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! History:
! May 2015- D. Swales - Original version
! Mar 2018- R. Guzman - Added OPAQ diagnostics and GLID simulator
! Apr 2018- R. Guzman - Added ATLID simulator
!
! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


MODULE MOD_COSP
  USE COSP_KINDS,                  ONLY: wp
  USE MOD_COSP_CONFIG,             ONLY: R_UNDEF,PARASOL_NREFL,LIDAR_NCAT,LIDAR_NTYPE, SR_BINS,&
                                         N_HYDRO,RTTOV_MAX_CHANNELS,numMISRHgtBins,      &
                                         cloudsat_DBZE_BINS,LIDAR_NTEMP,calipso_histBsct,&
                                         use_vgrid,Nlvgrid,vgrid_zu,vgrid_zl,vgrid_z,    &
                                         numMODISTauBins,numMODISPresBins,               &
                                         numMODISReffIceBins,numMODISReffLiqBins,        &
                                         numISCCPTauBins,numISCCPPresBins,numMISRTauBins,&
                                         ntau,modis_histTau,tau_binBounds,               &
                                         modis_histTauEdges,tau_binEdges,nCloudsatPrecipClass,&
                                         modis_histTauCenters,tau_binCenters,            &
!                                         cloudsat_preclvl,grLidar532_histBsct,atlid_histBsct !PREC_BUG
                                         grLidar532_histBsct,atlid_histBsct                                
  USE MOD_COSP_MODIS_INTERFACE,      ONLY: cosp_modis_init,       modis_IN
!  USE MOD_COSP_RTTOV_INTERFACE,      ONLY: cosp_rttov_init,       rttov_IN
  USE MOD_COSP_MISR_INTERFACE,       ONLY: cosp_misr_init,        misr_IN
  USE MOD_COSP_ISCCP_INTERFACE,      ONLY: cosp_isccp_init,       isccp_IN
  USE MOD_COSP_CALIPSO_INTERFACE,    ONLY: cosp_calipso_init,     calipso_IN
  USE MOD_COSP_ATLID_INTERFACE,      ONLY: cosp_atlid_init,       atlid_IN 
  USE MOD_COSP_GRLIDAR532_INTERFACE, ONLY: cosp_grLidar532_init, grLidar532_IN
  USE MOD_COSP_PARASOL_INTERFACE,    ONLY: cosp_parasol_init,     parasol_in
  USE MOD_COSP_CLOUDSAT_INTERFACE,   ONLY: cosp_cloudsat_init,    cloudsat_IN
  USE quickbeam,                     ONLY: quickbeam_subcolumn,   quickbeam_column, radar_cfg
  USE MOD_ICARUS,                    ONLY: icarus_subcolumn,      icarus_column
  USE MOD_MISR_SIMULATOR,            ONLY: misr_subcolumn,        misr_column
  USE MOD_LIDAR_SIMULATOR,           ONLY: lidar_subcolumn,       lidar_column
  USE MOD_MODIS_SIM,                 ONLY: modis_subcolumn,       modis_column
  USE MOD_PARASOL,                   ONLY: parasol_subcolumn,     parasol_column
!  use mod_cosp_rttov,                ONLY: rttov_column
  USE MOD_COSP_STATS,                ONLY: COSP_LIDAR_ONLY_CLOUD,COSP_CHANGE_VERTICAL_GRID

  IMPLICIT NONE

  logical :: linitialization ! Initialization flag

  ! ######################################################################################
  ! TYPE cosp_column_inputs
  ! ######################################################################################
  type cosp_column_inputs
     integer :: &
          Npoints,             & ! Number of gridpoints.
          Ncolumns,            & ! Number of columns.
          Nlevels                ! