Datastream : AERIENGINEER

Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI): engineering data

Active Dates
1997.10.21 - 2013.02.20

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
Ambient blackbody temperature - apex K ABBapexTemp ( time )
Ambient Blackbody apex temperature weight /1 ABBapexTempWeight ( time )
Ambient blackbody temperature K ABBbottomTemp ( time )
Ambient Blackbody bottom temperature weight /1 ABBbottomTempWeight ( time )
Maximum Temperature Difference Between ABB Thermistors K ABBmaxTempDiff ( time )
Ambient blackbody temperature offset K ABBtempOffset ( time )
Ambient blackbody temperature - rim top K ABBtopTemp ( time )
Ambient Blackbody top temperature weight /1 ABBtopTempWeight ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (675_680 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance675_680 ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (700_705 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance700_705 ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (985_990 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance985_990 ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287 ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300 ( time )
ABB View Radiance Std Deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) ABBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515 ( time )
AERI instrument unit serial number unitless AERIunitNumber ( time )
Observation Altitude m Altitude ( time )
Blackbody cavity geometry factor unitless BBcavityFactor ( time )
BB Controller #1 Temperature K BBcontroller1temp ( time )
BB Controller #2 Temperature K BBcontroller2temp ( time )
Temperature of the AERI blackbody support structure K BBsupportStructureTemp ( time )
FFOV Half Angle rad FFOVhalfAngle ( time )
Hot blackbody temperature - apex K HBBapexTemp ( time )
Hot Blackbody apex temperature weight /1 HBBapexTempWeight ( time )
Hot backbody temperature - rim bottom K HBBbottomTemp ( time )
Hot Blackbody bottom temperature weight /1 HBBbottomTempWeight ( time )
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 )
Limit in Hot-blackbody Temperature Drift K HBBtempDriftLimit ( time )
Hot blackbody temperature offset K HBBtempOffset ( time )
Hot blackbody temperature - rim top K HBBtopTemp ( time )
Hot Blackbody top temperature weight /1 HBBtopTempWeight ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (675_680 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance675_680 ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (700_705 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance700_705 ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (985_990 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance985_990 ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (2282_2287 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance2282_2287 ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (2295_2300 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance2295_2300 ( time )
HBB View Radiance Std Deviation (2510_2515 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) HBBviewStdDevRadiance2510_2515 ( 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 )
Longwave Sky NEN Limit mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) LWskyNENlimit ( time )
Observation latitude deg Latitude ( time )
Observation longitude deg Longitude ( time )
Signal conditioning electronics inside air temperature K SCEtemp ( time )
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 )
Shortwave Sky NEN Limit mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) SWskyNENlimit ( time )
Time at center of AERI sky observation period Time_UTC_hours ( time )
Ambient air temperature near blackbodies K airNearBBsTemp ( time )
Ambient air temperature near the interferometer K airNearInterferometerTemp ( 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 )
Coadditions count; Number of complete(forward+backward) interferogram scans in a sample average. unitless coadditionsCount ( time )
Ingest Computer Temperature K computerTemp ( time )
Cooler Compressor Temperature K coolerCompressorTemp ( time )
Stirling Cooler Current A coolerCurrent ( time )
Cooler Expander Temperature K coolerExpanderTemp ( time )
Cooler Power Supply Temperature K coolerPowerSupplyTemp ( time )
Logical flag indicating whether any data is available at current time (true/false) unitless dataAvailable ( time )
Observation date YYMMDD dateYYMMDD ( time )
Detector Temperature K detectorTemp ( 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 )
Expanded Spectral Buffer Size 32-bit words expandedInterferogramSize ( time )
12 KOhm Fixed Resistor Temperature 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 )
Front End Fan Airflow Heated Temperature K frontEndFanAirHeatedTemp ( time )
Front End Fan Air Temperature Difference K frontEndFanAirTempDiff ( time )
Front End Fan Airflow Unheated Temperature K frontEndFanAirUnheatedTemp ( time )
Hatch Open Flag unitless hatchOpen ( time )
Character string containing instrument name unitless instrumentUnitNumber ( time )
Interferometer Enclosure Relative Humidity % RH interferometerEnclosureRelativeHumidity ( time )
Interferometer Second Port Temperature K interferometerSecondPortTemp ( time )
Interferometer Window Temperature K interferometerWindowTemp ( 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 )
Mirror Motor Case Temperature K mirrorMotorTemp ( time )
Logical flag indicating that a data record is missing (true/false) unitless missingDataFlag ( time )
Moter Driver Temperature K motorDriverTemp ( time )
Number of Terms in FFOV Corrections unitless numberOfTerms ( time )
Optics Compartment Relative Humidity % opticsCompartmentRelativeHumidity ( time )
Initial Spectral Buffer Size 32-bit words originalInterferogramSize ( time )
Original Laser Wavenumber cm^-1 originalLaserWavenumber ( time )
Ouput Laser Wavenumber cm^-1 outputLaserWavenumber ( time )
Ambient air temperature at hatch opening K outsideAirTemp ( time )
Results of quality checks on sample time unitless qc_time ( time )
Electronics Rack Ambient Temperature K rackAmbientTemp ( time )
Rain sensor analog output mm/hr rainSensorIntensity ( time )
Scene Mirror Position Count; Number of viewers in a sequence unitless sceneMirPosCount ( time )
Scene mirror position encoder value unitless sceneMirPosEncoder ( 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 )
Scene Mirror Motor Step Setting motor steps sceneMirrorMotorStep ( time )
Instrument scene mirror position identifier unitless sceneMirrorPosition ( time )
Scene mirror temperature as measured at the center of the back of the mirror K sceneMirrorTemp ( 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 )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (675_680 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance675_680 ( time )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (700_705 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance700_705 ( time )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (985_990 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance985_990 ( time )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (2282_2287 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance2282_2287 ( time )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (2295_2300 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance2295_2300 ( time )
Sky View Imaginary Radiance (2510_2515 cm^-1) mW/(m^2 sr cm^-1) skyViewImaginaryRadiance2510_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 )
Spare Temperature K spareTemp ( 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 )
Two-Minute Noise Estimate Factor unitless twoMinuteNoiseEstimateFactor ( time )

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