Data Quality Reports for Session: 100941 User: yurganov Completed: 08/04/2006

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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D040526.2SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errorssgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
D991123.1SGP/AERI - AERI01 scene mirror motor failuresgpaeri01C1.00, sgplblch1C1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1lsC1.c1,
sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1


DQRID : D040526.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
07/22/1995001205/14/20032359
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errors
DataStreams:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
Description:
The latitude, longitude and altitude of the AERI
were incorrectly entered into the ARM database.  
The correct location of the SGP.C1 AERI is:
   Lat: 36.606N
   Lon: 97.485W
   Alt:    316m
Measurements:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1:
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)

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DQRID : D991123.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
11/19/1999193011/22/19991750
Subject:
SGP/AERI - AERI01 scene mirror motor failure
DataStreams:sgpaeri01C1.00, sgplblch1C1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1lsC1.c1,
sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
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.
Measurements:sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • wavenumbers for spectral differences(wavenumber)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
sgplblch2C1.c1:
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the set of wavenumbers within a
    particular bin for a fixed physical process as given in the spectral mapping
    function listed i(mean_rad_bin_pro)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_pro)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • 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)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the entire wavenumber spectrum
    between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the wavenumbers within each bin
    (sub-band)(mean_rad_bin)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the wavenumbers which are mapped to a
    particular physical process as given in the spectral mapping functions
    listed in the global(mean_rad_pro)
  • 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)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the set of wavenumbers within a
    particular channel for a fixed physical process as given in the spectral mapping
    function liste(mean_rad_ch_pro)
  • 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)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
sgpaeri01C1.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
sgplblch1lsC1.c1:
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_pro_unsat)
  • 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 physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_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)
  • 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 Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • 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)
  • 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 within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • 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 AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_unsat)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • 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_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • 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 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)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • 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 Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_pro_unsat)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • 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)
  • 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 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 physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_sat)
  • 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 channel that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_unsat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_sat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • 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 AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_all)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Relative Humidity at Site in Percent(rawAtmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Standard deviation of AERI relative humidity in counts(countsStdDevRelativeHumidity)
  • Thermistor input channel number 19 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor19)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 22(tempStdDevThermistor22)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 18(tempStdDevThermistor18)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
  • Thermistor input channel number 21 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor21)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 8(tempStdDevThermistor8)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 3(tempStdDevThermistor3)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 13(tempStdDevThermistor13)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
  • Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 15(tempStdDevThermistor15)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 raw counts(engineeringChannel2counts)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 0(tempStdDevThermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Thermistor input channel number 14 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor14)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Barometric Pressure at Site in Millibars(rawAtmosphericPressure)
  • Engineering channel 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
  • Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 9(tempStdDevThermistor9)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 19(tempStdDevThermistor19)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 7(tempStdDevThermistor7)
  • Engineering channel 1 raw counts(engineeringChannel1counts)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 12(tempStdDevThermistor12)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 18 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor18)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 10(tempStdDevThermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 16 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor16)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 2(tempStdDevThermistor2)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 4(tempStdDevThermistor4)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Standard deviation of AERI pressure in counts(countsStdDevPressure)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 20(tempStdDevThermistor20)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 14(tempStdDevThermistor14)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
  • Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Engineering channel 0 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Mixing ratio calculated from the 25 meter tower inputs(mixing_ratio_25m_tower)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Residual temperature profile: retrieved - sonde(temperature_resid)
  • Residual dewpoint temperature profile: retrieved - sonde(dewpoint_resid)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Root mean square error from the temperature residual profile(temperature_RMSE)
  • Mixing ratio residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 60
    meter tower value(mixing_ratio_60m_resid)
  • Temperature residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 25
    meter tower value(temperature_25m_resid)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 60 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_60m_tower)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 60
    meter tower value(temperature_60m_resid)
  • Maximum height of the sonde(sonde_max_height)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 25 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_25m_tower)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 25 meter tower value(dewpoint_25m_resid)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Root mean square error from the mixing ratio residual profile(mixing_ratio_RMSE)
  • Residual mixing ratio profile: retrieved - sonde(mixing_ratio_resid)
  • Mixing ratio residual at 25 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved value - 25
    meter tower value(mixing_ratio_25m_resid)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Integrated vapor from the entire sonde profile(integ_vap_entire_sonde)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 60 meter tower value(dewpoint_60m_resid)
  • Integrated vapor column from the retrieved profiles(integ_vap_retrieval)
  • Root mean square error from the dewpoint temperature residual profile(dewpoint_RMSE)
  • Mixing ratio calculated from the 60 meter tower inputs(mixing_ratio_60m_tower)
  • Integrated vapor from the sonde profiles, which have been averaged to the static
    field `height`(integ_vap_partial_sonde)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1:
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2282_2287
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes,
    centered on the sky view(HBBtempDrift)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
    at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
  • Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.(HBBstable)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch2)
  • Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
  • Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
  • AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum7)
  • 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 NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum14)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and
    LWskyNENlimit.(LWskyNENacceptable)
  • Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • 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)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum4)
  • AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2295_2300 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky
    view at 2500 cm^-1(SWskyNEN)
  • Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
    cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2295_2300
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity(LWresponsivity)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum1)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum11)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)
sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Initial surface pressure used in retrieval(init_pressure)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Temperature used to determine the backscatter profile(temperature)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
sgplblch2lsC1.c1:
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpgaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
    and pressure profile(height)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Initial surface pressure used in retrieval(init_pressure)
  • Temperature used to determine the backscatter profile(temperature)
  • Flag indicating which instruments were available and provided input for the
    retrieval(input_flag)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_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)
  • 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)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_sat)
  • 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)
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • 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)
  • 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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_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)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_unsat)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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 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 channel and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • 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 AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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 AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_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)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • 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)
  • 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 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_all)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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 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)
  • 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 channel where the Planck
    function is used for saturated wavenumbers and AERI measured radiance is
    used otherwise(integ_rad_ch_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • 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 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_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)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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 measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_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 integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • 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)
  • 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)
sgplblch1C1.c1:
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)

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