DQRID : D991123.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
11/19/1999193011/22/19991750
more
Subject:
SGP/AERI - AERI01 scene mirror motor failure
DataStreams:sgpaeri01C1.00, sgplblch1lsC1.c1, sgplblch1C1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1,
sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgplblch2lsC1.c1,
sgplblch2C1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1
Description:
During this time interval, the AERI scene mirror motor control was not 
operating, resulting in a complete loss of spectral radiance data including
any associated brightness temperatures.  This data should not be used.
Suggestions: 
No correction is possible.
Measurements:sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Integrated vapor from the sonde profiles, which have been averaged to the static
    field `height`(integ_vap_partial_sonde)
  • Integrated vapor column from the retrieved profiles(integ_vap_retrieval)
  • lon(lon)
  • Root mean square error from the temperature residual profile(temperature_RMSE)
  • Temperature residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 25
    meter tower value(temperature_25m_resid)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Mixing ratio calculated from the 60 meter tower inputs(mixing_ratio_60m_tower)
  • Mixing ratio residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 60
    meter tower value(mixing_ratio_60m_resid)
  • Residual dewpoint temperature profile: retrieved - sonde(dewpoint_resid)
  • Cloud base height used during retrieval(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 25 meter tower value(dewpoint_25m_resid)
  • Maximum height of the sonde(sonde_max_height)
  • Temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 60
    meter tower value(temperature_60m_resid)
  • Root mean square error from the mixing ratio residual profile(mixing_ratio_RMSE)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Root mean square error from the dewpoint temperature residual profile(dewpoint_RMSE)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 60 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_60m_tower)
  • Residual mixing ratio profile: retrieved - sonde(mixing_ratio_resid)
  • Residual temperature profile: retrieved - sonde(temperature_resid)
  • Integrated vapor from the entire sonde profile(integ_vap_entire_sonde)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 25 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_25m_tower)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Mixing ratio calculated from the 25 meter tower inputs(mixing_ratio_25m_tower)
  • Height(height)
  • Sonde serial number(sonde_serial_number)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 60 meter tower value(dewpoint_60m_resid)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • AERI sample time minus Sonde release time (validation time)(sonde_offset_time)
  • Mixing ratio residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 25
    meter tower value(mixing_ratio_25m_resid)
more
sgpgaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • Height(height)
  • Derived pressure(pressure)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • lon(lon)
  • Flag indicating which instruments were available and provided input for the
    retrieval(input_flag)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • Cloud base height used during retrieval(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Initial surface pressure used in retrieval(init_pressure)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
more
sgplblch2C1.c1:
  • Sonde serial number(sonde_serial_number)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • lon(lon)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Sonde launch time minus AERI surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
more
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each channel that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each physical process category
    where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI
    measured radiance(integ_rad_pro_all)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_unsat)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and physical
    process category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
    AERI me(integ_rad_ch_pro_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
    category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
    AERI measu(integ_rad_bin_pro_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • For each channel, this gives the total number of active physical processes out
    of the 12 defined for the process field(NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_ch)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_pro_unsat)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • lon(lon)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_vap_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(sdev_resid_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin and physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_unsat)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each channel where the Planck
    function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured radiance is
    used otherwise(integ_rad_ch_all)
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • AERI sample time minus Sonde release time (validation time)(sonde_offset_time)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each bin that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin where the Planck
    function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured radiance is used
    otherwise(integ_rad_bin_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Bin numbers for sweep measurements(bin)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 where
    the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured
    radiance is used ot(integ_rad_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_sat)
  • Difference of brightness temperatures in the ch1 window region, [1142.20,
    1147.03] wavenumbers, which is an indicator of the atmospheric variability(meas_atm_var_T1)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_all)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
more
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • AERI sample time minus Sonde release time (validation time)(sonde_offset_time)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • lon(lon)
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Wavenumber for a given sample time(wavenumber)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
more
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • lon(lon)
  • Blackbody controller unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnum2)
  • Ingest computer temperature(computerTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Blackbody controller unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Detector Temperature(detectorTemp)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
more
sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • Barometric pressure at site(rawAtmosphericPressure)
  • Engineering channel 2 raw counts(engineeringChannel2counts)
  • Standard deviation of AERI pressure in counts(countsStdDevPressure)
  • Standard deviation of AERI relative humidity in counts(countsStdDevRelativeHumidity)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Engineering channel 0 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 0(tempStdDevThermistor0)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 8(tempStdDevThermistor8)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 9(tempStdDevThermistor9)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 7(tempStdDevThermistor7)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 4(tempStdDevThermistor4)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 2(tempStdDevThermistor2)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 3(tempStdDevThermistor3)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 14(tempStdDevThermistor14)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 13(tempStdDevThermistor13)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 15(tempStdDevThermistor15)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 10(tempStdDevThermistor10)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 12(tempStdDevThermistor12)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
  • Thermistor input channel number 21 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor21)
  • Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
  • Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
  • Thermistor input channel number 16 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor16)
  • Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
  • Thermistor input channel number 18 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor18)
  • Thermistor input channel number 19 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor19)
  • Hatch Closed Indicator(thermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Spare #2(thermistor13)
  • Thermistor input channel number 14 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor14)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Engineering channel 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
