The data are saved in tab-delimited ASCII text files. Each time record
is a row of text separated by a carriage return and line feed (Windows
stardard). Each record has 30 columns for each of the variables.
Missing data is filled with the text "NaN".

The following matlab code between >> << loads the data into
memory. The comment following the % describes the variable name and
units in each column.

>>
xyz=load('cloud_10min2001.txt');
                    % variable name; units
yrr=xyz(:,1);       % Year of the cruise; Gregorian year
jdd=xyz(:,2);       % yearday; days since proir December 31
latd=xyz(:,3);      % Latitude; degrees
lond=xyz(:,4);      % Longitude; degrees
tsgd=xyz(:,5);      % Ship thermosalinograph water temperature (5 m depth); degrees C
tsd=xyz(:,6);       % ESRL seasnake water temperature (5 cm depth); degrees Celsius
tad=xyz(:,7);       % Air Temperature (18 m); degree Celsius
uxd=xyz(:,8);       % Westerly wind component; m/s
uyd=xyz(:,9);       % Southerly wind component; m/s
ud=xyz(:,10);       % Wind speed; m/s
hsd=xyz(:,11);      % Sensible heat flux; W/m^2
hld=xyz(:,12);      % Latent heat flux; W/m^2
stress=xyz(:,13);   % Stress; N/m^2
raind=xyz(:,14);    % Rain rate; mm/hr
rld=xyz(:,15);      % Downward IR flux; W/m^2
rlclrd=xyz(:,16);   % Clear sky downward IR flux; W/m^2
rsd=xyz(:,17);      % Downward solar flux; W/m^2
rsclrd=xyz(:,18);   % Clear sky downward solar flux; W/m^2
zb1md=xyz(:,19);    % 15th percentile cloud base height, 15% of cloud bases lower than zb1md; meters
zbmd=xyz(:,20);     % Median cloud base height; meters
zb2md=xyz(:,21);    % 85th percentile cloud base height, 85% of cloud bases lower than zb2md; meters
topd=xyz(:,22);     % Cloud top height; meters
clodthkd=xyz(:,23); % Cloud thickness; meters
taud=xyz(:,24);     % Cloud optical thickness; none
wmd=xyz(:,25);      % Cloud liquid water path; g/m^2
cfd=xyz(:,26);      % Cloud fraction; none
ndd=xyz(:,27);      % Number cloud drops deduced from optical thickness; number per cm^3
aer1d=xyz(:,28);    % Aerosol number, size>.1 micron and size<.2 micron; number per cm^3
aer2d=xyz(:,29);    % Aerosol number, size>.3 micron and size<.5 micron; number per cm^3
aer3d=xyz(:,30);    % Aerosol number, size>1 micron and size<5 micron; number per cm^3
ivd=xyz(:,31)       % water vapor path; cm
qad=xyz(:,32)       % surface air specific humidity; g/kg
tlcld=xyz(:,33)     % lifting condensation level temperature; K
zlcld=xyz(:,34)     % lifting condensation level height; km
aertd=xyz(:,35)     % total accumulation mode aerosols; number per cm^3
<<

2008 March 31
Simon de Szoeke
Simon.deSzoeke@noaa.gov