Project #2002-112 IDEAS Phase 2
Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science
J. Stith, et al.
NSF/NCAR C-130Q Hercules (N130AR)
Aircraft Variable List from netCDF file
| Name | Units | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| base_time | none | Seconds since Jan 1, 1970. | 
| time_offset | none | Seconds since base_time. | 
| 2BO3A | Vdc | TwoB Ozone Analyzer, Raw Signal 1 | 
| 2BO3B | Vdc | TwoB Ozone Analyzer, Raw Signal 2 | 
| ADIFR | mbar | Vertical Differential Pressure, Radome | 
| BDIFR | mbar | Horizontal Differential Pressure, Radome | 
| CNTEMP | C | CN Counter Inlet Temperature | 
| CNTS | cnts | TSI CN Counter Output | 
| DPB | C | Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Fuselage Bottom | 
| DPT | C | Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Fuselage Top | 
| DTB | C | Pyrgeometer Dome Temperature, Bottom | 
| DTT | C | Pyrgeometer Dome Temperature, Top | 
| FCN | slpm | Raw CN Counter Sample Flow Rate | 
| INFLOW | splm | C.A.I. Excess Flow | 
| IRB | W/M2 | Raw Infrared Irradiance, Bottom | 
| IRT | W/M2 | Raw Infrared Irradiance, Top | 
| MCROUT | none | Multichannel Radiometer Digital Output | 
| MCRSTAT | none | Multichannel Radiometer Status | 
| PCAB | mbar | Interior Cabin Static Pressure | 
| PCN | mbar | CN Counter Inlet Pressure | 
| PLWC | W | Raw PMS-King Liquid Water Content Output | 
| PLWC1 | W | Raw PMS-King Liquid Water Content Output | 
| QCF | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage | 
| QCFR | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage Right | 
| QCR | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Radome | 
| RICE | Vdc | Raw Icing-Rate Indicator | 
| RSTB | C | Radiometric Surface Temperature | 
| RSTB1 | C | Radiometric Surface Temperature | 
| RSTT | C | Radiometric Sky/Cloud-Base Temperature | 
| STB | C | Pyrgeometer Sink Temperature, Bottom | 
| STT | C | Pyrgeometer Sink Temperature, Top | 
| SWB | W/M2 | Shortwave Irradiance, Bottom | 
| SWT | W/M2 | Shortwave Irradiance, Top | 
| TEO3C | ppbv | Corrected TECO (UV) Ozone Concentration | 
| TEO3P | mbar | Internal TECO Ozone Sampling Pressure | 
| TTRL | C | Total Temperature, Radome Left | 
| TTRR | C | Total Temperature, Radome Right | 
| TTWH | C | Total Temperature, Deiced Wing | 
| UVB | W/M2 | Ultraviolet Irradiance, Bottom | 
| UVT | W/M2 | Ultraviolet Irradiance, Top | 
| VLA | Vdc | Raw Lyman-alpha Hygrometer Output | 
| VLA1 | Vdc | Raw Lyman-alpha Hygrometer Output | 
| XADIF | mbar | Rosemont 858 Probe Vertical Diff. Pressure | 
| XAERIF | Vdc | NCAR C.A.I., Raw Heated Inlet Flow | 
| XAERIT | Vdc | NCAR C.A.I., Raw Heated Inlet Temperature | 
| XASTAT | Vdc | NCAR CCN Counter, Housekeeping Channel 3 | 
| XBDIF | mbar | Rosemont 858 Probe Horizontal Diff. Pressure | 
| XCMDLS | Vdc | CMDL Whole Air Sampler, Sampling Status | 
| XCO2MR | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 1 | 
| XCO2PC | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 2 | 
| XCO2PD | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 3 | 
| XCO2PF1 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 4 | 
| XCO2PF2 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 5 | 
| XCO2PF3 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 6 | 
| XCO2PF4 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 7 | 
| XCO2PF5 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 8 | 
| XCO2PF6 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 9 | 
