Data Quality Reports for Session: 121939 User: yurganov Completed: 08/24/2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D040526.2SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errorssgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1
D040816.1SGP/AERI/C1 - Data Reprocessed to correct laser wavenumbersgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1
D991123.1SGP/AERI - AERI01 scene mirror motor failuresgpaeri01C1.00, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1C1.c1,
sgplblch1lsC1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1


DQRID : D040526.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
07/22/1995001205/14/20032359
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Metadata errors
DataStreams:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1, sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1,
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.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:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • lat(lat)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lon(lon)
sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lon(lon)
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1:
  • lon(lon)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
  • lon(lon)
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • lat(lat)
  • lon(lon)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • lat(lat)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lon(lon)
sgpaerilbldifflsC1.c1:
  • lon(lon)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1:
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
  • lon(lon)
sgpaerilblcloudsC1.c1:
  • lon(lon)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1:
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lat(lat)
  • lon(lon)

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DQRID : D040816.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/02/2000000005/10/20022359
Subject:
SGP/AERI/C1 - Data Reprocessed to correct laser wavenumber
DataStreams:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1
Description:
SGP.C1 AERI data from 20000302-20020510 have been reprocessed
to correct for the spectral calibration; i.e., to correct the
laser wavenumber.  These data are now available from the ARM
Archive.

Data users who retrieved the previous version of this data from 
the archive should consider the following graphic to gauge the
impact the correction might have on their analyses.


vlaser_correction_example.png  

Note: only the ch1 and ch2 data were reprocessed; the summary
data have not been recomputed.  The summary data typically
are 5 to 25 cm-1 spectral averages of the ch1 and ch2 data,
and the effect of the spectral calibration on these averages
should be negligible.
Measurements:sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)

