Project #1999-803 MAP
Mesoscale Alpine Programme
Kuettner, et al.
NSF/NCAR L-188 Electra (N308D)
Aircraft Variable List from netCDF file
If a variable name shows a hyperlink, clicking on it will display information from RAF Bulletin No. 9
| Name | Units | Description |
| base_time | none | Seconds since Jan 1, 1970. |
| time_offset | none | Seconds since base_time. |
| 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 |
| INTEO3 | ppb | Raw Ozone Output |
| IRB | W/M2 | Raw Infrared Irradiance, Bottom |
| IRT | W/M2 | Raw Infrared Irradiance, Top |
| 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 |
| PSFD1 | cnts | Raw PSFD, Low-order word |
| PSFD2 | cnts | Raw PSFD, High-order word |
| PSW | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Wing |
| QCF | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage |
| QCR | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Radome |
| QCW | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Wing |
| 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 |
| TEO3 | ppb | Raw TECO Ozone Output |
| TEP | mbar | Internal TECO Ozone Sampling Pressure |
| TET | C | Internal TECO Ozone Sampling Temperature |
| TRSTB | C | RSTB Sensor Head Temperature |
| TTFH | C | Total Temperature, Deiced Fuselage |
| TTRL | C | Total Temperature, Radome Left |
| 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 |
| XICN | slpm | CN Isokinetic Side Flow Rate |
| A260X_IBL | cnts | 260X Raw Accumulation (per cell) |
| ACINS | M/s2 | Aircraft Vertical Acceleration |
| ACINS_PITR | M/s2 | Aircraft Vertical Acceleration |
| AFSSP_IBR | cnts | FSSP-100 Raw Accumulation (per cell) |
| ALT | M | IRS Baro-Inertial Altitude |
| ALT_PITR | M | IRS Baro-Inertial Altitude |
| APCAS_WDL | cnts | PCAS Raw Accumulation (per cell) |
| CHGME | deg | Coarse Geometric Altitude (APN-159) |
| DAY | day | Raw Tape Date Component |
| DRFTA | deg | IRS Drift Angle |
| DRFTA_PITR | deg | IRS Drift Angle |
| FACT_IBR | none | FSSP-100 Activity Fraction |
| FANV_IBR | Vdc | FSSP-100 Annulus Baseline Voltage |
| FREF_IBR | none | FSSP-100 Laser Reference Voltage |
| FRNG_IBR | none | FSSP-100 Size Range Category |
| FRST_IBR | cnts | FSSP-100 Fast Resets |
| FSIG_IBR | Vdc | FSSP-100 Signal Voltage |
| FSTB_IBR | cnts | FSSP-100 Strobes |
| FSTT_IBR | cnts | FSSP-100 Signal Transit Time |
| FTMP_IBR | C | FSSP-100 Housekeeping Data |
| GLAT | deg | GPS Latitude |
| GLON | deg | GPS Longitude |
| GMODE | none | GPS Mode |
| GSF | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed |
| GSF_PITR | 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 |
| HGM | M | Geometric (Radio) Altitude |
| HGME | M | Geometric (Radar) Altitude (APN-159) |
| HOUR | hours | Raw Tape Time Component |
| LAT | deg | Inertial Latitude |
| LAT_PITR | deg | Inertial Latitude |
| LON | deg | Inertial Longitude |
| LON_PITR | deg | Inertial Longitude |
| MINUTE | minutes | Raw Tape Time Component |
| MONTH | month | Raw Tape Date Component |
| PACT_WDL | cnts | PCAS Raw Activity |
| PBRS_WDL | none | PCAS Beam Diffraction Ratio |
| PFLW_WDL | Vdc | PCAS Flow |
| PITCH | deg | Aircraft Pitch Angle |
| PITCH_PITR | deg | Aircraft Pitch Angle |
| PREF_WDL | Vdc | PCAS Laser Reference Voltage |
| PSFD | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Fuselage Digital |
| PSTT_WDL | cnts | PCAS Signal Transit Time |
| PTMP_WDL | C | PCAS Detector Temperature |
| ROLL | deg | Aircraft Roll Angle |
| ROLL_PITR | deg | Aircraft Roll Angle |
| SECOND | s | Raw Tape Time Component |
| SHDORC_OBR | cnts | 2D-C Shadow OR Counts |
| SHDORP_OBL | cnts | 2D-P Shadow OR Counts |
| THDG | deg | Aircraft True Heading Angle |
| THDG_PITR | deg | Aircraft True Heading Angle |
| TKAR | deg/s | IRS Track Angle Rate |
| TKAR_PITR | deg/s | IRS Track Angle Rate |
| TKAT | deg | IRS Track Angle, True |
| TKAT_PITR | deg | IRS Track Angle, True |
| VEW | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VEW_PITR | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VNS | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VNS_PITR | M/s | Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VSPD | M/s | IRS-Computed Aircraft Vertical Velocity |
| VSPD_PITR | M/s | IRS-Computed Aircraft Vertical Velocity |
| XPSFD | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Fuselage (Ruska) |
| YEAR | year | Raw Tape Date Component |
| AKRD | deg | Attack Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure |
| ATFH | C | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Fuselage |
| ATRL | C | Ambient Temperature, Radome Left |
| ATTACK | deg | Attack Angle, Reference |
| ATX | C | Ambient Temperature, Reference |
| C260X_IBL | N/L | 260X Concentration (per cell) |
| CFSSP_IBR | N/cM3 | FSSP-100 Concentration (per cell) |
| CONC2C_OBR | N/L | 2D-C Concentration |
