Categorized RAF Variable List
The following parameters were measured during HIPPO-2 by the GV core instrumentration. Keep in mind that not all of these variables are included in the production release of data:
| A2DTEMP_CHEM1 | A2D Temperature |
| A2DTEMP_CHEM2 | A2D Temperature |
| A2DTEMP_LWO | A2D Temperature |
| A2DTEMP_O2 | A2D Temperature |
| A2DTEMP_RAD | A2D Temperature |
| A2DTEMP_RWO | A2D Temperature |
| ACGAIN_VXL | VCSEL AC Gain |
| ACINS | IRS Vertical Acceleration |
| ACINS_IRS2 | IRS Vertical Acceleration |
| ADC_DIS_1_A | AirTrfcCtrl Sel, Overspeed, WOW |
| ADIFR | Vertical Differential Pressure, Radome |
| ADIFRTEMP | Temperature of ADIFR Probe |
| AKRD | Attack Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure |
| ALT | IRS Altitude |
| ALTX | Altitude, Reference (MSL) |
| ALT_G | Avionics GPS Altitude (MSL) |
| ALT_IRS2 | IRS Altitude |
| AO2CO2 | AO2 CO2 |
| AO2O2 | AO2 O2 |
| AO2STAT | AO2 STAT |
| AQRATIO | Al's Fudge Factor |
| ATHL1 | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Left |
| ATHL2 | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Left |
| ATHR1 | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Right |
| ATHR2 | Ambient Temperature, Deiced Right |
| ATTACK | Attack Angle, Reference |
| ATTACK_A | ADC Angle of Attack |
| ATX | Ambient Temperature, Reference |
| AT_A | ADC Ambient Air Temperature |
| AT_VXL | VCSEL Ambient Temperature |
| AVGTRNS_LOI | CDP Average Transit Time |
| BALT1_A | ADC Baro Altitude |
| BALT2_A | ADC baro corrected alt #2 |
| BAROCOR1_A | ADC baro correction #1 mB |
| BAROCOR2_A | ADC baro correction #2 mB |
| BCPC_SP2 | NOAA SP2 Back Carbon Particle Concentration |
| BDIFR | Horizontal Differential Pressure, Radome |
| BDIFRTEMP | Temperature of BDIFR Probe |
| BLATA | IRS Body Latitudal Acceleration |
| BLATA_IRS2 | IRS Body Latitudal Acceleration |
| BLONGA | IRS Body Longitudal Acceleration |
| BLONGA_IRS2 | IRS Body Longitudal Acceleration |
| BNORMA | IRS Body Normal Acceleration |
| BNORMA_IRS2 | IRS Body Normal Acceleration |
| CAS_A | ADC Computed Air Speed |
| CDPLBTMP_LOI | CDP Laser Block Temperature |
| CDPLSRC_LOI | CDP Laser Current |
| CDPLSRP_LOI | CDP Laser Power Monitor |
| CDPWBTMP_LOI | CDP Wing Board Temperature |
| CH4_GMD | NOAA UCATS Methane |
| CH4_PAN | NOAA PANTHER Methane |
| CH4_QLIVE | Methane |
| CNTRCUR_VXL | VCSEL Center Current |
| CO2_QLIVE | Carbon Dioxide |
| COCAL_QLIVE | Corrected Carbon Monoxide Concentration |
| COCOR_QLIVE | Raw Carbon Monoxide, Baseline Corrected |
| COMR_AL | Carbon Monoxide Mixing Ratio |
| CONC1DC_LCO | 2D-C Concentration, 260X Emulation (all cells) |
| CONC2C_LCO | 2D-C Concentration |
| CONCD_LOI | CDP Concentration (all cells) |
| CONCU100_RWI | UHSAS Concentration, .1 micron and bigger |
| CONCU500_RWI | UHSAS Concentration, .5 micron and bigger |
| CONCU_RWI | UHSAS Concentration (all cells) |
| CONC_H2O_VXL | VCSEL Moisture Number Density |
| COZRO_QLIVE | Carbon Monoxide Baseline Zero Signal |
| CO_QLIVE | Carbon Monoxide |
| DBAR1DC_LCO | 2D-C Mean Particle Diameter, 260X Emulation |
| DBARD_LOI | CDP Mean Particle Diameter |
| DBARU_RWI | UHSAS Mean Particle Diameter |
| DBZ1DC_LCO | 2D-C Calculated Reflectivity, 260X Emulation |
| DBZD_LOI | CDP Calculated Reflectivity |
| DISP1DC_LCO | 2D-C Dispersion, 260X Emulation (sigma/dbarx) |
| DISPD_LOI | CDP Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) |
| DISPU_RWI | UHSAS Dispersion (sigma/dbarx) |
| DKL_CSD | Zero Level, TDL Long Path |
| DKS_CSD | Zero Level, TDL Short Path |
| DPLB | Dew/Frost Point Balance, Fuselage Left |
| DPLC | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Left |
