Name Template: PUB/MISSION/level2/wetPrf/YYYY.DDD/wetPf2_IIII.YYYY.DDD.HH.MM.GGG_SSSS.VVVV_nc
| DDD | Day of year |
| GGG | GNSS id (G28 = GPS satellite 28) |
| HH | Hour |
| IIII | Mission ID (CHAM, SACC, CO01-06, GPSM, etc) |
| LLL | LEO number (1-6 for COSMIC) |
| MISSION | Mission ID (eight characters or less--champ, champrt, sacc, sacctst, etc) |
| MM | Minute |
| PUB | Base directory for the pub hierarchy |
| SSSS | Subtype (an ID which tells the command options used in generating this file) |
| VVVV | Version (an ID which tells the version of all codes using in generating thie file) |
| YYYY | Year |
An atmospheric occultation profile with moisture information included.
Gridded analysis or short-term forecast is used to separate the pressure,
temperature and moisture contributions to refractivity. This file is
interpolated to 100 meter height levels.
Global Data
start_time
- Description:Starting time for the occultation
- Data Type: double(8)
- Units: GPS seconds
stop_time
- Description:Ending time for the occultation
- Data Type: double(8)
- Units: GPS seconds
fileStamp
- Description:The complete ID for this occultation (IIII.YYYY.DDD.HH.MM.GGG).
- Data Type: char
lat
- Description:Latitude of perigee point at occultation point
- Data Type: double(8)
- Units: deg
- Valid Range: -90, 90
lon
- Description:Longitude of perigee point at occultation point
- Data Type: double(8)
- Units: deg
- Valid Range: -180, 180
ancMet_type
- Description:Six character CDAAC file type for the gridded data type used in moisture computation
- Data Type: char(6)
fiducial_id
- Description:Four character IGS abbreviation for the fiducial station used for double differencing
- Data Type: char(4)
bad
- Description:Badness flag. 1 = Profile flunked quality control, 0 = Profile passed QC
- Data Type: int
errstr
- Description:Error string. If bad = 1, contains the desription of the problem found, else contains the null string
- Data Type: string
Profile Data
Pres
- Description:pressure level
- Data Type: float
- Units: mb
- Valid Range: 0, 1200
- Missing Value: -999
Vp
- Description:H2O vapor pressure
- Data Type: float
- Units: mb
- Valid Range: 0, 60
- Missing Value: -999
Temp
- Description:temperature
- Data Type: float
- Units: C
- Valid Range: -150, 100
- Missing Value: -999
MSL_alt
- Description:Mean Sea Level geometric height
- Data Type: float
- Units: km
- Valid Range: -2, 120
- Missing Value: -999
Lon
- Description:longitude, -180 to 180 east
- Data Type: float
- Units: deg
- Valid Range: -180, 180
- Missing Value: -999
Lat
- Description:latitude, -90 to 90 north
- Data Type: float
- Units: deg
- Valid Range: -90, 90
- Missing Value: -999
Ref
- Description:Analyzed refractivity, consistent with Temp, Vp, and Pres
- Data Type: float
- Units: N
- Valid Range: 0, 500
- Missing Value: -999
Ref_obs
- Description:Observed refractivity, interpolated from the atmPrf file
- Data Type: float
- Units: N
- Valid Range: 0, 500
- Missing Value: -999
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