Datastream : AERI01CH2
Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) 01: ch. 2 data
Active Dates
1995.07.22 - 2012.10.12
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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Ambient blackbody temperature - apex | K | ABBapexTemp ( time ) |
Ambient blackbody temperature | K | ABBbottomTemp ( time ) |
Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top | K | ABBtopTemp ( time ) |
Observation Altitude | Meters | Altitude ( time ) |
Blackbody controller Unit 1 power supply temperature | K | BBcontroller1temp ( time ) |
Blackbody controller Unit 2 power supply temperature | K | BBcontroller2temp ( time ) |
Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure | K | BBsupportStructureTemp ( time ) |
Hot blackbody temperature - apex | K | HBBapexTemp ( time ) |
Hot blackbody temperature - rim bottom | K | HBBbottomTemp ( time ) |
Hot blackbody temperature - rim top | K | HBBtopTemp ( time ) |
Julian Day including day and fraction of day | Days | JulianDay ( time ) |
Observation latitude | Degrees | Latitude ( time ) |
Observation longitude | Degrees | Longitude ( time ) |
Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature | K | SCEtemp ( time ) |
Time at center of AERI sky observation period | UTC Hours | Time_UTC_hours ( time ) |
Ambient air temperature near blackbodies | K | airNearBBsTemp ( time ) |
Altitude above mean sea level | m | alt |
Observation atmospheric pressure in AERI electronics | mb | 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 |
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 ingest computer temperature measured at back panel of computer | K | computerTemp ( time ) |
Stirling cooler compressor temperature measured at compressor heatsink | K | coolerCompressorTemp ( time ) |
Stirling cycle cooler current | amperes | coolerCurrent ( time ) |
Stirling cycle cooler expander temperature | K | coolerExpanderTemp ( time ) |
Stirling cooler power supply temperature measured at power supply frame | K | coolerPowerSupplyTemp ( time ) |
Detector temperature sensed via diode near detector | K | detectorTemp ( time ) |
Resistive temperature of 12 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P3 shell | K | fixed12KohmResistor ( time ) |
Resistive temperature of 97 Kohm fixed resistor located in SCE-P4 shell | K | fixed97KohmResistor ( time ) |
Resistive temperature of 2500 Ohm fixed resistor - banana plug mounted | K | fixed2500ohmResistor ( time ) |
AERI instrument hatch indicator (open, closed, neither) | hatchIndicator ( time ) | |
AERI interferometer temperature at second port | K | interferometerSecondPortTemp ( time ) |
North latitude | degree_N | lat |
East longitude | degree_E | lon |
Downwelling radiance interpolated to standard wavenumber scale | mw/(m2 sr cm-1) | mean_rad ( time, wnum ) |
Scene mirror motor case temperature | K | mirrorMotorTemp ( time ) |
Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false) | missingDataFlag ( time ) | |
Scene mirror motor driver heat sink temperature | K | motorDriverTemp ( time ) |
Ambient air temperature at hatch opening | K | outsideAirTemp ( time ) |
Electronics rack ambient temperature measured at inside top of rack | K | rackAmbientTemp ( time ) |
Time at end of interferometer data collection | HHMMSS | rawTimeHHMMSS ( time ) |
Scene mirror position encoder value | sceneMirPosEncoder ( time ) | |
Spare temperature sensor (location TBD) | K | spareTemp ( time ) |
Difference between the sky view's radiance variance and the hot black body view's variance | (mw/(m2 sr cm-1))^2 | standard_dev_mean_rad ( time, wnum2 ) |
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 ) | |
Wave number in reciprocal centimeters | cm-1 | wnum ( wnum ) |
Wave number in reciprocal centimeters | cm-1 | wnum2 ( wnum2 ) |
Locations
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (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