Data Quality Reports for Session: 100703 User: vpayne Completed: 07/25/2006


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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D041027.1NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing datansamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1
D050112.1NSA/C1 - Site-wide power failurensamplC1.a1, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamplpsC1.a0, nsamwrlosC1.b1, nsamwrtipC1.a1, nsaaerich1C1.b1,
nsaaerich2C1.b1, nsammcrmomC1.b1, nsamettwr4hC1.b1, nsavceil25kC1.b1,
nsatwrcam40mC1.a1, nsaaerisummaryC1.b1, nsaaeriengineerC1.b1, nsa915rwptempconC1.a1,
nsa915rwptempmomC1.a0, nsa915rwpwindconC1.a1, nsa915rwpwindmomC1.a0, nsa915rwptempspecC1.a0,
nsa915rwpwindspecC1.a0


DQRID : D041027.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/21/2004092402/23/20042239
10/06/2004000810/27/20041237
11/20/2004003811/22/20041852
04/10/2005000004/11/20051623
09/04/2005053009/06/20051858
Subject:
NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing data
DataStreams:nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:
Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:nsamwrpC1.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported(raw)

nsamwrpC1.b1:
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError)
  • Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity)
  • Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval(temperatureRmsError)
  • Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath)
  • Surface pressure at instrument(surfacePressure)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2)
  • Data quality flags(dataQualityFlags)
  • Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity)
  • Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError)
  • Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor(totalPrecipitableWater)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Solar azimuth referenced to the Central Facility.(azimuth)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only
    23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 0(elevation)
  • Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres)
  • Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres)
  • Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2)
  • Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)
  • Frequency(frequency)
  • Convective available potential energy(cape)
  • Flag indicating moisture sensor status(wetWindowFlag)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError)
  • Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel)
  • Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection)
  • Temperature used to determine the backscatter profile(temperature)
  • Surface absolute temperature at instrument(surfaceTemperature)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835
    and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError)
  • Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Surface relative humidity at instrument(surfaceRelativeHumidity)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)


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DQRID : D050112.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/13/2004100012/13/20042330
Subject:
NSA/C1 - Site-wide power failure
DataStreams:nsamplC1.a1, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamplpsC1.a0, nsamwrlosC1.b1, nsamwrtipC1.a1, nsaaerich1C1.b1,
nsaaerich2C1.b1, nsammcrmomC1.b1, nsamettwr4hC1.b1, nsavceil25kC1.b1,
nsatwrcam40mC1.a1, nsaaerisummaryC1.b1, nsaaeriengineerC1.b1, nsa915rwptempconC1.a1,
nsa915rwptempmomC1.a0, nsa915rwpwindconC1.a1, nsa915rwpwindmomC1.a0, nsa915rwptempspecC1.a0,
nsa915rwpwindspecC1.a0
Description:
The Barrow facility experienced a site-wide power failure on 12/13.  Power was restored to 
most instruments between 2250 and 2330 GMT.
Measurements:nsa915rwpwindconC1.a1:
  • Elevation angle of Beam 4 for WINDS data(elevation4)
  • Power offset(power)
  • Average Interval(avgint)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 4(nrcns4)
  • Number of values that passed consensus, beam 2(ncns2)
  • Azimuth of Beam 2 for WINDS data(azimuth2)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 0 for WINDS data(elevation0)
  • Beam 1 radial wind speed(vel1)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Rx bandwidth switch code(bswitch)
  • Height Index(range_gate)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam 4(snr4)
  • Azimuth of Beam 4 for WINDS data(azimuth4)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 0(nrcns0)
  • Number of spectra/ave int, Beam 2(nrec2)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam 0(snr0)
  • Azimuth of Beam 0 for WINDS data(azimuth0)
  • Array of heights for each sample time(height_p)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 1(nrcns1)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Azimuth of Beam 1 for WINDS data(azimuth1)
  • Number of valid heights for each power(nheight)
  • Oblique FFT Bandwidth(oband)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 1 for WINDS data(elevation1)
  • Number of Individual Spectra/Average Spectrum(nspc)
  • Beam 0 radial wind speed(vel0)
  • Oblique Velocity Spectral Resolution(ovsr)
  • Number of values that passed consensus, beam 1(ncns1)
  • Beam 4 radial wind speed(vel4)
  • copolar signal to noise ratio(snr1)
  • Number of Coherent Samples/spectral point(ncoh)
  • Number of spectra/ave int, Beam 1(nrec1)
  • Horizontal wind speed(spd)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 2 for WINDS data(elevation2)
  • model zonal wind velocity(u_wind)
  • Vertical Velocity Spectral Resolution(vvsr)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Number of values that passed consensus, beam 0(ncns0)
  • model meridional wind velocity(v_wind)
  • Height of Center of First Range Gate(rgf)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 2(nrcns2)
  • Interpulse Period(ipp)
  • Number of spectra/ave int, Beam 0(nrec0)
  • Number of spectra/ave int, Beam 4(nrec4)
  • Beam 3 radial wind speed(vel3)
  • Number of Pulse Code Bits(pcbits)
  • Number of values that passed consensus, beam 4(ncns4)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam 2(snr2)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 3 for WINDS data(elevation3)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Individual Spectrum Integration Time(sitime)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Height of Center of Last Range Gate(rgl)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 3(nrcns3)
  • Delay Time to 1st Gate(dly)
  • Time Domain Integration Time(tditime)
  • Vertical FFT Bandwidth(vband)
  • Pulse Repetition Frequency(prf)
  • Horizontal wind direction(dir)
  • Azimuth of Beam 3 for WINDS data(azimuth3)
  • Ave Time per Average Spectra. Also known as dwell.(spcavetim)
  • Number of values that passed consensus, beam 3(ncns3)
  • Beam 2 radial wind speed(vel2)
  • Pulse Length(plen)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam 3(snr3)
  • Number of spectra/ave int, Beam 3(nrec3)

