Data products for April 5, 2011

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NOTE: MABEL flight to White Sands. Due to post-flight data transfer error, beginning of flight is cut off and data starts just past White Sands.

Support Data
View	Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
	map_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Map showing flight track for this day
Images and Data
View	Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
	imgsum_11632_05apr11_355.gif	GIF	Flight summary image showing whole flight for 355 nm
	imgsum_11632_05apr11_532.gif	GIF	Flight summary image showing whole flight for 532 nm
	imgsum_11632_05apr11_1064.gif	GIF	Flight summary image showing whole flight for 1064 nm
	imgsum_11632_05apr11_depol.gif	GIF	Flight summary image showing whole flight for depolarization
The following are 30 minute images showing 355, 532, and 1064 backscatter signals plus depolarizaton ratio for 1064:
	imgseg01_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 18:38:42 End time = 19:08:41
	imgseg02_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 19:08:42 End time = 19:38:41
	imgseg03_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 19:38:42 End time = 20:08:41
	imgseg04_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 20:08:42 End time = 20:38:41
	imgseg05_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 20:38:42 End time = 21:08:41
	imgseg06_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 21:08:42 End time = 21:38:41
	imgseg07_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 21:38:42 End time = 22:08:41
	imgseg08_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 22:08:42 End time = 22:38:41
	imgseg09_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 22:38:42 End time = 23:08:41
	imgseg10_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:08:42 End time = 23:38:41
	imgseg11_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:38:42 End time = 00:08:41
	imgseg12_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 00:08:42 End time = 00:15:01
The following images and files are for the entire flight:
	layers_11632_05apr11.txt	TEXT	Layer boundary file showing type and location of all atmospheric layers sensed
	cipbl_11632_05apr11.txt	TEXT	Quick optical file showing optical depth and extinction-to-backscatter ratio calculations for a pre-defined cirrus zone and the cloud-cleared Planetary Boundary Layer for 355, 532, and 1064 nm.
	CIPBL_readme.txt	TEXT	Text file describing how to interpret and use the quick optical file.
	ciod_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Optical Depth Plots (Cirrus), from the Quick Optical File
	pblod_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Optical Depth Plots (PBL), from the Quick Optical File
The following are 30 minute images showing extinction and total optical depth:
	EXTSEG01_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 16:32:47 End time = 17:02:45
	EXTSEG02_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:02:47 End time = 17:32:45
	EXTSEG03_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG04_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG05_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG06_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG07_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG08_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG09_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG10_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG11_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
	EXTSEG12_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Start time = 17:32:47 End time = 17:54:00
The following images are for the entire flight:
	cod_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Cloud Optical Depth Plot (three wavelength)
	aod_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Aerosol Optical Depth Plot (three wavelengths)
	tod_11632_05apr11.gif	GIF	Total Optical Depth Plot (three wavelength)

Large Binary Output Files
Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
NRB_11628_11632_05apr11.xdr	XDR	NRB Binary Output containing Lidar profiles after instrument corrections but before calibrated backscatter
OP_11632_05apr11.xdr	XDR	Final Optical Binary Output containing optical properties of every layer sensed, including optical depth, extinction-to-backscatter ratio, and extinction profile for 355, 532, and 1064 nm.
cal_11632_05apr11.final	TEXT	Request calibration file. This file contains the instrument calibration coefficients used to generate attenuated backscatter data from the NRB binary data.
*Note* Binary output files are large (most files are 500MB). If you want the binary output files above, click on the filename to download.

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