SGP/RLPROF/C1 - Reduced signal due to partially closed laser shutter

The laser shutter was partially closed during the period in question. This resulted in a 
reduction in the sensitivity of all detection channels.

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• Wavelength of each of the 6 filters measured by the MFR radiometers(filter)
• Fit parameters for the low nitrogen channel(parameters_nitrogen_low)
• Average cloud base height used in the retrieval(cbh)
• Number of photons counted in the high elastic (aerosol) channel(elastic_counts_high)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• Height range of the low channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_low)
• Fit parameters for the high nitrogen channel(parameters_nitrogen_high)
• Supplemental 5(s5)
• Supplemental 6(s6)
• Supplemental 3(s3)
• Supplemental 4(s4)
• Supplemental 1(s1)
• Supplemental 2(s2)
• Supplemental 9(s9)
• Supplemental 7(s7)
• Supplemental 8(s8)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the low channel elastic analog signal(electronic_background_elastic_analog_low)
• Solar background in the low channel nitrogen channel(solar_background_nitrogen_low)
• Fit parameters for the high temperature #2 channel(parameters_t2_high)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high temperature #1 channel(t1_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel depolarization
  analog signal(electronic_background_depolarization_analog_high)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high depolarization channel(depolarization_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high temperature #2 channel(t2_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Solar background in the low channel elastic channel(solar_background_elastic_low)
• Fit parameters for the high depolarization channel(parameters_depolarization_high)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high liquid channel(liquid_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Fit parameters for the low water vapor channel(parameters_water_low)
• Binary flags indicating whether PC or analog data were used in the profile(merge_flags_high)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel nitrogen analog
  signal(electronic_background_nitrogen_analog_high)
• Number of photons counted in the low elastic (aerosol) channel(elastic_counts_low)
• Temperature average, sensor 1(temp1)
• Temperature 3 inside the instrument enclosure(temp3)
• Temperature average, sensor 2(temp2)
• Temperature 5 inside the instrument enclosure(temp5)
• Temperature 4 inside the instrument enclosure(temp4)
• Temperature 6 inside the instrument enclosure(temp6)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the low channel nitrogen analog
  signal(electronic_background_nitrogen_analog_low)
• Count rate in the high water vapor channel(water_counts_high)
• Fit parameters for the high elastic channel(parameters_elastic_high)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high depolarization channel(solar_offset_nudge_dh)
• Number of photons counted in the high nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_high)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high depolarization channel(depolarization_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high elastic channel(solar_offset_nudge_eh)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  low elastic channel(solar_offset_nudge_el)
• Binary flags indicating whether PC or analog data were used in the profile(merge_flags_low)
• Fit parameters for the high water vapor channel(parameters_water_high)
• Cloud value check flag(cloud_value_check)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel elastic analog
  signal(electronic_background_elastic_analog_high)
• Laser pulse energy(pulse_energy)
• Fit parameters for the high liquid channel(parameters_liquid_high)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high elastic channel(elastic_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for low nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_low_glue_coef_offset)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for low water vapor channel(water_counts_low_glue_coef_slope)
• Supplemental 10(s10)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel water vapor analog
  signal(electronic_background_water_analog_high)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the low channel water vapor analog
  signal(electronic_background_water_analog_low)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for low water vapor channel(water_counts_low_glue_coef_offset)
• Number of photons counted in the liquid water channel(liquid_counts_high)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high liquid channel(solar_offset_nudge_lw)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high water vapor channel(water_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel temperature #1
  analog signal(electronic_background_t1_analog_high)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel temperature #2
  analog signal(electronic_background_t2_analog_high)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high nitrogen channel(solar_offset_nudge_nh)
• Fit parameters for the high temperature #1 channel(parameters_t1_high)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  low nitrogen channel(solar_offset_nudge_nl)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for low elastic channel(elastic_counts_low_glue_coef_offset)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high temperature #2 channel(t2_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Number of photons counted in the temperature 2 channel(t2_counts_high)
• Number of photons counted in the low water vapor channel(water_counts_low)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high water vapor channel(water_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Height range of the high channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_high)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high temperature #1 channel(t1_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Glue coefficient (offset) for high elastic channel(elastic_counts_high_glue_coef_offset)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high temperature #1 channel(solar_offset_nudge_t1)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high temperature #2 channel(solar_offset_nudge_t2)
• Parameters associated with the fit of the analog and photon counting data(parameters)
• Mean electronic background subtracted from the high channel liquid analog signal(electronic_background_liquid_analog_high)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for low elastic channel(elastic_counts_low_glue_coef_slope)
• N2 cloud check value(n2_cloud_check_value)
• Fit parameters for the low elastic channel(parameters_elastic_low)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for high liquid channel(liquid_counts_high_glue_coef_slope)
• Laser head in use(laser_head)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  low water vapor channel(solar_offset_nudge_wl)
• Number of photons counted in the temperature 1 channel(t1_counts_high)
• Adjustment to ensure solar background from AD and PC data are identical for the
  high water vapor channel(solar_offset_nudge_wh)
• Glue coefficient (slope) for low nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_low_glue_coef_slope)
• Number of photons counted in the low nitrogen channel(nitrogen_counts_low)
• Solar background in the low channel water channel(solar_background_water_low)
• Count rate in the high depolarization channel(depolarization_counts_high)

• Uncertainty of the aerosol extinction coefficient profile calculated from the
  aerosol backscatter coefficient(extinction_from_backscatter_error)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile created by marrying the merged extinction
  from N2 data with the extinction from backscatter data(extinction_married1)
• Ratio of aerosol extinction to aerosol backscatter(Sa_1)
• Ratio of aerosol extinction to aerosol backscatter(Sa_2)
• Vertical resolution of the high aerosol extinction coefficient profile data(extinction_high_resolution)
• Aerosol optical depth calculated from the extinction_married1 profile(aod_married1)
• Mask indicating from where the extinction value came from in the aerosol
  extinction coefficient profile created by marrying the merged extinction from N2
  data w(extinction_married1_mask)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol extinction coefficient profile created by merging the
  two N2 channels extinction profiles(extinction_1_error)
• Aerosol optical depth from the surface computed from the
  extinction_from_backscatter profiles(aod_bscat_profile)
• Error in the aerosol optical depth calculated from the extinction_1 profile(aod_1_error)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm - smoothed to N2 extinction resolution(smoothed_backscatter)
• Maximum altitude used in the calculation of the aerosol optical depth from the
  extinction_from_backscatter profile(aod_bscat_max_ht)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the low N2 channel data(extinction_low)
• Uncertainty in the aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter_error)
• Mode index(mode)
• Uncertainty in the aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm - smoothed to N2
  extinction resolution(smoothed_backscatter_error)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Aerosol optical depth calculated from the extinction_1 profile(aod_1)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)
• Maximum altitude used in the calculation of the aerosol optical depth from the
  extinction_1 profile(aod_1_max_ht)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the high N2 channel data(extinction_high)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the low N2
  channel(extinction_low_error)
• Error in the aerosol optical depth calculated from the
  extinction_from_backscatter profile(aod_bscat_error)
• Vertical resolution of the low aerosol extinction coefficient profile data(extinction_low_resolution)
• Aerosol optical depth from the surface computed from the married1 extinction
  profiles(aod_married1_profile)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Aerosol optical depth calculated from the extinction_from_backscatter profile(aod_bscat)
• Error in the aerosol optical depth calculated from the extinction_married1
  profile(aod_married1_error)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the high N2
  channel(extinction_high_error)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile calculated from backscatter and the
  extinction-to-backscatter ratio(extinction_from_backscatter)
• Aerosol optical depth from the surface computed from the extinction_1 profiles(aod_1_profile)
• Aerosol volume backscattering coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
• Vertical resolution of the merged aerosol extinction coefficient profile data(extinction_1_resolution)
• Uncertainty of the married aerosol extinction coefficient profile(extinction_married1_error)
• Height range of the high channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_high)
• Maximum altitude used in the calculation of the aerosol optical depth from the
  extinction_married1 profile(aod_married1_max_ht)
• Height range of the low channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_low)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile created by merging the two N2 channels
  extinction profiles(extinction_1)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the overlap
  corrected high N2 channel(extinction_high_olap_corrected_error)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient profile from the high N2 channel data, where the
  low N2 channel was used to correct for the overlap of the high channel(extinction_high_olap_corrected)

