from March 1999.
Suggestions: 
Measurements:nsaaeriengineerC1.a1:
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Shortwave scene NEN limit(SWskyNENlimit)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2510_2515)
  • Two minute noise estimate factor(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature
    average(ABBbottomTempWeight)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Laser wavenumber used in definition of output wavenumber scale(outputLaserWavenumber)
  • Scene mirror position count; number of viewers in a sequence(sceneMirPosCount)
  • Size of buffer holding initial spectrum(originalInterferogramSize)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Ambient air temperature near the interferometer(airNearInterferometerTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Longwave scene NEN limit(LWskyNENlimit)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • ABB view radiance standard deviation (700_705 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the scene view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • 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)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • Limit in Hot-blackbody Temperature Drift(HBBtempDriftLimit)
  • lon(lon)
  • Rain sensor analog output(rainSensorIntensity)
  • Original Laser Wavenumber(originalLaserWavenumber)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Sky View Imaginary Radiance (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance700_705)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • ABB view radiance standard deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Interferometer Enclosure Relative Humidity(interferometerEnclosureRelativeHumidity)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (675_680 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • Observation altitude(Altitude)
  • Sky View Imaginary Radiance (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2295_2300)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • Detector Temperature(detectorTemp)
  • Ingest computer temperature(computerTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (985_990 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBbottomTempWeight)
  • Sky view imaginary radiance (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Corrective offset for final ambient blackbody average temperature(ABBtempOffset)
  • Sun sensor intensity(sunSensorIntensity)
  • Shortwave HBB Noise-equivalent Radiance(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • Maximum temperature difference between ABB thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680 cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Instrument scene mirror position identifier(sceneMirrorPosition)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Blackbody controller unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Sky View Imaginary Radiance (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance675_680)
  • Longwave HBB noise-equivalent radiance(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Decimal representation of percentage weighting of hot blackbody apex temperature(HBBapexTempWeight)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Interferometer Window Temperature(interferometerWindowTemp)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Decimal representation of percentage weighting of ambient blackbody apex
    temperature(ABBapexTempWeight)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (675_680 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Expanded Spectral Buffer Size(expandedInterferogramSize)
  • Maximum temperature difference between HBB thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Calibrated scene type identification(calibratedSceneID)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBtopTempWeight)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise from nadir
    looking into interferometer window(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Number of terms in FFOV corrections(numberOfTerms)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature average(ABBtopTempWeight)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • Blackbody cavity geometry factor(BBcavityFactor)
  • Boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed -1:Fault -2:Outside
    Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Front end fan air temperature difference(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • FFOV half angle(FFOVhalfAngle)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Blackbody controller unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (700_705 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance985_990)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Optics Compartment Relative Humidity(opticsCompartmentRelativeHumidity)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Corrective offset for final hot blackbody average temperature(HBBtempOffset)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • Number of complete (forward+backward) interferogram scans in sample average(coadditionsCount)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Motor step value given to motor controller to achieve proper mirror positioning(sceneMirrorMotorStep)
  • Scene mirror temperature as measured at the center of the back of the mirror(sceneMirrorTemp)
  • Front End Fan Airflow Heated Temperature(frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp)
  • Front End Fan Airflow Unheated Temperature(frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
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nsaaerich1C1.a1:
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnum2)
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
  • Observation altitude(Altitude)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Calibrated scene type identification(calibratedSceneID)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed -1:Fault -2:Outside
    Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • 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)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise from nadir
    looking into interferometer window(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • lon(lon)
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nsaaerisummaryC1.a1:
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • AERI SW scene radiance spectral averages (ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed -1:Fault -2:Outside
    Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • AERI LW Scene radiance spectral averages (ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch1)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Observation altitude(Altitude)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch2)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • lon(lon)
  • AERI SW scene radiance spectral averages (ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENch2)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyVariabilityAveragesCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyVariabilityAveragesCh1)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENch1)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680 cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2ch2)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2ch1)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • AERI LW scene NESR spectral averages (ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh1)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Sun sensor intensity(sunSensorIntensity)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Rain sensor analog output(rainSensorIntensity)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Maximum temperature difference between ABB thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • AERI LW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • AERI SW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1ch2)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1ch1)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • AERI LW responsivity spectral averages (ch1)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the scene view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Calibrated scene type identification(calibratedSceneID)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum4)
  • Averaged wave number for LW responsivity spectral averages(wnumsum1)
  • Averaged wave number for SW responsivity spectral averages(wnumsum2)
  • 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)
  • Averaged wave number for LW HBB 2min NESR estimate number 1 (ch1)(wnumsum7)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Averaged wave number for SW scene NESR spectral averages (ch2)(wnumsum6)
  • Maximum temperature difference between HBB thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch2)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch1)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Front end fan air temperature difference(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Longwave HBB noise-equivalent radiance(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyVariabilityCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyVariabilityCh1)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Shortwave HBB Noise-equivalent Radiance(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise from nadir
    looking into interferometer window(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Averaged wave number for SW HBB 2min NESR estimate number 2 (ch2)(wnumsum10)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum11)
  • Averaged wave number for SW scene radiance spectral averages (ch2)(wnumsum12)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • Averaged wave number for SW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch2)(wnumsum14)
more
nsaaerich2C1.a1:
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnum2)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed -1:Fault -2:Outside
    Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Observation altitude(Altitude)
  • 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)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • lon(lon)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Calibrated scene type identification(calibratedSceneID)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise from nadir
    looking into interferometer window(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
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