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
Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.
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Measurement | Units | Variable |
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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 ) |
AERI LW Scene Brightness Temp Spectral Averages (Ch1) | K | SkyBrightnessTempSpectralAveragesCh1 ( time, wnumsum13 ) |
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 ) |
AERI LW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch1) | mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) | SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh1 ( time, wnumsum11 ) |
AERI SW Scene Radiance Spectral Averages (Ch2) | mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) | SkyRadianceSpectralAveragesCh2 ( time, wnumsum12 ) |
AERI LW Scene Variability Spectral Averages (Ch1) | (mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1))^2 | SkyUniformityCh1 ( time, wnumsum3 ) |
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 elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) | K | elevatedLayerAirTemp700_705 ( time ) |
Shortwave elevated air brightness temperature from radiance average (2282_2287 cm^-1) | K | elevatedLayerAirTemp2282_2287 ( time ) |
Longwave radiance average (700_705 cm^-1) Elevated Air | mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) | elevatedLayerRadiance700_705 ( time ) |
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 window brightness temperature from radiance average (985_990 cm^-1) | K | longwaveWindowAirTemp985_990 ( time ) |
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 ) |
Shortwave window brightness temperature from radiance average (2510_2515 cm^-1) | K | shortwaveWindowAirTemp2510_2515 ( time ) |
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 surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (675_680 cm^-1) | K | surfaceLayerAirTemp675_680 ( time ) |
Shortwave surface air brightness temperature from radiance average (2295_2300 cm^-1) | K | surfaceLayerAirTemp2295_2300 ( time ) |
Longwave radiance average (675-680 cm^-1) Surface Air | mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) | surfaceLayerRadiance675_680 ( time ) |
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)
Contact(s)
Jonathan Gero
608-265-2335
jonathan.gero@ssec.wisc.edu
Denny Hackel
associate
(608) 770-1485
dennyh@ssec.wisc.edu
Ralph Dedecker
engineering
(608) 263-6779
ralphd@ssec.wisc.edu
Robert Knuteson
science
(608) 263-7974
robert.knuteson@ssec.wisc.edu
Raymond Garcia
software
(608) 262-8439
ray.garcia@ssec.wisc.edu