| CONC2P_OBL | N/L | 2D-P Concentration |
| CONC6_IBL | N/L | 260X Concentration (all cells) |
| CONCF_IBR | N/cM3 | FSSP-100 Concentration (all cells) |
| CONCN | N/cM3 | Condensation Nuclei (CN) Concentration |
| CONCP_WDL | N/cM3 | PCAS Concentration (all cells) |
| CPCAS_WDL | N/cM3 | PCAS Concentration (per cell) |
| DBAR6_IBL | µM | 260X Mean Particle Diameter |
| DBARF_IBR | µM | FSSP-100 Mean Particle Diameter |
| DBARP_WDL | µM | PCAS Mean Particle Diameter |
| DBZ6_IBL | dBZ | 260X Calculated Reflectivity |
| DBZF_IBR | dBZ | FSSP-100 Calculated Reflectivity |
| DISP6_IBL | none | 260X Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) |
| DISPF_IBR | none | FSSP-100 Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) |
| DISPP_WDL | none | PCAS Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) |
| DPBC | C | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Bottom |
| DPTC | C | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Top |
| DPXC | C | Dew Point Temperature, Reference |
| EDPC | mbar | Ambient Water Vapor Pressure, Reference |
| FBMFR_IBR | none | FSSP-100 Beam Fraction |
| FCNC | vlpm | Corrected CN Counter Sample Flow Rate |
| IRBC | W/M2 | Corrected Infrared Irradiance, Bottom |
| IRTC | W/M2 | Corrected Infrared Irradiance, Top |
| MR | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, T-Electric |
| MRLA | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, Lyman-alpha |
| MRLA1 | g/kg | Mixing Ratio, Lyman-alpha |
| OAT | C | Ambient Temperature, Ophir III |
| ONE | none | Constant value of 1. |
| PALT | M | NACA Pressure Altitude |
| PALTF | feet | NACA Pressure Altitude |
| PFLWC_WDL | slpm | PCAS Corrected Flow |
| PLWC6_IBL | g/M3 | 260X Water/Ice Content |
| PLWCC | g/M3 | Corrected PMS-King Liquid Water Content |
| PLWCC1 | g/M3 | Corrected PMS-King Liquid Water Content |
| PLWCF_IBR | g/M3 | FSSP-100 Water/Ice Content |
| PSFC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Fuselage |
| PSFDC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Fuselage Digital |
| PSURF | mbar | Calculated Surface Pressure |
| PSWC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Wing |
| PSX | mbar | Raw Static Pressure, Reference |
| PSXC | mbar | Corrected Static Pressure, Reference |
| QCFC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage |
| QCRC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Radome |
| QCWC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Wing |
| QCX | mbar | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Reference |
| QCXC | mbar | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Reference |
| 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 |
| SOLAZ | radians | Solar Azimuth Angle |
| SOLDE | radians | Solar Declination Angle |
| SOLEL | radians | Solar Elevation Angle |
| SOLZE | radians | Solar Zenith Angle |
| SSLIP | deg | Sideslip Angle, Reference |
| SSRD | deg | Sideslip Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure |
| TASF | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Fuselage |
| TASHC | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Humidity Corrected |
| TASR | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Radome |
| TASW | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Wing |
| TASX | M/s | Aircraft True Airspeed, Reference |
| TEO3C | ppbv | Corrected TECO (UV) Ozone Concentration |
| 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 |
| UX | M/s | Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component |
| VI | M/s | Wind Vector, North Component |
| VY | M/s | Wind Vector, Lateral Component |
| WD | deg | Horizontal Wind Direction |
| WI | M/s | Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component |
| WP3 | M/s | Damped Aircraft Vertical Velocity |
| WS | M/s | Horizontal Wind Speed |
| XICNC | vlpm | Corrected CN Isokinetic Side Flow Rate |
| XLATC | deg | GPS-Corrected Inertial Latitude |
| XLONC | deg | GPS-Corrected Inertial Longitude |
| XMACH2 | none | Aircraft Mach Number Squared |
| XRADCF | none | Radiation Correction Factor |
| XSWTC | W/M2 | Shortwave Irradiance, Top, (Attitude-Corrected) |
| XUIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, East Component |
| XUXC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component |
| XVEWC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| XVIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, North Component |
| XVNSC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| XVYC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Lateral Component |
| XWDC | deg | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Direction |
| XWIC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component |
| XWSC | M/s | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Speed |
| ZERO | none | Constant value of 0. |