00README for HES regression retrieval                        July 07, 2005


These binary files are  HES regression retrieval in IEEE 
floating point with little-endian byte ordering.

Each cube contains 64x64 (row by column) records.


NL = 101             ! (number of layer)
LENG = 3*NL + 9      ! (record length)

CONTENT                 DESCRIPTION                      UNIT
do L = 1, nl
 prof(L)     = tair(L)  Air Temperature                  K
 prof(L+  nl)= h2o(L)   Water vapor layer amount         g/Kg
 prpf(L+2*nl)= ozo(L)   Ozone layer amount               ppm
enddo  
prof(3*nl+1) = COT      Cloud Optical Thickness          -- 
prof(3*nl+2) =  <reserved>                               --
prof(3*nl+3) = tsurf    Surface skin temperature         K
prof(3*nl+4) = ter      Terrain height                   m
prof(3*nl+5) = lat      Latitude                         Degree
prof(3*nl+6) = lon      Longitude                        Degree
prof(3*nl+7) = Pc       Cloud top pressure               hPa
prof(3*nl+8) =  <reserved>                                --
prof(3*nl+9) = psurf    Surface pressure                 hPa


special or missing value is filled with 9999.

Questions and comments regarding to the regression retrieval and data
structure, please contact:
Dr. Jun Li     <jun.li@ssec.wisc.edu>
Chian-Yi Liu   <cyliu@ssec.wisc.edu>