netcdf sgp10srlprofmr1turnC1.c0.20150923.000010 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (8462 currently) height_low = 160 ; height_high = 170 ; height = 170 ; variables: int base_time ; base_time:string = "23-Sep-2015,00:00:10 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 2015-9-23 00:00:10 0:00" ; float height_low(height_low) ; height_low:long_name = "Height range of the low channel water vapor mixing ratio profile" ; height_low:units = "km AGL" ; height_low:comment = "Heights correspond to the middle of the bin" ; float height_high(height_high) ; height_high:long_name = "Height range of the high channel water vapor mixing ratio profile" ; height_high:units = "km AGL" ; height_high:comment = "Heights correspond to the middle of the bin" ; float height(height) ; height:long_name = "Height range of the merged water vapor mixing ratio profile" ; height:units = "km AGL" ; height:comment = "Heights correspond to the middle of the bin" ; short mode(time) ; mode:long_name = "Mode of the dataset (as defined by the filter arrangement of the lidar)" ; mode:units = "unitless" ; mode:valid_values = "{0,1,2}" ; mode:explanation_of_0 = "Indeterminate" ; mode:explanation_of_1 = "Normal mode (low solar background operation)" ; mode:explanation_of_2 = "Bright mode (high solar background operation)" ; float shots_summed(time) ; shots_summed:long_name = "Number of laser shots in the ensemble" ; shots_summed:units = "counts" ; float average_energy(time) ; average_energy:long_name = "Average laser energy of the ensemble shots" ; average_energy:units = "mJ" ; short tweaks(time) ; tweaks:long_name = "Flag denoting the occurrence of power or alignment tweaks" ; tweaks:units = "unitless" ; tweaks:valid_values = "{0,1,2,3}" ; tweaks:explanation_of_0 = "No tweaks occurred during this ensemble" ; tweaks:explanation_of_1 = "A power tweak (adjustment) occurred during this ensemble" ; tweaks:explanation_of_2 = "An alignment tweak occurred during this ensemble" ; tweaks:explanation_of_3 = "Both a power and an alignment tweak occurred during this ensemble" ; short qc_flag(time) ; qc_flag:long_name = "Data quality flag" ; qc_flag:units = "unitless" ; qc_flag:valid_values = "{0,1,2,3}" ; qc_flag:explanation_of_0 = "Data quality ok" ; qc_flag:explanation_of_1 = "Data missing" ; qc_flag:explanation_of_2 = "Hatch not open or signal appears attenuated" ; qc_flag:explanation_of_3 = "Data quality suspect" ; float cbh(time) ; cbh:long_name = "Cloud base height" ; cbh:units = "km AGL" ; cbh:comment1 = "This field is the CBH estimate derived from the high-resolution MERGE data" ; cbh:comment2 = "This field is not populated if the raw data is not from the PC/AD electronics" ; cbh:explanation_of_-1 = "clear sky" ; float calib_high_low(time) ; calib_high_low:long_name = "Calibration factor used to match the high channel mixing ratio to the low channel mixing ratio" ; calib_high_low:units = "unitless" ; float calib_factor(time) ; calib_factor:long_name = "Calibration factor for entire profile" ; calib_factor:units = "unitless" ; calib_factor:calibration_method = "MWR" ; calib_factor:calibration_comment_0 = "Calibration obtained from the 10-min processing" ; float tbsky23_mwr_mean(time) ; tbsky23_mwr_mean:long_name = "Mean zenith sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz observed by the microwave radiometer over Raman lidar averaging time" ; tbsky23_mwr_mean:units = "K" ; float tbsky31_mwr_mean(time) ; tbsky31_mwr_mean:long_name = "Mean zenith sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz observed by the microwave radiometer over Raman lidar averaging time" ; tbsky31_mwr_mean:units = "K" ; float tbsky23_mwr_sdev(time) ; tbsky23_mwr_sdev:long_name = "Standard deviation of the zenith sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz