Data Quality Reports for Session: 106180 User: salil Completed: 06/20/2007


TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D040526.3SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errorssgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1
D040527.1SGP/AERI/C1 - Time Offset CorrectedsgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1,
sgplblch1aeriC1.c1, sgplblch2aeriC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
D980414.1AERI data effected by failing detector coolersgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
D980414.2Tumbleweed in AERI Field of ViewsgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
D980414.3CO2 Suppression of AERI SpectrasgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
D990920.1SGP/AERI/C1 - Reprocessed: radiance datasgpaeri01C1.00, sgplblch1C1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1lsC1.c1,
sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1
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 : D040526.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/14/1996001305/14/20032359
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errors
DataStreams:sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1
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:sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)

sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)


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DQRID : D040527.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/14/2001001010/19/20011614
10/29/2001162211/20/20011657
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Time Offset Corrected
DataStreams:sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1,
sgplblch1aeriC1.c1, sgplblch2aeriC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
Description:
The SGP.C1 AERI system clock was not being regularly checked and synched
with a time server between May 2001 and November 2001.  When the problem
was identified and the clock was corrected, a time offset of 17 minutes
and 2 seconds (slow) was present.

The data available from the ARM Archive have been time corrected
by Dave Turner using a piece-wise linear function based on a comparison
of pressure data from the AERI and SMOS. Dave indicates "this results
in a good fit to the data" and "errors in the reported sample times are
reduced to approximately 1 minute or less.  Given the nominal three minute
averaging period of the AERI, this should suffice for most applications."

Data between 20011019.1615-20011029.1621 did not need to be corrected
due to a series of events that caused the clock to be temporarily
synched and then revert back to the linear drift pattern.

Note, there are three other variables in the AERI data products which
report time: Time, timeHHMMSS and rawTimeHHMMSS.  The data in these
variables were not modified, so these data will not agree with basetime
+ time_offset.

Also note, VAPs which use the AERI data as input were NOT reprocessed.
VAP data during the time period specified are questionable and should
be used with caution.
Measurements:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
  • 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)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • 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)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1Temp)
  • 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)

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)
  • 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)
  • hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)

sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
  • 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)
  • The AERI spectral radiances averaged over an hour window centered on the time of
    the LBLRTM rundeck(mean_hour_rad)

sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • 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)
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • 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)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • 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)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)

sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • hatch_open_is_true and hatch_closed_is_false(valid_aeri_data)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_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)
  • 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_pro)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • 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)
  • 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 of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the entire wavenumber
    spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_resid)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of residuals over which the mean is calculated(nobs_resid_ch)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • The mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM modeled residuals over the wavenumbers for
    each of the bins (sub-bands)(mean_resid_bin)
  • 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)

sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
  • Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
  • Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
  • Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
  • 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)
  • Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
  • 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)
  • Number of foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
  • 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 mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
  • Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
  • Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)

sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • Observation latitude(Latitude)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • 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 2 raw counts(engineeringChannel2Counts)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2Data)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Flag indicating which instruments were available and provided input for the
    retrieval(input_flag)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • 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)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)

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)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2Temp)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance700_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)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1Temp)
  • 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)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Observation Altitude(Altitude)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyVariabilityAveragesCh2)
  • Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable
    (false)(HBBStable)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • 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)
  • Observation longitude(Longitude)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
    cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2295_2300
    cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCETemp)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false)(SWskyNENAcceptable)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)

sgplblch1aeriC1.c1:
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • column ozone(ozone)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)

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)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • 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)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Flag indicating which instruments were available and provided input for the
    retrieval(input_flag)

sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)

sgplblch2aeriC1.c1:
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • Sonde launch time minus surface temperature time(surface_time_offset)
  • column ozone(ozone)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)


