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MERLIN_FLUXES_10_DAT

Comment:
This Table contains Aircraft mean values (10 secondes) of various atmospheric parameters by MERLIN IV.
Principal investigator:
Frederique SAID
The fields of the table are:
  1. GRID_ID : The name of the grid where the data was taken.
  2. GRID_ORDER : The number of the station in the grid cell.
  3. OBS_DATE : This column contains the date on which the observation was made.
  4. OBS_TIME : This column contains the time at which the observation was made.
  5. STAT_PRESS : This column contains the the static pressure in hPa.
  6. AMBIENT_TEMP_RD : This column contains the ambient temperature by de-iced probe in deg C.
  7. AMBIENT_TEMP_RF : This column contains the ambient temperature by reverse flow probe in deg C.
  8. POT_TEMP : This column contains the potential temperature in deg C.
  9. VIRT_POT_TEMP : This column contains the virtual potential temperature in deg C.
  10. EQUIV_POT_TEMP : This column contains the equivalente potential temperature in deg C.
  11. DEW_POINT : This column contains the dew point temperature in deg C.
  12. MIXING_RATIO : This column contains the vapor mixing ratio in g/kg.
  13. VIS_FLUX_ASC : This column contains the upward visible flux in W/m**2.
  14. VIS_FLUX_DESC : This column contains the downward visible flux in W/m**2.
  15. FLUX_IR_ASC : This column contains the upward Infra Red flux in W/m**2.
  16. FLUX_IR_DESC : This column contains the downward Infra Red flux in W/m**2.
  17. GROUND_TEMP : This column contains the ground temperature in deg C.
  18. ROLL_ATTITUDE : This column contains the Roll attitude in degrees.
  19. PITCH_ATITUDE : This column contains the pitch attitude in degrees.
  20. HEADING : This column contains the heading in degree.
  21. NOR_SPEED : This column contains the north aircraft speed in m/s.
  22. EAST_SPEED : This column contains the east aircraft speed in m/s.
  23. VERT_SPEED : This column contains the vertical aircraft speed in m/s.
  24. AIR_SPEED : This column contains the true air speed in m/s.
  25. FLUX_RED_ASC : This column contains the upward red radiation in W/m**2.
  26. FLUX_RED_DESC : This column contains the downward red radiation in W/m**2.
  27. WIND_MODULE : This column contains the wind speed in m/s.
  28. WIND_DIRECTION : This column contains the wind direction in deg.
  29. LATITUDE : This column contains the latitude in deg .
  30. LONGITUDE : This column contains the longitude in deg.
  31. GROUND_LEVEL : This column contains the ground level in m.
  32. PRESSURE_ALTITUDE : This column contains the pressure altitude in m.
  33. RALT05 : This column contains the height above ground by radio altimeter [0-5000] in m.
  34. RALT15 : This column contains the height above ground by radioaltimeter [0-15000] in m.
  35. RAD_BARNB : This column contains the Barnes radiometer in W/m2/sr.
  36. VAR_VV : This column contains the wind vertical speed variance in m**2/s**2.
  37. VAR_IVP2 : This column contains the pitch variance in m**2/s**2.
  38. VAR_DVP2 : This column contains the sideslip variance in m**2/s**2.
  39. VAR_TPOT : This column contains the potential temperature variance in (deg C)**2.
  40. VAR_MIX_RAT : This column contains the mixing ration variance in (g/kg)**2.
  41. VAR_TAS : This column contains the T.A.S variance in (m/s)**2.
  42. VAR_BARNB : This column contains the Barnes Radiometer variance inW2/m4/sr2.
  43. CERT_LEVEL : This column contains the certification level for the data : T)est,C)hecked by PI, U)nchecked by PI.
  44. REV_DATE : This column contains the revision date for the data in the format DD-MON-YY.
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