| Subject: | TWP/C2/MPL Detector |
| DataStreams: | twpmplC2.00, twpmplC2.a1, twpmplcmask1clothC2.c1, twpmplnor1campC2.c1,
twpmplsmask1clothC2.c1
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| Description: | The MPL detector failed and was shut down. |
| Measurements: | twpmplsmask1clothC2.c1: - Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
- base time(base_time)
- MPL Cloth et al. Algorithm Significance Mask(SigniMaskMplCloth)
- Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
twpmplC2.00: - null(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
twpmplnor1campC2.c1: - Instrument Temperature(instrument_temp)
- Laser Temperature(laser_temp)
- Repetition Rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
- Cloud base height, measured by MPL(cloud_base_height)
- base time(base_time)
- Flag indicating whether the beam was extinguished at indicated cloud top(cloud_top_attenuation_flag)
- Relative random error in backscatter profiles(random_error)
- Detector Temperature(detector_temp)
- lon(lon)
- Cloud mask(cloud_mask_1)
- Array of heights for the range gates(height)
- lat(lat)
- Background Signal(background_signal)
- Cloud mask(cloud_mask_2)
- Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
- Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
- Laser output energy per pulse(energy_monitor)
- Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
- Number of laser shots recorded(shots_summed)
- The update time of the historical baseline used for the cloud boundary
determination of this sample(baseline_update_time) - cloud top height(cloud_top_height)
twpmplC2.a1: - time(time)
- Repetition rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(trigger_freq)
- Maximum altitude retrieved from multichannel scalar card.(max_altitude)
- Angle of inclination with respect to horizontal(transceiver_altitude_angle)
- Laser output energy per pulse(energy_monitor)
- Amount of time laser pulse lags behind the scalar trigger(laser_scalar_sync_offset)
- Voltage level which operates the thermistor(voltage_10)
- Width of range-bins calculated from range_bin_time(range_bin_width)
- required to correct raw counts for detector deadtime prior to all other
corrections.(deadtime_correction) - Distance from leading edge of first range bin to the center of each bin .(range_bins)
- Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
- Number of laser pulses summed during measurement interval(shots_sum)
- Preliminary cloud base height(preliminary_cbh)
- Detector Temperature(detector_temp)
- Instrument Temperature(instrument_temp)
- Filter Temperature(filter_temp)
- Laser Temperature(laser_temp)
- Sum of raw backscatter counts per bin prior to ANY corrections.(total_counts)
- Time in nanoseconds for each range bin of multichannel scalar card.(range_bin_time)
- Background Signal(background_signal)
- Number of laser shots recorded(shots_summed)
- Angle of orientation with respect to true geographic north(transceiver_azimuth_angle)
- Voltage level which operates the A/D card and the detector(voltage_05)
- Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
- lon(lon)
- base time(base_time)
- lat(lat)
- Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
- Amount of time the scalar lags behind the sync trigger(scalar_sync_offset)
- Array of heights for the range gates(height)
- range(range)
- Voltage level which operates the energy monitor(voltage_15)
- Repetition Rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
- effective range offset due to poor sync between laser firing and A/D trigger.(range_offset)
- value represents date of last configuration change as yyyymmdd(property)
- Amount of time the actual laser pulse lags behind the sync trigger(laser_sync_offset)
twpmplcmask1clothC2.c1: - MPL Cloth et al. Algorithm Cloud Mask(CloudMaskMplCloth)
- Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
- base time(base_time)
- Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
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