netcdf twpvisstgridg09v3minnisX10.c1.20051031.002500 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (21 currently) lat = 1 ; lon = 1 ; cld_type = 4 ; nb2bb_type = 4 ; cld_phase = 3 ; scn_type = 2 ; phase = 6 ; level = 4 ; variables: int base_time ; base_time:long_name = "Base time in Epoch" ; base_time:descriptor = "offset from 00:00:00 GMT 01 January 1970" ; 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 = "s" ; double time(time) ; time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight" ; time:units = "seconds since 2005-10-31, 00:00:00" ; short latitude(lat) ; latitude:long_name = "north latitude" ; latitude:units = "deg" ; latitude:scale_factor = 0.01f ; latitude:valid_min = -90.f ; latitude:valid_max = 90.f ; int longitude(lon) ; longitude:long_name = "east longitude" ; longitude:units = "deg" ; longitude:scale_factor = 0.01f ; longitude:valid_min = -180.f ; longitude:valid_max = 180.f ; short cloud_percentage(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_percentage:long_name = "Cloud Percentage" ; cloud_percentage:units = "%" ; cloud_percentage:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_percentage:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_percentage:valid_max = 100.f ; short optical_depth_linear(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; optical_depth_linear:long_name = "Optical depth linear average" ; optical_depth_linear:units = "unitless" ; optical_depth_linear:scale_factor = 0.01f ; optical_depth_linear:valid_min = 0.f ; optical_depth_linear:valid_max = 128.f ; short optical_depth_log(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; optical_depth_log:long_name = "Optical depth log average" ; optical_depth_log:units = "unitless" ; optical_depth_log:scale_factor = 0.01f ; optical_depth_log:valid_min = 0.f ; optical_depth_log:valid_max = 128.f ; short optical_depth_linear_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; optical_depth_linear_sd:long_name = "Optical depth linear standard deviation" ; optical_depth_linear_sd:units = "unitless" ; optical_depth_linear_sd:scale_factor = 0.01f ; optical_depth_linear_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; optical_depth_linear_sd:valid_max = 128.f ; short ir_emit(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; ir_emit:long_name = "IR emissivity average" ; ir_emit:units = "unitless" ; ir_emit:scale_factor = 0.001f ; ir_emit:valid_min = 0.f ; ir_emit:valid_max = 1.5f ; short ir_emit_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; ir_emit_sd:long_name = "IR emissivity standard deviation" ; ir_emit_sd:units = "unitless" ; ir_emit_sd:scale_factor = 0.001f ; ir_emit_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; ir_emit_sd:valid_max = 1.5f ; short particle_size(time, lat, lon, cld_phase) ; particle_size:long_name = "Particle size average" ; particle_size:units = "microns" ; particle_size:scale_factor = 0.1f ; particle_size:valid_min = 0.f ; particle_size:valid_max = 150.f ; short particle_size_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_phase) ; particle_size_sd:long_name = "Particle size standard deviation" ; particle_size_sd:units = "microns" ; particle_size_sd:scale_factor = 0.1f ; particle_size_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; particle_size_sd:valid_max = 150.f ; int water_path(time, lat, lon, cld_phase) ; water_path:long_name = "Water path average" ; water_path:units = "g/m^2" ; water_path:scale_factor = 0.1f ; water_path:valid_min = 0.f ; water_path:valid_max = 6000.f ; int water_path_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_phase) ; water_path_sd:long_name = "Water path standard deviation" ; water_path_sd:units = "g/m^2" ; water_path_sd:scale_factor = 0.1f ; water_path_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; water_path_sd:valid_max = 6000.f ; short cloud_height_top(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_top:long_name = "Cloud height top average" ; cloud_height_top:units = "km" ; cloud_height_top:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_top:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_top:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_top_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_top_sd:long_name = "Cloud height top standard deviation" ; cloud_height_top_sd:units = "km" ; cloud_height_top_sd:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_top_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_height_top_sd:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_center(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_center:long_name = "Cloud height center average" ; cloud_height_center:units = "km" ; cloud_height_center:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_center:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_center:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_center_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_center_sd:long_name = "Cloud height center standard deviation" ; cloud_height_center_sd:units = "km" ; cloud_height_center_sd:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_center_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_height_center_sd:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_base(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_base:long_name = "Cloud height base average" ; cloud_height_base:units = "km" ; cloud_height_base:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_base:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_base:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_base_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_height_base_sd:long_name = "Cloud height base standard deviation" ; cloud_height_base_sd:units = "km" ; cloud_height_base_sd:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_base_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_height_base_sd:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_pressure_top(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_top:long_name = "Cloud pressure top average" ; cloud_pressure_top:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_top:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_top:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_top:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_top_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_top_sd:long_name = "Cloud pressure top standard deviation" ; cloud_pressure_top_sd:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_top_sd:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_top_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_top_sd:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_center(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_center:long_name = "Cloud pressure center average" ; cloud_pressure_center:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_center:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_center:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_center:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_center_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_center_sd:long_name = "Cloud pressure center standard deviation" ; cloud_pressure_center_sd:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_center_sd:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_center_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_center_sd:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_base(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_base:long_name = "Cloud pressure base average" ; cloud_pressure_base:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_base:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_base:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_base:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_base_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_pressure_base_sd:long_name = "Cloud pressure base standard deviation" ; cloud_pressure_base_sd:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_base_sd:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_base_sd:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_base_sd:valid_max = 1100.f ; int ir_temperature(time, lat, lon, scn_type) ; ir_temperature:long_name = "Infrared temperature average" ; ir_temperature:units = "K" ; ir_temperature:scale_factor = 0.01f ; ir_temperature:valid_min = 160.f ; ir_temperature:valid_max = 340.f ; short broadband_shortwave_albedo(time, lat, lon, scn_type) ; broadband_shortwave_albedo:long_name = "Broadband shortwave albedo average" ; broadband_shortwave_albedo:units = "%" ; broadband_shortwave_albedo:scale_factor = 0.1f ; broadband_shortwave_albedo:valid_min = 0.f ; broadband_shortwave_albedo:valid_max = 150.f ; short broadband_longwave_flux(time, lat, lon, scn_type) ; broadband_longwave_flux:long_name = "Broadband longwave flux average" ; broadband_longwave_flux:units = "W/m^2" ; broadband_longwave_flux:scale_factor = 0.1f ; broadband_longwave_flux:valid_min = 0.f ; broadband_longwave_flux:valid_max = 400.f ; short surface_net_shortwave_flux(time, lat, lon) ; surface_net_shortwave_flux:long_name = "Surface net shortwave flux average" ; surface_net_shortwave_flux:units = "W/m^2" ; surface_net_shortwave_flux:scale_factor = 0.1f ; surface_net_shortwave_flux:valid_min = 0.f ; surface_net_shortwave_flux:valid_max = 1400.f ; short surface_net_longwave_flux(time, lat, lon) ; surface_net_longwave_flux:long_name = "Surface net longwave flux average" ; surface_net_longwave_flux:units = "W/m^2" ; surface_net_longwave_flux:scale_factor = 0.1f ; surface_net_longwave_flux:valid_min = 0.f ; surface_net_longwave_flux:valid_max = 1000.f ; short surface_down_shortwave_flux(time, lat, lon) ; surface_down_shortwave_flux:long_name = "Langley