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DQRID : D980414.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/04/1997000010/05/19972330
Subject:
AERI data effected by failing detector cooler
DataStreams:sgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
Description:
The AERI mechanical (Stirling Cycle) detector cooler exhibited
abnormal behavior during this time period which allowed the
detector temperature to fluctuate outside of the normal limits.
This cooler had successfully operated for over 21 months at
this point, well beyond the expected lifetime before 
refurbishment.  Only the longwave (channel 1) AERI data appears
to be effected as the shortwave (channel 2) detector is less
sensitive to changes in detector temperature.  THE COOLER WAS
REPLACED AT 23:00 UTC ON 5 OCTOBER 1997 with a spare by UW
personnel who were on site for the WVIOP.
Measurements:sgpaerisummaryC1.a1:
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • 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)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • 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 at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • 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)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)

sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • 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_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 over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • 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 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)

sgpaerisummaryC1.a2:
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • Overall data quality flag(dq_flag_overall)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Data quality flag for channel 2- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Data quality flag for channel 1- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch1)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Flag indicating whether the hatch is open (0) or closed (1)(hatch_flag)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • 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)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • 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)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • 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 channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • 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 Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • 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_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 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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 absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)

sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • 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)
  • 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 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • 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)
  • Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Barometric Pressure at Site in Millibars(rawAtmosphericPressure)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
  • 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 4(tempStdDevThermistor4)
  • 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)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
  • Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
  • 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 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 22(tempStdDevThermistor22)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 18(tempStdDevThermistor18)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
  • Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • 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)
  • 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 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 9(tempStdDevThermistor9)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 19(tempStdDevThermistor19)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • 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 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)

sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
  • Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
  • Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
  • Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
  • Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
  • 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 foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
  • 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 mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
  • Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_cbh)
  • 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)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • AERI sample time minus WSI image time(wsi_offset_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Standard deviation of liq ensemble(sdev_liq)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
  • Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
  • 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 cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_1(cbh_AERI_channel_1)
  • 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 cloud2 ensemble(sdev_cloud2_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of cloud3 ensemble(sdev_cloud3_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_clear)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Ensemble average of ratios of direct_norm_broadband divided by
    diffuse_hemisp_broadband from the SIROS(mean_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Cloud base height from the MPL(mean_mpl_cbh)
  • Number of observations in each `large` MWR ensemble (23tbsky and 31tbsky)(nobs_mwr_ensembles_large)
  • 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)
  • Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
  • Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_2(cbh_AERI_channel_2)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_cbh)

sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1:
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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 channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the 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 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 within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_bin_pro_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)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • 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 measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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_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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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_ch_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_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)
  • 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 minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • 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 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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_vap_pres)
  • 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)
  • 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 that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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_unsat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • 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_bin_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • 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
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)

sgpaerich1C1.a2:
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)

sgpaerich1C1.a1:
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Integrated vapor column from the retrieved profiles(integ_vap_retrieval)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 25 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_25m_tower)
  • Integrated vapor from the entire sonde profile(integ_vap_entire_sonde)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 60 meter tower value(dewpoint_60m_resid)
  • 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)

sgpaeriC1.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

sgpaerich2C1.a2:
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch_pro for wavenumbers within
    each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_rad_ch_pro)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • 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_pro)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the wavenumbers within each bin
    (sub-band)(mean_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the entire wavenumber spectrum
    between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)

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)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • 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)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • 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)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • 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 Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • 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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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)
  • 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 AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation of 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • 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 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 bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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 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)
  • 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_bin_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(sdev_resid_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)

sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • wavenumbers for spectral differences(wavenumber)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)

sgpaerich2C1.a1:
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)


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DQRID : D980414.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/03/1997180010/03/19972200
Subject:
Tumbleweed in AERI Field of View
DataStreams:sgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
Description:
It's windy.  It's Oklahoma.  A tumbleweed somehow manages
to fall into the AERI hatch and become lodged in the AERI
sky view position.  The AERI collects spectra of the 
tumbleweed until the problem is identified and corrected.
In later processing this was shown to effect the AERI
temperature retrievals during the period 18:00 - 22:00 UTC.
Measurements:sgpaerisummaryC1.a1:
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • 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)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • 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 at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • 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)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)

sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • 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_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 over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • 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 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)

