A Index

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A1DC, 66
A1DP, 66
A200X, 62
A200Y, 62
A260X, 62
AACT, 94
abbreviations
  non-standard, 6
acceleration
  vertical, 11
ACDP, 62
ACINS, 11
adiabatic compression, 36
ADIF, 53
ADIFR, 53, 54
ADS=aircraft data system, 10
aeros, 1
aerosol
  ancillary datasets, 77
  spectrometer, 76
AF300, 62
AFIXx, 87
AFSSP, 62
airspeed, 31, 32, 34, 36, 53
  indicated, 88
AKFXx, 87
AKRD, 53, 54
ALAT, 85
ALON, 85
ALPHA, 85
ALT, 15
ALTG, 21
altimeter
  radar, 21
altitude
  aircraft
    GPS, 19
    geometric, 16
    geopotential, 16, 32
    inertial, 15
    pressure, 13, 16, 22, 32
ALTX, 23
angle
  solar azimuth, 82
  solar declination, 81
  solar elevation, 81
  solar zenith, 82
angles
  solar, 81
APCAS, 62
APN-159, 21
AS100, 62
AS200, 62
AT_ITR, 37
ATC, 87
ATKP, 88
ATRF, 88
ATTACK, 54
attack, angle of, 53
ATX, 33, 41, 44–46, 48, 50, 53, 75, 91
ATx, 33, 53
ATxD, 33
ATxH, 33
AUHSAS, 62
avionics, 29
Avogadro constant, 4, 42
AWAS, 72
baro-inertial loop: see, 12
baro-loop: see, 12
base time, 7
BDIF, 53
BDIFR, 53, 55
BFIXx, 87
BLATA, 16
BLONA, 16
BNORMA, 16
Bolton, 47
Boltzmann constant, see
  Constants and Symbols, 4
BPITCHR, 16
BROLLR, 16
Bulletin 21, 31
Bulletin 23, 53
Bulletin 24, 93
Bulletin 25, 92
Bulletin 9, 2
BYAWR, 16
C1DC, 66 C1DP, 66
C200X, 62
C200Y, 62
C260X, 62
calibration, numerous references throughout, 29
  coefficients, 9
  gas, 68
CAVP_x, 32
CCDP, 62
CCEP, 85
centrifugal acceleration, 14
CF300, 62
CFSEC, 85
CFSSP, 62
CGS, 85
CH4_PICx, 68
chilled-mirror, 44
CIMS, 72
CLAT, 85
CLON, 85
CMODE, 92
CN counter, 73
  3760A, 73
  3786, 73
  coincidence in, 74
  dead time, 74
  flow rate, 73
  side flow, 74
CNTEMP, 75
CNTS, 75
CO, 92 CO2_PICx, 68
COCAL, 92
COCOR, 92
coefficients
  calibration, 29
  sensitivity, 30
compression
  adiabatic, 33
COMR_AL, 68 CONC1DC, 66
CONC1DP, 66
CONC3, 63
CONC6, 63
CONCD, 63
concentration
  2D, 66
  aerosol, 73
  ambient, 73
  calibration gas, 68
  chemical species, 5, 6
  CN, 74
  droplet, 5
  FSSP, 63
  hydrometeor, 62
  hydrometeor, size distribution, 62
  particle, 77
  PCAS, 94
  ultrafine particles, 73
  water vapor, 42
CONCF, 63
CONCH_UVH, 43
CONCN, 75
CONCP, 76
CONCU, 76
CONCU100, 76
CONCU500, 76
CONCV_VXL, 42
CONCX, 63
CONCY, 63
condensation nucleus counter, see CN counter
conductivity
  thermal, 59
conservation of energy, 34
constants, see symbols
  table, 4
CORAW_AL, 68
Coriolis acceleration, 14
correction
  dynamic pressure, 31
  moist air, 33
  pressure, 30
  vertical wind
    rotation in pitch, 19
count rate
  2D, 66
COZRO, 92
CPCAS, 62
CPS=counts per second, 68, 70
CRHP, 89
CS100, 62
CS200, 62
CSEC, 85
CUHSAS, 62
d-value, 32
data
  acquisition, 1
  display, 1
  processing, 1
  sample rate, 1
data rates, 8
Davies-Jones, 46
DAY, 7
DBAR1DC, 67
DBAR1DP, 67
DBAR3, 63
DBAR6, 63
DBARD, 63
DBARF, 63
DBARP, 63
DBARU, 63
DBARX, 63
DBARY, 63
dBz, 64
DBZ1DC, 67
DBZ1DP, 67
DBZ6, 64
DBZD, 64
DBZF, 64
DBZX, 64
DBZY, 64
dead time, 66
  FSSP, 94
defect
  static, 30
DEI, 15
density
  water vapor, 44
derived variables, 46
dew point, 38
  corrected, 38, 40
diameter
  effective, 64
  equivalent, 64
  mean, 1D probes, 63
  mean, 2D probes, 67
dimensions in equations, 64
DISP1DC, 67
DISP1DP, 67
DISP3, 63
DISP6, 63
DISPD, 63
dispersion, 67
  1D probes, 63
DISPF, 63
DISPP, 63
DISPU, 63
DISPX, 63
DISPY, 63
DNI, 15
DP_CR2C, 42
DP_VXL, 41
DP_x, 38
DPCRC, 89
DPx, 41
DPXC, 91
DPxC, 40
dropsonde, 57
DT1DC, 66
DVALUE, 32
dynamic pressure, 52
EDPC, 88
enhancement factor, 44
equation
  thickness, 32
equations
  dimensionless, 9
  scale factors, 9
EW_UVH, 43
EWX, 43–46
EWx, 43
FACT, 94
FBMFR, 94
FCN, 73
FCN, 73
FCNC, 75
filter
  Butterworth, 25
  complementary (for wind), 24
  electronic, 8
  FIR, 8
fit matrix, 27
flight speed, see true airspeed
flow
  conversions, 5
  PCASP, 76
  SLPM, 5
  volumetric, 5
flow distortion, 29
flow rates, 5
flux
  actinic, 80
FO3_ACD, 69
FO3_CL, 69
FO3_x, 69
foot, 6
FP_CR2, 42
FPCRC, 89
FRANGE, 65
FRESET, 93
FRNG, 65
frost point, 89
FRST, 93
FSSP-100
  activity, 94
  beam fraction, 94
  concentration, 63
  dead time, 93, 94
  dispersion, 63
  fast resets, 93
  liquid water content, 63
  mean diameter, 63
  range 65
  size distribution, 62
  total strobes, 93
FSSP-300, 63
FSTB, 93
FSTROB, 93
FXAZIM, 15
FXDIST, 15
GALT_A, 19
gas constant, 4
  dry air, 4, 46
  moist air, 33, 34
  universal, 4
  water vapor, 4
GENPRO, 2
GEOPHT, 19
GGALT, 19
GGALTC, 23
GGEOIDHT, 20
GGHWGS, 19
GGLAT, 28
GGLON, 28
GGNSAT, 20
GGQUAL, 20
GGSPD, 18
GGSTATUS, 20
GGTRK, 20
GGVEW, 26
GGVNS, 26
GGVSPD, 19
GISMOS, 57
GLAT, 18
global positioning system, see GPS
GLON, 18
GLON, 18
GMODE, 20
GNI, 77
GPS, 27
  aircraft avionics unit, 17
  Garmin, 17
  NovAtel, 16
  Trimble TANS-III, 17
GPS receivers, 16
gravity, see Eqn. (1.1)
  standard, 16
ground speed, 15
GSF, 86
GSF_G, 18
GSTAT, 20
GSTAT, 20
GSTAT_G, 20
gust probe   858AJ, 52
  radome, 52, 53
  Rosemount 858AJ, 53
GVZI, 19
HARP,see HIAPER Atmospheric Radiation Package
heading
  magnetic, 11
  true, 11
Heimann radiometer, 78
HGM, 21
HGM, 21
HGM232, 21
HGME, 32
HI3, 21
HIAPER Atmospheric Radiation Package, 80
HOUR, 7
housekeeping variables, 61
humidity, 38
  absolute, 44
  relative, 44
  relative to ice, 44
  specific, 45, 53
hydrometeor detector, 60
hydrometeor probes
  table of, 62
hydrometeor spectrometer, 63
hygrometer, 38
  chilled-mirror, 44
  CR2, 42
  cryogenic, 45, 89
  dew point, 38, 45
  housing, 38
  Lyman-alpha, 45, 90
  tunable diode laser, 40, 45
  UV, 42, 45, 90
  VCSEL, 37, 40, 41, 45
ice water content, 64
impactor
  giant nucleus, 77
indicated airspeed, 88
inertial navigation system, see INS
inertial reference unit, see IRU
INS, 10
  alignment, 10
  C-MIGITS, 10
  C130, 10
  GV, 10
  Honeywell, 13
  Honeywell Laseref, 10
  Litton LTN-51, 12
  measurements not in normal data files, 16
  specifications, 11
instrument descriptions
  EOL web site, 29
instruments
  radiation, 78
  user, 1, 71
International Standard Atmosphere, 22
  lapse rate, 23
  tropopause, 23
interpolation, 8
irradiance, 78
  long-wave, 79
  visible, 80
IRU, 11
  Litton LTN-51, 86
  raw variables, 16
IRx, 91
IRxC, 91