parameterized surface algorithm: downward shortwave flux average" ; surface_down_shortwave_flux:units = "W/m^2" ; surface_down_shortwave_flux:scale_factor = 0.1f ; surface_down_shortwave_flux:valid_min = 0.f ; surface_down_shortwave_flux:valid_max = 1400.f ; short surface_down_longwave_flux(time, lat, lon) ; surface_down_longwave_flux:long_name = "Langley parameterized surface algorithm: downward longwave flux average" ; surface_down_longwave_flux:units = "W/m^2" ; surface_down_longwave_flux:scale_factor = 0.1f ; surface_down_longwave_flux:valid_min = 0.f ; surface_down_longwave_flux:valid_max = 1000.f ; int clearsky_ir_temperature(time, lat, lon) ; clearsky_ir_temperature:long_name = "Infrared clear sky temperature average" ; clearsky_ir_temperature:units = "K" ; clearsky_ir_temperature:scale_factor = 0.01f ; clearsky_ir_temperature:valid_min = 160.f ; clearsky_ir_temperature:valid_max = 340.f ; short clearsky_vis_reflectance(time, lat, lon) ; clearsky_vis_reflectance:long_name = "Visible clear sky reflectance average" ; clearsky_vis_reflectance:units = "unitless" ; clearsky_vis_reflectance:scale_factor = 0.001f ; clearsky_vis_reflectance:valid_min = 0.f ; clearsky_vis_reflectance:valid_max = 1.6f ; int cloud_temperature(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_temperature:long_name = "Cloud temperature average" ; cloud_temperature:units = "K" ; cloud_temperature:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_temperature:valid_min = 160.f ; cloud_temperature:valid_max = 340.f ; int cloud_temperature_sd(time, lat, lon, cld_type) ; cloud_temperature_sd:long_name = "Cloud temperature standard deviation" ; cloud_temperature_sd:units = "K" ; cloud_temperature_sd:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_temperature_sd:valid_min = 160.f ; cloud_temperature_sd:valid_max = 340.f ; short visible_reflectance(time, lat, lon, scn_type) ; visible_reflectance:long_name = "Visible reflectance average" ; visible_reflectance:units = "unitless" ; visible_reflectance:scale_factor = 0.001f ; visible_reflectance:valid_min = 0.f ; visible_reflectance:valid_max = 1.6f ; short solar_zenith_angle(time, lat, lon) ; solar_zenith_angle:long_name = "Solar zenith angle" ; solar_zenith_angle:units = "deg" ; solar_zenith_angle:scale_factor = 0.01f ; solar_zenith_angle:valid_min = 0.f ; solar_zenith_angle:valid_max = 100.f ; solar_zenith_angle:Special_note = "For internal use only!" ; short viewing_zenith_angle(time, lat, lon) ; viewing_zenith_angle:long_name = "Viewing zenith angle" ; viewing_zenith_angle:units = "deg" ; viewing_zenith_angle:scale_factor = 0.01f ; viewing_zenith_angle:valid_min = 0.f ; viewing_zenith_angle:valid_max = 90.f ; viewing_zenith_angle:Special_note = "For internal use only!" ; short azimuth_angle(time, lat, lon) ; azimuth_angle:long_name = "Azimuth angle" ; azimuth_angle:units = "deg" ; azimuth_angle:scale_factor = 0.1f ; azimuth_angle:valid_min = 0.f ; azimuth_angle:valid_max = 360.f ; azimuth_angle:Special_note = "For internal use only!" ; short scan_time(time, lat, lon) ; scan_time:long_name = "Scan time" ; scan_time:units = "hour" ; scan_time:scale_factor = 0.01f ; scan_time:valid_min = 0.f ; scan_time:valid_max = 24.f ; scan_time:Special_note = "For internal use only!" ; short cloud_percentage_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_percentage_level:long_name = "Cloud percentage at 3 levels" ; cloud_percentage_level:units = "%" ; cloud_percentage_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_percentage_level:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_percentage_level:valid_max = 100.f ; int cloud_temperature_top_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_temperature_top_level:long_name = "Cloud temperature top average at 3 levels" ; cloud_temperature_top_level:units = "K" ; cloud_temperature_top_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_temperature_top_level:valid_min = 160.f ; cloud_temperature_top_level:valid_max = 340.f ; int cloud_temperature_center_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_temperature_center_level:long_name = "Cloud temperature center average at 3 levels" ; cloud_temperature_center_level:units = "K" ; cloud_temperature_center_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_temperature_center_level:valid_min = 160.f ; cloud_temperature_center_level:valid_max = 340.f ; int cloud_temperature_base_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_temperature_base_level:long_name = "Cloud temperature base average at 3 levels" ; cloud_temperature_base_level:units = "K" ; cloud_temperature_base_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_temperature_base_level:valid_min = 160.f ; cloud_temperature_base_level:valid_max = 340.f ; short cloud_pressure_top_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_pressure_top_level:long_name = "Cloud pressure top average