| XCO2ST | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 10 | 
| XCO2T1 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 11 | 
| XCO2T2 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 12 | 
| XCO2T3 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 13 | 
| XCO2T4 | Vdc | NCAR CO2 Housekeeping, Channel 14 | 
| XCOMR | Unk | No title | 
| XDTEMP | C | NCAR CCN Counter, Temperature Channel 1 | 
| XFO3F | Vdc | NCAR Fast Ozone, Channel 1 | 
| XFO3FNO | Vdc | NCAR Fast Ozone, Channel 2 | 
| XFO3P | Vdc | NCAR Fast Ozone, Channel 3 | 
| XFO3S7 | Vdc | NCAR Fast Ozone, Channel 4 | 
| XFO3S8 | Vdc | NCAR Fast Ozone, Channel 5 | 
| XGLWC | g/M3 | Gerber PV-100 Probe Liquid Water Content | 
| XGN1 | Vdc | Giant Nuclei Impactor, Channel 1 | 
| XGN2 | Vdc | Giant Nuclei Impactor, Channel 2 | 
| XGREFF | µM | Gerber PV-100 Effective Droplet Radius | 
| XGSFC | cM2/M3 | Gerber PV-100 Particle Surface Area (Raw) | 
| XICN | slpm | CN Isokinetic Side Flow Rate | 
| XINLET | Unk | No title | 
| XLHHI | Vdc | TDL Hygrometer, High Bit | 
| XLHLO | Vdc | TDL Hygrometer, Low Bit | 
| XLPWR | unk | NCAR CCN Counter, Housekeeping Channel 1 | 
| XNLWC | g/M3 | Nevzorov Probe, Liquid Water Content | 
| XNTWC | g/M3 | Nevzorov Probe, Total Water Content | 
| XPLWDMT | Vdc | DMT Probe, Total Water Content | 
| XPS | mbar | Rosemount 858 Probe Static Pressure | 
| XQC | mbar | Rosemount 858 Probe Dynamic Pressure | 
| XTOPTMP | C | NCAR CCN Counter, Temperature Channel 2 | 
| XVDET | Vdc | NCAR CCN Counter, Housekeeping Channel 2 | 
| 2DEE1_RWO | Vdc | PMS-2D Probe Housekeeping | 
| 2DEE32_RWO | Vdc | PMS-2D Probe Housekeeping | 
| 2DMTMP_RWO | Vdc | PMS-2D Probe Housekeeping | 
| 2DV15_RWO | Vdc | PMS-2D Probe Housekeeping | 
| 2DV5_RWO | Vdc | PMS-2D Probe Housekeeping | 
| A1DC_RWO1 | cnts | 2D-C Accumulation, 260X Emulation (per cell) | 
| A260X_LWO | cnts | 260X Raw Accumulation (per cell) | 
| A2DC_RWO2 | cnts | 2D-C Accumulation, Reconstruction (per cell) | 
| ACINS | M/s2 | Aircraft Vertical Acceleration | 
| ACLMT_C1 | Unk | No title | 
| ALT | M | IRS Baro-Inertial Altitude | 
| ARDMA_FCR | cnts | RDMA Raw Accumulation (per cell) | 
| AS100_LPC | cnts | FSSP-100 Raw Accumulation (per cell) - DMT | 
| AS200_LWI | cnts | SPP-200 (PCASP) Raw Accumulation (per cell) - DMT | 
| BLATA | G | IRS Lateral Body Acceleration | 
| BLONGA | G | IRS Longitudinal Body Acceleration | 
| BNORMA | G | IRS Normal Body Acceleration | 
| CLMPOF_C1 | Unk | No title | 
| DAY | day | Raw Tape Date Component | 
| DRFTA | deg | IRS Drift Angle | 
| DT1DC_RWO1 | ms | PMS-2D Cloud Probe Dead Time | 
| DT2DC_RWO2 | ms | PMS-2D Cloud Probe Dead Time | 
| FREF_LPC | none | FSSP-100 Laser Reference Voltage | 
| FRNG_LPC | none | FSSP-100 Size Range Category | 
| FTMP_LPC | C | FSSP-100 Housekeeping Data | 
| GALT | M | GPS Altitude (MSL) | 
| GLAT | deg | GPS Latitude | 
| GLON | deg | GPS Longitude | 
| GMODE | none | GPS Mode | 
| GSF | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed | 
| GSTAT | none | GPS Status | 
| GVEW | M/s | GPS Ground Speed Vector, East Component | 
| GVNS | M/s | GPS Ground Speed Vector, North Component | 
| GVZI | M/s | GPS-Computed Aircraft Vertical Velocity | 
| HOUR | hours | Raw Tape Time Component | 
| HVCBTMP_LPI | C | HVPS Center Brace Temperature | 
| HVCMTMP_LPI | C | HVPS Control Module Temperature | 
| HVDATMP_LPI | C | HVPS Detector Arm Temperature | 
| HVLASER_LPI | mW | HVPS Laser Power | 
| HVSATMP_LPI | C | HVPS Source Arm Temperature | 
| HVUVV_LPI | Vdc | HVPS Upper Video Voltage | 