IRxHT, 79
IRxV, 79
ISA, see International Standard Atmosphere
Johnson-Williams sensor, 88
King probe, 58
  element dimensions, 59
  power dissipated, 59
  sensor temperature, 59
knot, 6
lags in sampling
  static, 8
  dynamic, 8 LAMS, 31 LAT, 28
LAT_G, 18
LATC, 27
latent heat of vaporization, 59
latitude, 27
lifted condensation level, 47
linkage. temperature and airspeed, 33
liquid water content, 67
  1D probes, 63
  FSSP-100, 63
  King probe, 58
  supercooled, 60
LON, 28 LON_G, 18
LONC, 27
longitude, 27
LWC, 88
LWCC, 88
Lyman-alpha hygrometer, 40
Mach number, 36
  uncorrected, 31
MACHX, 54
MACHx, 53
measurement
  derived, 8
  original, 8
  preferred, 29
  raw, 8, 33
meter
  mass flow, 5
millibar, 5
MINUTE, 7
MIRRORT_CR2, 42
MIRRTMP_DPx, 38
mixing ratio, 50
  conversion, 6
moist-air properties, 34
molecular weight
  dry air, 4
  water, 4
MONTH, 7
motion
  GPS antenna, 51
MR, 50
MRCR, 45
MRLA, 45
MRLH, 45
MRVXL, 45
MTP, 57
Murphy and Koop, 39
names
  variable, 29
    location in, 29
    suffixes, 29
nautical mile, 6
NetCDF
  format, 1
  header, 1, 10
  vector, 62
NIDAS, 7
nimbus, 1
nomenclature
  code, 8
  dimensionless equations, 8, 9
O3FS, 92
O3MR_CL, 69
OAT, 37
sample time, 7
oscillation, 10
PACT, 94
PALT, 21
particles
  ultrafine, 73
PCAB, 32
PCASP, 77
PCN, 75
PCORS, see pressure corrections
perfect gas, 33
PFLW, 76
PFLWC, 76
PHDG, 85
PITCH, 11
pitch, 11
platform
  stabilized, 79, 80
PLWC, 58
PLWC1, 58
PLWC1DC, 67
PLWC6, 63
PLWCC, 58
PLWCC1, 58
PLWCD, 63
PLWCF, 63
PLWCG, 60
PLWCX, 63
PLWCY, 63
potential temperature, 46
ppbv, 6
ppmv, 6
pptv, 5, 6
pressure, 29
  ambient, 29, 31, 33, 36, 52
  cabin, 32
  corrections, 30
  dew point housing, 38
  dew-point cavity, 32
  dynamic, 30, 31, 33, 55
    corrected, 31
  inlet, 73
  partial, water vapor, 38
  pitot, see pressure, total
  static, see pressure ambient
  surface, 32
  total, 31, 35, 36
  transducer,
    ambient pressure, 30
    dynamic pressure, 31   water vapor, 43
    equilibrium, 38, 39, 44
pressure damping
  ACINS, 11
  VSPD, 12
  WP3, 12
properties of moist air, 34
PS_A, 29
PSDPx, 32
PSFD, 29
PSFRD, 29
PSURF, 32
PSX, 33
PSx, 29
PSxC, 29
PTIME, 85
pyranometer, 79, 91
  calibration, 79
pyrgeometer, 78, 91
  calibration, 78
QCB, 87
QCBC, 87
QCF, 54
QCG, 87
QCG, 87
QCGC, 87
QCLS, 72
QCR, 31
  correction, 31
QCRC, 31
  flow-angle correction, 31
QCX, 33
QCx, 31
QCXC, 36
QCxC, 36
radar reflectivity factor
  1D probes, 64
  2D probes, 67
radiation, 78
  long-wave, 91
  short wave, 91
radiometer
  Heimann, 78
  Kipp & Zonen IR, 79
  Kipp & Zonen visible, 79
radius
  of the Earth, 4
  effective, 67
radome gust probe, 52, 53
range
  FSSP, 65
rate of climb, 12
RAWCONC_VXL, 42
recovery factor, 35
  Rosemount sensors, 35
REFF2DC, 67
REFF2DP, 67
REFFD, 64
REFFF, 64
reflectivity factor, 64
  1D probes, 64
  2D probes, 67 relative humidity, 44 relative humidity wrt ice, see humidity, relative to ice
resets
  FSSP-100, 93
reverse-flow temperature sensor, 88
RHOLA, 45
RHOUV, 45
RHOx, 44
RHUM, 44
RHUMI, 44
RICE, 60
ROLL, 11
roll, 11
Rosemount 871F icing probe, 60
RSTx, 78