at 3 levels" ; cloud_pressure_top_level:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_top_level:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_top_level:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_top_level:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_center_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_pressure_center_level:long_name = "Cloud pressure center average at 3 levels" ; cloud_pressure_center_level:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_center_level:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_center_level:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_center_level:valid_max = 1100.f ; short cloud_pressure_base_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_pressure_base_level:long_name = "Cloud pressure base average at 3 levels" ; cloud_pressure_base_level:units = "hPa" ; cloud_pressure_base_level:scale_factor = 0.1f ; cloud_pressure_base_level:valid_min = 0.f ; cloud_pressure_base_level:valid_max = 1100.f ; short optical_depth_linear_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; optical_depth_linear_level:long_name = "Optical depth linear average at 3 levels" ; optical_depth_linear_level:units = "unitless" ; optical_depth_linear_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; optical_depth_linear_level:valid_min = 0.f ; optical_depth_linear_level:valid_max = 128.f ; short optical_depth_log_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; optical_depth_log_level:long_name = "Optical depth log average at 3 levels" ; optical_depth_log_level:units = "unitless" ; optical_depth_log_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; optical_depth_log_level:valid_min = 0.f ; optical_depth_log_level:valid_max = 128.f ; short cloud_height_top_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_height_top_level:long_name = "Cloud height top average at 3 levels" ; cloud_height_top_level:units = "km" ; cloud_height_top_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_top_level:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_top_level:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_center_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_height_center_level:long_name = "Cloud height center average at 3 levels" ; cloud_height_center_level:units = "km" ; cloud_height_center_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_center_level:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_center_level:valid_max = 20.f ; short cloud_height_base_level(time, lat, lon, level) ; cloud_height_base_level:long_name = "Cloud height base average at 3 levels" ; cloud_height_base_level:units = "km" ; cloud_height_base_level:scale_factor = 0.01f ; cloud_height_base_level:valid_min = -0.1f ; cloud_height_base_level:valid_max = 20.f ; // global attributes: :NetCDF_Version = "3.5.0 of Mar 26 2001 09:30:11 $" ; :Title = "Gridded cloud products derived from pixel level data" ; :Source = "NASA Langley Research Center" ; :Version = "V3.0" ; :Date = "VISST processed on April 07 2010 04:29:22" ; :facility_id = "X1" ; :site_id = "twp" ; :location = "man" ; :data_level = "c1" ; :missing_value = "-9999.f" ; :zeb_platform = "twpvisstmangridg09v3minnisX1.c1" ; :history = "created by user mk on machine flux at Wed Apr 7 17:33:36 GMT 2010 using C" ; :input_files = "GOES-9" ; :longwave_NB_BB_correlation = "The LW NB-BB correlation is given by Mbb=a+b*Mnb+c*Mnb*Mnb+dMnb*ln(colRH), where Mbb is the BB OLR(Wm-2), Mnb is the NB flux(Wm-2um-1), and colRH is the column weighted relative humidity(%) above the radiating surface. The coefficients are, for ocean night: a=77.97,b=5.78,c=-0.01315,d=-0.35222,and day a=76.48,b=5.31,c=-0.00812,d=-0.31265; land night a=39.75,b=8.48,c=-0.04683,d=-0.040253; day a=52.27,b=6.67,c=-0.02759,d=-0.29062. The fit was derived from May05-Oct05 G9/CERES-Terra Ed2C fluxes over the Darwin domain. For land, the day RMS is 6.13Wm-2 (2.06%), night is 6.49Wm-2 (2.34%); for ocean, day 7.21 Wm-2 (2.69%), and night 7.58 Wm-2 (2.73%). The CERES limb-darkening function is used to convert NB rad to flux. These fluxes are preliminary. REFERENCE: Doelling,D.R, M.M.Khaiyer, and P.Minnis: 2003, Improved ARM-SGP TOA OLR Fluxes from GOES-8 IR Radiances based on CERES data, Proc. 13th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Mar31-Apr4, 2003.http://www.arm.gov/publication" ; :visible_calibration = "The GOES-9 visible calibration equation is Rad(0.65um) = (g0 + g1*d + g2*d*d)*(C-C0), where g0=0.419, g1=0.979e-4, g2=0, C= visible channel count, C0=is the visible channel offset , d is the number of days since reference. REFERENCE: Nguyen, L, D.R. Doelling, P. Minnis, J.K. Ayers, 2004, Rapid Technique to cross calibrate satellite imager with visible channels, Proc. of 49th SPIE Meeting, Denver, CO, Aug. 2-6, 2004. http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/arm_refs.html#CPR