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NAME

   amsu.amsua.L1C.AMSUALevel1CFileNetCDF.java 

PURPOSE

   To generate AMSU-A level 1c radiance file in netCDF format.

DESCRIPTION

   This class provides methods for creating or modifying global attributes and 
   variables of level 1c netcdf file.

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
   INSTRUMENTALITIES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS MAKE NO WARRANTY,
   EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE USEFULNESS OF THE SOFTWARE AND
   DOCUMENTATION FOR ANY PURPOSE. THEY ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY (1) FOR
   THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION; OR (2) TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL
   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

   06/20/2013 Modified variable attriubtes of pixel level quality flags. 
   06/05/2013 Overrided methods in super classes to generate FCDR variables that meet
              NCDC's requirement. Following methods were overrided:
              createDimensions(...)
              getCDRVariableNames()
              writeSceneTemperatureVariables()
              createQCVariables()
              createSceneTemperatureVariables()
   05/20/2013 Initial Version prepared for NCDC
   05/14/2013 1. Added generateUncertaintyData() to generate uncertainty global 
                   attribute 
              2. Added NOAA-15 NEdT constant (nedtsN15) from Mo 1999 to generate 
                   uncertainty global attribute modified updateGlobalAttributes() 
                   to update the uncertainty global attribute
   04/30/2013 Added AMSUALevel1CGlobalAttributes
   10/22/2011 Added updateTimeGlobalAttributes() method to modify global time 
              attribute in the end of a L1C file generation
   03/05/2010 Initial version developed for the 2010 Workshop on Climate Data Records
              from Satellite Microwave Radiometry.