I'm looking at some of the new GOES-16 derived products being distributed via
NOAAport and I have a question. Looking at the ABI L2+ Derived Stability
Indices: Lifted Index products, I am seeing the temperatures given with
units="K" (Kelvin), but some of the data values are in the negative range.
Because lifted index is given as a temperature difference, I believe that the
units field of the data is being incorrectly populated and should probably be
"C". Is anyone else seeing this?
Is there somebody I can contact about this issue?
Gary
Here's the dump from the raw data.
target0.sectorizedCMI = (ucar.nc2.Variable) short LI(y=100, x=100);
:_FillValue = -1S; // short
:long_name = "ABI L2+ Derived Stability Indices: Lifted Index";
:standard_name =
"temperature_difference_between_ambient_air_and_air_lifted_adiabatically_from_the_surface";
:_Unsigned = "true";
:valid_range = 0S, -6S; // short
:scale_factor = 7.6301E-4f; // float
:add_offset = -10.0f; // float
:units = "K";
:resolution = "y: 0.000280 rad x: 0.000280 rad";
:coordinates = "latitude retrieval_local_zenith_angle
quantitative_local_zenith_angle solar_zenith_angle t y x final_air_pressure";
:grid_mapping = "goes_imager_projection";
:cell_methods = "latitude: point (good quality pixel produced)
retrieval_local_zenith_angle: point (good or degraded quality pixel produced)
quantitative_local_zenith_angle: point (good quality pixel produced)
solar_zenith_angle: point (good quality pixel produced) t: point area: point";
:ancillary_variables = "DQF_Overall DQF_Retrieval DQF_SkinTemp";
:_ChunkSizes = 100, 100; // int
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