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This file contains general information about the 5 level lidar data. ************************************************************************** The original Binary data files: ************************************************************************** cls_anlz.930315 cls_anlz.930325 cls_anlz.930317 cls_anlz.930403 ************************************************************************** The NetCDF conversions of the original data files: ************************************************************************** cls_anlz.930315.cdf cls_anlz.930325.cdf cls_anlz.930317.cdf cls_anlz.930403.cdf ************************************************************************** Example NetCDF dump. ************************************************************************** netcdf cls_anlz.930315 { dimensions: nos = 23333 ; variables: float time1(nos) ; time1:Name = "UT from ER2 INS" ; time1:Units = "decimal Hours" ; float lat(nos) ; lat:Name = "Latitude" ; lat:Units = "decimal deg North" ; float lon(nos) ; lon:Name = "Longitude" ; lon:Units = "decimal deg East" ; float pres_alt(nos) ; pres_alt:Name = "Pressure Altitude" ; pres_alt:Units = "km" ; float roll(nos) ; roll:Name = "Aircraft Roll" ; roll:Units = "1/100 deg" ; short nocl(nos) ; nocl:Name = "Number of Cloud Layers Detected" ; nocl:Units = "#" ; short grnd(nos) ; grnd:Name = "Groud Detection Flag" ; grnd:Units = "1=true,0=false" ; float top1(nos) ; top1:Name = "Top of Detected Layer 1" ; top1:Units = "km" ; top1:FillValue = -3.f ; float bot1(nos) ; bot1:Name = "Bottom of Detected Layer 1" ; bot1:Units = "km" ; bot1:FillValue = -3.f ; float top2(nos) ; top2:Name = "Top of Detected Layer 2" ; top2:Units = "km" ; top2:FillValue = -3.f ; float bot2(nos) ; bot2:Name = "Bottom of Detected Layer 2" ; bot2:Units = "km" ; bot2:FillValue = -3.f ; long time3(nos) ; time3:Name = "UT from ER2 INS" ; time3:Units = "hhmmss" ; float time2(nos) ; time2:Name = "UT from ER2 INS" ; time2:Units = "Decimal Hours" ; float top3(nos) ; top3:Name = "Top of Detected Layer 3" ; top3:Units = "km" ; top3:FillValue = -3.f ; float bot3(nos) ; bot3:Name = "Bottom of Detected Layer 3" ; bot3:Units = "km" ; bot3:FillValue = -3.f ; float top4(nos) ; top4:Name = "Top of Detected Layer 4" ; top4:Units = "km" ; top4:FillValue = -3.f ; float bot4(nos) ; bot4:Name = "Bottom of Detected Layer 4" ; bot4:Units = "km" ; bot4:FillValue = -3.f ; float top5(nos) ; top5:Name = "Top of Detected Layer 5" ; top5:Units = "km" ; top5:FillValue = -3.f ; float bot5(nos) ; bot5:Name = "Bottom of Detected Layer 5" ; bot5:Units = "km" ; bot5:FillValue = -3.f ; float dep_height(nos) ; dep_height:Name = "Deperture of Height of Earth\'s Surface" ; dep_height:Units = "km" ; // global attributes: :Original ASCII Filename = "DATA/cls_anlz.930315" ; :Year = 1993s ; :Month = 3s ; :Day_of_Month = 15s ; :Day_of_Year = 74s ; :Origin: = "Downward Looking