sgpaerisummaryC1.a2:
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • Overall data quality flag(dq_flag_overall)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Data quality flag for channel 2- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Data quality flag for channel 1- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch1)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Flag indicating whether the hatch is open (0) or closed (1)(hatch_flag)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • 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)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • 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)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • 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 channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • 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 Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • 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_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 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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 absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)

sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • 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)
  • 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 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • 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)
  • Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Barometric Pressure at Site in Millibars(rawAtmosphericPressure)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
  • 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 4(tempStdDevThermistor4)
  • 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)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
  • Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
  • 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 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 22(tempStdDevThermistor22)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 18(tempStdDevThermistor18)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
  • Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • 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)
  • 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 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 9(tempStdDevThermistor9)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 19(tempStdDevThermistor19)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • 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 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)

sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
  • Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
  • Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
  • Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
  • Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
  • 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 foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
  • 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 mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
  • Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_cbh)
  • 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)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • AERI sample time minus WSI image time(wsi_offset_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Standard deviation of liq ensemble(sdev_liq)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
  • Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
  • 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 cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_1(cbh_AERI_channel_1)
  • 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 cloud2 ensemble(sdev_cloud2_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of cloud3 ensemble(sdev_cloud3_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_clear)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Ensemble average of ratios of direct_norm_broadband divided by
    diffuse_hemisp_broadband from the SIROS(mean_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Cloud base height from the MPL(mean_mpl_cbh)
  • Number of observations in each `large` MWR ensemble (23tbsky and 31tbsky)(nobs_mwr_ensembles_large)
  • 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)
  • Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
  • Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_2(cbh_AERI_channel_2)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_cbh)

sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1:
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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 channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the 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 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 within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_bin_pro_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)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • 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 measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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_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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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_ch_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_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)
  • 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 minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • 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 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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_vap_pres)
  • 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)
  • 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 that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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_unsat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • 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_bin_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • 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
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)

sgpaerich1C1.a2:
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)

sgpaerich1C1.a1:
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Integrated vapor column from the retrieved profiles(integ_vap_retrieval)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 25 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_25m_tower)
  • Integrated vapor from the entire sonde profile(integ_vap_entire_sonde)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 60 meter tower value(dewpoint_60m_resid)
  • 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)

sgpaeriC1.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

sgpaerich2C1.a2:
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch_pro for wavenumbers within
    each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_rad_ch_pro)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • 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_pro)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the wavenumbers within each bin
    (sub-band)(mean_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the entire wavenumber spectrum
    between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)

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)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • 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)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • 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)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • 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 Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • 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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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)
  • 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 AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation of 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • 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 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 bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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 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)
  • 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_bin_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(sdev_resid_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)

sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • wavenumbers for spectral differences(wavenumber)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)

sgpaerich2C1.a1:
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)


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DQRID : D980414.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
09/30/1997160009/30/19971700
Subject:
CO2 Suppression of AERI Spectra
DataStreams:sgpaeriC1.00, sgpaerich1C1.a1, sgpaerich1C1.a2, sgpaerich2C1.a1, sgpaerich2C1.a2,
sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a1, sgpaerisummaryC1.a2, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
Description:
At about 1600 UTC 30 September 1997 (970930), the CO2 fire suppression system
in the optical trailer went off and AERI-01 detected a local
cooling due to the colder air being forced out of the trailer. Over the next 
few minutes, the CO2 accumulated outside the trailer causing lower transmission 
to space in the 15 micron region and AERI-01 therfore detected
warmer temperatures closer to the surface (T profile decreases with altitude). 
As more CO2 exited the trailer, the atmosphere at 15 microns became more and 
more opaque and AERI looses nearly all responsivity in this region. AERI gradually
regains responsivity over the next 30 minutes or so as the CO2 diffuses. 
The strongest absorbing on-line regions from ~650-680 wavenumbers are the last to 
recover around 1700 UTC. 