RTHRx, 32
RTX, 37
RTx, 33
RTxH, 32
samples per second, 6
sampling rates, 7
Schuler oscillation, 27
SCLWC, 93
SECOND, 7
sensitivity coefficient
  AKRD, 53
  SSRD, 54
sensor
  temperature
    anti-iced, 33
    heated, 33
    K-probe, 33
SFC, 21
sideslip, 55
size distribution
  1D probes
  2D probes, 66
SMPS, 77
SOLAZ, 82
SOLDE, 81
SOLEL, 81
SOLZE, 82
specific heat, 34
  dry air
    constant pressure, 4
    constant volume, 4
    ratio, dry air, 4
  moist air, 33, 34
spectrometer
  aerosol mass, 77
  hydrometeor, 63
speed
  ground, 15
  airspeed
    indicated, 88
    true, 53
speed of sound, 35
SPHUM, 53
SPxPitch, 80
SPxRoll, 80
SSFXx, 87
SSLIP, 55
SSRD, 55
Stephan-Boltzmann Constant, , see
  Constants and Symbols, 4
STP (standard conditions), 5
strobes
  FSSP, 93
SWTC, 92
SWx, 91
synchronization, 7
system of units, 5
TASHC, 53
TASx, 53
TASx, 53
TASxD, 52
TCAVB, 78
TCAVT, 78
TCNTP, 76
TCNTU, 76
TEMP1, 73
TEMP2, 73
temperature, 32
  ambient, 32, 33, 41
  calculation, 33
  equivalent potential, 47
  in-cloud, 37
  inlet, 73
  potential, 46, 47
  pseudo-adiabatic equivalent potential, 46
  radiometric, 37, 78
  recovery, 32, 34
  recovery vs. total, 33
  reverse-flow, 88
  sensor, 33
  static air, 33
  total, 33, 87
  virtual, 48
  virtual potential, 48
TEO3, 70
TEO3C, 70
TEO3P, 70
TEP, 70
TET, 70
THDG, 11
thermal conductivity, see conductivity, thermal
THETA, 48
THETAE, 46
THETAQ, 49
THETAV, 48
THF, 86
THI, 85
time, 7
  base_time, 7
  example of usage, 7
  interpolation, 8
  lags, 8
  offset, 7
  shifts, 8
  variable Time, 7
  variables, 6
TKAT_G, 20
TMLAG, 85
TOGA, 72
TPTIME, 85
trailing cone, 30
transducer
  barometric, 29
  Paroscientific, 30
triple point of water, 4
TRSTB, 78
true airspeed, see airspeed
TTKP, 88
TTRF, 87
TTx, 87
TVIR, 48
UHSAS, 77
  flow, 76
  STP, 76
UI, 55
UIC, 56
uncertainty
  wind
    Technical Note, 51
units, 5
  exceptions to SI, 5
  hertz, 6
  ppmb, 5
universal gas constant, 4
UPRESS, 76
USFLWC, 76
USMPFLW, 76
UVx, 92
UX, 56
UXC, 57
variable
  derived, 9
  names in brackets, 8
  preferred choice, 29
variable names
  conventions, 29
  hydrometeor probes, 60
VCRH, 89
VEW, 15
VEW_G, 18
VEWC, 28
VI, 55
VIC, 56
viscosity, 59
VISxC, 80
VISxHT, 80
VISxHTV, 80
VISxV, 79
VLA, 90
VLA1, 90
VNS, 15
VNS_G, 18
VNSC, 28
VSPD, 13
VSPD_G, 19
VY, 56
VY, 56
VYC, 57
VZI, 86
VZI, 86
water
  boiling point, 58
water vapor
  density, 41, 42, 44
  mixing ratio, 45
WD, 56
WDC, 56
WDRCTN, 86
wetting
  of thermometers, 37
WGS-84 geoid, 4
WGS84, 19
WI, 55
WIC, 56
wind, 55
  components, 55
  direction, 56
  GPS-corrected, 56
  lateral component, 57
  longitudinal component, 57
  relative, 52
  sign convention, 55
  speed, 56
  uncertainty
    Tech Note, 10, 51
  vector, 55, 56
  vertical, 56
World Geodetic System, 19
WP3, 12
WS, 56
WSC, 56
WSPD, 86
XFO3FNO, 69
XFO3FS, 69
XFO3P, 69
XICN, 74
XICNC, 74
XMACH2, 52
XNCLF, 71
XNMBT, 71
XNO, 71
XNOCAL, 71
XNOCF, 71
XNOSF, 71
XNOY, 71
XNOYP, 71
XNOZA, 71
XNSAF, 71
XNST, 71
XNYCAL, 71
XNZAF, 71
XO3, 69
XSIGV_UVH, 42
XUVI, 90
XUVP, 90
XUVT, 90
XVI, 85
YEAR, 7
YVI, 85