• Scale factor added to the low aerosol scattering ratio at each time sample(scale_add_lo)
• Vertical scale factor for statistical T-test sanity check on high channel data(vert_scale_hi_2)
• Uncertainty of the Calibrated aerosol scattering ratio profile from the low
  channel(cal_asr_error_low)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol scattering ratio profile from the high channel(asr_error_high)
• Calibration factor applied to the low aerosol scattering ratio at each time
  sample(cal_factor_lo)
• Calibrated Aerosol scattering ratio profile from the low channel(cal_asr_low)
• Scale factor added to the high aerosol scattering ratio at each time sample and
  height(scale_add_hi)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)
• Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
• Type of calibration used to compute the high channel calibration at each time
  interval(hi_cal_type)
• Aerosol volume backscattering coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol scattering ratio profile created by merging the two
  channels(asr_1_error)
• Vertical scale factor to make shape of high channel profile match low channel(vert_scale_hi)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Height range of the high channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_high)
• Calibrated Aerosol scattering ratio profile from the high channel(cal_asr_high)
• Uncertainty of the Calibrated aerosol scattering ratio profile from the high
  channel(cal_asr_error_high)
• Scale factor added to the high aerosol scattering ratio at each time sample and
  height (2nd iteration)(scale_add_hi_2)
• Corrected Aerosol volume backscattering coefficient at 355 nm - removed negative
  vals(corr_bscat)
• Aerosol scattering ratio profile created by merging the two Calibrated channels(cal_asr_1)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient uncertainty(bscat_err)
• Aerosol scattering ratio profile from the low channel(asr_low)
• Height range of the low channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_low)
• Differential transmission correction for aerosols(diff_trans_aerosol_corr)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol scattering ratio profile created by merging the two
  Calibrated channels(cal_asr_1_error)
• Aerosol scattering ratio profile created by merging the two channels(asr_1)
• Uncertainty of the aerosol scattering ratio profile from the low channel(asr_error_low)
• Cloud mask(cloud_mask)
• Aerosol scattering ratio profile from the high channel(asr_high)
• Calibration factor applied to the high aerosol scattering ratio at each time
  sample(cal_factor_hi)

• Flag indicating when the sonde launches occurred(sonde_times)
• Error in calibration coefficient b(b_coef_error)
• Average cloud base height used in the retrieval(cbh)
• Error in the background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_error)
• Overlap function(overlap_function)
• Background of the rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_bkg)
• Background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1)
• Background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2)
• Temperature from radiosondes, interpolated to this temporal and spatial grid(sonde_temperature)
• Calibrated rotational Raman temperature(rot_raman_temperature)
• Error in calibrated rotational Raman temperature(rot_raman_temperature_error)
• Error in the background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_error)
• Raw rotational ratio error(rot_raman_ratio_error)
• Solar background correction factor applied to the calibration coefficient a(a_coef_scale)
• Raw rotational Raman ratio(rot_raman_ratio)
• Calibration coefficient b(b_coef)
• Error in calibration coefficient a(a_coef_error)
• Solar background correction factor applied to the calibration coefficient b(b_coef_scale)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Background of the rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_bkg)
• Chi-square associated with the mean overlap correction(overlap_chisq)
• Error in the background of the rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_bkg_error)
• Error in the background of the rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_bkg_error)
• Pressure from radiosondes, interpolated to this temporal and spatial grid(sonde_pressure)
• Calibration coefficient a(a_coef)
• Correlation coefficient associated with the mean overlap correction(overlap_corr)

• Water vapor mixing ratio profile from the low channel(mixing_ratio_low)
• Mode index(mode)
• Vertical resolution of bright mode (mode == 2) data(vertical_resolution_bright_mode)
• Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two
  channels(mixing_ratio_1_error)
• Random error in the precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl_err)
• Water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two calibrated channels
  together with the surface in-situ measurements(mixing_ratio_3)
• Water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two calibrated channels(mixing_ratio_2)
• Water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two channels(mixing_ratio_1)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)
• Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile from the high channel(mixing_ratio_error_high)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Calibration factor used to match the high channel mixing ratio to the low
  channel mixing ratio(calib_high_low)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two
  calibrated channels(mixing_ratio_3_error)
• Precipitable water vapor from microwave radiometer(pwv_mwr)
• Vertical resolution of normal mode (mode == 1) data(vertical_resolution_normal_mode)
• Relative humidity over ice calculated from the merged water vapor mixing ratio
  data(relative_humidity_over_ice)
• Differential transmission correction for aerosols(diff_trans_aerosol_corr)
• Water vapor mixing ratio(mixing_ratio_other)
• Fraction of the total precipitable water vapor in the column sensed by the Raman
  lidar(pwv_rl_fraction)
• Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile from the low channel(mixing_ratio_error_low)
• Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two
  calibrated channels(mixing_ratio_2_error)
• Cloud base height(cloud_base_height_other)
• Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor data from the Raman lidar(wv_rl_max_height)
• Water vapor mixing ratio profile from the high channel(mixing_ratio_high)
• Height range of the low channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_low)
• Calibration factor for entire profile(calib_factor)
• Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the temperature_source
  dataset during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)(sample_times_other)
• Height range of the high channel aerosol scattering ratio profile(height_high)
• Derived pressure(pressure)
• Relative humidity calculated from the merged water vapor mixing ratio data(relative_humidity)
• Cloud liquid water vapor by the microwave radiometer(liq_mwr)
• Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
• Precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl)