IR_calibration : The GOES-9 IR calibration was based on the nominal equations used in Mcidas and found at http://www.oso.noaa.gov/goes/goes-calibration/gvar-conversion.htm" ; :VISST = "NASA-Langley cloud and radiation products are produced using the VISST (Visible Infrared Solar-infrared Split-Window Technique), SIST (Solar-infrared Infrared Split-Window Technique) and SINT (Solar-infrared Infrared Near-Infrared Technique). The technique uses GOES-9 channels to detect clouds and retrieve cloud microphysics. Atmospheric profiles are obtained from CERES MOA. REFERENCE: Minnis, P., et al., 2001: A near-real time method for deriving cloud and radiation properties from satellites for weather and climate studies. Proc. AMS 11th Conf. Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography,Madison, WI, Oct. 15-18, 477-480. http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/arm_refs.html#CPR" ; :time_Dimension1 = "This dimension is tied to Time_Offset" ; :lat_Dimension1 = "This dimension is dependent upon the number of latitude bins for this data set" ; :lon_Dimension1 = "This dimension is dependent upon the number of longitude bins for this data set" ; :cld_type = "This dimension holds the data for the following cloud criteria:" ; :cld_type1 = "index : 1 = total clouds, 2 = ice clouds, 3 = water clouds, 4 = supercooled water clouds" ; :cld_phase = "This dimension holds the data for the following cloud phase criteria:" ; :cld_phase1 = "index : 1 = ice clouds, 2 = water clouds, 3 = supercooled water clouds" ; :nb2bb_type = "This dimension holds the data for the following criteria:" ; :nb2bb_type1 = "index : 1 = total, 2 = clear, 3 = ice clouds, 4 = water clouds" ; :scn_type = "This dimension holds the data for the following scene types:" ; :scn_type1 = "index : 1 = total, 2 = clear (cloudy = total - clear)" ; :phase = "This dimension holds the data for the following phase criteria:" ; :phase1 = "index : 1 = ice clouds, 2 = water clouds, 3 = supercooled water clouds, 4 = no retrieval, 5 = clear, 6 = bad data" ; :level = "This dimension holds the data for the following level types:" ; :level1 = "index : 1 = total, 2 = low (0-2km), 3 = mid (>2-<6km), 4 = high (>6km)" ; :SD_Bad_Value = "a -9999. in a standard deviation bin indicates there were less than 3 points in that bin" ; :Flag_comment = "for cloud products, if there are no cloudy pixels in a region, it will set to -9999., for the rest of the products, a -9999 indicates no data available for that region." ; :Pixel_Comment = "03.0; 72:ECM;SNB:LN:0.043668 0.816658 -.059591 0.031451 OC:0.028263 0.807929 -.024253 0.020217 ;LNB:LN:39.74580 8.48353 -0.04683 -0.40253 OC:77.96870 5.78249 -0.01315 -0.35222 ;VS: 526.90 0.000E+00 0.979E-04 0.419 29.0 1.0 " ; :shortwave_NB_BB_correlation = "The shortwave narrowband to broadband correlation is given by Abb = a + b*Anb + c*Anb*Anb + d*ln(1/cos (SZA)), where Abb is the broadband albedo (fraction), Anb is the narrowband albedo (fraction) and SZA is the solar zenith angle (deg). The coefficients are land a=0.0437, b=0.8167, c=-0.05959, d=0.03145, and ocean a=0.0283, b=0.8079, c=-0.02425, d=0.02022. The relationship was derived from GOES-9 and CERES-Terra Ed2C fluxes May05-Oct05 over the Darwin domain and has a 0.0213 (14.95%) ocean albedo rms, and a .0123 (6.45%) land albedo rms. These fluxes are preliminary. REFERENCE: V. Chakrapani, D.R. Doelling, M.M. Khaiyer, and P.Minnis: 2003, New Visible to Broadband Shortwave Conversions for Deriving Albedos from GOES-8 Over the ARM SGP, Proc. of 13th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Mar31-Apr4, 2003. http://www.arm.gov/publications/proceedings/conf13/" ; :DATA_VERSION_NOTE = "This version was processed historically and is an intermediate version. The data will be reprocessed in the future and replaced. NOTE: GOES-9 data is known to have noise in the visible channel, which will affect the VISST results and SW fluxes. In order to address the noise issue in this version of the dataset, the median of each pixel and its 8 neighboring pixels was taken in the visible channel, prior to processing via VISST." ; :USERS_NOTE = "Users of the data for research leading to conference-level or peer-reviewed publications should contact Dr. Patrick Minnis (p.minnis@nasa.gov) before publishing any papers that include this data. The source of the data should be properly acknowledged and/or co-authorship should be offered depending on the level of documentation and contribution of the particular dataset. For any derived cloud, icing, and radiation products, it is in the best interest of individual researchers who use these datasets to ensure that they are using the latest and highest quality products available. Either Dr. Minnis or other group members can provide the proper references, caveats, or level of participation needed for any given request." ; }