Data products for October 17, 2003

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NOTE: GLAS underflight time is 03:12:34 UTC. At this instant, the ER-2 was within 4m of the satellite track.

Support Data
View	Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
	map_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Map showing flight track for this day
Images and Data
View	Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
	imgsum_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Flight summary image showing whole flight in one wavelength
The following are 30 minute images showing 355, 532, and 1064 backscatter signals plus depolarizaton ratio for 1064:
	imgseg01_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:08:17 End time = 23:38:28
	imgseg02_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:38:29 End time = 00:08:41
	imgseg03_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 00:08:41 End time = 00:38:58
	imgseg04_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 00:38:59 End time = 01:09:22
	imgseg05_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 01:09:23 End time = 01:39:28
	imgseg06_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 01:39:29 End time = 02:09:36
	imgseg07_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 02:09:37 End time = 02:40:04
	imgseg08_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 02:40:05 End time = 03:11:15
	imgseg09_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 03:11:16 End time = 03:42:43
	imgseg10_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 03:42:44 End time = 04:13:04
	imgseg11_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 04:13:05 End time = 04:24:29
The following images and files are for the entire flight:
	layers_04606_17oct03.txt	TEXT	Layer boundary file showing type and location of all atmospheric layers sensed
	cipbl_04606_17oct03.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_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Optical Depth Plots (Cirrus), from the Quick Optical File
	pblod_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Optical Depth Plots (PBL), from the Quick Optical File
The following are 30 minute images showing extinction and total optical depth:
	EXTSEG01_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:08:17 End time = 23:38:28
	EXTSEG02_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 23:38:29 End time = 00:08:41
	EXTSEG03_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 00:08:42 End time = 00:38:58
	EXTSEG04_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 00:38:59 End time = 01:09:22
	EXTSEG05_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 01:09:23 End time = 01:39:28
	EXTSEG06_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 01:39:29 End time = 02:09:36
	EXTSEG07_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 02:09:37 End time = 02:40:04
	EXTSEG08_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 02:40:05 End time = 03:11;15
	EXTSEG09_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 03:11:16 End time = 03:42:43
	EXTSEG10_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 03:42:44 End time = 04:13:04
	EXTSEG11_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Start time = 04:13:05 End time = 04:24:29
The following images are for the entire flight:
	cod_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Cloud Optical Depth Plot (three wavelength)
	aod_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Aerosol Optical Depth Plot (three wavelengths)
	tod_04606_17oct03.gif	GIF	Total Optical Depth Plot (three wavelength)

Large Binary Output Files
Filename	Type	Descriptions and Comments
NRB_04606_17oct03.xdr	XDR	NRB Binary Output containing Lidar profiles after instrument corrections but before calibrated backscatter
OP_04606_17oct03.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_04606_17oct03.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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