observed by the microwave radiometer over Raman lidar averaging time" ; tbsky23_mwr_sdev:units = "K" ; float tbsky31_mwr_sdev(time) ; tbsky31_mwr_sdev:long_name = "Standard deviation of the zenith sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz observed by the microwave radiometer over Raman lidar averaging time" ; tbsky31_mwr_sdev:units = "K" ; float liq_mwr(time) ; liq_mwr:long_name = "Cloud liquid water vapor by the microwave radiometer" ; liq_mwr:units = "cm" ; float pwv_mwr(time) ; pwv_mwr:long_name = "Precipitable water vapor observed by the microwave radiometer" ; pwv_mwr:units = "cm" ; float pwv_rl(time) ; pwv_rl:long_name = "Precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar" ; pwv_rl:units = "cm" ; pwv_rl:comment = "Since the lidar may not be able to sense the entire column, the integrated amount of water vapor from the lidar is scaled by the unitless estimate of the fraction of the water vapor in the column the lidar senses to provide the total PWV" ; float pwv_rl_err(time) ; pwv_rl_err:long_name = "Random error in the precipitable water vapor observed by the Raman lidar" ; pwv_rl_err:units = "cm" ; float pwv_rl_fraction(time) ; pwv_rl_fraction:long_name = "Fraction of the total column amount of water vapor the Raman lidar senses" ; pwv_rl_fraction:units = "unitless" ; pwv_rl_fraction:calculation_comment = "Moisture data from sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1 used to estimate the fraction of the column sensed by the Raman lidar" ; float wv_rl_max_height(time) ; wv_rl_max_height:long_name = "Suggested maximum altitude to use the water vapor data from the Raman lidar" ; wv_rl_max_height:units = "km" ; wv_rl_max_height:comment = "This is the first altitude above 1 km where the random error is larger than 25%" ; float mixing_ratio_low(time, height_low) ; mixing_ratio_low:long_name = "Water vapor mixing ratio profile from the low channel" ; mixing_ratio_low:units = "g/kg" ; float mixing_ratio_high(time, height_high) ; mixing_ratio_high:long_name = "Water vapor mixing ratio profile from the high channel" ; mixing_ratio_high:units = "g/kg" ; float diff_trans_aerosol_corr(time, height_high) ; diff_trans_aerosol_corr:long_name = "Differential transmission correction for aerosols" ; diff_trans_aerosol_corr:units = "unitless" ; float mixing_ratio_1(time, height_high) ; mixing_ratio_1:long_name = "Water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two channels" ; mixing_ratio_1:units = "g/kg" ; float mixing_ratio_3(time, height) ; mixing_ratio_3:long_name = "Water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two calibrated channels together" ; mixing_ratio_3:units = "g/kg" ; mixing_ratio_3:comment = "The Raman lidar data in this profile has been adjusted to create an agreement in total precipitable water vapor with the microwave radiometer" ; float relative_humidity(time, height) ; relative_humidity:long_name = "Relative humidity calculated from the merged water vapor mixing ratio data" ; relative_humidity:units = "%" ; float relative_humidity_over_ice(time, height) ; relative_humidity_over_ice:long_name = "Relative humidity over ice calculated from the merged water vapor mixing ratio data" ; relative_humidity_over_ice:units = "%" ; float mixing_ratio_error_low(time, height_low) ; mixing_ratio_error_low:long_name = "Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile from the low channel" ; mixing_ratio_error_low:units = "g/kg" ; float mixing_ratio_error_high(time, height_high) ; mixing_ratio_error_high:long_name = "Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile from the high channel" ; mixing_ratio_error_high:units = "g/kg" ; float mixing_ratio_1_error(time, height_high) ; mixing_ratio_1_error:long_name = "Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two