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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, sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1, sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1, sgpaeri01engineerC1.a1,
sgpaeri01summaryC1.a1, sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1, sgpaeriprofC1.c1, sgpgaeriprofC1.c1, sgplblch1C1.c1,
sgplblch1lsC1.c1, sgplblch2C1.c1, sgplblch2lsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerilblC1.c1,
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1, sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1, sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1
Description:
During this time interval, the AERI scene mirror motor control was not 
operating, resulting in a complete loss of spectral radiance data including
any associated brightness temperatures.  This data should not be used.
Measurements:sgpaerilbldiffC1.c1:
  • Integral of the AERI minus LBLRTM residuals for wavenumbers within each channel
    that are not saturated(integ_resid_ch_unsat)
  • 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 residuals(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)
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • lon(lon)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Retrieved profile sample time minus sonde launch time(sonde_offset_time)
  • lat(lat)
sgpaeri01ch1C1.a1:
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(BBsupportStructureTemp)
  • Standard deviation of radiance spectra ensemble(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Time (HHMMSS)(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)
  • lon(lon)
  • Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector(detectorTemp)
  • Ambient air temperature near blackbodies(airNearBBsTemp)
  • 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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false(missingDataFlag)
  • lat(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)
  • Wave number(wnum)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - apex(HBBapexTemp)
  • Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature(BBcontroller2temp)
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(mean_rad)
  • Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack(rackAmbientTemp)
  • Observation relative humidity at AERI blackbodies(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
sgplblch2C1.c1:
  • base time(base_time)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • lon(lon)
  • Sonde launch time minus Aeri surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • Wave number(wnum)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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)
  • lat(lat)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
sgpqmeaerimeansC1.c1:
  • MFRSR channels(channel)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each bin and physical process
    category(mean_rad_bin_pro)
  • The standard deviation of the AERI spectral radiances about the hourly averaged
    mean(sdev_hour_rad)
  • lon(lon)
  • wavenumbers for hourly averaged spectral radiances(wavenum)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin_pro)
  • lat(lat)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin for wavenumbers within
    each bin(sdev_rad_bin)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_bin)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch)
  • The number of spectra over which the hourly calculations are performed(nobs_hour_rad)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_pro for wavenumbers within
    each physical process category(sdev_rad_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_ch for wavenumbers within
    each channel(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 wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_ch_pro)
  • Number of wavenumbers for which the calculations are performed(nobs_rad_all)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers between 550.1299 and 3020.1699(mean_rad_all)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each bin(mean_rad_bin)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each channel(mean_rad_ch)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad for wavenumbers within each physical process category(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 for wavenumbers between
    550.1299 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)
  • Average of mean_hour_rad computed for wavenumbers within each channel and
    physical process category(mean_rad_ch_pro)
  • Standard deviation of mean_hour_rad about mean_rad_bin_pro for wavenumbers
    within each bin and physical process category(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:
  • null(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
sgpaeri01ch2C1.a1:
  • Mean of radiance spectra ensemble(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)
  • lat(lat)
  • Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom(HBBbottomTemp)
  • Time (HHMMSS)(timeHHMMSS)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Observation relative humidity at AERI blackbodies(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Standard deviation of radiance spectra ensemble(standard_dev_mean_rad)
  • Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink(coolerCompressorTemp)
  • Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted(fixed2500ohmResistor)
  • Wave number(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)
  • lon(lon)
  • Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration(calibrationCBBtemp)
sgplblch1lsC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • lat(lat)
  • Surface temperature from wavenumber average of spectral radiance at mean
    wavenumber 2295.021 cm-1(wisc_summary_T_ch2)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • Sonde launch time minus Aeri surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • lon(lon)
  • Wave number(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)
  • lon(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)
  • lat(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 profile 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)
  • MFRSR channels(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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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)
  • 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:
  • lon(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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 5(tempStdDevThermistor5)
  • Hatch Closed Indicator(thermistor10)
  • Hatch Open Indicator(thermistor3)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 17(tempStdDevThermistor17)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 15(tempStdDevThermistor15)
  • HBB #2(thermistor6)
  • Engineering channel 2 raw counts(engineeringChannel2counts)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 0(tempStdDevThermistor0)
  • Electronics Air(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)
  • Spare #1(thermistor12)
  • Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false(missingDataFlag)
  • MB100 2nd Port(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)
  • 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)
  • ABB #2(thermistor7)
  • ABB #1(thermistor5)
  • Standard deviation of AERI pressure in counts(countsStdDevPressure)
  • Temperature standard deviation for thermistor channel 20(tempStdDevThermistor20)
  • Fixed Resistor #1 (2.6774K Ohms)(thermistor9)
  • HBB #1(thermistor4)
  • Time (HHMMSS)(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)
  • lat(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)
  • Outside Air(thermistor11)
  • Reflected Temperature(thermistor2)
  • Ambient Air near BBs(thermistor0)
  • Spare #2(thermistor13)
  • Engineering channel 0 raw counts(engineeringChannel0counts)
sgpqmeaeriprofC1.c1:
  • Mixing ratio calculated from the 25 meter tower inputs(mixing_ratio_25m_tower)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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 profile 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(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)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Array of heights for the range gates(height)
  • lat(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)
  • lon(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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • lon(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)
  • BB Support Structure Temperature(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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum2)
  • Radiance standard deviation during ambient blackbody view averaged over (675_680
    cm-1)(ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680)
  • Stirling cycle cooler current(coolerCurrent)
  • Observation relative humidity at AERI blackbodies(atmosphericRelativeHumidity)
  • Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm-1) Surface Air(surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300)
  • AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither)(hatchIndicator)
  • Time (HHMMSS)(timeHHMMSS)
  • 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum7)
  • Logical flag indicating whether hatch is open (true) or not open (false)(hatchOpen)
  • AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyNENCh2)
  • AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum10)
  • Julian Day including day and fraction of day(JulianDay)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum13)
  • lat(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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal 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)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum1)
  • AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)(SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum8)
  • Wave number in reciprocal centimeters(wnumsum11)
  • AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)(HBB2minNENEstimateNo1Ch1)
sgpaeriprofC1.c1:
  • lat(lat)
  • Cloud base height(cloudBaseHeight)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Initial water vapor mixing ratio used in retrieval(init_waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface dewpoint temperature used in retrieval(init_dewpointTemperature)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • lon(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)
  • air temperature (NGM250 predicted)(temperature)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Array of heights for the range gates(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 Aeri surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Serial number for the sonde used at this time.(sonde_serial_number)
  • Wave number(wnum)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • 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)
  • lon(lon)
  • lat(lat)
sgpgaeriprofC1.c1:
  • 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)
  • Array of heights for the range gates(height)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Initial surface absolute temperature used in retrieval(init_temperature)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Flag indicating aeri retrieval status(status_flag)
  • lon(lon)
  • Cloud base height(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)
  • air temperature (NGM250 predicted)(temperature)
  • Flag indicating which instruments were available and provided input for the
    retrieval(input_flag)
  • lat(lat)
sgpqmeaerilbllsC1.c1:
  • MFRSR channels(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)
  • lat(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 profile 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)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(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)
  • 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)
  • lon(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 Aeri surface time(surface_time_offset)
  • Wave number(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)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Maximum height reached by this sonde launch(max_sonde_alt)
  • lon(lon)
  • Surface temperature as reported by sonde(sonde_surface_T)
  • lat(lat)

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