SGP/AERI/C1 - laser and cooler failure

On January 8, 2005 the laser failed on the AERI. After it was repaired and during 
calibration, the cryogenic cooler and its spare also failed. The instrument has been off-line 
since the failure.

• Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
  that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
• hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• 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)
• Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
  temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
• 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)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
• Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)

• 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)
• Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
• Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
• Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_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)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
• 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)
• The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
• 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 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 AERI spectral radiances averaged over an hour window centered on the time of
  the LBLRTM rundeck(mean_hour_rad)
• The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
  wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)

• Raw data stream - documentation not supported(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

• Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
• Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
  wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
• Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
  wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
• column ozone(ozone)
• wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
• Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
• Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)

• 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)
• Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• 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)
• 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 Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
• 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 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)
• 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)
• Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
  wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
• Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
  3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
• Integral of the 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)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
• Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
  identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
  category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
  AERI measu(integ_rad_bin_pro_all)
• 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)
• 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 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)
• 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)
• Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
  within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
• Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
  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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
• 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)
• 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 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
  and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
• Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
  that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
• Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
• Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
  not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• 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)
• 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_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)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
• Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
  within each bin and physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_sat)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_unsat)
• First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
• 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)
• 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 AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
  that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
• Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
• Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
  temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
• Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
  spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• wavenumbers for spectral differences(wavenumber)
• Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
• AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)

• Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the set of wavenumbers
  which are mapped to a particular physical process as given in the spectral
  mapping functio(mean_resid_pro)
• Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
  that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
• 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)
• 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)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  within a particular channel for a fixed physical process(sdev_resid_ch_pro)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the entire wavenumber
  spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_resid)
• 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)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  within a particular bin for a fixed physical process(sdev_resid_bin_pro)
• 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)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_bin)
• For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
  identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
• 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)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals within a particular channel
  for a fixed physical process as given in the spectral mapping function
  listed in the gl(mean_resid_ch_pro)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• 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)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_bin_pro)
• 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 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)
• Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
• 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)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the wavenumbers for
  each of the AERI channels(mean_resid_ch)
• 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)
• 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 AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel that
  are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_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)
• 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)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  over the wavenumbers for each of the bins (sub-bands)(sdev_resid_bin)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
• Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
  3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
• Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
• 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)
• First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
  are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
• hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
• 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 minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
  process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  over the set of wavenumbers which are mapped to a particular physical
  process(sdev_resid_pro)
• Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
  not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
• Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
  that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_pro)
• Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
  wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
• 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)
• 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)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
  within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_unsat)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_resid_ch)
• The standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals
  over the entire wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_resid)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_ch)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_ch_pro)
• Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_sat)
• Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
• Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
  within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_all)
• 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)
• 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)
• Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
• 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 Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
• 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)
• Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
• Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
• For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
  identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
• 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)
• Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals within a particular bin for
  a fixed physical process as given in the spectral mapping function listed in
  the globa(mean_resid_bin_pro)
• The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the wavenumbers for
  each of the bins (sub-bands)(mean_resid_bin)
• 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)

• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
• Number of foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
• Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
• Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
• Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
  spectral window for channel 2: [2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT_channel_2)
• Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
• Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
• Standard deviation of mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
• Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
• Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
• Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
• Ensemble average of ratios of direct_norm_broadband divided by
  diffuse_hemisp_broadband from the SIROS(mean_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_cbh)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Number of observations in each MWR ensemble (23tbsky, 31tbsky, vap, liq)(nobs_mwr_ensembles)
• Standard deviation of the average radiance in the 2510-2515 wavenumber window
  during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var_channel_2)
• Cloud base height from the MPL(mean_mpl_cbh)
• Number of observations in each `large` MWR ensemble (23tbsky and 31tbsky)(nobs_mwr_ensembles_large)
• Standard deviation of the average radiance in the 985-990 wavenumber window
  during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var_channel_1)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_clear)
• Standard deviation of ratio ensemble about mean_dir_to_diff_ratio(sdev_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
• Average IR temperature from the IRT (on the MWR)(mean_irt)
• Ensemble average of second cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud2_cbh)
• Ensemble average of third cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud3_cbh)
• AERI sample time minus WSI image time(wsi_offset_time)
• Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
• Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
• Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
• Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_1(cbh_AERI_channel_1)
• Calculated cloud cover fraction from the WSI(cloud_cover_fract)
• Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
• Ensemble average of total water vapor along LOS path from the MWR(mean_vap)
• Average total liquid water along LOS path from the MWR(mean_liq)
• Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky)
• Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_2(cbh_AERI_channel_2)
• Standard deviation of liq ensemble(sdev_liq)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_cbh)
• Calculated cloud cover fraction from the WSI(cloud_cover_frac)
• IR temperature calculated from the AERI spectral response function used to
  mimick the output from the IR thermometer on the MWR(calculated_irt)
• Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
• Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
  spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)
• Standard deviation of cloud2 ensemble(sdev_cloud2_cbh)
• Standard deviation of cloud3 ensemble(sdev_cloud3_cbh)
• Binary field indicating which inputs are available and used to set the
  nonclear_flag(nonclear_inputs)
• Ensemble average of 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_31tbsky)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_clear)

• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• column ozone(ozone)
• Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
  wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
• Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
• wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
• Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
  wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
• Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)

• Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
• Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
• CPL retrieval of absolute temperature(CPL_ambientTemp)
• Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
• Auxilliary flags for THIS retrieval(auxDataFlagsNow)
• profile source flag(profile_source_flag)
• CPL height array for the profile(CPL_height)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
• Auxilliary flags for TODAY(auxDataFlagsToday)
• Retrieval rejection flag(retrievalRejectionFlag)
• Height of bins above ground level for the temperature, retrieved water vapor,
  and pressure profile(height)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• CPL retrieval of atmospheric Pressure(CPL_pressure)
• Temperature used to determine the backscatter profile(temperature)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
• Constant Pressure Level (Wisc original pres_level)(CPL)
• CPL retrieval of dewpoint temperature(CPL_dewpointTemp)
• CPL retrieval of water vapor mixing ratio(CPL_waterVaporMixingRatio)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Time offset from midnight of date of file. For CO data, this is identical to
  time_offset and is included for compatibility.(time)

SGP/AERI/C1 - Missing data

Data are missing and unrecoverable.

• Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
• Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
• Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
• Observation latitude(Latitude)
• Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
• 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)
• Observation Altitude(Altitude)
• 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)
• Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
• Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
• Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
• Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
• Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
• wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
• Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
• Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
• 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)
• Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
• AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
• Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
• Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
• Observation longitude(Longitude)
• AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
• Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
• AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
• Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
• wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
• Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
• Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
• Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1Temp)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
• 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)

• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
  cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2282_2287
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
• 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)
• Observation latitude(Latitude)
• Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
• Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
• 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)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
• Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
• 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)
• Observation Altitude(Altitude)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
• 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)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
  (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
• Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
• 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)
• Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
  acceptable in sky view (true/false)(LWskyNENAcceptable)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
  cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
• Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
• AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
• The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view
  at 1000 cm^-1(LWskyNEN)
• Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
• 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)
• Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680
  cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
• AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
• Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
• Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
• Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity(SWresponsivity)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (985_990
  cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
• AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
• 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)
• Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
• Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
• AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyVariabilityAveragesCh2)
• 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)
• Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
  (false)(HBBStable)
• AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyVariabilityAveragesCh1)
• 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)
• Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
• Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
  cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
• Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
• Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
  (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
• 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)
• 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)
• Observation longitude(Longitude)
• Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum3)
• 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)
• Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990)
• AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)(ResponsivitySpectraAveragesCh1)
• AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum2)
• Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
  cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
• Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
• Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
  only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
• Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2295_2300
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
• AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
• Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
• Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
• 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)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
• Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287
  cm^-1)(elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287)
• Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
• Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
• Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
• Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
• 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(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)
• Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
  cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
• AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum1)
• AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
  (2295_2300 cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
  cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
• Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
  (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
• AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum11)
• Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
• Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
• Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
  acceptable in sky view (true/false)(SWskyNENAcceptable)
• 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)
• Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1Temp)
• AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)