| HVWTMP_LPI | C | HVPS Window Temperature | 
| LAT | deg | Inertial Latitude | 
| LON | deg | Inertial Longitude | 
| MINUTE | minutes | Raw Tape Time Component | 
| MONTH | month | Raw Tape Date Component | 
| OBBCOD | cnts | Ophir-III Black Body Code | 
| ODETDC | cnts | Ophir-III Detector Bias Voltage | 
| ODETSG | cnts | Ophir-III Raw Detector Signal | 
| OGAIN | cnts | Ophir-III Gain | 
| OSMOTR | cnts | Ophir-III Chopper Motor Speed | 
| OTBBC | cnts | Ophir-III Controlled Black Body Temperature | 
| OTBBF | cnts | Ophir-III Free Black Body Temperature | 
| OTBNCH | cnts | Ophir-III Optical Bench Temperature | 
| OTBOX | cnts | Ophir-III Electronics Box Temperature | 
| OTDET | cnts | Ophir-III Detector Temperature | 
| OTSNT | cnts | Ophir-III Optics Temperature | 
| OVFLW_LPC | cnts | SPP-100 AtoD Converter Overflow/Overrange | 
| P6E01_LWO | Vdc | 260X End Diode Voltage | 
| P6E64_LWO | Vdc | 260X End Diode Voltage | 
| P6RST_LWO | cnts | 260X Resets | 
| P6TMP_LWO | C | 260X Temperature | 
| PFLWS_LWI | std cM3/s | SPP-200 Sheath Flow | 
| PFLW_LWI | std cM3/s | PCAS Flow | 
| PHGB_LWI | Vdc | SPP-200 High-Gain Baseline | 
| PITCH | deg | Aircraft Pitch Angle | 
| PLGB_LWI | Vdc | SPP-200 Low-Gain Baseline | 
| PMGB_LWI | Vdc | SPP-200 Mid-Gain Baseline | 
| PREF_LWI | Vdc | PCAS Laser Reference Voltage | 
| PSFD | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Fuselage Digital | 
| PSFRD | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Fuselage (Ruska) | 
| PTMP_LWI | C | PCAS Detector Temperature | 
| RDMAHVPS_FCR | Vdc | RDMA High Voltage Power Supply | 
| RDMAPABS_FCR | mbar | RDMA Absolute Pressure | 
| RDMAQA_FCR | Lpm | RDMA Aerosol Inflow | 
| RDMAQEX_FCR | Lpm | RDMA Excess Outflow | 
| RDMAQSH_FCR | Lpm | RDMA Sheath Inflow | 
| RDMAQS_FCR | Lpm | RDMA Classified Aerosol Outflow | 
| RDMARH_FCR | % | RDMA Relative Humidity | 
| RDMATEMP_FCR | C | RDMA Sample Temperature | 
| RDMAVD_FCR | Vdc | RDMA Dilution Valve Control Voltage | 
| RDMAVSH_FCR | Vdc | RDMA Sheath Valve Control Voltage | 
| REJAT_LPC | none | SPP-100 Average Transit Rejected Particles | 
| REJDOF_LPC | cnts | Particles Rejected (Outside Depth-of-Field)) | 
| ROLL | deg | Aircraft Roll Angle | 
| SECOND | s | Raw Tape Time Component | 
| SHDORC_RWO | cnts | 2D-C Shadow OR Counts | 
| THDG | deg | Aircraft True Heading Angle | 
| TKAT | deg | IRS Track Angle, True | 
| VEW | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component | 
| VNS | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component | 
| VSPD | M/s | IRS-Computed Aircraft Vertical Velocity | 
| XN9ATX_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9ATX_2 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9BSCT_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9BSCT_2 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9CAL_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9CAL_2 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9PSX_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9PSX_2 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9RELA_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9RELA_2 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9RHUM_1 | Unk | No title | 
| XN9RHUM_2 | Unk | No title | 
| YEAR | year | Raw Tape Date Component | 
| AKRD | deg | Attack Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure | 
| ALTX | M | Altitude, Reference (MSL) | 
| ATRL | C | Ambient Temperature, Radome Left | 