| DPLS | Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Fuselage Left |
| DPLTEC | Dew/Frost Point TEC, Fuselage Left |
| DPRB | Dew/Frost Point Balance, Fuselage Right |
| DPRC | Dew Point Temperature, T-Electric Right |
| DPRS | Dew/Frost Point Temperature, Fuselage Right |
| DPRTEC | Dew/Frost Point TEC, Fuselage Right |
| DPXC | Dew Point Temperature, Reference |
| DP_VXL | VCSEL Frost Dew Point |
| DRFTA | IRS Drift Angle |
| DRFTA_IRS2 | IRS Drift Angle |
| DT1DC_LCO | Fast 2DC Probe Dead Time |
| EDPC | Ambient Water Vapor Pressure, Reference |
| F11_PAN | NOAA PANTHER CFC-11 |
| GGALT | Reference GPS Altitude (MSL) |
| GGALTC | Corrected GPS Altitude |
| GGALTC_GMN | Corrected GPS Altitude |
| GGALT_GMN | Reference GPS Altitude (MSL) |
| GGDAGE | Time in seconds since last DGPS update |
| GGDAGE_GMN | Time in seconds since last DGPS update |
| GGDAY | Reference GPS Day of month (1-31) |
| GGDAY_GMN | Reference GPS Day of month (1-31) |
| GGEOIDHT | Reference GPS Height of geoid (MSL) above WGS84 ellipsoid |
| GGEOIDHT_GMN | Reference GPS Height of geoid (MSL) above WGS84 ellipsoid |
| GGHORDIL | Reference GPS Horizontal dilution of position |
| GGHORDIL_GMN | Reference GPS Horizontal dilution of position |
| GGLAT | Reference GPS Latitude |
| GGLAT_GMN | Reference GPS Latitude |
| GGLON | Reference GPS Longitude |
| GGLON_GMN | Reference GPS Longitude |
| GGMONTH | Reference GPS Month of year (1-12) |
| GGMONTH_GMN | Reference GPS Month of year (1-12) |
| GGNSAT | Reference GPS number of satellites tracked |
| GGNSAT_GMN | Reference GPS number of satellites tracked |
| GGQUAL | Reference GPS Qual, 0=inval,1=GPS,2=DGPS |
| GGQUAL_GMN | Reference GPS Qual, 0=inval,1=GPS,2=DGPS |
| GGREFID | DGPS station ID number |
| GGREFID_GMN | DGPS station ID number |
| GGSECSDAY | Reference GPS seconds of day |
| GGSECSDAY_GMN | Reference GPS seconds of day |
| GGSPD | Reference GPS Ground Speed |
| GGSPD_GMN | Reference GPS Ground Speed |
| GGSTATUS | Reference GPS rcvr status: 1=OK(A), 0=warning(V) |
| GGSTATUS_GMN | Reference GPS rcvr status: 1=OK(A), 0=warning(V) |
| GGTRK | Reference GPS Track Angle |
| GGTRK_GMN | Reference GPS Track Angle |
| GGVEW | Reference GPS Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| GGVEW_GMN | Reference GPS Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| GGVNS | Reference GPS Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| GGVNS_GMN | Reference GPS Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| GGYEAR | Reference GPS 2 digit year |
| GGYEAR_GMN | Reference GPS 2 digit year |
| GSF | IRS Aircraft Ground Speed |
| GSF_G | Avionics GPS Ground Speed |
| GSF_IRS2 | IRS Aircraft Ground Speed |
| GSTAT_G | Avionics GPS Sensor Status |
| GTIME_G | Avionics GPS UTC Measure Time |
| H2OMR_GMD | NOAA UCATS Water Vapor Mixing Ratio |
| IAS | Indicated Airspeed |
| IDXL_CSD | Spectral Line Position, TDL Long Path |
| IDXS_CSD | Spectral Line Position, TDL Short Path |
| IRIG_Status_304 | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Status_305 | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Status_310 | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Status_313 | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Status_LWO | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Status_RWO | IRIG status: bit 0=SYNC,1=NOCODE,2=NOPPS,3=NOMAJT,4=NOYEAR,5=NOSYNC |
| IRIG_Tdiff_304 | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IRIG_Tdiff_305 | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IRIG_Tdiff_310 | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IRIG_Tdiff_313 | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IRIG_Tdiff_LWO | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IRIG_Tdiff_RWO | IRIG-UNIX clock diff |
