netcdf nsamicrobasepiavgC1.c1.20110322.001000 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (72 currently) nheights = 233 ; variables: int base_time ; base_time:string = "22-Mar-2011,0:10:00 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 2011-03-22 00:10:00 0:00" ; double time(time) ; time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight" ; time:units = "seconds since 2011-03-22 00:00:00 0:00" ; float Heights(nheights) ; Heights:long_name = "Height of Computed Value" ; Heights:units = "m ASL" ; float Avg_Retrieved_LWC(time, nheights) ; Avg_Retrieved_LWC:long_name = "Retrieved, MWR-Scaled, Liquid Water Concentration in-cloud Averaged over 1200 seconds" ; Avg_Retrieved_LWC:units = "g m-3" ; Avg_Retrieved_LWC:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Avg_Retrieved_IWC(time, nheights) ; Avg_Retrieved_IWC:long_name = "Retrieved Ice Water Concentration in-cloud Averaged over 1200 seconds" ; Avg_Retrieved_IWC:units = "mg m-3" ; Avg_Retrieved_IWC:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Avg_LiqEffectiveRadius(time, nheights) ; Avg_LiqEffectiveRadius:long_name = "Liquid Effective Radius in-cloud Averaged over 1200 seconds" ; Avg_LiqEffectiveRadius:units = "micron" ; Avg_LiqEffectiveRadius: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." ; Avg_LiqEffectiveRadius:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Avg_IceEffectiveRadius(time, nheights) ; Avg_IceEffectiveRadius:long_name = "Ice Effective Radius in-cloud Averaged over 1200 seconds" ; Avg_IceEffectiveRadius:units = "micron" ; Avg_IceEffectiveRadius:comment = "Effective Radius computed following Ivanova, et al.,2001, Atmos.Res., 59-60" ; Avg_IceEffectiveRadius:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Avg_CloudFraction(time, nheights) ; Avg_CloudFraction:long_name = "Cloud Fraction Averaged over 1200 seconds" ; Avg_CloudFraction:units = "unitless" ; Avg_CloudFraction:missing_value = "-9999." ; float Missing_Liquid_Percentage(time, nheights) ; Missing_Liquid_Percentage:long_name = "Percentage of points where presence of liquid could not be determined in averaged height bins during 1200 seconds" ; Missing_Liquid_Percentage:units = "unitless" ; Missing_Liquid_Percentage:comment = "Includes missing/bad reflectivity and missing/bad MWR points where radar indicates liquid exists" ; Missing_Liquid_Percentage:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Missing_Ice_Percentage(time, nheights) ; Missing_Ice_Percentage:long_name = "Percentage of points where presence of ice could not be determined in averaged height bins during 1200 seconds" ; Missing_Ice_Percentage:units = "unitless" ; Missing_Ice_Percentage:comment = "Consists of missing/bad reflectivity points" ; Missing_Ice_Percentage:missing_value = -9999.f ; float MWR_Missing_Percentage(time) ; MWR_Missing_Percentage:long_name = "Percentage of profiles with liquid for which MWR data were unavailable during 1200 seconds" ; MWR_Missing_Percentage:units = "unitless" ; MWR_Missing_Percentage:comment = "Of the profiles which radar retrieval identified as containing liquid, this percentage could not have LWC computed due to lack of MWR data for scaling." ; MWR_Missing_Percentage:missing_value = -9999.f ; float Integrated_CloudFraction(time) ; Integrated_CloudFraction:long_name = "Maximum of Column Cloud Fraction Averaged over 1200 Seconds" ; Integrated_CloudFraction:units = "unitless" ; Integrated_CloudFraction:missing_value = -9999.f ; float aqc_CloudFraction(time) ; aqc_CloudFraction:long_name = "Fraction of averaging period time profiles that contain cloud (at any height level), based on any of ceilometer, mpl and radar" ; aqc_CloudFraction:units = "unitless" ; aqc_CloudFraction:comment = "Cloud is indicated by ARSCL fields CloudBaseBestEstimate (mpl, ceilometer) or ReflectivityBestEstimate. Missing_value indicates both fields are unavailable for entire period." ; aqc_CloudFraction:missing_value = -9999.f ; float aqc_CloudMissing(time) ; aqc_CloudMissing:long_name = "Fraction of averaging period time profiles for which clear/cloudy status cannot be determined" ; aqc_CloudMissing:units = "unitless" ; aqc_CloudMissing:comment = "Clear/Cloudy status cannot be determined when ARSCL fields CloudBaseBestEstimate and ReflectivityBestEstimate are both unavailable" ; 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: vap-microbasepi-1.2-1.sol5_10 $" ; :command_line = "microbasepi -d 20110322 -f nsaC1" ; :site_id = "nsa" ; :facility_id = "C1: Barrow, Alaska" ; :input_datastreams_description = "A string consisting of the datastream(s), datastream version(s), and datastream date (range)." ; :input_datastreams_num = 4 ; :input_datastreams = "nsaarscl1clothC1.c1 : $State: Exp $ : 20110322.000000 ;\n", "nsamwrret1liljclouC1.c1 : 1.740000 : 20110322.000026 ;\n", "nsamergesonde1maceC1.c1 : 1.000000 : 20110322.000000 ;\n", "nsamwrret1liljclouC1.c2 : 3.200000 : 20110322.000026 ;" ; :zeb_platform = "nsamicrobasepiavgC1.c1" ; :history = "created by user dsmgr on machine ruby at 5-Jul-2012,15:22:31, using $State: zebra-zeblib-4.21-0.sol5_10 $" ; }