| ATRR | C | Ambient Temperature, Radome Right | 
| ATTACK | deg | Attack Angle, Reference | 
| ATWH | C | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Wing | 
| ATX | C | Ambient Temperature, Reference | 
| C1DC_RWO1 | N/L | 2D-C Concentration, 260X Emulation (per cell) | 
| C260X_LWO | N/L | 260X Concentration (per cell) | 
| C2DC_RWO2 | N/L | 2D-C Concentration, Reconstruction (per cell) | 
| CCLMT_C1 | Unk | No title | 
| CONC1DC_RWO1 | N/L | 2D-C Concentration, 260X Emulation (all cells) | 
| CONC2C_RWO | N/L | 2D-C Concentration | 
| CONC2DC_RWO2 | N/L | 2D-C Concentraton, Reconstruction (all cells) | 
| CONC6_LWO | N/L | 260X Concentration (all cells) | 
| CONCF_LPC | N/cM3 | FSSP-100 Concentration (all cells) | 
| CONCN | N/cM3 | Condensation Nuclei (CN) Concentration | 
| CONCP_LWI | N/cM3 | PCAS Concentration (all cells) | 
| CONCR_FCR | N/cM3 | RDMA Concentration (all cells) | 
| CONCT_C1 | Unk | No title | 
| CRDMA_FCR | N/cM3 | RDMA Concentration (per cell) | 
| CS100_LPC | N/cM3 | FSSP-100 Concentration (per cell) - DMT | 
| CS200_LWI | N/cM3 | SPP-100 (PCASP) Concentration (per cell) - DMT | 
| DBAR1DC_RWO1 | µM | 2D-C Mean Particle Diameter, 260X Emulation | 
| DBAR2DC_RWO2 | µM | 2D-C Mean Particle Diameter, Reconstruction | 
| DBAR6_LWO | µM | 260X Mean Particle Diameter | 
| DBARF_LPC | µM | FSSP-100 Mean Particle Diameter | 
| DBARP_LWI | µM | PCAS Mean Particle Diameter | 
| DBZ1DC_RWO1 | dBZ | 2D-C Calculated Reflectivity, 260X Emulation | 
| DBZ2DC_RWO2 | dBZ | 2D-C Calculated Reflectivity, Reconstruction | 
| DBZ6_LWO | dBZ | 260X Calculated Reflectivity | 
| DBZF_LPC | dBZ | FSSP-100 Calculated Reflectivity | 
| DISP1DC_RWO1 | none | 2D-C Dispersion, 260X Emulation (sigma/dbarx) | 
| DISP2DC_RWO2 | none | 2D-C Dispersion, Reconstruction (sigma/dbarx) | 
| DISP6 | none | 260X Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) | 
| DISPF | none | FSSP-100 Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) | 
| DISPP | none | PCAS Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) | 
| DPBC | C | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Bottom | 
| DPLA | C | Dew Point Temperature, Lyman Alpha | 
| DPLA1 | C | Dew Point Temperature, Lyman Alpha | 
| DPTC | C | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Top | 
| DPXC | C | Dew Point Temperature, Reference | 
| EDPC | mbar | Ambient Water Vapor Pressure, Reference | 
| FCNC | vlpm | Corrected CN Counter Sample Flow Rate | 
| IAS | knots | Indicated Airspeed | 
| INFLOWC | vlpm | SCAI Corrected Excess Flow | 
| IRBC | W/M2 | Corrected Infrared Irradiance, Bottom | 
| IRTC | W/M2 | Corrected Infrared Irradiance, Top | 
| LATC | deg | GPS-Corrected Inertial Latitude | 
| LONC | deg | GPS-Corrected Inertial Longitude | 
| MR | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, T-Electric | 
| MRLA | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, Lyman-alpha | 
| MRLA1 | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, Lyman-alpha | 
| MRLH | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, TDL Hygrometer | 
| NLWCC | g/M3 | Corrected Nevzorov Liquid Water Content | 
| NTWCC | g/M3 | Corrected Nevzorov Total Water Content | 
| OAT | C | Ambient Temperature, Ophir III | 
| OBBCR | W/M2/µM | Ophir-III Hemispherical Black Body Radiance | 
| ODETOF | cnts | Ophir-III Detector Offset | 
| ODSIGC | Vdc | Ophir-III Detector Signal, Corrected | 
| OGAINF | cnts | Ophir-III Detector Gain Factor | 
| ONE | none | Constant value of 1. | 