nsatwrcam40mC1.a1:
  • JPG data stream - documentation not supported(JPEG data stream - documentation not yet available)

nsa915rwptempconC1.a1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of Values Required for Consensus, Beam 0(nrcns)
  • Number of Values that Passed Consensus, Beam 0 Virtual Temperature(ncns_virtual_temp)
  • Corrected Beam 0 Virtual Temperature(virtual_temp_corr)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Corrected Beam 0 Virtual Temperature(snr_virtual_temp_corr)
  • RASS virtual temperature (1st moment)(virtual_temp)
  • Number of Values that Passed Consensus, Corrected Beam 0 Virtual Temperature(ncns_virtual_temp_corr)
  • Number of Average Spectra/Average Int, Beam 0(nrec)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Vertical wind velocity(vert_v)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Vertical wind velocity(snr_vert_v)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio, Beam 0 Virtual Temperature(snr_virtual_temp)
  • Average Interval(avgint)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Number of Values that Passed Consensus, Vertical wind velocity(ncns_vert_v)

nsa915rwpwindmomC1.a0:
  • Individual Spectrum Integration Time(sitime)
  • Time Domain Integration Time(tditime)
  • Oblique FFT Bandwidth(oband)
  • Vertical FFT Bandwidth(vband)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio of the RASS Signal(snr)
  • Number of valid heights for each power(nheight)
  • Radial Velocity Spectral Resolution(vsr)
  • Mean atmospheric vertical velocity(mdf)
  • Height of Center of Last Range Gate(rgl)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Number of Pulse Code Bits(pcbits)
  • Beam Number(beam)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Number of Coherent Samples/spectral point(ncoh)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Number of Individual Spectra/Average Spectrum(nspc)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 0(elevation)
  • Rx bandwidth switch code(bswitch)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Delay Time to 1st Gate(dly)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Array of heights for each sample time(height_t)
  • 1000 * log10(noise signal level: vert vel)(noise)
  • Pulse Repetition Frequency(prf)
  • Spectral Width: vert velocity(specw)
  • Height Index(range_gate)
  • Pulse Length(plen)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ave Time per Average Spectra. Also known as dwell.(spcavetime)
  • Height of Center of First Range Gate(rgf)
  • Interpulse Period(ipp)