channels" ; mixing_ratio_1_error:units = "g/kg" ; float mixing_ratio_3_error(time, height) ; mixing_ratio_3_error:long_name = "Uncertainty of the water vapor mixing ratio profile created by merging the two calibrated channels" ; mixing_ratio_3_error:units = "g/kg" ; float overlap_correction_low(time, height_low) ; overlap_correction_low:long_name = "Overlap correction for the low channel water vapor mixing ratio profile" ; overlap_correction_low:units = "unitless" ; float overlap_correction_high(time, height_high) ; overlap_correction_high:long_name = "Overlap correction for the high channel water vapor mixing ratio profile" ; overlap_correction_high:units = "unitless" ; float vertical_resolution_normal_mode(height_high) ; vertical_resolution_normal_mode:long_name = "Vertical resolution of normal mode (mode == 1) data" ; vertical_resolution_normal_mode:units = "km" ; float vertical_resolution_bright_mode(height_high) ; vertical_resolution_bright_mode:long_name = "Vertical resolution of bright mode (mode == 2) data" ; vertical_resolution_bright_mode:units = "km" ; float pressure(time, height) ; pressure:long_name = "Pressure" ; pressure:units = "mb" ; pressure:surface_comment = "Lowest levels are from the SMOS and 25/60 m tower" ; pressure:comment = "Data interpolated from sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1 to Raman lidar time/height grid" ; float temperature(time, height) ; temperature:long_name = "Temperature" ; temperature:units = "degC" ; temperature:surface_comment = "Lowest levels are from the SMOS and 25/60 m tower" ; temperature:comment = "Data interpolated from sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1 to Raman lidar time/height grid" ; float mixing_ratio_other(time, height) ; mixing_ratio_other:long_name = "Water vapor mixing ratio" ; mixing_ratio_other:units = "g/kg" ; mixing_ratio_other:surface_comment = "Lowest levels are from the SMOS and 25/60 m tower" ; mixing_ratio_other:comment = "Data interpolated from sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1 to Raman lidar time/height grid" ; short sample_times_other(time) ; sample_times_other:long_name = "Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the temperature_source dataset during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)" ; sample_times_other:units = "unitless" ; sample_times_other:comment = "If the value is 1, then a sample from the temperature_source dataset did occur during this sample, otherwise interpolation was used" ; float cloud_base_height_other(time) ; cloud_base_height_other:long_name = "Cloud base height" ; cloud_base_height_other:units = "km AGL" ; cloud_base_height_other:comment = "This field is the CBH estimate used in the temperature_source dataset -- it is included here for analysis purposes only" ; cloud_base_height_other:explanation_of_-0.030 = "clear sky" ; cloud_base_height_other:explanation_of_-0.060 = "fog" ; float pressure_sonde(time, height) ; pressure_sonde:long_name = "Pressure interpolated from radiosonde profiles" ; pressure_sonde:units = "mb" ; float temperature_sonde(time, height) ; temperature_sonde:long_name = "Temperature interpolated from radiosonde profiles" ; temperature_sonde:units = "degC" ; float mixing_ratio_sonde(time, height) ; mixing_ratio_sonde:long_name = "Mixing ratio interpolated from radiosonde profiles" ; mixing_ratio_sonde:units = "g/kg" ; short sample_times_sonde(time) ; sample_times_sonde:long_name = "Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the radiosonde during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)" ; sample_times_sonde:units = "unitless" ; sample_times_sonde:comment = "If the value is 1, then a sample from the radiosonde did occur during this sample, otherwise interpolation was used" ; float pressure_aeriprof(time, height) ; pressure_aeriprof:long_name = "Pressure interpolated from AERIPROF profiles" ; pressure_aeriprof:units = "mb" ; float temperature_aeriprof(time, height) ; temperature_aeriprof:long_name = "Temperature interpolated from AERIPROF profiles" ; temperature_aeriprof:units = "degC" ; float mixing_ratio_aeriprof(time, height) ; mixing_ratio_aeriprof:long_name = "Mixing ratio interpolated from AERIPROF profiles" ; mixing_ratio_aeriprof:units = "g/kg" ; short sample_times_aeriprof(time) ; sample_times_aeriprof:long_name = "Flag indicating whether or not there was a sample from the AERIPROF during the lidars averaging interval (1) or not (0)" ; sample_times_aeriprof:units = "unitless" ; sample_times_aeriprof:comment = "If the value is 1, then a sample from the AERIPROF did occur during this sample, otherwise interpolation was used" ; float lat ; lat:long_name = "north latitude" ; lat:units = "degrees" ; float lon ; lon:long_name = "east longitude" ; lon:units = "degrees" ; float alt ; alt:long_name = "altitude" ; alt:units = "meters above Mean Sea Level" ; // global attributes: :date = "Tue Oct 6 18:00:09 2015" ; :command_line = "/apps/process/bin/rlprof_mr0 -s sgp -f C1 -A -d 20150923" ; :process_version = "$State: vap-rlprof_mr-1.3-0.el6$" ; :dod_version = "-999.0" ; :site_id = "sgp" ; :facility_id = "C1" ; :input_datastream_description = "A string consisting of the datastream(s), datastream version(s), and datastream date (range)" ; :input_datastreams_num = "21" ; :input_datastreams = "sgprlprofmerge1turnC1.c0.20150922.000009.cdf : $State: vap-rlprof_merge-3.8-0.el6$ : 20150922.000009 - 20150924.000004,sgplssondeC1.c1.20150922.053000.cdf : vap-lssonde-1.4-0.el6 : 20150922.053000 - 20150924.234500,sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1.20150922.001250.cdf : vap-aeriprof3feltz-3.8-0.el6 : 20150922.001250 - 20150924.001150,sgpmwrret1liljclouC1.c1.20150922.000000.cdf : $Id: aer_mwr_retrieval.c,v 1.77 2013-08-08 16:15:02 gaustad Exp $ : 20150922.000000 - 20150924.000036," ; :zeb_platform = "sgp10srlprofmr1turnC1.c0" ; :averaging_interval = "None: Temporal resolution same as raw data" ; :averaging_interval_comment = "Samples taken with in a mode other than _normal_ or _bright_ are EXCLUDED from the ensemble" ; :command_line_options_for_rlprof_merge = " /apps/process/bin/rlprof_merge -s sgp -f C1 -C -D -G 1" ; :count_rate_correction_hi_h2o_ch = "Dead-time corrected applied by RLPROF_MERGE VAP" ; :count_rate_correction_lo_h2o_ch = "Dead-time corrected applied by RLPROF_MERGE VAP" ; :count_rate_correction_hi_n2_ch = "Dead-time corrected applied by RLPROF_MERGE VAP" ; :count_rate_correction_lo_n2_ch = "Dead-time corrected applied by RLPROF_MERGE VAP" ; :molecular_diff_trans_correction = "Differential Rayliegh transmission correction APPLIED" ; :aerosol_diff_trans_correction = "Differential transmission correction for aerosols NOT APPLIED" ; :mode_transition_smoothed = "No" ; :daytime_midtrop_smoothed = "Bright mode data smoothed (time_avg x 3) above 2.50 km" ; :overlap_correction_hi_ch_tag = "20130111" ; :overlap_correction_lo_ch_tag = "20130111" ; :original_normal_hi_calib_factor = "121.8900" ; :original_normal_lo_calib_factor = " 88.8710" ; :original_bright_hi_calib_factor = "121.8900" ; :original_bright_lo_calib_factor = " 88.8710" ; :merge_range_normal_mode = "0.800 - 1.200 km" ; :merge_range_bright_mode = "0.800 - 1.200 km" ; :calibration_comment = "Data is calibrated using the calibration data in /data/datastream/sgp/sgp10rlprofmr1turnC1.c0/sgp10rlprofmr1turnC1.c0.20150923.000000.cdf processed on Tue Oct 6 17:51:18 2015" ; :temperature_source = "sgpaeriprof3feltzC1.c1" ; :aeriprof_retreival_comment = "N/A" ; :missing_value = "-999.0" ; :nan_value = -999s ; :history = "created by dsmgr on machine ruby on Tue Oct 6 18:00:09 2015" ; }