netcdf shbmwrlosC1.b1.19980909.000101 {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (220 currently)
variables:
	int base_time ;
		base_time:string = "09-Sep-1998,00:01:01 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 191998-09-09 00:01:01 0:00" ;
	float actaz(time) ;
		actaz:long_name = "Actual Azimuth" ;
		actaz:units = "deg" ;
		actaz:field_index = "1" ;
		actaz:comment = "Dummy field to maintain netCDF file structure" ;
	float actel(time) ;
		actel:long_name = "Actual elevation angle" ;
		actel:units = "deg" ;
		actel:field_index = "2" ;
		actel:comment = "Dummy field to maintain netCDF file structure" ;
	float \23tbsky(time) ;
		\23tbsky:long_name = "23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature" ;
		\23tbsky:units = "K" ;
		\23tbsky:resolution = "0.01" ;
		\23tbsky:field_index = "3" ;
	float \31tbsky(time) ;
		\31tbsky:long_name = "31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature" ;
		\31tbsky:units = "K" ;
		\31tbsky:resolution = "0.01" ;
		\31tbsky:field_index = "4" ;
	float vap(time) ;
		vap:long_name = "Total water vapor along LOS path" ;
		vap:units = "cm" ;
		vap:resolution = "0.01" ;
		vap:field_index = "5" ;
	float liq(time) ;
		liq:long_name = "Total liquid water along LOS path" ;
		liq:units = "cm" ;
		liq:resolution = "0.0001" ;
		liq:field_index = "6" ;
	float ir_temp(time) ;
		ir_temp:long_name = "IR Brightness Temperature" ;
		ir_temp:units = "K" ;
		ir_temp:field_index = "8" ;
		ir_temp:comment = "Dummy field to maintain netCDF file structure" ;
	float wet_window(time) ;
		wet_window:long_name = "Overall data quality flag" ;
		wet_window:units = "unitless" ;
		wet_window:value_0 = "Valid data" ;
		wet_window:value_1 = "Water on teflon window" ;
		wet_window:value_2 = "Other anomaly" ;
	float qcmin1-24(time) ;
		qcmin1-24:long_name = "Flag fields with values below minimum thresholds" ;
		qcmin1-24:units = "unitless" ;
		qcmin1-24:comment = "Empty field of zeros" ;
	float qcmax1-24(time) ;
		qcmax1-24:long_name = "Flag fields with values above maximum thresholds" ;
		qcmax1-24:units = "unitless" ;
		qcmax1-24:comment = "Empty field of zeros" ;
	float qcdelta1-24(time) ;
		qcdelta1-24:long_name = "Flag fields where (n) - (n-1) is above delta thresholds" ;
		qcdelta1-24:units = "unitless" ;
		qcdelta1-24:comment = "Empty field of zeros" ;
	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:
		:sample-int = "20 seconds for the LOS data, 1 minute for the TIP data" ;
		:comment = "The time assigned to each data point indicates the end of any period of averaging of the geophysical data" ;
		:reprocessing_comment1 = "This data has been reprocessed by Jim Liljegren for the window 5 December 1997 - 9 September 1998" ;
		:reprocessing_comment2 = "Data where acquired in TIP mode, from which Jim extracted the LOS data, applied the calibration, and computed the retrieved products" ;
		:reprocessing_comment3 = "Note that the field wet_window is now an overall data quality field and represents more than the original binary flag which only indicated whether or not the window was wet" ;
		:missing-value = " -9999.9" ;
}