nsamplC1.a1:
  • Repetition rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(trigger_freq)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Amount of time the actual laser pulse lags behind the sync trigger(laser_sync_offset)
  • Distance from leading edge of first range bin to the center of each bin.(range_bins)
  • effective range offset due to poor sync between laser firing and A/D trigger.(range_offset)
  • Preliminary cloud base height above ground level(preliminary_cbh)
  • Laser temperature(laser_temp)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Angle of orientation with respect to true geographic north(transceiver_azimuth_angle)
  • Number of laser pulses summed during measurement interval(shots_summed)
  • Background signal(background_signal)
  • value represents date when configuration is first applicable as YYYYMMDD(property)
  • Repetition rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
  • Detector temperature(detector_temp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Amount of time the scalar lags behind the sync trigger(scalar_sync_offset)
  • Voltage level which operates the thermistor(voltage_10)
  • Number of laser pulses summed during measurement interval(shots_sum)
  • Time in nanoseconds for each range bin of multichannel scalar card.(range_bin_time)
  • Filter temperature(filter_temp)
  • Width of range-bins calculated from range_bin_time(range_bin_width)
  • Voltage level which operates the A/D card and the detector(voltage_05)
  • distance to center of range bin after correcting for offset in sync(range)
  • Maximum altitude retrieved from multichannel scalar card.(max_altitude)
  • Energy output per pulse of transmitted laser beam at 523 nm (Doubled Nd-YLF)(energy_monitor)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • Voltage level which operates the energy monitor(voltage_15)
  • Instrument temperature(instrument_temp)
  • Angle of inclination with respect to horizontal(transceiver_altitude_angle)
  • required to correct raw counts for detector deadtime prior to all other
    corrections.(deadtime_correction)
  • Sum of raw backscatter counts per bin prior to ANY corrections.(total_counts)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Amount of time laser pulse lags behind the scalar trigger(laser_scalar_sync_offset)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Aerosol volume backscattering coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)

nsamplpsC1.a0:
  • Filter temperature(filter_temp)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Energy output per pulse of transmitted laser beam at 523 nm (Doubled Nd-YLF)(energy_monitor)
  • Laser temperature(laser_temp)
  • distance to center of range bin after correcting for offset in sync(range)
  • Background signal(background_signal)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • Preliminary cloud base height above ground level(preliminary_cbh)
  • Maximum altitude retrieved from multichannel scalar card.(max_altitude)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Instrument temperature(instrument_temp)
  • Voltage level which operates the A/D card and the detector(voltage_05)
  • effective range offset due to poor sync between laser firing and A/D trigger.(range_offset)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Voltage level which operates the energy monitor(voltage_15)
  • Attenuated backscatter(detector_counts)
  • Voltage level which operates the thermistor(voltage_10)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Detector temperature(detector_temp)
  • Number of laser pulses summed during measurement interval(shots_summed)
  • Time in nanoseconds for each range bin of multichannel scalar card.(range_bin_time)
  • Repetition rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
  • Width of range-bins calculated from range_bin_time(range_bin_width)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Distance from leading edge of first range bin to the center of each bin.(range_bins)

nsamwrpC1.b1:
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only
    23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError)
  • Flag indicating moisture sensor status(wetWindowFlag)
  • Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835
    and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval(temperatureRmsError)
  • Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2)
  • Surface absolute temperature at instrument(surfaceTemperature)
  • Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity)
  • Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath)
  • Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres)
  • Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2)
  • Temperature used to determine the backscatter profile(temperature)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError)
  • Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError)
  • Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres)
  • Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)
  • Data quality flags(dataQualityFlags)
  • Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature)
  • Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor(totalPrecipitableWater)
  • Frequency(frequency)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Convective available potential energy(cape)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError)
  • Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection)
  • Surface pressure at instrument(surfacePressure)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • Surface relative humidity at instrument(surfaceRelativeHumidity)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 0(elevation)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity)
  • Solar azimuth referenced to the Central Facility.(azimuth)
  • Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)

nsa915rwptempspecC1.a0:
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Spectral Data (signal strength/freq int)(spc_amp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Particle radius at logarithmic center of bin(bins)

