NOTES ABOUT THE CLOUD RADIATIVE FLUXES DATA

	•	Temporal coverage: January–March, 2007–2011

	•	Data are chunked into two regions: 
  	Beaufort Sea (70N-82N, 120W-180W): cases_22nd_try_multiple_layer_beaufort_all.zip
  	Kara_Laptev_Siberia Sea (70N-82N, 60E-180E): cases_22nd_try_multiple_layer_kara_laptev_siberia_all.zip 

	•	After unzip, each file refers to a satellite track within the focused domain; an example as below:
	“2010090230239_20877_Cloud_Forcing_Granule_22th_multiple_clds.cdf”
	Year: 2010
	Day of year: 090
	Time:23h 02min 39ss
	orbital granule number: 20877

	•	Variables included in each file:
netcdf \2010090230239_20877_Cloud_Forcing_Granule_22th_multiple_clds {
dimensions:
	Profile_Number = 37081 ;
	height = 84 ;
	laux_height_583 = 583 ;
	ceres_index_20km = 1428 ;
	Profile_Number_sub = 37 ;
	ncloudlayers_rl = 5 ;
variables:
	float latitude(Profile_Number) ;
	float longitude(Profile_Number) ;
	float cloudsat_dbz(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ir_clear_flux_dn(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float height(height) ;
	float laux_height_583(laux_height_583) ;
	float toa_clear_solar_up(Profile_Number) ;
	float toa_clear_solar_dn(Profile_Number) ;
	float toa_clear_ir_up(Profile_Number) ;
	float ir_clear_flux_up(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_clear_flux_diffuse(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_clear_flux_direct(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_clear_flux_dn(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_clear_flux_up(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_omega_solar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_omega_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float liq_omega_solar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float liq_omega_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_g_solar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_g_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float liq_g_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_tau_solar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ice_tau_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float liq_tau_ir(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float liq_tau_solar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float toa_ir_up(Profile_Number) ;
	float toa_solar_dn(Profile_Number) ;
	float toa_solar_up(Profile_Number) ;
	float ir_flux_dn(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float ir_flux_up(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_flux_diffuse(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_flux_direct(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_flux_dn(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float solar_flux_up(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float zenith_angle(Profile_Number) ;
	float lwc(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float iwc(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float re_liq(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float re_ice(height, Profile_Number) ;
	short lcl_incex(Profile_Number) ;
	short inv_incex(Profile_Number) ;
	float lwc_l_prof_lidar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float re_l_prof_lidar(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float lidar_atten_flag(Profile_Number) ;
	float cld_phase_flag_mace(Profile_Number) ;
	float cld_phase_flag_cesana(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float tau_thin_cloud_col(Profile_Number) ;
	float ceres_lw_up_toa_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float ceres_sw_up_toa_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float ceres_index_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float ir_flux_up_out_toa_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float solar_flux_up_out_toa_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float lat_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float lon_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float ir_clear_flux_up_out_toa_20km(ceres_index_20km) ;
	float skin_temp_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float laux_tab532(laux_height_583, Profile_Number_sub) ;
	float laux_pab532(laux_height_583, Profile_Number_sub) ;
	float cth_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float cbh_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float ctt_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float cbt_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float inv_strength_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float inv_depth_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float inv_top_height_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float inv_bot_height_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float suralb_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float lwp_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float iwp_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float time_along_prof_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float temp_prof_out(height, Profile_Number) ;
	float prof_category_out(Profile_Number) ;
	float lowest_lidar_atten_flag(Profile_Number) ;
	float cloudlayers_rl(Profile_Number) ;
	float layerbase_rl(Profile_Number, ncloudlayers_rl) ;
	float layertop_rl(Profile_Number, ncloudlayers_rl) ;
}

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Note: most of the variable names are self-explanatory. Those not straightforward are detailed below:
laux_height_583:  layer attnuated backscatter
ice_omega_solar: ice asymmetry parameter w.r.t. solar
ice_g_solar: ice single-scattering albedo
ice_tau_solar: ice optical depth
lidar_atten_flag: 1- Surface is visible or Optically thin layer; 2-Surface is invisible or Optically thick layer
cld_phase_flag_mace: 1- liquid-dominate, 2- HOI-mixed-phase, 3- ROI-mixed-phase, 4- HOI-ice , 5- ROI-ice; where HOI =  horizontally oriented ice;  ROI = randomly oriented ice
cld_phase_flag_cesana: 3-liquid, 5-ice
cth_out: cloud top height of the lowest cloudy layer
cbh_out: cloud bottom height of the lowest cloudy layer
ctt_out: cloud top temperature of the lowest cloudy layer
cbt_out: cloud bottom temperature of the lowest cloudy layer
prof_category_out: 0-clear, 1-single-layer-low, 2-single-mid, 3-single-high, 4-twolayer-lowmid, 5-twolayer-lowhigh, 6-twolayer-midhigh, 7-othertwolayer, 8-threelayer-lowmidhigh, 9-otherthreelayer,10-fourandfivelayer
lowest_lidar_atten_flag: 1- Optically thin of the lowest cloudy layer;  2- Optically thick of the lowest cloudy layer
lcl_incex: please ignore (not used)
inv_incex: please ignore (not used)