| IWD | IRS Wind Direction |
| IWD_IRS2 | IRS Wind Direction |
| IWS | IRS Wind Speed |
| IWS_IRS2 | IRS Wind Speed |
| LAT | IRS Latitude |
| LATC | GPS-Corrected Inertial Latitude |
| LATF_G | Avionics GPS Latitude Fine |
| LAT_G | Avionics GPS Latitude |
| LAT_IRS2 | IRS Latitude |
| LON | IRS Longitude |
| LONC | GPS-Corrected Inertial Longitude |
| LONF_G | Avionics GPS Longitude Fine |
| LON_G | Avionics GPS Longitude |
| LON_IRS2 | IRS Longitude |
| LSRINT_VXL | VCSEL Laser Intensity |
| LSRTMP_VXL | VCSEL Laser Temperature |
| MACH_A | ADC Mach Number |
| MEDCO2 | Medusa CO2 |
| MEDFLOW | Medusa Flow |
| MEDH2O | Medusa H2O |
| MEDP1 | Medusa Presure 1 |
| MEDP2 | Medusa Presure 2 |
| MEDPBYP | Medusa Pressure Bypass |
| MEDSTAT1 | Medusa Status |
| MEDSTAT2 | Medusa Status |
| MEDSTAT3 | Medusa Status |
| MED_PSA | Medusa Sample Pressure |
| MODE_VXL | VCSEL Mode |
| MR | Mixing Ratio, T-Electric |
| MRTDLL_CSD | Mixing Ratio, TDL Long Absorption Path |
| MRTDLS_CSD | Mixing Ratio, TDL Short Absorption Path |
| N2O_GMD | NOAA UCATS Nitrous Oxide |
| N2O_PAN | NOAA PANTHER Nitrous Oxide |
| N2O_QLIVE | Nitrous Oxide |
| NOSETMP | Radome Environmental Box Temperature |
| O3MR_CSD | NOAA O3 Ozone Mixing Ratio |
| O3MR_GMD | NOAA UCATS Ozone Mixing Ratio |
| ONE | Constant value of 1. |
| OVFLW_LOI | CDP AtoD Converter Overflow/Overrange |
| PALT | NACA Pressure Altitude |
| PALTF | NACA Pressure Altitude |
| PALT_A | ADC Pressure Altitude |
| PCAB_SP2 | SP2 Cabin Pressure |
| PCELLS_CSD | Sample Cell Pressure, TDL Short Path |
| PITCH | IRS Aircraft Pitch Angle |
| PITCH_IRS2 | IRS Aircraft Pitch Angle |
| PKPOS_VXL | VCSEL Peak Position |
| PLWC | Raw PMS-King Liquid Water Content Output |
| PLWC1DC_LCO | 2D-C Water/Ice Content, 260X Emulation |
| PLWCD_LOI | CDP Water/Ice Content |
| PP2FL_CSD | 2f Signal Amplitude, TDL Long Path |
| PP2FS_CSD | 2f Signal Amplitude, TDL Short Path |
| PREGAIN_VXL | VCSEL Pre Gain |
| PSF | Raw Static Pressure, Fuselage |
| PSFC | Corrected Static Pressure, Fuselage |
| PSX | Raw Static Pressure, Reference |
| PSXC | Corrected Static Pressure, Reference |
| PS_A | ADC Static Pressure |
| PS_CSD | NOAA O3 Ambiant Pressure |
| PS_VXL | VCSEL Ambient Pressure |
| PT_A | ADC Total Pressure |
| PVOLU_RWI | UHSAS Equivalent Volume |
| PWRL_CSD | Laser Power, TDL Long Path |
| PWRS_CSD | Laser Power, TDL Short Path |
| PresLHe_PAN | NOAA PANTHER Press He Low |
| PresLN2_PAN | NOAA PANTHER Press N2 Low |
| QCF | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage |
| QCFC | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Fuselage |
| QCFTEMP | Temperature of QCF Probe |
| QCR | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Radome |
| QCRC | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Radome |
| QCRTEMP | Temperature of QCR Probe |
| QCX | Raw Dynamic Pressure, Reference |
| QCXC | Corrected Dynamic Pressure, Reference |
| QC_A | ADC Impact Pressure |
| REFF2DC_LCO | 1DC Effective Radius |
| REFFD_LOI | CDP Effective Radius |
| REJAT_LOI | CDP Average Transit Rejected Particles |
| REJDOF_LOI | CDP Particles Rejected (Outside Depth-of-Field)) |
| RHODT | Absolute Humidity, T-Electric Top |
| RHUM | Relative Humidity |
| RICE | Raw Icing-Rate Indicator |
| ROLL | IRS Aircraft Roll Angle |
| ROLL_IRS2 | IRS Aircraft Roll Angle |
| SETTMP_VXL | VCSEL Set Temperature |
| SF6_PAN | NOAA PANTHER Sulfur Hexaflouride |
| SHDORC_LCO | Fast 2DC Shadow OR Count |
| SOLAZ | Solar Azimuth Angle |
| SOLDE | Solar Declination Angle |
| SOLEL | Solar Elevation Angle |
| SOLZE | Solar Zenith Angle |
| SSLIP | Sideslip Angle, Reference |