nsa915rwptempmomC1.a0:
  • Mean acoustic speed(smdf)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • RASS virtual temperature (1st moment)(virtual_temp)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio: acoustic(ssnr)
  • Spectral Width: vert velocity(specw)
  • Mean atmospheric vertical velocity(mdf)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Signal to Noise Ratio of the RASS Signal(snr)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • 1000 * log10(noise signal level: vert vel)(noise)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Acoustic Spectral Width(sspecw)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)

nsamettwr4hC1.b1:
  • 40m Average QLI Reference Temperature(RefT40M_AVG)
  • Standard Deviation of 10m Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP10M_STD)
  • 15 minute Present Weather Code(PwCod15mi)
  • Chilled Mirror Calculated Vapor Pressure(VPCMH)
  • Chilled Mirror Temperature(CMHTemp)
  • Standard Deviation of 40m Calculated Dew Point(DP40M_STD)
  • 2m Arithmetic Mean Wind Speed(WS2M_S_WVT)
  • 10m Vector Averaged Wind Speed(WS10M_U_WVT)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 10m Arithmetic Mean Wind Speed(WS10M_S_WVT)
  • 2m Average QLI Input Voltage(Volt2M_AVG)
  • 2m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD2M_DU_WVT)
  • 10m Average Relative Humidity(RH10M_AVG)
  • Present Weather Sensor Alarm(PWSAlarm)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • 20m Average Relative Humidity(RH20M_AVG)
  • 10m Average Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP10M_AVG)
  • 1 minute Average Visibility(AvgVis1mi)
  • Standard Deviation of Sonic Vector Averaged Wind Direction(SonicWD_SDU_WVT)
  • 10m Average Temperature(T10M_AVG)
  • Instant Present Weather Code(InstPwCod)
  • Standard Deviation of 2m Relative Humidity(RH2M_STD)
  • Standard Deviation of 10m Relative Humidity(RH10M_STD)
  • Standard Deviation of 10m Temperature(T10M_STD)
  • 40m Average Calculated Dew Point(DP40M_AVG)
  • Standard Deviation of 2m Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP2M_STD)
  • 1 hour Present Weather Code(PwCod1hr)
  • Standard Deviation of 20m Relative Humidity(RH20M_STD)
  • 40m Vector Averaged Wind Speed(WS40M_U_WVT)
  • 10m Average Calculated Dew Point(DP10M_AVG)
  • 20m Arithmetic Mean Wind Speed(WS20M_S_WVT)
  • Standard Deviation of 20m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD20M_SDU_WVT)
  • 2m Average Temperature(T2M_AVG)
  • 2m Average Calculated Dew Point(DP2M_AVG)
  • Cumulative Snow Sum(CumSnow)
  • 20m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD20M_DU_WVT)
  • 20m Average Calculated Dew Point(DP20M_AVG)
  • Average X Component of Sonic Wind Speed(SonicX_AVG)
  • 20m Average QLI Reference Temperature(RefT20M_AVG)
  • Sonic Vector Averaged Wind Direction(SonicWD_DU_WVT)
  • Standard Deviation of 2m Temperature(T2M_STD)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard Deviation of 10m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD10M_SDU_WVT)
  • 10 minute Average Visibility(AvgVis10m)
  • 2m Average Relative Humidity(RH2M_AVG)
  • Standard Deviation of 10m Calculated Dew Point(DP10M_STD)
  • Standard Deviation of 2m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD2M_SDU_WVT)
  • 10m Average QLI Input Voltage(Volt10M_AVG)
  • 20m Average Temperature(T20M_AVG)
  • 40m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD40M_DU_WVT)
  • Standard Deviation of 2m Calculated Dew Point(DP2M_STD)
  • Cumulative Water Sum(CumH2O)
  • 10m Average QLI Reference Temperature(RefT10m_AVG)
  • 40m Average Relative Humidity(RH40M_AVG)
  • 40m Arithmetic Mean Wind Speed(WS40M_S_WVT)
  • 40m Average Temperature(T40M_AVG)
  • Precipitation Rate(PcpRate)
  • 10m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD10M_DU_WVT)
  • Sonic Arithmetic Mean Wind Speed(SonicWS_S_WVT)
  • 2m Average Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP2M_AVG)
  • Average Y Component of Sonic Wind Speed(SonicY_AVG)
  • Sonic Vector Averaged Wind Speed(SonicWS_U_WVT)
  • Standard Deviation of 40m Temperature(T40M_STD)
  • 20m Average Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP20M_AVG)
  • 2m Vector Averaged Wind Speed(WS2M_U_WVT)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • 2m Average QLI Reference Temperature(RefT2M_AVG)
  • Average Sonic Static Speed of Sound(SonicS_AVG)
  • Chilled Mirror Calculated Saturation Vapor Pressure(SatVPCMH)
  • Standard Deviation of 20m Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP20M_STD)
  • Standard Deviation of 40m Relative Humidity(RH40M_STD)
  • 20m Average QLI Input Voltage(Volt20M_AVG)
  • Standard Deviation of 40m Vector Averaged Wind Direction(WD40M_SDU_WVT)
  • Datalogger Battery Voltage(Batt_Volt)
  • Standard Deviation of 20m Calculated Dew Point(DP20M_STD)
  • 40m Average QLI Reference Voltage(Volt40M_AVG)
  • Chilled Mirror Dew Point(CMHDP)
  • 20m Vector Averaged Wind Speed(WS20M_U_WVT)
  • 40m Average Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP40M_AVG)
  • Standard Deviation of 20m Temperature(T20M_STD)
  • Standard Deviation of 40m Calculated Vapor Pressure(VP40M_STD)
  • Chilled Mirror Calculated Relative Humidity(CMHRH)
  • Atmospheric Pressure(AtmPress)