Lidar aboard ER-2 during CEPEX." ; :Institution: = "NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center" ; :Principal Investigators = "Spinhirne, James" ; :Software Used for Conversion to NetCDF = "5lidar2cdf.c" ; :NetCDF Conversion Software Written by: = "Erwin R. Boer @ C4/SIO/UCSD" ; :Date of NetCDF Conversion Software Completion = "December 8, 1993" ; :Comment_line_1 = " 25FE94" ; :Comment_line_2 = " THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION APPLIES TO TAPES CREATED FOR THE" ; :Comment_line_3 = " CEPEX PROJECT." ; :Comment_line_4 = "" ; :Comment_line_5 = " THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE CLOUD LIDAR CALIBRATED INTERLEAVED" ; :Comment_line_6 = " DATA FILES ON EXABYTE 8500 TAPES." ; :Comment_line_7 = "" ; :Comment_line_8 = " EACH TAPE HAS ONE OR TWO FILES." ; :Comment_line_9 = " EACH FILE CONTAINS CLS DATA FROM AN ENTIRE ER2 SORTIE" ; :Comment_line_10 = " WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING THE CEPEX PROJECT." ; :Comment_line_11 = "" ; :Comment_line_12 = " ALL RECORDS ARE 26680 BYTES LONG." ; :Comment_line_13 = "" ; :Comment_line_14 = " THE FILES HAVE THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURE:" ; :Comment_line_15 = " A)ONE HEADER RECORD." ; :Comment_line_16 = " B)2N RECORDS....AVERAGED CLS CALIBRATED DATA RECORDS ALTERNATING" ; :Comment_line_17 = " WITH CORRESPONDING ANALYZED VALUES RECORDS. AS OF THE ABOVE" ; :Comment_line_18 = " DATE, THE ANALYZED VALUES RECORDS CONTAIN THE NUMBER OF" ; :Comment_line_19 = " CLOUD LAYERS DETECTED,THE HEIGHTS OF THE BOUNDARIES FOR UP" ; :Comment_line_20 = " TO FIVE CLOUD LAYERS,THE EARTH\'S SURFACE DETECTION FLAG, AND" ; :Comment_line_21 = " THE VERTICAL DEVIATION OF THE EARTH\'S SURFACE FROM 0 KM" ; :Comment_line_22 = " PRESSURE ALTITUDE." ; :Comment_line_23 = " EACH PAIR OF RECORDS REPRESENTS 1 SECOND OF LIDAR DATA. SINCE" ; :Comment_line_24 = " THE CLS OPERATES AT 10HZ, EACH PAIR IS BASED ON 10 CLS SHOTS." ; :Comment_line_25 = " THE AVERAGED CLS CALIBRATED DATA REPRESENTS A VERTICAL PROFILE" ; :Comment_line_26 = " STARTING AT THE ER2 ALTITUDE AND EXTENDING TO THE EARTH\'S" ; :Comment_line_27 = " SURFACE. PRETRIGGER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS CONTAINED AT" ; :Comment_line_28 = " THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE DATA RECORD." ; :Comment_line_29 = " C)EOF MARKER." ; :Comment_line_30 = "" ; :Comment_line_31 = "RECORD #1----" ; :Comment_line_32 = "HEADER RECORD: 26680 BYTES,ASCII FORMAT" ; :Comment_line_33 = "BYTES 00001-00009:^^^HHMMSS CLS DATA START TIME(UT)" ; :Comment_line_34 = "BYTES 00010-00017:^^HHMMSS CLS DATA END TIME(UT)" ; :Comment_line_35 = "BYTES 00018-00025:^^^^^JJJ ER2 SORTIE START JULDAY(UT)" ; :Comment_line_36 = "BYTES 00026-00033:^^^^^JJJ ER2 SORTIE END JULDAY(UT)" ; :Comment_line_37 = "BYTES 00034-00041:^^^SSSSS ER2 SORTIE NUMBER" ; :Comment_line_38 = "BYTES 00041-00046:^^^^^^^D