A graphical description of the effect described can be found at:
http://www.iop.sgp.arm.gov/~davet/970930/aeri01/index.html

Besides the enhanced CO2, the instrument is effected by the
rapid change of temperature of inside the optical trailer.
This makes all the AERI data during the period 970930 
16:00 - 17:00 UTC questionable.
Measurements:sgpaerisummaryC1.a1:
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Time at end of interferometer data collection(rawTimeHHMMSS)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • 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)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • 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 at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • 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)
  • Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs
    only.(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)

sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • 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_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 over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • 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 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)

sgpaerisummaryC1.a2:
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_675)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1
    and 2300 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2295)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1
    and 680 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_675)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_985)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2512.469 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2510)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1
    and 990 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_985)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2282)
  • Overall data quality flag(dq_flag_overall)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Data quality flag for channel 2- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 985 cm-1 and 990 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 987.438 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_985)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1
    and 2287 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2282)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1
    and 705 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_700)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 700 cm-1 and 705 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 702.488 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_700)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2282 cm-1 and 2287 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2282.003 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2282)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Data quality flag for channel 1- 0 indicates ok, 1 indicates suspect, 2
    indicates noisy (do not use)(dq_flag_ch1)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Flag indicating whether the hatch is open (0) or closed (1)(hatch_flag)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1 and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_rad_2510)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 2295 cm-1 and 2300 cm-1
    converted to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_2295)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • wavenumber average of standard deviation of spectral radiance between 2510 cm-1
    and 2515 cm-1(wave_num_avg_stan_dev_rad_2510)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • wavenumber average of spectral radiance between 675 cm-1 and 680 cm-1 converted
    to brightness temperature at mean wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wave_num_avg_BT_675)

sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Spare temperature sensor (location TBD)(spareTemp)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature(coolerExpanderTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • 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)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature(ABBbottomTemp)
  • Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature(motorDriverTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Scene mirror position encoder value(sceneMirPosEncoder)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • 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)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_pres)
  • 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 channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • 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 Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • 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_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 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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 absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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 values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_sat)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)

sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • 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)
  • 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 6(tempStdDevThermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 data(engineeringChannel2data)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 11(tempStdDevThermistor11)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • 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)
  • Engineering channel 0 data(engineeringChannel0data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Barometric Pressure at Site in Millibars(rawAtmosphericPressure)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 23(tempStdDevThermistor23)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Thermistor input channel number 22 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor22)
  • 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 4(tempStdDevThermistor4)
  • 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)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 16(tempStdDevThermistor16)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 15 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor15)
  • Mirror position encoder value(rawMirrorPositionEncoder)
  • 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 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 22(tempStdDevThermistor22)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 18(tempStdDevThermistor18)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 17 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor17)
  • Thermistor input channel number 23 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor23)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • 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)
  • 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 1 data(engineeringChannel1data)
  • Thermistor input channel number 20 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor20)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 21(tempStdDevThermistor21)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 9(tempStdDevThermistor9)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 19(tempStdDevThermistor19)
  • 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)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • 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 1(tempStdDevThermistor1)
  • Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell(fixed97KohmResistor)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)

sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_mpl_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky_large)
  • Cloud detection flag from sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1(nonclear_flag)
  • Ensemble average of first cloud base height from the Belfort ceilometer(mean_cloud1_cbh)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • 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)
  • Ensemble average of 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature from the MWR(mean_23tbsky)
  • Standard deviation of cloud1 ensemble(sdev_cloud1_cbh)
  • Calculated number of clouds in WSI image(num_cloud)
  • 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 foggy observations in ensemble (probably condensation on the window)(nobs_mpl_foggy)
  • 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 mpl_cbh ensemble(sdev_mpl_cbh)
  • Integrated vapor column from sonde using MWR Instrument Performance Model (IPM)(integ_vap_sonde)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_cbh)
  • 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)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • AERI sample time minus WSI image time(wsi_offset_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Standard deviation of liq ensemble(sdev_liq)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral window for channel 1: [1142.20,1147.03](mean_AERI_BT_channel_1)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_clear)
  • Standard deviation of vap ensemble(sdev_vap)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky)
  • 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 cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud2_clear)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Standard deviation of 31tbsky ensemble(sdev_31tbsky_large)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_1(cbh_AERI_channel_1)
  • 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 cloud2 ensemble(sdev_cloud2_cbh)
  • Standard deviation of cloud3 ensemble(sdev_cloud3_cbh)
  • Number of clear observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud1_clear)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Ensemble average of ratios of direct_norm_broadband divided by
    diffuse_hemisp_broadband from the SIROS(mean_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Cloud base height from the MPL(mean_mpl_cbh)
  • Number of observations in each `large` MWR ensemble (23tbsky and 31tbsky)(nobs_mwr_ensembles_large)
  • 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)
  • Data quality flag for MPL cbh ensemble(mpl_cbh_dq_flag)
  • Number of ratios in ensemble(nobs_dir_by_diff_ratio)
  • Standard deviation of the IR temperature ensemble(sdev_irt)
  • Standard deviation of 23tbsky ensemble(sdev_23tbsky)
  • Cloud base height estimate from the field mean_AERI_BT_channel_2(cbh_AERI_channel_2)
  • Number of cloudy observations in ensemble(nobs_cloud3_cbh)

sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1:
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_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)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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 channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Measure of atmospheric variability over 705-798 cm-1 (bin 3)(meas_atm_var_bin3)
  • Standard Deviation of Barometric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_bar_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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the 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 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 within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(mean_resid_bin_pro_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)
  • Precipitation Total from SMOS(SMOS_precip)
  • 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 measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_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_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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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_ch_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_resid_unsat)
  • Mean Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_temp)
  • First temperature reported by the sonde(sonde_surfT)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_sat)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_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)
  • 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 minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_resid_unsat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_pro_all)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)
  • Mean Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_rh)
  • 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)
  • Standard Deviation of Temperature from SMOS(SMOS_sd_temp)
  • 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)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Standard deviation of the average radiances in the 985-990 and 2510-2515
    wavenumber windows during the AERI dwell time(aeri_dwell_atm_var)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Surface temps used in the LBLRTM runs -- Univ of WISC selected bands(model_surfT)
  • 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 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 over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_sd_vap_pres)
  • 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)
  • 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 that
    are not saturated(mean_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_unsat)
  • Standard Deviation of Relative Humidity from SMOS(SMOS_sd_rh)
  • AERI sample time minus SMOS sample time(SMOS_offset_time)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_pro_unsat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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_unsat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_all)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_all)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each bin that are
    not saturated(mean_resid_bin_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin that are not saturated(sdev_resid_bin_unsat)
  • 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_bin_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Mean of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(mean_abs_resid_unsat)
  • 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
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)

sgpaerich1C1.a2:
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1:
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Average of brightness temperatures calculated from AERI radiances within
    spectral windows, ch1:[1142.20,1147.03] & ch2:[2506.20,2511.02](mean_AERI_BT)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)

sgpaerich1C1.a1:
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)

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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Flag indicating where the initial surface water measurements are from: 0-> SMOS,
    1-> AERI(water_flag)
  • Integrated vapor column from the retrieved profiles(integ_vap_retrieval)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • Time offset between retrieval and 25 meter tower samples: retrieval time - tower
    time(time_offset_25m_tower)
  • Integrated vapor from the entire sonde profile(integ_vap_entire_sonde)
  • Dewpoint temperature residual at 60 meters: vertically interpolated retrieved
    value - 60 meter tower value(dewpoint_60m_resid)
  • 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)

sgpaeriC1.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

sgpaerich2C1.a2:
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)

sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch_pro for wavenumbers within
    each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(sdev_rad_ch_pro)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for the wavenumbers
    within each bin (sub-band)(sdev_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • For each bin, this gives the total number of active physical processes out of
    the 12 defined for the process field (NOTE 0-indeterminate is counted)(nactive_pro_bin)
  • 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_pro)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed for the wavenumbers within each bin
    (sub-band)(mean_rad_bin)
  • 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)
  • For each bin, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_bin)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the wavenumbers for each of the AERI
    channels(mean_rad_ch)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • The average of mean_hour_rad computed over the entire wavenumber spectrum
    between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad over the entire
    wavenumber spectrum between 520.2368 and 3020.1699(sdev_rad_all)
  • 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)

