MAJOR T. O3SONDE majorSTATION OZONE 12-AUG-2008 10:44:0012-AUG-2008 12:36:000001 181 2160 Tom, Major (Major.Tom@nasa.gov) NASA SPC ozonesonde (Vaisala DigiCORAIX) NDACC routine measurement 1 1 2050 1 1 2050 1 2 0 40 Time after launch [s] Station name 26 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9999.9 99999 999.9 999 99.99 999 999.9 99999 999.99 999.99 999.9 99.99 99.9 99.9 9999.9 9.99e30 9.99e30 999.9 999.9 999.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 --------- The left hand two numbers in the following lines are descriptive to help understand the content here and will come out in the end. 1 9999.9 Pressure [hPa] 2 99999 Geopotential height [gpm] 3 999.9 Temperature [K] 4 999 Relative humidity [%] 5 99.99 Ozone partial pressure [mPa] 6 999 Horizontal wind direction [decimal degrees] (range: 0 - 360) 7 999.9 Horizontal wind speed [m/s] 8 99999 GPS geometric height [m] 9 999.99 GPS longitude [decimal degrees E] (range: 0.00 - 359.99) 10 999.99 GPS latitude [decimal degrees N] 11 999.9 Internal temperature [K] (box or pump) --- nice starting here 12 99.99 Ozone raw current [microA] 13 99.9 Battery voltage [V] 14 99.9 Pump current [mA] 15 9999.9 Potential temperature [K] --- optional starting here 16 9.99e30 Ozone mixing ratio per volume [ppm] 17 9.99e30 Ozone number density [parts/cm^3] 18 999.9 Integrated ozone [DU] 19 999.9 Ice temperature [K] 20 999.9 Dew point temperature [K] 21 9.99e30 Water mixing ratio per volume [ppm] 22 99.99 Pressure uncertainty estimate [hPa] (1 sigma) 23 99 Geopotential height uncertainty estimate [gpm] (1 sigma) 24 9.9 Ozone partial pressure uncertainty estimate [mPa] (1 sigma) 25 9.9 Temperature uncertainty estimate [K] (1 sigma) 26 9.9 Relative humidity uncertainty estimate [%] (1 sigma) 96 29 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 99999 99.9 99.9 999.99 999.99 99999 99.999 99.99 999.9 999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.999 9.9 9.99 9.99 9.9 999.9 999.9 999.9 99.999 99.999 99.99 99.9 99 9999.9 999.9 999.9 999.9 999 999 999.9 9 99.99 99.9 999.9 999.9 99999 99999.9 99999 99999 99999 99.99 9999.9 99999 99999 999.9 999.9 99999 999.9 999.9 9999.9 99999 40 40 3 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 20 40 40 20 10 20 20 20 20 20 40 132 132 132 132 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 1 99999 Number of levels 2 99.9 NDACC data format version number 3 99.9 Data version of data owner 4 999.99 Station longitude [decimal degrees E] (range: 0.00 - 359.99) 5 999.99 Station latitude [decimal degrees N] 6 99999 Station height [m] 7 99.999 Launch time [decimal UT hours from 0 hours on day given by DATE] 8 99.99 Inverse pump flow rate (s/100 ml) 9 999.9 Temperature during flow rate measurement [K] 10 999 Relative humidity during flow rate measurement [%] 11 9.999 Humidity correction factor to flow rate (negative: not applied; positive: appl.) 12 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 2 hPa 13 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 3 hPa 14 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 5 hPa 15 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 10 hPa 16 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 20 hPa 17 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 30 hPa 18 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 50 hPa 19 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 100 hPa 20 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 200 hPa 21 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 300 hPa 22 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 500 hPa 23 9.999 Inverse of pump efficiency at 1000 hPa 24 9.999 Ozone background prior to exposure to ozone in laboratory Ib0 [microA] 25 9.999 Ozone background after exposure to ozone in laboratory Ib1 [microA] 26 9.999 Ozone background on filter just prior to launch Ib2 [microA] 27 9.999 Ozone background used in calculation of ozone [microA] 28 9.9 KI solution concentration [%] 29 9.99 Buffer amount as a fraction of the buffer amount recommended by Komhyr 1986 for a solution with 10 g/l (1.0%) KI 30 9.99 KBr amount as a fraction of the 25 g/l recommended in the Komhyr 1986 recipe for a