DETECTOR NUMBER IN CHANNEL 1 POSITION" ; :Comment_line_39 = "BYTES 00047-00051:^^^^^^^D DETECTOR NUMBER IN CHANNEL 2 POSITION" ; :Comment_line_40 = "BYTES 00052-00056:^^^^^^^D DETECTOR NUMBER IN CHANNEL 3 POSITION" ; :Comment_line_41 = "BYTES 00057-00061:^^^^^^^D DETECTOR NUMBER IN CHANNEL 4(LINEAR AMP)" ; :Comment_line_42 = "DETECTOR 1->532NM PARALLEL" ; :Comment_line_43 = "DETECTOR 2->532NM PERPENDICULAR" ; :Comment_line_44 = "DETECTOR 3->1064NM TOTAL SIGNAL" ; :Comment_line_45 = "BYTES 00062-01024:BLANKS AS OF DATE ABOVE." ; :Comment_line_46 = "BYTES 01025-02775:SOME ENGLISH LANGUAGE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DATA" ; :Comment_line_47 = " ANALYSIS PARAMETERS AND ER2 INSTRUMENT PACKAGE" ; :Comment_line_48 = " CONFIGURATION." ; :Comment_line_49 = " IF THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN TO 80 BYTE RECORDS," ; :Comment_line_50 = " THE TABLE HEADERS WILL ALIGN PROPERLY WITH" ; :Comment_line_51 = " THE PARAMETER ENTRIES." ; :Comment_line_52 = "BYTES 02776-26680:BLANKS" ; :Comment_line_53 = "END OF HEADER RECORD." ; :Comment_line_54 = "" ; :Comment_line_55 = "THE REST OF THE TAPE CONSISTS OF N PAIRS OF RECORDS." ; :Comment_line_56 = "EACH PAIR CONTAINS A CLS AVERAGED,CALIBRATED PROFILE RECORD" ; :Comment_line_57 = "FOLLOWED BY A CLS ANALYZED DATA RECORD." ; :Comment_line_58 = "SINCE THE CEPEX CLS DATA ARE BEING AVERAGED AT 1 SECOND INTERVALS," ; :Comment_line_59 = "N IS APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF SECONDS THAT THE CLS OPERATED ON A" ; :Comment_line_60 = "GIVEN DAY. ALSO, SINCE THE CLS OPERATES AT 10 HZ, EACH RECORD" ; :Comment_line_61 = "REPRESENTS A 10 CLS SHOT AVERAGE." ; :Comment_line_62 = "" ; :Comment_line_63 = "" ; :Comment_line_64 = "" ; :Comment_line_65 = "CLS CALIBRATED SIGNAL RECORD DESCRIPTION:(FIRST RECORD OF EACH PAIR)" ; :Comment_line_66 = " THE FORTRAN STATEMENTS BELOW PERTAIN TO THE CLOUD LIDAR" ; :Comment_line_67 = " SYSTEM CALIBRATED AVERAGED SIGNAL PROFILES" ; :Comment_line_68 = " WHICH CONTAIN HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY AVERAGED CLS PROFILES." ; :Comment_line_69 = " THE STRUCTURE OF EACH RECORD IS SHOWN BY THE STATEMENTS DEFINING" ; :Comment_line_70 = " THE COMMON CLSRECORD_AVE." ; :Comment_line_71 = " THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF EACH RECORD." ; :Comment_line_72 = " 1. EACH RECORD IS AN TEMPORAL AVERAGE OF 10 CLS SHOTS WHICH IS THE" ; :Comment_line_73 = " EQUIVALENT OF 1 SECOND OF CLS DATA(CLS OPERATES AT 10HZ)." ; :Comment_line_74 = " 2. EACH RECORD IS 26680 BYTES LONG." ; :Comment_line_75 = " 3. THE FIRST 200 BYTES COMPRISE A HEADER." ; :Comment_line_76 = " 4. THE NEXT 6620 BYTES IS THE PROFILE OF CLS CHANNEL 1;DURING CEPEX," ; :Comment_line_77 = " 532NM PARALLEL. THE PROFILE CONTAINS 1655 SAMPLES." ; :Comment_line_78 = " EACH SAMPLE IS A RANGE SQUARED CORRECTED AND SHOT ENERGY" ; :Comment_line_79 = " NORMALIZED