nsaaeriengineerC1.b1:
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance700_705)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature average(ABBtopTempWeight)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Interferometer window temperature measured on the outside of the aluminum window
    flange(interferometerWindowTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Coadditions count Number of complete(forward+backward) interferogram scans in a
    sample average.(coadditionsCount)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2282_2287)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Motor step value given to motor controller to achieve proper mirror positioning(sceneMirrorMotorStep)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature
    average(ABBbottomTempWeight)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2295_2300)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Corrective offset for final hot blackbody average temperature(HBBtempOffset)
  • Weight factor for top used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBtopTempWeight)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near the interferometer(airNearInterferometerTemp)
  • Scene mirror temperature as measured at the center of the back of the mirror(sceneMirrorTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Rain sensor analog output: the rain sensor is located inside the hatch near the
    sky aperture and is used to flag the critical condition of rain falling on
    the AERI s(rainSensorIntensity)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance2510_2515)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Scene Mirror Position Count Number of viewers in a sequence(sceneMirPosCount)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 1000 cm-1(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • 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)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Laser wavenumber used in definition of output wavenumber scale(outputLaserWavenumber)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance675_680)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • Sun sensor analog output: The sun sensor has a view angle to the sky slightly
    larger than the interferometer FOV and is aligned to the interferometer
    line-of-sight. I(sunSensorIntensity)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2295_2300 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • Interferometer front end fan airflow unheated temperature: used with heated
    temperature as measure of airflow.(frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Limit applied to LWskyNEN in determination of LWskyNENacceptable(LWskyNENlimit)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Size of buffer holding initial spectrum(originalInterferogramSize)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Size of buffer holding expanded spectrum before interpolation(expandedInterferogramSize)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Weight factor for apex used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBapexTempWeight)
  • Original laser wavenumber assumed for this instrument(originalLaserWavenumber)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the sky view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Limit applied to HBBtempDrift in determination of HBBstable flag(HBBtempDriftLimit)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Field of view half angle used in finite FOV correction(FFOVhalfAngle)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2282_2287
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Interferometer front end fan airflow heated temperature: used with unheated
    temperature as measure of airflow.(frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Difference between frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp and frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp
    indicative of front end air flow.(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • Weight factor for apex used in calculating ambient blackbody temperature average(ABBapexTempWeight)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Relative Humidity measured in the Interferometer Enclosure(interferometerEnclosureRelativeHumidity)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Blackbody cavity geometry factor(BBcavityFactor)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 2500 cm-1(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Limit applied to SWskyNEN in determination of SWskyNENacceptable(SWskyNENlimit)
  • Imaginary radiance during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm-1)(skyViewImaginaryRadiance985_990)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between HBB Thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Number of terms used in finite field of view correction(numberOfTerms)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Weight factor for bottom used in calculating hot blackbody temperature average(HBBbottomTempWeight)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Corrective offset for final ambient blackbody average temperature(ABBtempOffset)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2295_2300
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Instrument scene mirror position identifier(sceneMirrorPosition)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured in the optics compartment atop the interferometer.(opticsCompartmentRelativeHumidity)

