The ASCII format of the P3 flight data were extracted from the NetCDF files provided by the JOSS's Office. ALL 95 variables were extracted (some variables are the error flags that came along with some variables). The first number in the file is the number of raws and the second one the number of columns Column, Var name, Units, Extended name 1 time_offset Seconds since base_time 2 YEAR common_year UTC Raw Tape Date Component 3 MONTH month UTC Raw Tape Date Component 4 DAY day UTC Raw Tape Date Component 5 HOUR hours UTC Raw Tape Time Component 6 MINUTE minutes UTC Raw Tape Date Component 7 SECOND s UTC Raw Tape Date Component 8 TIME_ERR UNDEF TIME ERROR FLAG 9 LAT degrees_north LATITUDE Xla1+Xla2/60 10 LAT_ERR UNDEF LATITUDE ERROR FLAG 11 LON degrees_east LONGITUDE Xlo1+Xlo2/60 12 LON_ERR UNDEF LONGITUDE ERROR FLAG 13 Ralt meters RADAR ALTITUDE 14 Ralt_ERR UNDEF RADAR ALTITUDE ERROR FLAG 15 PS mbar PRESSURE 16 PS_ERR UNDEF PRESSURE ERROR FLAG 17 TA degC AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 18 TA_ERR UNDEF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ERROR FLAG 19 TW1 degC DEWPOINT SENSOR 20 TW1_ERR UNDEF DEWPOINT SENSOR ERROR FLAG 21 RD degC RADIOMETER DOWN 22 RD_ERR UNDEF RADIOMETER DOWN ERROR FLAG 23 RS degC RADIOMETER SIDE 24 RS_ERR UNDEF RADIOMETER SIDE ERROR FLAG 25 GS m/s GROUND SPEED 26 GS_ERR UNDEF GROUND SPEED ERROR FLAG 27 TS m/s TRUE AIRSPEED 28 TS_ERR UNDEF TRUE AIRSPEED ERROR FLAG 29 WGS m/s VERT. GROUND SPEED 30 WGS_ERR UNDEF VERT. GROUND SPEED ERROR FLAG 31 TK degrees TRACK 32 TK_ERR UNDEF TRACK ERROR FLAG 33 HD degrees HEADING (TRUE) 34 HD_ERR UNDEF HEADING (TRUE) ERROR FLAG 35 PC degrees PITCH 36 PC_ERR UNDEF PITCH ERROR FLAG 37 RL degrees ROLL 38 RL_ERR UNDEF ROLL ERROR FLAG 39 AA degrees ATTACK ANGLE 40 AA_ERR UNDEF ATTACK ANGLE ERROR FLAG 41 SA degrees SLIP ANGLE 42 SA_ERR UNDEF SLIP ANGLE ERROR FLAG 43 LW gram/m3 J-W LIQ. WATER 44 LW_ERR UNDEF J-W LIQ. WATER ERROR FLAG 45 PQ mbar DYNAMIC PRESSURE 46 PQ_ERR UNDEF DYNAMIC PRESSURE ERROR FLAG 47 TD degC DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE 48 RU degC RADIOMETER UP (IF AVAIL) 49 SW1 UNDEF SWITCHES 50 SW2 UNDEF SWITCHES 51 SW3 UNDEF SWITCHES 52 UTAIL UNDEF E/W VELOCITY OF TAIL 53 VTAIL UNDEF N/S VELOCITY OF TAIL 54 WTAIL UNDEF VERT VELOCITY OF TAIL 55 GA m GEOPOTENTIAL ALT. (METER) 56 PALT m PRESSURE ALT. (METER) 57 DV m D-VALUE 58 HT m HEIGHT STANDARD 59 SP mbar SURFACE PRESSURE 60 RH % RELATIVE HUMIDITY 61 TV degK VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE 62 WAS m/s VERTICAL AIRSPEED 63 GM UNDEF RATIO SPECIFIC HEATS 64 AMA UNDEF MACH NUMBER 65 DA degrees DRIFT 66 GSX m/s E/W GROUND SPEED 67 GSY m/s N/S GROUND SPEED 68 TX m/s E/W TRUE AIRSPEED 69 TY m/s N/S TRUE AIRSPEED 70 WX m/s E/W WIND SPEED 71 WY m/s N/S WIND SPEED 72 WZ m/s VERTICAL WIND SPEED 73 WS m/s WIND SPEED 74 WD degrees WIND DIRECTION 75 EW mbar SAT. VAPOR PRES 76 EE mbar VAPOR PRESSURE 77 MR gram/kg MIXING RATIO 78 PT degK POTENTIAL TEMP 79 ET degK EQUIVALENT POT.TEMP. 80 WXB m/s E/W AVERAGE WIND 81 WYB m/s N/S AVERAGE WIND 82 WSB m/s AVERAGE WIND SPEED 83 WDB degrees AVERAGE WIND DIR 84 AV1 m/s2 VERTICAL ACCELEROMETER #1 85 AV2 m/s2 VERTICAL ACCELEROMETER #2 86 WAC s SEC. WIND AVERAGED OVER 87 BT1 degC AXBT1 Ch 1 TEMP 88 BT2 degC AXBT2 Ch 2 TEMP 89 BT3 degC AXBT3 Ch 3 TEMP 90 NAV UNDEF 1 = INE 1, 2 = INE 2 91 ITMP UNDEF TOTAL TEMP USED: 1 OR 2 92 KING volts KING LIQ. 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There are 95 columns********