• Cloud base height (for first cloud above height threshold)(cloud_base_height)
• Cloud depth(cloud_depth)
• Altitude of cloud top used in retrieval(cloud_top_height)
• Depolarization calibration factor(calibration_factor)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Cloud optical thickness computed from nitrogen data(cloud_optical_thickness_n2)
• Cloud mask(cloud_mask)
• Linear depolarization ratio profile(depolarization_ratio)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)
• Cloud attenuation flag(attenuation_flag)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Cloud optical thickness computed from aerosol (elastic) data(cloud_optical_thickness_aer)
• Uncertainty of the linear depolarization ratio profile(depolarization_ratio_error)

• Resolution of the aerosol extinction and backscatter profiles(extinction_resolution)
• Random error in the precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl_err)
• Random error in the linear depolarization ratio profile(depol_err)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(bscat)
• Average cloud base height used in the retrieval(cbh)
• Cloud mask from depolarization VAP(cmask)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient uncertainty(bscat_err)
• Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the temperature_source
  dataset during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)(sample_times_other)
• Water vapor mixing ratio from the Raman lidar near 60 m(rl_w_60m)
• Aerosol scattering ratio(asr)
• Water vapor mixing ratio error from the Raman lidar near 60 m(rl_w_60m_err)
• Resolution of the water vapor profiles(mixing_ratio_resolution)
• Circular depolarization ratio for particulate(depol)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient(ext)
• Precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl)
• Aerosol optical depth profiles at 355 nm(aod_profile)
• Resolution of the aerosol scattering ratio profile(scattering_ratio_resolution)
• Mode index(mode)
• Fraction of the total precipitable water vapor in the column sensed by the Raman
  lidar(pwv_rl_fraction)
• Cloud liquid water vapor by the microwave radiometer(liq_mwr)
• Random error in the water vapor mixing ratio profile(w_err)
• Aerosol optical depth uncertainty(aod_err)
• Maximum altitude used while computing AOD from the extinction profile(aod_max_height)
• Aerosol scattering ratio uncertainty(asr_err)
• Temperature(t)
• Median vertical velocity(w)
• pressure(p)
• Aerosol optical depth at 355 nm(aod)
• Water vapor mixing ratio from the 60 m tower(twr_w_60m)
• Precipitable water vapor from microwave radiometer(pwv_mwr)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Random error in the aerosol extinction coefficient profile(ext_err)
• Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor data from the Raman lidar(w_max_height)
• Resolution of the depolarization ratio profile(depolarization_resolution)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)

• Average cloud base height used in the retrieval(cbh)
• Resolution of the depolarization ratio profile(depolarization_resolution)
• Precipitable water vapor from microwave radiometer(pwv_mwr)
• Precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl)
• Aerosol optical depth uncertainty(aod_err)
• Cloud liquid water vapor by the microwave radiometer(liq_mwr)
• Water vapor mixing ratio error from the Raman lidar near 60 m(rl_w_60m_err)
• Random error in the aerosol extinction coefficient profile(ext_err)
• Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks(tweaks)
• Resolution of the water vapor profiles(mixing_ratio_resolution)
• Circular depolarization ratio for particulate(depol)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(bscat)
• Cloud mask from depolarization VAP(cmask)
• Water vapor mixing ratio from the 60 m tower(twr_w_60m)
• Aerosol optical depth profiles at 355 nm(aod_profile)
• Random error in the water vapor mixing ratio profile(w_err)
• Random error in the precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar(pwv_rl_err)
• Random error in the linear depolarization ratio profile(depol_err)
• Fraction of the total precipitable water vapor in the column sensed by the Raman
  lidar(pwv_rl_fraction)
• Water vapor mixing ratio from the Raman lidar near 60 m(rl_w_60m)
• Aerosol optical depth at 355 nm(aod)
• Aerosol scattering ratio(asr)
• Maximum altitude used while computing AOD from the extinction profile(aod_max_height)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient(ext)
• Median vertical velocity(w)
• Temperature(t)
• pressure(p)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient uncertainty(bscat_err)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Resolution of the aerosol extinction and backscatter profiles(extinction_resolution)
• Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor data from the Raman lidar(w_max_height)
• Average laser energy of the ensemble shots(average_energy)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• Mode index(mode)
• Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the temperature_source
  dataset during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)(sample_times_other)
• Aerosol scattering ratio uncertainty(asr_err)
• Resolution of the aerosol scattering ratio profile(scattering_ratio_resolution)