nsaaerich2C1.b1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • 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)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)

nsaaerisummaryC1.b1:
  • AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum7)
  • Difference between actual and ideal motor encoder values for current view
    indicative of quality of the mirror positioning.(sceneMirPosEncoderDrift)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between HBB Thermistors(HBBmaxTempDiff)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time
    (true/false)(dataAvailable)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum2)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch2)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 2500 cm-1(SW_HBB_NEN)
  • Rain sensor analog output: the rain sensor is located inside the hatch near the
    sky aperture and is used to flag the critical condition of rain falling on
    the AERI s(rainSensorIntensity)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum1)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the sky view(HBBtempDrift)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Difference between frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp and frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp
    indicative of front end air flow.(frontEndFanAirTempDiff)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch1)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch2)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Noise-equivalent Radiance in Hot Blackbody at 1000 cm-1(LW_HBB_NEN)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Sun sensor analog output: The sun sensor has a view angle to the sky slightly
    larger than the interferometer FOV and is aligned to the interferometer
    line-of-sight. I(sunSensorIntensity)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • 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 LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum11)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors(ABBmaxTempDiff)
  • Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7(maxSampleStdDev)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum4)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch1)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum14)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)

nsamwrtipC1.a1:
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz derived from this tip(tnd23I)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip23)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise diode mount temperature(tknd)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz derived from this tip(tnd31I)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • 31.4 GHz Blackbody signal(bb31)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • 31.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip31)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)

nsavceil25kC1.b1:
  • Percentage of nominal factory setting (0 to 999%)(receiver_sensitivity)
  • Third cloud base height(third_cbh)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • Aerosol volume backscattering coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
  • Millivolts at internal ADC input (0 to 2500)(background_light)
  • distance to center of range bin after correcting for offset in sync(range)
  • Vertical visibility(vertical_visibility)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Degrees from vertical (-15 to +90)(tilt_angle)
  • Altitude of highest signal(alt_highest_signal)
  • Lowest cloud base height detected.(first_cbh)
  • SUM of detected and normalized backscatter(sum_backscatter)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Percentage of nominal factory setting (0 to 999%)(laser_pulse_energy)
  • Detection status. See details(detection_status)
  • Warning and alarm status bits(status_string)
  • 6 character string describing instrument measurement parameters(measurement_parameters)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Second lowest cloud base height(second_cbh)
  • Laser temperature(laser_temperature)
  • GPS raw data filename(filename)
  • Millivolts at internal ADC input(window_contamination)

nsa915rwpwindspecC1.a0:
  • Number of valid heights for each power(nheight)
  • Rx bandwidth switch code(bswitch)
  • Range Gate Spacing(rgs)
  • Ave Time per Average Spectra. Also known as dwell.(spcavetim)
  • Delay Time to 1st Gate(dly)
  • Elevation angle of Beam 0(elevation)
  • Spectral Data (signal strength/freq int)(spc_amp)
  • Interpulse Period(ipp)
  • Radial Velocity Spectral Resolution(vsr)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Height of Center of Last Range Gate(rgl)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time Domain Integration Time(tditime)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Vertical FFT Bandwidth(vband)
  • Sample Rate(sampr)
  • Height of Center of First Range Gate(rgf)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Pulse Repetition Frequency(prf)
  • Array of heights for each sample time(height_t)
  • Oblique FFT Bandwidth(oband)
  • Number of Pulse Code Bits(pcbits)
  • Number of Coherent Samples/spectral point(ncoh)
  • Number of Individual Spectra/Average Spectrum(nspc)
  • Individual Spectrum Integration Time(sitime)
  • Particle radius at logarithmic center of bin(bins)
  • Height Index(range_gate)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Beam Number(beam)
  • Pulse Length(plen)