| OTDETC | K | Ophir-III Detector Temperature, Corrected | 
| PALT | M | NACA Pressure Altitude | 
| PALTF | feet | NACA Pressure Altitude | 
| PFLWC_LWI | vol cM3/s | PCAS Corrected Flow | 
| PLWC1DC_RWO1 | g/M3 | 2D-C Water/Ice Content, 260X Emulation | 
| PLWC2DC_RWO2 | g/M3 | 2D-C Water/Ice Content, Reconstruction | 
| PLWC6_LWO | g/M3 | 260X Water/Ice Content | 
| PLWCC | g/M3 | Corrected PMS-King Liquid Water Content | 
| PLWCC1 | g/M3 | Corrected PMS-King Liquid Water Content | 
| PLWCC2 | g/M3 | Corrected PMS-King Liquid Water Content | 
| PLWCF_LPC | g/M3 | FSSP-100 Water/Ice Content | 
| PSFC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Fuselage | 
| PSFDC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Fuselage Digital | 
| PSX | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Reference | 
| PSXC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Reference | 
| PVOLP_LWI | cc/M3 | PCASP Equivalent Volume | 
| QCFC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage | 
| QCRC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Radome | 
| QCX | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Reference | 
| QCXC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Reference | 
| RADCF | none | Radiation Correction Factor | 
| RHLA | % | Relative Humidity, Lyman Alpha | 
| RHLA1 | % | Relative Humidity, Lyman Alpha | 
| RHODT | g/M3 | Absolute Humidity, T-Electric Top | 
| RHOLA | g/M3 | Absolute Humidity, Lyman-alpha | 
| RHOLA1 | g/M3 | Absolute Humidity, Lyman-alpha | 
| RHUM | % | Relative Humidity | 
| SSLIP | deg | Sideslip Angle, Reference | 
| SSRD | deg | Sideslip Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure | 
| SWTC | W/M2 | Shortwave Irradiance, Top, (Attitude-Corrected) | 
| TASF | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Fuselage | 
| TASHC | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Humidity Corrected | 
| TASR | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Radome | 
| TASX | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Reference | 
| THETA | K | Potential Temperature | 
| THETAE | K | Equivalent Potential Temperature | 
| THETAV | K | Virtual Potential Temperature | 
| TTX | C | Total Temperature, Reference | 
| UI | M/s | Wind Vector, East Component | 
| UIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, East Component | 
| UX | M/s | Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component | 
| UXC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component | 
| VEWC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component | 
| VI | M/s | Wind Vector, North Component | 
| VIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, North Component | 
| VNSC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component | 
| VY | M/s | Wind Vector, Lateral Component | 
| VYC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Lateral Component | 
| WD | deg | Horizontal Wind Direction | 
| WDC | deg | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Direction | 
| WI | M/s | Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component | 
| WIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component | 
| WP3 | M/s | Damped Aircraft Vertical Velocity | 
| WS | M/s | Horizontal Wind Speed | 
| WSC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Speed | 
| XCCNSS | % | Cloud Condensation Nuclei Supersaturation | 
| XICNC | vlpm | Corrected CN Isokinetic Side Flow Rate | 
| XMACH2 | none | Aircraft Mach Number Squared | 
| ZERO | none | Constant value of 0. |