• Aerosol scattering ratio(asr)
• Derived pressure(pressure)
• Fraction of the total column amount of water vapor the Raman lidar senses(pwv_fraction)
• Cloud mask from depolarization VAP(cmask)
• Random error in the aerosol extinction coefficient profile(ext_err)
• Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
• Sonde sample times(sample_times_sonde)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(bscat)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient uncertainty(bscat_err)
• Water vapor mixing ratio observed by the Raman lidar(mr)
• Precipitable water vapor from microwave radiometer(pwv_mwr)
• Precipitable water vapor(pwv)
• Linear depolarization ratio profile(dep)
• Aerosol optical depth uncertainty(aod_err)
• Sonde mixing ratio(mr_sonde)
• Linear depolarization ratio uncertainty(dep_err)
• Aerosol optical depth profiles at 355 nm(aod_profile)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• Estimated 1-sigma uncertainty in pwv(pwv_err)
• Uncertainty in cloud optical depth from elastic data(cot_err)
• Aerosol scattering ratio uncertainty(asr_err)
• Uncertainty in water vapor mixing ratio observed by the Raman lidar(mr_err)
• Cloud optical depth from elastic data(cot)
• Maximum altitude used while computing AOD from the extinction profile(aod_max_height)
• Aerosol optical depth at 355 nm(aod)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient(ext)
• Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor from the Raman lidar(mr_max_height)

• Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor from the Raman lidar(mr_max_height)
• Aerosol optical depth uncertainty(aod_err)
• Sonde mixing ratio(mr_sonde)
• Linear depolarization ratio uncertainty(dep_err)
• Cloud optical depth from elastic data(cot)
• Cloud mask from depolarization VAP(cmask)
• Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
• Aerosol scattering ratio uncertainty(asr_err)
• Aerosol optical depth at 355 nm(aod)
• Uncertainty in cloud optical depth from elastic data(cot_err)
• Precipitable water vapor from microwave radiometer(pwv_mwr)
• Fraction of the total column amount of water vapor the Raman lidar senses(pwv_fraction)
• Random error in the aerosol extinction coefficient profile(ext_err)
• Water vapor mixing ratio observed by the Raman lidar(mr)
• Aerosol optical depth profiles at 355 nm(aod_profile)
• Precipitable water vapor(pwv)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• Maximum altitude used while computing AOD from the extinction profile(aod_max_height)
• Uncertainty in water vapor mixing ratio observed by the Raman lidar(mr_err)
• Derived pressure(pressure)
• Sonde sample times(sample_times_sonde)
• Linear depolarization ratio profile(dep)
• Aerosol extinction coefficient(ext)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(bscat)
• Aerosol scattering ratio(asr)
• Estimated 1-sigma uncertainty in pwv(pwv_err)
• Aerosol backscatter coefficient uncertainty(bscat_err)

• Background of the rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_bkg)
• Error in the background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_error)
• Error in calibration coefficient b(b_coef_error)
• Calibration coefficient a(a_coef)
• Calibration coefficient b(b_coef)
• Error in calibrated rotational Raman temperature(rot_raman_temperature_error)
• Overlap function(overlap_function)
• Average cloud base height used in the retrieval(cbh)
• Temperature from radiosondes, interpolated to this temporal and spatial grid(sonde_temperature)
• Raw rotational ratio error(rot_raman_ratio_error)
• Error in the background of the rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1_bkg_error)
• Number of lidar pulses summed(shots_summed)
• Pressure from radiosondes, interpolated to this temporal and spatial grid(sonde_pressure)
• Error in calibration coefficient a(a_coef_error)
• Error in the background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_error)
• Correlation coefficient associated with the mean overlap correction(overlap_corr)
• Solar background correction factor applied to the calibration coefficient a(a_coef_scale)
• Calibrated rotational Raman temperature(rot_raman_temperature)
• Solar background correction factor applied to the calibration coefficient b(b_coef_scale)
• Raw rotational Raman ratio(rot_raman_ratio)
• Background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 353nm(tp1)
• Chi-square associated with the mean overlap correction(overlap_chisq)
• Background of the rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_bkg)
• Background subtracted rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2)
• Error in the background of the rotational Raman signal at 354nm(tp2_bkg_error)