solution of 1.0% KI 31 9.9 Solution amount [cm^3] 32 999.9 Column ozone from sonde [DU] (incl. residual ozone) (COL1) --------------- Nice starting here 33 999.9 Residual ozone from sonde [DU] 34 999.9 Remote sensed column ozone [DU] (COL2) 35 99.999 Time of remote measurement [decimal UT hours from 0 hours on day given by DATE] 36 99.999 Correction factor (COL2/COL1) (negative: not applied; positive: applied) 37 99.99 Surface pressure correction [hPa] 38 99.9 Surface temperature correction (K) 39 99 Surface humidity correction (%) 40 9999.9 Surface pressure [hPa] 41 999.9 Surface temperature [K] 42 999.9 Surface dew point temperature [K] --------------- Optional 43 999.9 Surface wet-bulb temperature [K] --------------- Optional 44 999 Surface humidity [%] 45 999 Surface wind direction [decimal degrees] (range: 0 - 360) 46 999.9 Surface wind speed [m/s] 47 9 Surface cloud cover [1/8] --------------- Optional 48 99.99 Surface ozone partial pressure measured prior to launch [mPa] 49 99.9 Time run for surface ozone [min] 50 999.9 Internal temperature prior to launch [K] (box or pump) 51 999.9 Internal temperature during surface ozone measurement [K] (box or pump) 52 99999 Balloon weight [g] 53 99999.9 Balloon volume for plastic balloon [m^3] (0 for rubber balloon) 54 99999 Instrument and loadline weight [g] 55 99999 Free lift [g] 56 99999 Balance weight used for inflation [g] 57 99.99 Maximum ozone partial pressure [mPa] --------------- The rest of these are optional 58 999.9 Pressure level of maximum ozone partial pressure [hPa] 59 99999 Geopotential height of maximum ozone partial pressure [gpm] 60 99999 1st tropopause height [gpm] 61 999.9 Pressure at 1st tropopause height [hPa] 62 999.9 Temperature at 1st tropopause height [K] 63 99999 2nd tropopause height [gpm] 64 999.9 Pressure at 2nd tropopause height [hPa] 65 999.9 Temperature at 2nd tropopause height [K] 66 999.9 Minimum pressure [hPa] 67 99999 Maximum geopotential height [gpm] Comment on transfer function applied ----------- Character variables begin here Place of internal temperature sensor Background subtracted (yes/no) Background subtraction constant or altitude dependent (constant/altitude dependent) Ozonesonde type Serial number of ozonesonde --------------- Nice Radiosonde type Flight number or data file name Serial number of radiosonde --------------- The rest of nice starts here Serial number of interface card Lifting gas Balloon material Balloon brand Balloon type Balloon pretreatment Ground equipment Vertical averaging/smoothing method Heating method of box WMO station number Wavelength code of remote sensed column ozone Observation type of remote sensed column ozone Instrument of remote sensed column ozone Serial number of remote sensed column ozone Weather at launch --------------- Optional starting here Reason of discontinuation Column headings / heading units Column headings / heading units Column headings / heading units Column headings / heading units 2 ---- number of special comment lines Bad weather on Jupiter ---- special comments Measurement quality questionable ---- last special comment 2 ---- number of normal comment lines NDACC SOP and Data format recommendations ---- normal comments have been followed strictly :-) ---- last normal comment line (End of header) Jupiter station 8 Number of levels 2.0 NDACC data format version number 1.0 Data version of data owner 324.97 Station longitude [decimal degrees E] (range: 0.00 - 359.99) -32.76 Station latitude [decimal degrees N] 11 Station height [m] 23.321 Launch time [decimal UT hours from 0 hours on day given by DATE] 30.06 Inverse pump flow rate (s/100 ml) 297.1 Temperature during flow rate measurement [K] 8 Relative humidity during flow rate measurement [%] 1.023 Humidity correction to flow rate (negative: not applied; positive: appl.). 