| SSRD | Sideslip Angle, Radome Diff. Pressure |
| STATUS_VXL | VCSEL Status Code |
| SampleFlow_SP2 | NOAA SP2 Sample Flow |
| SampleP_SP2 | NOAA SP2 Sample P |
| TASF | Aircraft True Airspeed, Fuselage |
| TASHC | Aircraft True Airspeed, Humidity Corrected |
| TASR | Aircraft True Airspeed, Radome |
| TASX | Aircraft True Airspeed, Reference |
| TAS_A | ADC True Air Speed |
| TCAB | Cabin Temperature at AEROSOL Rack Location |
| TCC_VXL | VCSEL Thermoelectric Cooler Current |
| TCELLS_CSD | Sample Cell Temperature, TDL Short Path |
| TCNTD_LOI | CDP Total Counts (all cells) |
| TCNTU_RWI | UHSAS Total Counts (all cells) |
| THDG | IRS Aircraft True Heading Angle |
| THDG_IRS2 | IRS Aircraft True Heading Angle |
| THETA | Potential Temperature |
| THETAE | Equivalent Potential Temperature |
| THETAV | Virtual Potential Temperature |
| TKAT | IRS Aircraft Track Angle |
| TKAT_G | Avionics GPS Track Angle |
| TKAT_IRS2 | IRS Aircraft Track Angle |
| TTHL1 | Total Temperature, Deiced Left |
| TTHL1C | Corrected Total Temperature, Deiced Left |
| TTHL2 | Total Temperature, Deiced Left |
| TTHL2C | Corrected Total Temperature, Deiced Left |
| TTHR1 | Total Temperature, Deiced Right |
| TTHR1C | Corrected Total Temperature, Deiced Right |
| TTHR2 | Total Temperature, Deiced Right |
| TTHR2C | Corrected Total Temperature, Deiced Right |
| TTX | Total Temperature, Reference |
| TT_A | ADC Total Air Temperature |
| Time | time of measurement |
| UBTMP_RWI | UHSAS Temperature in Canister |
| UCURR_RWI | UHSAS Laser Current |
| UDIFF_RWI | UHSAS Absolute Pressure in Canister, signal |
| UFLWC_RWI | UHSAS Corrected Flow |
| UI | Wind Vector, East Component |
| UIC | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, East Component |
| UPRESS_RWI | UHSAS Absolute Pressure in Canister |
| UREF_RWI | UHSAS Reference Intensity |
| USCAT_RWI | UHSAS Background Scatter |
| USHFLW_RWI | UHSAS Air Sheath Flow |
| USMPFLW_RWI | UHSAS Sample Flow |
| UTEMP_RWI | UHSAS Temperature in Canister, signal |
| UX | Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component |
| UXC | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Longitudinal Component |
| VEW | IRS Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VEWC | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VEW_G | Avionics GPS Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VEW_IRS2 | IRS Ground Speed Vector, East Component |
| VI | Wind Vector, North Component |
| VIC | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, North Component |
| VNS | IRS Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VNSC | GPS-Corrected Inertial Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VNS_G | Avionics GPS Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VNS_IRS2 | IRS Ground Speed Vector, North Component |
| VSPD | IRS Vertical Speed |
| VSPD_G | Avionics GPS Vertical Velocity |
| VSPD_IRS2 | IRS Vertical Speed |
| VY | Wind Vector, Lateral Component |
| VYC | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Lateral Component |
| WD | Horizontal Wind Direction |
| WDC | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Direction |
| WI | Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component |
| WIC | GPS-Corrected Wind Vector, Vertical Gust Component |
| WP3 | Damped Aircraft Vertical Velocity |
| WS | Horizontal Wind Speed |
| WSC | GPS-Corrected Horizontal Wind Speed |
| XMACH2 | Aircraft Mach Number Squared |
| XRAWMRL_CSD | Raw Water Mixing Ratio, TDL Long Path |
| XRAWMRS_CSD | Raw Water Mixing Ratio, TDL Short Path |
| YAGP_SP2 | SP2 YAG Power |
| ZERO | Constant value of 0 |
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