netcdf ganmicrobasekaM1.c1.20120208.000000 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (21600 currently) height = 597 ; variables: int base_time ; base_time:string = "8-Feb-2012,0:00:00 GMT" ; base_time:long_name = "Base time in Epoch" ; base_time:units = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00" ; double time_offset(time) ; time_offset:long_name = "Time offset from base_time" ; time_offset:units = "seconds since 2012-02-08 00:00:00 0:00" ; double time(time) ; time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight" ; time:units = "seconds since 2012-02-08 00:00:00 0:00" ; float height(height) ; height:long_name = "Height of Computed Value" ; height:units = "m AGL" ; float liquid_water_content(time, height) ; liquid_water_content:long_name = "Retrieved Liquid Water Concentration" ; liquid_water_content:units = "g m-3" ; liquid_water_content:comment = "Reflectivity based Parameterization from Liao & Sassen(1994),Atmos.Res. Vol.34." ; liquid_water_content:missing_value = -9999.f ; liquid_water_content:valid_min = 0.f ; liquid_water_content:valid_max = 2.5f ; int qc_liquid_water_content(time, height) ; qc_liquid_water_content:long_name = "Quality check results on field: liquid_water_content" ; qc_liquid_water_content:units = "unitless" ; qc_liquid_water_content:description = "This field contains bit packed values which should be interpreted as listed. No bits set (zero) represents good data." ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_1_description = "Radar signal possibly out of detection range" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_1_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_2_description = "Radar signal contains possible clutter" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_2_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_3_description = "Calculated value >0 and out of min/max range" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_3_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_4_description = "Bad or questionable liquid water path input from MWRadiometer according to aqc_stat2_lwp." ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_4_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_5_description = "Liquid precipitation indicated by aqc_precip flag" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_5_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_6_description = "Bad or missing radar signal, value set to -9999." ; qc_liquid_water_content:bit_6_assessment = "Bad" ; int aqc_liquid_water_content(time, height) ; aqc_liquid_water_content:long_name = "Quality check on variable liquid_water_content" ; aqc_liquid_water_content:units = "unitless" ; aqc_liquid_water_content:comment = "value_0 is good data flag, value_10-19 is indeterminate data flag, value_20-29 is Bad data flag; use aqc_Retrieval flag 0/1 for clear/cloudy." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_0 = "0. good data and passed all qc tests." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_10 = "10. indeterminate quality due to radar signal out of detection range." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_11 = "11. indeterminate quality due to possible clutter." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_12 = "12. indeterminate quality data where value is > 0 but failed min or max test." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_13 = "13. indeterminate quality due to bad or questionable lwp according to aqc_stat2_lwp." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_14 = "14. indeterminate quality due to precipitation." ; aqc_liquid_water_content:value_21 = "21. bad data due to missing radar data; data replaced with -9999 ." ; float ice_water_content(time, height) ; ice_water_content:long_name = "Retrieved Ice Water Concentration" ; ice_water_content:units = "g m-3" ; ice_water_content:comment = "\"Reflectivity based Parameterization from Liu & Illingworth(2000), J.Appl.Meteor.,Vol.39" ; ice_water_content:missing_value = -9999.f ; ice_water_content:valid_min = 0.f ; ice_water_content:valid_max = 1.f ; int qc_ice_water_content(time, height) ; qc_ice_water_content:long_name = "Quality check results on field: ice_water_content" ; qc_ice_water_content:units = "unitless" ; qc_ice_water_content:description = "This field contains bit packed values which should be interpreted as listed. No bits set (zero) represents good data." ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_1_description = "Radar signal possibly out of detection range" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_1_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_2_description = "Radar signal contains possible clutter" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_2_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_3_description = "Calculated value >0 and out of min/max range" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_3_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_6_description = "Bad or missing radar signal, value set to -9999." ; qc_ice_water_content:bit_6_assessment = "Bad" ; int aqc_ice_water_content(time, height) ; aqc_ice_water_content:long_name = "Quality check on variable ice_water_content" ; aqc_ice_water_content:units = "unitless" ; aqc_ice_water_content:comment = "value_0 is good data flag, value_10-19 is indeterminate data flag, value_20-29 is Bad data flag; use aqc_Retrieval flag 0/1 for clear/cloudy." ; aqc_ice_water_content:value_0 = "0. good data and passed all qc tests." ; aqc_ice_water_content:value_10 = "10. indeterminate quality due to radar signal out of detection range." ; aqc_ice_water_content:value_11 = "11. indeterminate quality due to possible clutter." ; aqc_ice_water_content:value_12 = "12. indeterminate quality data where value is > 0 but failed min or max test." ; aqc_ice_water_content:value_21 = "21. bad data due to missing radar data; data replaced with -9999 ." ; float liq_effective_radius(time, height) ; liq_effective_radius:long_name = "Liquid Effective Radius" ; liq_effective_radius:units = "micron" ; liq_effective_radius:comment = "For a log-normal distribution, the relation between liquid mode radius(Rm) and effective radius(Re) is Re=Rm*[exp(5/2*sigma^2)]. For sigma=0.35,Re=1.358*Rm." ; liq_effective_radius:missing_value = -9999.f ; liq_effective_radius:valid_min = 1.46f ; liq_effective_radius:valid_max = 16.f ; int qc_liq_effective_radius(time, height) ; qc_liq_effective_radius:long_name = "Quality check results on field: liq_effective_radius" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:units = "unitless" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:description = "This field contains bit packed values which should be interpreted as listed. No bits set (zero) represents good data." ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_1_description = "Radar signal possibly out of detection range" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_1_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_2_description = "Radar signal contains possible clutter" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_2_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_3_description = "Calculated value >0 and out of min/max range" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_3_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_4_description = "Bad or questionable liquid water path input from MWRadiometer according to aqc_stat2_lwp." ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_4_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_5_description = "Liquid precipitation indicated by aqc_precip flag" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_5_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_6_description = "Bad or missing radar signal, value set to -9999." ; qc_liq_effective_radius:bit_6_assessment = "Bad" ; int aqc_liq_effective_radius(time, height) ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:long_name = "Quality check on variable liquid_effective_radius" ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:units = "unitless" ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:comment = "value_0 is good data flag, value_10-19 is indeterminate data flag, value_20-29 is Bad data flag; use aqc_Retrieval flag 0/1 for clear/cloudy." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_0 = "0. good data and passed all qc tests." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_10 = "10. indeterminate quality due to radar signal out of detection range." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_11 = "11. indeterminate quality due to possible clutter." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_12 = "12. indeterminate quality data where value is > 0 but failed min or max test." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_13 = "13. indeterminate quality due to bad or questionable lwp according to aqc_stat2_lwp." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_14 = "14. indeterminate quality due to precipitation." ; aqc_liq_effective_radius:value_21 = "21. bad data due to missing radar data; data replaced with -9999 ." ; float ice_effective_radius(time, height) ; ice_effective_radius:long_name = "Ice Effective Radius" ; ice_effective_radius:units = "micron" ; ice_effective_radius:comment = "Computed following Ivanova et al. (2001)Atmos.Res.,Vol.59-60." ; ice_effective_radius:missing_value = -9999.f ; ice_effective_radius:valid_min = 14.f ; ice_effective_radius:valid_max = 38.f ; int qc_ice_effective_radius(time, height) ; qc_ice_effective_radius:long_name = "Quality check results on field: ice_effective_radius" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:units = "unitless" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:description = "This field contains bit packed values which should be interpreted as listed. No bits set (zero) represents good data." ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_1_description = "Radar signal possibly out of detection range" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_1_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_2_description = "Radar signal contains possible clutter" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_2_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_3_description = "Calculated value >0 and out of min/max range" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_3_assessment = "Indeterminate" ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_6_description = "Bad or missing radar signal, value set to -9999." ; qc_ice_effective_radius:bit_6_assessment = "Bad" ; int aqc_ice_effective_radius(time, height) ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:long_name = "Quality check on variable ice_effective_radius" ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:units = "unitless" ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:comment = "value_0 is good data flag, value_10-19 is indeterminate data flag, value_20-29 is Bad data flag; use aqc_Retrieval flag 0/1 for clear/cloudy." ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:value_0 = "0. good data and passed all qc tests." ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:value_10 = "10. indeterminate quality due to radar signal out of detection range." ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:value_11 = "11. indeterminate quality due to possible clutter." ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:value_12 = "12. indeterminate quality data where value is > 0 but failed min or max test." ; aqc_ice_effective_radius:value_21 = "21. bad data due to missing radar data; data replaced with -9999 ." ; int aqc_retrieval(time, height) ; aqc_retrieval:long_name = "Flag indicating availability and reliability of cloud retrievals" ; aqc_retrieval:units = "unitless" ; aqc_retrieval:comment = "0. No cloud detected, 1. Significant, problem-free data, 2. Possible Cloud and clutter contribution, 3. MWR not available for LWC scaling, 10. No Reflectivity Data Available." ; int aqc_clear_cloud(time) ; aqc_clear_cloud:long_name = "Clear/Cloudy flag based on ceilometer, mpl and radar" ; aqc_clear_cloud:units = "unitless" ; aqc_clear_cloud:comment = "0: Clear according to both ARSCL ReflectivityBestEstimate and CloudBaseBestEstimate (or either, if one field missing); 1: Cloudy according to either measure; -9999: Both ARSCL fields unavailable" ; aqc_clear_cloud:missing_value = -9999.f ; int aqc_precip(time) ; aqc_precip:long_name = "Precipitation flag derived from KAZR ARSCL VAP. Based on mwrlos and met/smet data." ; aqc_precip:units = "unitless" ; aqc_precip:comment = "0:no precipitation detected, 1:valid precipitation." ; float mwr_scale_factor(time) ; mwr_scale_factor:long_name = "Ratio of MWR liq to integrated LWC" ; mwr_scale_factor:units = "unitless" ; mwr_scale_factor:missing_value = -9999.f ; int aqc_stat2_lwp(time) ; aqc_stat2_lwp:long_name = "Ancillary QC input stat2_lwp derived from MWRRET VAP." ; aqc_stat2_lwp:units = "unitless" ; aqc_stat2_lwp:comment = "Nearest qc_stat2_lwp bit value in time." ; float lat ; lat:long_name = "North latitude" ; lat:units = "degree_N" ; lat:valid_min = -90.f ; lat:valid_max = 90.f ; float lon ; lon:long_name = "East longitude" ; lon:units = "degree_E" ; lon:valid_min = -180.f ; lon:valid_max = 180.f ; float alt ; alt:long_name = "Altitude above mean sea level" ; alt:units = "m" ; // global attributes: :process_version = "$State: Exp $" ; :command_line = "microbaseka -d 20120208 -f ganM1" ; :site_id = "gan" ; :facility_id = "" ; :input_datastreams_description = "A string consisting of the datastream(s), datastream version(s), and datastream date (range)." ; :input_datastreams_num = 3 ; :input_datastreams = "ganarsclkazr1kolliasM1.c1 : 0.000000 : 20120208.000000 ;\n", "ganmergesonde1maceM1.c1 : 2.000000 : 20120208.000000 ;\n", "ganmwrret1liljclouM1.c2 : 3.200000 : 20120208.000027 ;" ; :zeb_platform = "ganmicrobasekaM1.c1" ; :history = "created by user mdunn on machine agate at 17-Oct-2012,16:39:50, using $State: zebra-zeblib-4.23-0.el5 $" ; }