  • Reflected Temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Ambient Air near BBs(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • ABB #1(thermistor5)
  • Electronics Air(thermistor8)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • lon(lon)
  • Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 20(tempStdDevThermistor20)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 22(tempStdDevThermistor22)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 18(tempStdDevThermistor18)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • Engineering channel 1 raw counts(engineeringChannel1counts)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 19(tempStdDevThermistor19)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Relative humidity at site(rawAtmosphericRelativeHumidity)
more
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • Bin numbers for sweep measurements(bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad computed for wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category(mean_rad_ch_pro)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
    category(mean_rad_bin_pro)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each bin(mean_rad_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_pro)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_pro for the set of
    wavenumbers which are mapped to a particular physical process(sdev_rad_pro)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for wavenumbers within
    each bin(sdev_rad_bin)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • For each channel, this gives the total number of active physical processes out
    of the 12 defined for the process field(NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_ch)
  • The AERI spectral radiances averaged over an hour window centered on the time of
    the LBLRTM rundeck(mean_hour_rad)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad for wavenumbers between
    550.1299 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin_pro for the set of
    wavenumbers within a particular bin for a fixed physical process(sdev_rad_bin_pro)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each physical process category(mean_rad_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch_pro for wavenumbers within
    each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_rad_ch_pro)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • lon(lon)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
more
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_sat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 where
    the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured
    radiance is used ot(integ_rad_all)
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_sat)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
    category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
    AERI measu(integ_rad_bin_pro_all)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_vap_pres)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • For each channel, this gives the total number of active physical processes out
    of the 12 defined for the process field(NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_ch)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each bin that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(sdev_resid_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin where the Planck
    function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured radiance is used
    otherwise(integ_rad_bin_all)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • Bin numbers for sweep measurements(bin)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • AERI sample time minus Sonde release time (validation time)(sonde_offset_time)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_all)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each channel that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin and physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_sat)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and physical
    process category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
    AERI me(integ_rad_ch_pro_all)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each physical process category
    where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI
    measured radiance(integ_rad_pro_all)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • lon(lon)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each channel where the Planck
    function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured radiance is
    used otherwise(integ_rad_ch_all)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Difference of brightness temperatures in the ch1 window region, [1142.20,
    1147.03] wavenumbers, which is an indicator of the atmospheric variability(meas_atm_var_T1)
more
sgplblch1C1.c1:
  • Sonde launch time minus AERI surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Sonde serial number(sonde_serial_number)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • lon(lon)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
more
sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
  • Initial surface pressure used in retrieval(init_pressure)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • lon(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Height(height)
  • Derived pressure(pressure)
  • Cloud base height used during retrieval(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
more
sgplblch1lsC1.c1:
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • lon(lon)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Sonde serial number(sonde_serial_number)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Sonde launch time minus AERI surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
more
sgplblch2lsC1.c1:
  • Sonde launch time minus AERI surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Sonde serial number(sonde_serial_number)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • lon(lon)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
more
sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • lon(lon)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Blackbody controller unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Ingest computer temperature(computerTemp)
  • Detector Temperature(detectorTemp)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Blackbody controller unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnum2)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
more
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1:
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (700_705 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI LW scene NESR spectral averages (ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Two minute noise estimate factor(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680 cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Blackbody controller unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Detector Temperature(detectorTemp)
  • Averaged wave number for LW responsivity spectral averages(wnumsum1)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with air temperature near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Averaged wave number for LW HBB 2min NESR estimate number 1 (ch1)(wnumsum7)
  • Averaged wave number for SW scene NESR spectral averages (ch2)(wnumsum6)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
  • Averaged wave number for SW responsivity spectral averages(wnumsum2)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum4)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Blackbody controller unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Ingest computer temperature(computerTemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) elevated air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (985_990 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • ABB view radiance standard deviation (700_705 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • AERI SW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • AERI LW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • Averaged wave number for SW scene brightness temp spectral averages (ch2)(wnumsum14)
  • 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)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (675_680 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • 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)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • ABB view radiance standard deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed -1:Fault -2:Outside
    Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • HBB view radiance standard deviation (675_680 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • lon(lon)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • AERI LW Scene radiance spectral averages (ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • AERI SW scene radiance spectral averages (ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the scene view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
more
sgpaeri01C1.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
more

Close this window