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)
  • AERI interferometer temperature at second port(interferometerSecondPortTemp)
  • AERI ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer(computerTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2282_2287 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyUniformityCh1)
  • Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top(ABBtopTemp)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum5)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • 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)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum9)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch2)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Factor used to convert single-scan noise to two-minute equivalent(twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyUniformityCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyNENCh1)
  • Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature(SCEtemp)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Ambient air temperature at hatch opening(outsideAirTemp)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum12)
  • Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)(longwaveWindowRadiance985_990)
  • Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationHBBtemp)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • Ambient temperature used in calibration(calibrationAmbientTemp)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)(missingDataFlag)
  • 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)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim top(HBBtopTemp)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Ambient blackbody temperature - apex(ABBapexTemp)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287)
  • 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 Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature(BBcontroller1temp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)(shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515)
  • 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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • 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)
  • Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is
    acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and
    SWskyNENlimit.(SWskyNENacceptable)
  • Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300
    cm^-1)(surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300)
  • Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics(atmosphericPressure)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo2Ch1)
  • Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters(wnumsum6)
  • Scene mirror motor case temperature(mirrorMotorTemp)
  • Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame(coolerPowerSupplyTemp)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(Time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)

sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • For each channel, this gives the process number of all active physical processes
    identified by the spectral mapping(active_pro_ch)
  • 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)
  • 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 AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_unsat)
  • Bin number for wavenumber sub-bands used as a coordinate in the bin dimension(bin)
  • Mean Barometeric Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_bar_pres)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel that are not saturated(sdev_resid_ch_unsat)
  • Standard deviation 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)
  • Integral of the absolute value of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each bin and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_abs_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation of 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)
  • 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 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers within each channel and physical process category that are not
    saturated(sdev_resid_ch_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • 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)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 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)
  • 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Number of wavenumbers values over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_sat)
  • Physical process number used as a coordinate in the process dimension(process)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_bin_pro_all)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Mean Vapor Pressure from SMOS(SMOS_vap_pres)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the mean or integral is calculated(nobs_bin_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)
  • 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 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 bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_resid_bin_pro_unsat)
  • 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 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)
  • 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_bin_sat)
  • Standard deviation about the mean of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for
    wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are not saturated(sdev_resid_unsat)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumbers over which the integral is calculated(nobs_all)

sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • Logical flag indicating if the AERI sample was used to derive the surface
    temperature value for driving the model(surface_temp_from_aeri_used)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • AERI radiance spectra minus LBLRTM radiance spectra(rad_difference)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_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)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Sequential data channel number. See channel_explanation global attribute.(channel)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • wavenumbers for spectral differences(wavenumber)
  • Retrieved sample time (current sample time) minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • Indicator of large residuals in channel 1 transparent region(transparent_region_dq_flag)

sgpaerich2C1.a1:
  • Cold Blackbody Temperature(coldBBTemp)
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 1 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor1)
  • Time at center of AERI sky observation period(timeHHMMSS)
  • Thermistor input channel number 5 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor5)
  • Thermistor input channel number 9 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor9)
  • east longitude for all the input platforms.(lon)
  • Thermistor input channel number 11 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor11)
  • wavenumbers for standard deviation of radiance spectra(wnum2)
  • Thermistor input channel number 8 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor8)
  • Difference between the sky view\'s radiance variance and the hot black body
    view\'s variance(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Thermistor input channel number 4 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor4)
  • north latitude for all the input platforms.(lat)
  • Reflected Temperature(reflectedTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 12 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor12)
  • Thermistor input channel number 3 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor3)
  • Hot Blackbody Temperature(hotBBTemp)
  • Thermistor input channel number 7 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor7)
  • Initial data quality flag(dataType)
  • Time offset from base_time(base_time)
  • Thermistor input channel number 0 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor0)
  • Thermistor input channel number 13 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor13)
  • wavenumbers for mean radiance spectra(wnum)
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Relative Humidity(humidity_relative)
  • Thermistor input channel number 2 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor2)
  • altitude above sea levelaltunits(alt)
  • Thermistor input channel number 6 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor6)
  • Original Record Number in CVI or RVI file(originalRecordNumber)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Bomem Time(timeBomemHHMM)
  • Thermistor input channel number 10 (counting from 0) equivalent temperature(thermistor10)