VALUE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO ATTENUATED BACKSCATTER." ; :Comment_line_80 = " EACH LIDAR SAMPLE IS STORED AS A 4 BYTE IEEE FLOATING POINT VALUE." ; :Comment_line_81 = " THE VERTICAL DISTANCE REPRESENTED BY EACH SAMPLE IS 15 METERS." ; :Comment_line_82 = " 5. THE NEXT 6620 BYTES IS THE PROFILE OF CLS CHANNEL 2;DURING CEPEX," ; :Comment_line_83 = " 532NM PERPENDICULAR. THE PROFILE CONTAINS 1655 SAMPLES." ; :Comment_line_84 = " EACH SAMPLE IS A RANGE SQUARED CORRECTED AND SHOT ENERGY" ; :Comment_line_85 = " NORMALIZED VALUE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO ATTENUATED BACKSCATTER." ; :Comment_line_86 = " EACH LIDAR SAMPLE IS STORED AS A 4 BYTE IEEE FLOATING POINT VALUE." ; :Comment_line_87 = " THE VERTICAL DISTANCE REPRESENTED BY EACH SAMPLE IS 15 METERS." ; :Comment_line_88 = " 6. THE NEXT 6620 BYTES IS THE PROFILE OF CLS CHANNEL 3;DURING CEPEX," ; :Comment_line_89 = " 1064NM TOTAL. THE PROFILE CONTAINS 1655 SAMPLES." ; :Comment_line_90 = " EACH SAMPLE IS A RANGE SQUARED CORRECTED AND SHOT ENERGY" ; :Comment_line_91 = " NORMALIZED VALUE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO ATTENUATED BACKSCATTER." ; :Comment_line_92 = " EACH LIDAR SAMPLE IS STORED AS A 4 BYTE IEEE FLOATING POINT VALUE." ; :Comment_line_93 = " THE VERTICAL DISTANCE REPRESENTED BY EACH SAMPLE IS 15 METERS." ; :Comment_line_94 = " 7. THE NEXT 6620 BYTES IS THE PROFILE OF CLS CHANNEL 4(LINEAR AMP);" ; :Comment_line_95 = " DURING CEPEX THE DIGITIZED SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE THREE CLS" ; :Comment_line_96 = " DETECTORS WAS ROUTED THROUGH A LINEAR AMPLIFIER AND STORED IN THE" ; :Comment_line_97 = " CHANNEL FOUR POSITION. THE DETECTOR SIGNAL STORED FOR ANY PARTICULAR" ; :Comment_line_98 = " ER2 FLIGHT IS SPECIFIED IN BYTE 57-61 OF THE FILE HEADER(SEE ABOVE)." ; :Comment_line_99 = " THE PROFILE CONTAINS 1655 SAMPLES." ; :Comment_line_100 = " EACH SAMPLE IS A RANGE SQUARED CORRECTED AND SHOT ENERGY" ; :Comment_line_101 = " NORMALIZED VALUE WHICH IS PROPORTIONAL TO ATTENUATED BACKSCATTER." ; :Comment_line_102 = " EACH LIDAR SAMPLE IS STORED AS A 4 BYTE IEEE FLOATING POINT VALUE." ; :Comment_line_103 = " THE VERTICAL DISTANCE REPRESENTED BY EACH SAMPLE IS 15 METERS." ; :Comment_line_104 = " 8. EACH CHANNEL PROFILE REPRESENTS:" ; :Comment_line_105 = " 64 SAMPLES PRECEDING THE LASER TRIGGER PULSE.(PRETRIGGER)" ; :Comment_line_106 = " DOWNWARD VERTICAL PROFILE FROM ER2,EACH SAMPLE REPRESENTING 15METERS." ; :Comment_line_107 = " BELOW THE LEVEL WHERE THE LASER PULSE BECOMES FULLY ATTENUATED," ; :Comment_line_108 = " EITHER BY ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS OR THE EARTH\'S SURFACE," ; :Comment_line_109 = " EACH SAMPLE REPRESENTS A RANDOM NOISE MEASUREMENT WITHIN THE" ; :Comment_line_110 = " BACKGROUND SIGNAL BUT DOES NOT CARRY ANY ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL" ; :Comment_line_111 = " INFORMATION. THE