Datastream : AERISUMMARY

Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI): summary data

Active Dates
1994.01.10 - 2012.09.21

Measurement Categories
Radiometric

Originating Instrument
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI)

Measurements

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Measurement	Units	Variable
Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors	K	ABBmaxTempDiff ( time )
AERI instrument unit serial number	unitless	AERIunitNumber ( time )
Observation Altitude	m	Altitude ( time )
AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch1 ( time, wnumsum7 )
AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #1 derived from variance during HBB view (Ch2)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	HBB2minNENestimateNo1Ch2 ( time, wnumsum8 )
AERI LW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch1 ( time, wnumsum9 )
AERI SW HBB 2min NESR Estimate #2 derived from sequential HBB views (Ch2)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	HBB2minNENestimateNo2Ch2 ( time, wnumsum10 )
Maximum Temperature Difference Between HBB Thermistors	K	HBBmaxTempDiff ( time )
Logical flag indicating whether HBB temperature is stable (true) or not stable (false). Determined using HBBtempDrift and HBBtempDriftLimit.	unitless	HBBstable ( time )
The maximum excursion of hot-blackbody temperature over 5 consecutive scenes, centered on the sky view	K	HBBtempDrift ( time )
Julian Day including day and fraction of day	days	JulianDay ( time )
Longwave HBB Noise-equivalent Radiance	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	LW_HBB_NEN ( time )
Characteristic value representing overall longwave channel responsivity	counts/[mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)]	LWresponsivity ( time )
The noise equivalent radiance observed in the longwave channel during a sky view at 1000 cm^-1	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	LWskyNEN ( time )
Logical flag indicating whether longwave channel noise equivalent radiance is acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using LWskyNEN and LWskyNENlimit.	unitless	LWskyNENacceptable ( time )
Observation latitude	deg	Latitude ( time )
Observation longitude	deg	Longitude ( time )
AERI LW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch1)	counts/[mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)]	ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh1 ( time, wnumsum1 )
AERI SW Responsivity Spectral Averages (Ch2)	counts/[mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)]	ResponsivitySpectralAveragesCh2 ( time, wnumsum2 )
Shortwave HBB Noise-equivalent Radiance	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SW_HBB_NEN ( time )
Characteristic value representing overall shortwave channel responsivity	counts/[mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)]	SWresponsivity ( time )
The noise equivalent radiance observed in the shortwave channel during a sky view at 2500 cm^-1	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SWskyNEN ( time )
Logical flag indicating whether shortwave channel noise equivalent radiance is acceptable in sky view (true/false). Determined using SWskyNEN and SWskyNENlimit.	unitless	SWskyNENacceptable ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1)	K	SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1 ( time, wnumsum13 )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature AERI SW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch2)	K	SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh2 ( time, wnumsum14 )
AERI LW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SkyNENCh1 ( time, wnumsum5 )
AERI SW Scene NESR Spectral Averages (Ch2)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SkyNENCh2 ( time, wnumsum6 )
Longwave spectral radiance AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh1 ( time, wnumsum11 )
Longwave spectral radiance AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh2 ( time, wnumsum12 )
Longwave spectral radiance AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1)	(mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1))^2	SkyUniformityCh1 ( time, wnumsum3 )
Longwave spectral radiance AERI SW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch2)	(mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1))^2	SkyUniformityCh2 ( time, wnumsum4 )
Time at center of AERI sky observation period	hours since 2010-02-19 00:00:00 0:00 GMT	Time_UTC_hours ( time )
altitude	meters above Mean Sea Level	alt
Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics	hPa	atmosphericPressure ( time )
Relative humidity measured near Blackbodies. Use with Air Temperature Near BBs only.	% RH	atmosphericRelativeHumidity ( time )
Base time in Epoch	seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00	base_time
Calibrated Scene Type Identification	unitless	calibratedSceneID ( time )
Ambient temperature used in calibration	K	calibrationAmbientTemp ( time )
Cold blackbody temperature used in calibration	K	calibrationCBBtemp ( time )
Hot blackbody temperature used in calibration	K	calibrationHBBtemp ( time )
AERI instrument data channel number	unitless	channelNumber ( time )
Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time (true/false)	unitless	dataAvailable ( time )
Observation date	YYMMDD	dateYYMMDD ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Longwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705 cm^-1)	K	elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705 ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1)	K	elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	elevatedLayerRadiance700_705 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Shortwave radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) Elevated Air	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	elevatedLayerRadiance2282_2287 ( time )
Front End Fan Air Temperature Difference	K	frontEndFanAirTempDiff ( time )
Hatch Open Flag	unitless	hatchOpen ( time )
Character string containing instrument name	unitless	instrumentUnitNumber ( time )
north latitude	degrees	lat
east longitude	degrees	lon
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Longwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)	K	longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Longwave window radiance average (985_990 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	longwaveWindowRadiance985_990 ( time )
Maximum Standard Deviation in Thermistor Channels 0..7	K	maxSampleStdDev ( time )
Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false)	unitless	missingDataFlag ( time )
Ambient air temperature at hatch opening	K	outsideAirTemp ( time )
Results of quality checks on sample time	unitless	qc_time ( time )
Rain sensor analog output	mm/hr	rainSensorIntensity ( time )
Scene Mirror Encoder Position Drift	steps	sceneMirPosEncoderDrift ( time )
Scene Mirror Position Encoder Maximum Drift	steps	sceneMirPosEncoderMaxDrift ( time )
Scene mirror view angle in non-negative degrees, measured clockwise looking into interferometer window.	deg	sceneMirrorAngle ( time )
Duration of scene view	s	sceneViewDuration ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)	K	shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Shortwave window radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	shortwaveWindowRadiance2510_2515 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (675_680 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance675_680 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (700_705 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance700_705 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (985_990 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance985_990 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2282_2287 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance2282_2287 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2295_2300 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance2295_2300 ( time )
Radiance standard deviation during sky view averaged over (2510_2515 cm^-1)	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	skyViewStdDevRadiance2510_2515 ( time )
Sun Sensor Intensity	W/m^2	sunSensorIntensity ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Longwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680 cm^-1)	K	surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680 ( time )
Longwave spectral brightness temperature Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1)	K	surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	surfaceLayerRadiance675_680 ( time )
Longwave spectral radiance Shortwave radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) Surface Air	mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1)	surfaceLayerRadiance2295_2300 ( time )
Version number of Operational Software	unitless	systemReleaseNumber ( time )
Time offset from midnight		time ( time )
Time at center of AERI sky observation period	HHMMSS	timeHHMMSS ( time )
Time offset from base_time		time_offset ( time )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum1 ( wnumsum1 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum2 ( wnumsum2 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum3 ( wnumsum3 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum4 ( wnumsum4 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum5 ( wnumsum5 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum6 ( wnumsum6 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum7 ( wnumsum7 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum8 ( wnumsum8 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum9 ( wnumsum9 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum10 ( wnumsum10 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum11 ( wnumsum11 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum12 ( wnumsum12 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum13 ( wnumsum13 )
Averaged Wave number in inverse centimeters	cm^-1	wnumsum14 ( wnumsum14 )

Locations

North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
- Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
- Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
- Purcell, OK (B6)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
- Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
- Black Forest, Germany (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
- Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
- Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
- ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
- Point Reyes, CA (M1)
SHEBA (Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic) (SHB)
- Ice Station SHEBA (C1)