1.171 Inverse of pump efficiency at 2 hPa 1.131 Inverse of pump efficiency at 3 hPa 1.092 Inverse of pump efficiency at 5 hPa 1.055 Inverse of pump efficiency at 10 hPa 1.032 Inverse of pump efficiency at 20 hPa 1.022 Inverse of pump efficiency at 30 hPa 1.015 Inverse of pump efficiency at 50 hPa 1.011 Inverse of pump efficiency at 100 hPa 1.008 Inverse of pump efficiency at 200 hPa 1.000 Inverse of pump efficiency at 300 hPa 1.000 Inverse of pump efficiency at 500 hPa 1.000 Inverse of pump efficiency at 1000 hPa 0.007 Ozone background prior to exposure to ozone in laboratory Ib0 [microA] 0.003 Ozone background after exposure to ozone in laboratory Ib1 [microA] 0.006 Ozone background on filter just prior to launch Ib2 [microA] 0.003 Ozone background used in calculation of ozone [microA] 1.0 KI solution concentration [%] 1.0 Buffer amount as a fraction of the buffer amount recommended by Komhyr 1986 for a solution with 10 g/l (1.0%) KI 1.0 KBr amount as a fraction of the 25 g/l recommended in the Komhyr 1986 recipe for a solution of 1.0% KI 3.0 Solution amount [cm^3] 312.8 Column ozone from sonde [DU] (incl. residual ozone) (COL1) 32.1 Residual ozone from sonde [DU] 318.2 Remote sensed column ozone [DU] (COL2) 11.976 Time of remote measurement [decimal UT hours from 0 hours on day given by DATE] -1.017 Correction factor (COL2/COL1) (negative: not applied; positive: applied) -1.1 Surface pressure correction [hPa] -0.4 Surface temperature correction (K) 1 Surface humidity correction (%) 992.10 Surface pressure [hPa] 272.3 Surface temperature [K] 269.3 Surface dew point temperature [K] 271.0 Surface wet-bulb temperature [K] 77 Surface humidity [%] 84 Surface wind direction [decimal degrees] (range: 0 - 360) 3.8 Surface wind speed [m/s] 7 Surface cloud cover [1/8] 3.09 Surface ozone partial pressure measured prior to launch [mPa] 10.0 Time run for surface ozone [min] 299.9 Internal temperature prior to launch [K] (box or pump) 300.0 Internal temperature during surface ozone measurement [K] (box or pump) 1500 Balloon weight [g] 0 Balloon volume for plastic balloon [m^3] (0 for rubber balloon) 2185 Instrument and loadline weight [g] 2300 Free lift [g] 99999 Balance weight used for inflation [g] 24.71 Maximum ozone partial pressure [mPa] 142.4 Pressure level of maximum ozone partial pressure [hPa] 14257 Geopotential height of maximum ozone partial pressure [gpm] 9283 1st tropopause height [gpm] 266.2 Pressure at 1st tropopause height [hPa] 220.1 Temperature at 1st tropopause height [K] 99999 2nd tropopause height [gpm] 999.9 Pressure at 2nd tropopause height [hPa] 999.9 Temperature at 2nd tropopause height [K] 5.2 Minimum pressure [hPa] 33612 Maximum geopotential height [gpm] No transfer function applied ---- Character variables begin Pump yes constant SPC ECC6A RS92 Major_Tom_Tst_file v987xxxxxx 123245678 He Rubber Totex TX1500 Heating Vaisala DigiCORA III Median filter 9 samples Water bag zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Rain Probably pump failure Time Press Alt Temp RH PO3 WDir WSpd GPSAlt Lon Lat IntT O3Cur BatV PCur PotT O3Mix O3Con IntO3 IceT DewT H2Omr xPress xG xOz xT xRH s hPa m K % mPa E m/s m E N K mA V mA K ppm cm-3 DU K K ppm hPa m mPa K % 0 992.1 11 272.3 77 3.06 84 3.8 11 324.97 -32.76 300.1 99.99 99.9 99.9 272.9 3.08e-2 8.14e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 5 989.2 34 272.1 66 3.36 89 6.7 34 324.97 -32.76 300.1 99.99 99.9 99.9 272.9 3.40e-2 8.94e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 10 986.0 60 271.9 66 3.42 90 6.9 61 324.97 -32.76 300.1 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.0 3.47e-2 9.11e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 15 982.5 88 271.7 67 3.50 90 6.6 88 324.97 -32.76 300.2 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.0 3.56e-2 9.33e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 20 979.8 112 271.5 68 3.53 91 6.3 111 324.97 -32.76 300.2 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.1 3.60e-2 9.42e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 25 976.4 138 271.3 69 3.60 94 6.1 138 324.98 -32.76 300.3 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.2 3.69e-2 9.61e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 30 972.9 167 271.2 71 3.62 97 5.9 166 324.98 -32.76 300.3 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.3 3.72e-2 9.67e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9 35 969.2 197 271.0 72 3.67 99 5.7 198 324.98 -32.76 300.3 99.99 99.9 99.9 273.4 3.79e-2 9.80e11 999.9 99.9 99.9 9.99e30 99.99 99 9.9 9.9 9.9