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NAME

   amsu.amsua.L1C.AMSUALevel1CFileConcurrentNetCDF.java 

PURPOSE

   To convert a group of AMSU-A level 1b files to recalibrated level 1c radiance netcdf files.

DESCRIPTION

   This is the main class of the AMSU-A radiance FCDR. 
   It supports concurrent generating of level l1c radiance netcdf files using multi-threading technique. 

AUTHOR

   Wenhui Wang,  I. M. Systems Group@NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

CREATION DATE

   09/23/2009

COPYRIGHT

   THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC
   DOMAIN AND THUS ARE AVAILABLE FOR UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC USE. THEY ARE
   FURNISHED "AS IS." THE AUTHORS, THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, ITS
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   EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE USEFULNESS OF THE SOFTWARE AND
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   SUPPORT TO USERS.
    
   Fair Use of NOAA's CDR Data Sets, Algorithms and Documentation: ALTHOUGH 
   UNRESTRICTED, USERS OF THE SOFTWARE AND DATASETS SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE 
   AND CITE THE NOAA MSU/AMSU CDR TEAM IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, 
   AND/OR ANY DERIVED DATA PRODUCTS THAT WERE PRODUCED USING THE ORIGINAL 
   DATA SET.
    
   Acknowledgement Request:  The AMSU-A FCDR used in this study was acquired 
   from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov). This 
   FCDR was originally developed by Cheng-Zhi Zou and Wenhui Wang through 
   support from NOAA's CDR Program.
    
   Citation Request: 
       Zou, Cheng-Zhi and Wenhui Wang (2011), Inter-satellite calibration of 
       AMSU-A observations for weather and climate applications, J. Geophys. Res.,
       Vol. 116, D23113, doi:10.1029/2011JD016205
       Zou, C.-Z., M. Goldberg, Z. Cheng, N. Grody, J. Sullivan, C. Cao, and 
       D. Tarpley (2006) Recalibration of microwave sounding unit for climate 
       studies using simultaneous nadir overpasses. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D19114, 
       doi:10.1029/2005JD006798
       Goldberg, M. D., D. S. Crosby, and L. Zhou, (2001) The limb adjustment of 
       AMSU-A observations: Methodology and validation. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 70.83

REVISION HISTORY

   06/04/2013 Modified main(...) so that the AQUA AMSU-A radiance FCDR files will 
              have the same FCDR variables as NOAA AMSU-A.
   05/20/2013 Initial Version prepared for NCDC
   03/05/2010 Initial version developed for the 2010 Workshop on Climate Data Records
              from Satellite Microwave Radiometry.
   01/24/2010 add AMSUALevel1cFileConfig to dedicate to system configuration

INPUTS

   args -- input control parameters for the main program. 
           Please refer to AMSULevel1CFileConfig.java for the definition of 
           different input parameters.

OUTPUTS

   level 1c radiance netcdf files.