• Observation Altitude(Altitude)
• Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
• Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
• Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
• Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
• Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
• Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
• Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
• Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
• AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
• Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
• 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)
• Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
• Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
• Observation latitude(Latitude)
• Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
• Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
• Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
• wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
• Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
• Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
• AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
• Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
• Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
• Observation longitude(Longitude)
• Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
• Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1Temp)
• Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
• Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
• AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
• Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
• Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
• Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
• Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
• wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
• Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
• Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
• Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)

• Engineering channel 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
• Observation latitude(Latitude)
• Engineering channel 1 raw counts(engineeringChannel1Counts)
• Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Relative Humidity at Site in Percent(rawAtmosphericRelativeHumidity)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
• 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)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
• Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
• Engineering channel 1 data(engineeringChannel1Data)
• Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell(fixed12KohmResistor)
• Thermistor input channel number 21 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor21)
• Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0Data)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 8(tempStdDevThermistor8)
• Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
• Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
• 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)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 3(tempStdDevThermistor3)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 13(tempStdDevThermistor13)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
• Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
• Thermistor input channel number 18 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor18)
• Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
• Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 10(tempStdDevThermistor10)
• Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
• 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)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
• Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
• Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2Data)
• Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
• Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
• Observation Altitude(Altitude)
• Standard deviation of AERI pressure in counts(countsStdDevPressure)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 20(tempStdDevThermistor20)
• Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
• 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 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 15(tempStdDevThermistor15)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 14(tempStdDevThermistor14)
• Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
• 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)
• Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
• Thermistor input channel number 14 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor14)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
• Observation longitude(Longitude)
• Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
• Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
• Engineering channel 0 raw counts(engineeringChannel0Counts)
• Engineering channel 2 raw counts(engineeringChannel2Counts)
• Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
• Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
• Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
• Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
• Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
• Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
• Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
• Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
• Engineering channel 0 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
• Barometric Pressure at Site in Millibars(rawAtmosphericPressure)

• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
• altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
• Number of foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
• Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
• Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
• Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
  spectral window for channel 2: [2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT_channel_2)
• Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
• Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
• Standard deviation of mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
• Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
• Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
• Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
• Ensemble average of ratios of direct_norm_broadband divided by
  diffuse_hemisp_broadband from the SIROS(mean_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_cbh)
• east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
• Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
• Number of observations in each MWR ensemble (23tbsky, 31tbsky, vap, liq)(nobs_mwr_ensembles)
• Standard deviation of the average radiance in the 2510-2515 wavenumber window
  during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var_channel_2)
• Cloud base height from the MPL(mean_mpl_cbh)
• Number of observations in each `large` MWR ensemble (23tbsky and 31tbsky)(nobs_mwr_ensembles_large)
• Standard deviation of the average radiance in the 985-990 wavenumber window
  during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var_channel_1)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_clear)
• Standard deviation of ratio ensemble about mean_dir_to_diff_ratio(sdev_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
• Average IR temperature from the IRT (on the MWR)(mean_irt)
• Ensemble average of second cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud2_cbh)
• Ensemble average of third cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud3_cbh)
• AERI sample time minus WSI image time(wsi_offset_time)
• Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
• Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
• Time offset from base_time(base_time)
• north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
• Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
• Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
• Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
• Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_1(cbh_AERI_channel_1)
• Calculated cloud cover fraction from the WSI(cloud_cover_fract)
• Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
• Ensemble average of total water vapor along LOS path from the MWR(mean_vap)
• Average total liquid water along LOS path from the MWR(mean_liq)
• Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky)
• Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_2(cbh_AERI_channel_2)
• Standard deviation of liq ensemble(sdev_liq)
• Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_cbh)
• Calculated cloud cover fraction from the WSI(cloud_cover_frac)
• IR temperature calculated from the AERI spectral response function used to
  mimick the output from the IR thermometer on the MWR(calculated_irt)
• Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
• Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
  spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)
• Standard deviation of cloud2 ensemble(sdev_cloud2_cbh)
• Standard deviation of cloud3 ensemble(sdev_cloud3_cbh)
• Binary field indicating which inputs are available and used to set the
  nonclear_flag(nonclear_inputs)
• Ensemble average of 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_31tbsky)
• Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_clear)