****************************************************************************** D 2 V A R I A B L E L I S T ****************************************************************************** Variables labeled with 'd' are defined only for local daytime, and are undefined at night (undefined=255). cloudy = IR or VIS or NI cloudy VIS/IR-cloudy = IR or VIS cloudy IR-cloudy = IR cloudy IR-only-cloudy = IR cloudy and VIS clear NI-cloudy = NI cloudy NI-only-cloudy = NI cloudy and ( IR and VIS clear ) VIS-only-cloudy = VIS cloudy and IR clear IR-marginally-cloudy = IR marginally cloudy VIS/IR-marginally-cloudy = VIS or IR marginally cloudy NI-marginally-cloudy = NI marginally cloudy NI-only-marginally-cloudy = NI marginally cloudy and ( IR and VIS clear ) clear = IR and VIS and NI clear IR-clear = IR clear VIS/IR-clear = IR and VIS clear ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Box identification ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Latitude index (equal-area and equal-angle) 2 Longitude index (equal-area) 3 Western-most longitude index (equal-angle) 4 Eastern-most longitude index (equal-angle) 5 Land/water/coast code 6 Number of observations 7 Number of day-time observations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cloud amount (CA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Mean cloud amount 9 Mean IR-marginal cloud amount 10 Frequency of mean cloud amount 0-10% 11 Frequency of mean cloud amount 10-20% 12 Frequency of mean cloud amount 20-30% 13 Frequency of mean cloud amount 30-40% 14 Frequency of mean cloud amount 40-50% 15 Frequency of mean cloud amount 50-60% 16 Frequency of mean cloud amount 60-70% 17 Frequency of mean cloud amount 70-80% 18 Frequency of mean cloud amount 80-90% 19 Frequency of mean cloud amount 90-100% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean cloud top pressure (PC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 Mean cloud pressure 21 Standard deviation over time 22 Mean standard deviation over space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean cloud top temperature (TC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Mean cloud temperature 24 Standard deviation over time 25 Mean standard deviation over space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean cloud optical thickness (TAU) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Mean cloud TAU 27 Standard deviation over time 28 Mean standard deviation over space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean cloud water path (WP) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Mean cloud WP 30 Standard deviation over time 31 Mean standard deviation over space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IR cloud types ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Mean low cloud amount 33 Mean PC for low clouds 34 Mean TC for low clouds 35 Mean middle cloud amount 36 Mean PC for middle clouds 37 Mean TC for middle clouds 38 Mean high cloud amount 39 Mean PC for high clouds 40 Mean TC for high clouds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOW cloud types (vis-adjusted TC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41d Mean CA for cloud type 1 = Cumulus,liquid 42d Mean PC for cloud type 1 43d Mean TC for cloud type 1 44d Mean TAU for cloud type 1 45d Mean WP for cloud type 1 46d Mean CA for cloud type 2 = Stratocumulus,liquid 47d Mean PC for cloud type 2 48d Mean TC for cloud type 2 49d Mean TAU for cloud type 2 50d Mean WP for cloud type 2 51d Mean CA for cloud type 3 = Stratus,liquid 52d Mean PC for cloud type 3 53d Mean TC for cloud type 3 54d Mean TAU for cloud type 3 55d Mean WP for cloud type 3 56d Mean CA for cloud type 4 = Cumulus,ice 57d Mean PC for cloud type 4 58d Mean TC for cloud type 4 59d Mean TAU for cloud type 4 60d Mean WP for cloud type 4 61d Mean CA for cloud type 5 = Stratocumulus,ice 62d Mean PC for cloud type 5 63d Mean TC for cloud type 5 64d Mean TAU for cloud type 5 65d Mean WP for cloud type 5 66d Mean CA for cloud type 6 = Stratus,ice 67d Mean PC for cloud type 6 68d Mean TC for cloud type 6 69d Mean TAU for cloud type 6 70d Mean WP for cloud type 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIDDLE cloud types (VIS-adjusted TC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 71d Mean CA for cloud type 7 = Altocumulus,liquid 72d Mean PC for cloud type 7 73d Mean TC for cloud type 7 74d Mean TAU for cloud type 7 75d Mean WP for cloud type 7 76d Mean CA for cloud type 8 = Altostratus,liquid 77d Mean PC for cloud type 8 78d Mean TC for cloud type 8 79d Mean TAU for cloud type 8 80d Mean WP for cloud type 8 81d Mean CA for cloud type 9 = Nimbostratus,liquid 82d Mean PC for cloud type 9 83d Mean TC for cloud type 9 84d Mean TAU for cloud type 9 85d Mean WP for cloud type 9 86d Mean CA for cloud type 10 = Altocumulus,ice 87d Mean PC for cloud type 10 88d Mean TC for cloud type 10 89d Mean TAU for cloud type 10 90d Mean WP for cloud type 10 91d Mean CA for cloud type 11 = Altostratus,ice 92d Mean PC for cloud type 11 93d Mean TC for cloud type 11 94d Mean TAU for cloud type 11 95d Mean WP for cloud type 11 96d Mean CA for cloud type 12 = Nimbostratus,ice 97d Mean PC for cloud type 12 98d Mean TC for cloud type 12 99d Mean TAU for cloud type 12 100d Mean WP for cloud type 12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGH cloud types (VIS-adjusted TC) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 101d Mean CA for cloud type 13 = Cirrus 102d Mean PC for cloud type 13 103d Mean TC for cloud type 13 104d Mean TAU for cloud type 13 105d Mean WP for cloud type 13 106d Mean CA for cloud type 14 = Cirrostratus 107d Mean PC for cloud type 14 108d Mean TC for cloud type 14 109d Mean TAU for cloud type 14 110d Mean WP for cloud type 14 111d Mean CA for cloud type 15 = Deep convective 112d Mean PC for cloud type 15 113d Mean TC for cloud type 15 114d Mean TAU for cloud type 15 115d Mean WP for cloud type 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean surface temperature (TS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 116 Mean TS from clear sky composite 117 Standard deviation over space ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mean surface reflectance (RS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 118d Mean RS from clear sky composite ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snow/Ice cover ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119d Mean snow/ice amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOVS atmospheric information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 120 Mean Surface pressure 121 Mean Near-surface air temperature 122 Mean Temperature at 740 mb 123 Mean Temperature at 500 mb 124 Mean Temperature at 375 mb 125 Mean Tropopause pressure 126 Mean Tropopause temperature 127 Mean Stratosphere temperature at 50 mb 128 Mean Precipitable water for 1000-680 mb 129 Mean Precipitable water for 680-310 mb 130 Mean Ozone abundance