PRETRIGGER AND BACKGROUND SIGNALS OF DETECTORS" ; :Comment_line_112 = " 1 AND 2(THE 532 NM DETECTORS) REPRESENT ANY DATA SYSTEM ELECTRONIC" ; :Comment_line_113 = " OFFSET. THE PRETRIGGER AND BACKGROUND SIGNALS OF DETECTOR 3" ; :Comment_line_114 = " (1064NM DETECTOR) REPRESENT THE SUM OF ELECTRONIC AND LIDAR" ; :Comment_line_115 = " RECEIVER RADIATIVE OFFSETS." ; :Comment_line_116 = " 9. THE HEADER PARAMETERS ARE:" ; :Comment_line_117 = " FOUR BYTE WORD LOCATIONS;" ; :Comment_line_118 = " 1)NAVSER=NAVIGATION SERIAL NUMBER (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_119 = " 2)I_AMPM=AM OR PM INDICATOR (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_120 = " 3)I_TIMSTAT=TIME STATUS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_121 = " 4)JULDAY=JULIAN DATE (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_122 = " 5)I_HHMMSS=TIME OF DAY (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_123 = " 6)LAT=LATITUDE IN 1/100 DEGREE (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_124 = " 7)LON=LONGITUDE IN 1/100 DEGREE (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_125 = " 8)NS_VEL=NORTH SOUTH SPEED IN 1/10 KNOTS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_126 = " 9)EW_VEL=EAST WEST SPEED IN 1/10 KNOTS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_127 = " 10)I_TRUE_HEAD=TRUE HEADING IN 1/100 DEGREES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_128 = " 11)I_GSPEED=GROUND SPEED IN 1/10 KNOTS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_129 = " 12)I_TOTAL_TEMP=TOTAL TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS) (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_130 = " 13)I_ALT=ER2 ALTITUDE IN FEET. (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_131 = " 14)I_TRUE_ASPEED=TRUE AIR SPEED IN 1/10 KNOTS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_132 = " 15)I_PITCH=ER2 PITCH IN 1/100 DEGREES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_133 = " 16)I_ROLL=ER2 ROLL IN 1/100 DEGREES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_134 = " 17-31)15 CLS ENGINEERING VALUES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_135 = " 32)I_ENERGY_106=1064NM SHOT ENERGY (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_136 = " 33)I_POD_ROLL=POD ROLL IN 1/100 DEGREES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_137 = " 34)I_POD_PITCH=POD PITCH IN 1/100 DEGREES (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_138 = " 35)I_SHOT_NUM=SHOT NUMBER (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_139 = " 36)I_ENERGY_532=532NUM ENERGY (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_140 = " 37)I_FLAGS=CLS OPERATIONS FLAGS (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_141 = " 38)I_SPARE=SPARE LOCATION(NOT USED) (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_142 = " 39-42)INVALID_SHOT_AVE=ONE VALUE FOR EACH (I*4)" ; :Comment_line_143 = " CHANNEL;INDICATORS OF INVALID SAMPLES" ; :Comment_line_144 = " USED SOMEWHERE IN SHOT AVERAGES." ; :Comment_line_145 = " 0=ALL SAMPLES USED IN AVERAGE" ; :Comment_line_146 = " ARE VALID AND UNAMBIGUOUS." ; :Comment_line_147 = " 1=AT LEAST ONE VALUE IS" ; :Comment_line_148 = " AMBIGUOUS ON THE LOW" ; :Comment_line_149 = " SIDE(THAT IS = 0)" ; :Comment_line_150 = " 2=AT LEAST ONE VALUE IS" ; :Comment_line_151 = " AMBIGUOUS ON THE HIGH" ; :Comment_line_152 = " SIDE(THAT IS = 255)" ; :Comment_line_153 = " 3=AT LEAST ONE LOW AND" ; :Comment_line_154 = " AT LEAST ONE HIGH AMBIGUOUS" ; :Comment_line_155 = " SAMPLES USED IN AVERAGE." ; :Comment_line_156 = " 43-46)PRETRIGS=AVERAGED PRETRIGGER SIGNALS; (REAL*4)" ; :Comment_line_157 = " ONE FOR EACH CLS CHANNEL." ; :Comment_line_158 = " 47-50)BACKGROUNDS=AVERAGED BACKGROUND SIGNALS; (REAL*4)" ; :Comment_line_159 = " ONE FOR EACH CLS CHANNEL." ; :Comment_line_160 = " 50 FOUR BYTE WORDS = 200 BYTE HEADER PORTION." ; :Comment_line_161 = " 6620 X 4 BYTES OF AVERAGED CLS CALIBRATED,BACKSCATTER PROPORTIONAL" ; :Comment_line_162 = " OBSERVATIONS." ; :Comment_line_163 = " 200+26480=26680 BYTES/RECORD" ; :Comment_line_164 = "||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||" ; :Comment_line_165 = "||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||" ; :Comment_line_166 = " LOGICAL*1 CLS_RECORD_AVE(26680)!31AU93" ; :Comment_line_167 = " LOGICAL*4 INVALID_SHOT_AVE(4)" ; :Comment_line_168 = " INTEGER*4 I_SHOT_HEAD_DECODE(38),I_ENGINEERING(15)" ; :Comment_line_169 = " REAL PRETRIGS(4),BACKGROUNDS(4) !IEEE FLOATING POINT FORMAT" ; :Comment_line_170 = " REAL CLS_AVE_FLOAT(1655,4) !IEEE FLOATING POINT FORMAT" ; :Comment_line_171 = " COMMON /CLSRECORD_AVE/NAVSER,I_AMPM,I_TIMSTAT,JULDAY,I_HHMMSS," ; :Comment_line_172 = " + LAT,LON,NS_VEL,I_EW_VEL,I_TRUE_HEAD," ; :Comment_line_173 = " + I_GSPEED,I_TOTAL_TEMP,I_ALT,I_TRUE_ASPEED," ; :Comment_line_174 = " + I_PITCH,I_ROLL,I_ENGINEERING,I_ENERGY_106," ; :Comment_line_175 = " + I_POD_ROLL,I_POD_PITCH,I_SHOT_NUM," ; :Comment_line_176 = " + I_ENERGY_532,I_FLAGS,I_SPARE," ; :Comment_line_177 = " + INVALID_SHOT_AVE,PRETRIGS,BACKGROUNDS," ; :Comment_line_178 = " + CLS_AVE_FLOAT" ; :Comment_line_179 = " EQUIVALENCE(CLS_RECORD_AVE(1),NAVSER)" ; :Comment_line_180 = "END OF CLS CALIBRATED SIGNAL RECORD DESCRIPTION." ; :Comment_line_181 = "" ; :Comment_line_182 = "" ; :Comment_line_183 = "DESCRIPTION OF CLS ANALYZED DATA RECORD(SECOND RECORD OF EACH PAIR)" ; :Comment_line_184 = "EACH OF THESE RECORDS IS 26680 BYTES OF ASCII. THE FIRST 137 BYTES" ; :Comment_line_185 = "CONTAIN ANALYZED INFORMATION AND THE REST ARE ASCII BLANKS RESERVED" ; :Comment_line_186 = "FOR FUTURE USE." ; :Comment_line_187 = "THE FIELDS ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:" ; :Comment_line_188 = "" ; :Comment_line_189 = "BYTES 00001-00008 HH.HHHH time in hours, UT from ER2 INS" ; :Comment_line_190 = "BYTES 00009-00016 +/-aa.aa decimal latitude; to 1/100 degree;INS" ; :Comment_line_191 = "BYTES 00017-00024 +/-nnn.nn decimal longitude;1/100 degress;INS" ; :Comment_line_192 = "BYTES 00025-00031 hh.hh ER2 pressure altitude;1/100 kms. INS" ; :Comment_line_193 = "BYTES 00032-00038 +/-rr.rr ER2 aircraft roll; 1/100 degrees. INS" ; :Comment_line_194 = "BYTES 00039-00040 nn Number of cloud layers detected;<=50" ; :Comment_line_195 = "BYTES 00041-00042 g Ground detection flag;1=TRUE;0=FALSE" ; :Comment_line_196 = "BYTES 00043-00056 tt.ttt bb.bbb top and bottom of detected layer 1" ; :Comment_line_197 = " based upon pressure altitude" ; :Comment_line_198 = " -3.000 denotes no cloud layer detected" ; :Comment_line_199 = "BYTES 00057-00070 tt.ttt bb.bbb top and bottom of detected layer 2" ; :Comment_line_200 = "BYTES 00071-00077 hhmmss occasional annotation of time,hhmmss" ; :Comment_line_201 = "BYTES 00078-00085 HH.HHHH time in hours;matches time in bytes 1-8" ; :Comment_line_202 = "BYTES 00086-00100 tt.ttt bb.bbb top and bottom of detected layer 3" ; :Comment_line_203 = "BYTES 00101-00114 tt.ttt bb.bbb top and bottom of detected layer 4" ; :Comment_line_204 = "BYTES 00115-00128 tt.ttt bb.bbb top and bottom of detected layer 5" ; :Comment_line_205 = "BYTES 00129-00137 gg.ggg departure of height of" ; :Comment_line_206 = " earth\'s surface from 0;-9.900 means" ; :Comment_line_207 = " no surface signal detected. This" ; :Comment_line_208 = " should be consistent with ground" ; :Comment_line_209 = " detection flag in the part 1 file." ; :Comment_line_210 = " By subtracting" ; :Comment_line_211 = " this value from the cloud boundary" ; :Comment_line_212 = " height values, they can be adjusted" ; :Comment_line_213 = " to the geometrical distance above" ; :Comment_line_214 = " the earth\'s surface, if the aircraft" ; :Comment_line_215 = " was above the ocean." ; :Comment_line_216 = "BYTES 00138-26680 ASCII BLANKS" ; :Comment_line_217 = "END DESCRIPTION OF CLS ANALYZED DATA RECORD(SECOND RECORD OF EACH PAIR)" ; :Comment_line_218 = "" ; :Comment_line_219 = "THE FILE ENDS WITH ONE EOF." ; :Comment_line_220 = "NOTE:FOR CEPEX CLS TAPES FOR DAYS 11MR93,15MR93,16MR93,17MR93," ; :Comment_line_221 = " 25MR93,03AP93:" ; :Comment_line_222 = "OCCASIONALLY, AN ANOMALOUS RANDOM CORRUPTED VALUE WAS INCLUDED IN THE" ; :Comment_line_223 = "BACKGROUND CALCULATIONS. THE RESULT OF THIS WAS AN AVERAGED PROFILE" ; :Comment_line_224 = "WITH GREATLY REDUCED SAMPLE VALUES COMPARED TO NEARBY PROFILES." ; :Comment_line_225 = "USERS, BE ADVISED THAT CERTAIN ANALYSES COULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS." ; } ************************************************************************** For more information about the NetCDF conversion of the 5 level lidar data contact: ************************************************************************** Erwin R. Boer erwin@borneo.ucsd.edu or Tom Barnes tom@oracles.ucsd.edu