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Level 2a Cloudnet product:Ice cloud parameters (RadOn vtz IPSL method)Data Home | Overview of Cloudnet products | Product list | Quicklooks | Conditions of useSummary
Dataset contentsSample NetCDF file: 20031001_chilbolton_iwc-radon-vtz-ipsl.nc The following is a description of the variables in this product, produced automatically from the metadata in the sample file (using the nc2html unix utility): Dataset title: RadOn retrieval
Dimensions and coordinate variablestimeDecimal hours from midnight UTC to the middle of each ray
Type:single-precision floating-point vector Height above mean sea level
Type:single-precision floating-point vector VariablesDldiameter limit for variable density ice, below this value solid ice Units:mType:single-precision floating-point scalar coefficient a in the density diameter relationship rho=aD^b D in cm rho in g/cm^3 Type:single-precision floating-point scalarcoefficient b in the density diameter relationship rho=aD^b D in cm rho in g/cm^3 Type:single-precision floating-point scalarcoefficient sigma in the Area diameter relationship A=gammaD^sigma D in cm rho in cm^2 Type:single-precision floating-point scalar
avdZ in Vd=avdz*Z^bvdZ (Z in mm6/m^3 and Vd in cm/s) Type:single-precision floating-point scalarbvdZ in Vd=avdz*Z^bvdZ (Z in mm6/m^3 and Vd in cm/s) Type:single-precision floating-point scalaravtZ in Vt=avtz*Z^bvtZ (Z in mm6/m^3 and Vt in cm/s) Type:single-precision floating-point scalarbvtZ in Vt=avtz*Z^bvtZ (Z in mm6/m^3 and Vt in cm/s) Type:single-precision floating-point scalarIce water content
Type:single-precision floating-point array Variable containing the random error in iwc:iwc_error Random error in ice water content relative rms error in ice water content Units:%Type:single-precision floating-point array Effective radius
Type:single-precision floating-point array Variable containing the random error in re1:re_error Effective radius
Type:single-precision floating-point array Variable containing the random error in re2:re_error Random error in effective radius relative rms error in effective radius Units:%Type:single-precision floating-point array Mean volume diamater
Type:single-precision floating-point array Extinction
Type:single-precision floating-point array Variable containing the random error in alpha:alpha_error Random error in extinction relative rms error in extinction Units:%Type:single-precision floating-point array N0star
Type:single-precision floating-point array Variable containing the random error in N0star:N0star_error Random error in N0star relative rms error in N0star Units:%Type:single-precision floating-point array vertical air velocity
Type:single-precision floating-point array Terminal fall velocity
Type:single-precision floating-point array Optical depth
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