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DQRID : D990920.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/01/1996000006/30/19972359
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Reprocessed: radiance data
DataStreams:sgpaeri01C1.00, sgplblch1C1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1lsC1.c1,
sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1
Description:
Due to a software error in the real-time calibration software, the AERI-01 radiance data 
between 10/96 and 6/97 were incorrectly calibrated. All of the AERI-01 radiance data 
collected at the SGP central facility during this time period was corrupted by this software 
error and were reprocessed to correct the radiance data.  The error also affected all 
derived products of the AERI radiance data.  AERI data collected prior to and after this time 
period was unaffected by this programming error.

The proper calibrated radiance spectra was recovered from the raw archived dataset through 
post-processing.  This reprocessing of the AERI data was carried out by the instrument 
mentor at PNNL and confirmed independently by Univ. of Wisconsin.  The reprocessed AERI 
radiance data during the period 10/96 to 6/97 supercedes all previous versions of the AERI 
data in all instances.

reprocessed, archived 9/99:
                 sgpaeri01C1.00
reprocessed, archived 10/99:
                 sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1
                 sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1
                 sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1
                 sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1
                 sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1
                 sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1
                 sgplblch1C1.c0
                 sgplblch1C1.c1
                 sgplblch1lsC1.c0
                 sgplblch1lsC1.c1
                 sgplblch2C1.c0
                 sgplblch2C1.c1
                 sgplblch2lsC1.c0
                 sgplblch2lsC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1
reprocessed, archived 11/99:
                 sgpaeriprofC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1
not reprocessed:
                 sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1
                 sgpaerilbldiffssC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaerilblssC1.c1
                 sgpqmeaerimeansssC1.c1
Measurements:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale(mean_rad)

sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • 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)

sgplblch2C1.c1:
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)

sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_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)
  • 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 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)
  • Number of wavenumber elements over which the calculations are performed(nobs_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_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)
  • The standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch computed over the
    wavenumbers for each of the AERI channels(sdev_rad_ch)

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)

sgplblch1lsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)

sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin that
    are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_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)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_unsat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_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)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers between 550.1299 and
    3020.1699 that are not saturated(integ_rad_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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel that are saturated(integ_rad_ch_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_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 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 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 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 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 Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the 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)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_unsat)

sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1:
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (2510_2515
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • 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 hot blackbody view averaged over (985_990
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990)
  • 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)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • Radiance standard deviation during hot blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air(elevatedLayerRadiance700_705)
  • 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)
  • AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh2)
  • 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)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)(skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (700_705
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705)
  • AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyRadianceSpectraAveragesCh1)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over
    (2510_2515 cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515)
  • Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance675_680)

sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from Microwave Radiometer(totalPrecipitalWater)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(temperature)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Cloud-base height, from Micropulse LIDAR or Belfort LIDAR ceilometer(cloudBaseHeight)

sgplblch2lsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)

sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_unsat)
  • 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 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)
  • Integral of the AERI measured radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and
    physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_bin_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each channel 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)
  • 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 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 measured radiances over wavenumbers within each physical
    process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_pro_unsat)
  • Integral of the radiances over wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
    category where the Planck function is used for saturated wavenumbers and
    AERI measu(integ_rad_bin_pro_all)
  • 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)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each bin that are saturated(integ_rad_bin_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    between 550.1299 and 3020.1699 that are saturated(integ_rad_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each channel and physical process category that are not saturated(integ_rad_ch_pro_sat)
  • Integral of the Planck blackbody radiances using model_surfT over wavenumbers
    within each physical process category that are saturated(integ_rad_pro_sat)

sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • 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)

sgplblch1C1.c1:
  • LBLRTM Model radiance spectra(model_rad)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 677.417 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch1)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)


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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)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(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)
  • Surface air temperature for last 5 minutes of previous hour(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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