nsamwrlosC1.b1:
  • Mean IR brightness temperature(ir_temp)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Mean total water vapor amount along LOS path(vap)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • Mean 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature(tbsky23)
  • Mean 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature(tbsky31)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • 31.4 GHz Blackbody signal(bb31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Noise diode mount temperature(tknd)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Mean total liquid water amount along LOS path(liq)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Sky/Cloud Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)

nsaaerich1C1.b1:
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Version number of Operational Software(systemReleaseNumber)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Maximum departure from ideal of the mirror position over the course of all
    contributing views. Typically two hot, two ambient, and one scene view are
    examine(sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time_UTC_hours)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Hatch status indicator, boolean with negative error conditions: 1:Open 0:Closed
    -1:Fault -2:Outside Valid Range -3:Neither Open Nor Closed(hatchOpen)
  • Type of scene that has been calibrated (ASCII character as float)(calibratedSceneID)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Character string containing instrument name(instrumentUnitNumber)
  • AERI instrument data channel number(channelNumber)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • AERI instrument unit serial number(AERIunitNumber)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into
    interferometer window.(sceneMirrorAngle)
  • Observation date(dateYYMMDD)
  • Duration of scene view(sceneViewDuration)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)

nsammcrmomC1.b1:
  • Delay to First Range Gate(StartGateDelay)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Receiver Cal Time Stamp(RxCalTimeStamp)
  • Number of Coherent Integrations(NumCoherentIntegrations)
  • Max. height of clutter removal(ClutterHeight)
  • Circular Depolarization Ratio(CircularDepolarizationRatio)
  • DC Filtering ON-OFF Status(DCFilterONOFF)
  • Average Noise Level (S/N<0)(AvgNoiseLevel)
  • Pulse Width(PulseWidth)
  • Current Receiver Number(ReceiverNumber)
  • Receiver Gain(RxGain)
  • RadarWaveLength(m) / [4 * InterPulsePeriod(s) * NumCoherentIntegrations](NyquistVelocity)
  • Windowing ON-OFF Status(WindowingONOFF)
  • MMCR Spectral Width(SpectralWidth)
  • Time Spacing Between Gates(GateSpacing)
  • Mean Noise Level(NoiseLevel)
  • Receiver 290K Level(Rx290KLevel)
  • Number of Receiver(NumReceivers)
  • Minimum detectable reflectivity(MinimumDetectableReflectivity)
  • TWT Status Code, details forthcoming from MMCR vendor(TWTStatusCode)
  • MMCR Reflectivity(Reflectivity)
  • Receiver Cal Check Level(CalCheckLevel)
  • Receiver Cal Check Time Stamp(CalCheckTime)
  • Number of Code Bits(NumCodeBits)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Inter-Pulse Period(InterPulsePeriod)
  • Range Corrected Calibrated Power(RangeCorrectedPower)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Receiver Sky Noise(SkyNoiseLevel)
  • Time associated with hourly averaged values(TimeAvg)
  • Data Quality Status(DataQualityStatus)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Operating Set for this Record(ModeNum)
  • Radar Constant(RadarConstant)
  • radar mode char identifier(ModeDescription)
  • Power (uncalibrated)(Power)
  • Receiver Mode(ReceiverMode)
  • Number of Spectral Averages(NumSpectralAverages)
  • MMCR Mean Doppler Velocity(MeanDopplerVelocity)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Number of Gate Heights(NumHeights)
  • Number of Points in FFT(NumFFT)
  • Range Heights (center of radar sample volume)(heights)
  • Peak tranmitted power, averaged over the course of the hour(PeakTransmittedPowerAvg)
  • Time offset from midnight forecast initialization time(time)
  • Signal to noise ratio(SignalToNoiseRatio)


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