netcdf sgparsclwacr1kolliasC1.c1.20080923.000000 {
dimensions:
	const = 1 ;
	time = 17280 ;
	height = 341 ;
	nlayers = 10 ;
variables:
	double base_time(const) ;
		base_time:long_name = "Beginning time of file" ;
		base_time:units = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00" ;
	float time_offset(time) ;
		time_offset:long_name = "Time offset from base_time" ;
		time_offset:units = "seconds" ;
		time_offset:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float Heights(height) ;
		Heights:long_name = "ARSCL Height" ;
		Heights:units = "m AGL" ;
		Heights:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float Reflectivity(time, height) ;
		Reflectivity:long_name = "95GHz Reflectivity in dBZ" ;
		Reflectivity:units = "mm^6/m^3" ;
		Reflectivity:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float ReflectivityBestEstimate(time, height) ;
		ReflectivityBestEstimate:long_name = "Hydrometeor-Only 95GHz Reflectivity in dBZ" ;
		ReflectivityBestEstimate:units = "mm^6/m^3" ;
		ReflectivityBestEstimate:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float MeanDopplerVelocity(time, height) ;
		MeanDopplerVelocity:long_name = "Mean Doppler Velocity (first moment of the Doppler spectrum)" ;
		MeanDopplerVelocity:units = "m/s" ;
		MeanDopplerVelocity:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float SpectralWidth(time, height) ;
		SpectralWidth:long_name = "Doppler Spectrum Width (second moment of the Doppler spectrum)" ;
		SpectralWidth:units = "m/s" ;
		SpectralWidth:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float LDR(time, height) ;
		LDR:long_name = "Linear Depolarization Ratio (dBZ_hh - dBZ_hv)" ;
		LDR:units = "dB" ;
		LDR:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float SignaltoNoiseRatio(time, height) ;
		SignaltoNoiseRatio:long_name = "Signal to Noise in dBi" ;
		SignaltoNoiseRatio:units = "dBi" ;
		SignaltoNoiseRatio:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float RadarFirstTop(time) ;
		RadarFirstTop:long_name = "First Detected Cloud Top by the 95GHz Radar" ;
		RadarFirstTop:units = "m" ;
		RadarFirstTop:comment = " -2: Data Missing; -1: Clear sky; > 0: Valid cloud base height" ;
	float CloudBaseCeilometer(time) ;
		CloudBaseCeilometer:long_name = "Laser Ceilometer Cloud Base" ;
		CloudBaseCeilometer:units = "m" ;
		CloudBaseCeilometer:comment = "-2: Data Missing or no retrieval; -1: Clear sky; > 0: Valid cloud base height" ;
	float CloudBaseBestEstimate(time) ;
		CloudBaseBestEstimate:long_name = "Best Estimate of Cloud Base from Ceilometer and MPL" ;
		CloudBaseBestEstimate:units = "m" ;
		CloudBaseBestEstimate:comment = "-2: Data Missing or no retrieval; -1: Clear sky; > 0: Valid cloud base height" ;
	int CloudMaskMplZwang(time, height) ;
		CloudMaskMplZwang:long_name = "The Micro-Pulse Lidar Cloud Mask using Zhien Wang algorithm" ;
		CloudMaskMplZwang:units = "unitless" ;
		CloudMaskMplZwang:comment = "-2 Missing or Beam Blocked; -1 Beam Attenuated; 0 No Cloud (Clear); 1 Cloud Detected" ;
		CloudMaskMplZwang:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float CloudLayerBaseHeight(time, nlayers) ;
		CloudLayerBaseHeight:long_name = "Time series of 95GHz-Radar/MPL cloud base height for up to 10 cloud layers" ;
		CloudLayerBaseHeight:units = "m" ;
		CloudLayerBaseHeight:comment = "  -2: Radar and MPL Missing;-1: Clear sky; > 0: Valid cloud base height" ;
	float CloudLayerTopHeight(time, nlayers) ;
		CloudLayerTopHeight:long_name = "Time series of 95GHz-Radar/MPL cloud top height for up to 10 cloud layers" ;
		CloudLayerTopHeight:units = "m" ;
		CloudLayerTopHeight:comment = " -2: Radar and MPL Missing; -1: Clear sky; > 0: Valid cloud base height" ;
	int CloudMask95GHzKollias(time, height) ;
		CloudMask95GHzKollias:long_name = "The 95GHz-Radar/MPL/Ceilo Cloud Mask, Kollias et al. 2007 " ;
		CloudMask95GHzKollias:units = "unitless" ;
		CloudMask95GHzKollias:comment = "-1: Missing Radar and Lidar Data, 0: Clear Sky, 1: Both Radar and Lidar Detection, 2: Radar Only Detection, 3: Lidar Only Detection, 4: Radar Detection, Lidar Missing, 5: Lidar Detection, Radar Missing, 6: Radar Clutter " ;
	int qc_MissingData(time) ;
		qc_MissingData:long_name = "Missing data flag" ;
		qc_MissingData:units = "m" ;
		qc_MissingData:comment = " 0: No Missing Instruments, 1: Radar Missing, 2: MPL Missing (or beam blocked), 3: Ceilometer Missing (or obscured), 4: Radar and MPL Missing, 5: Radar and Ceilometer Missing, 6: MPL and Ceilometer Missing, 7:  All instruments missing" ;

// global attributes:
		:description = "ARSCL-like product for the ARM Mobile Facility 95-GHz radar" ;
		:author = "Pavlos Kollias and Karen Johnson" ;
		:date = " 2007" ;
		:institute = "Brookhaven National Laboratory" ;
}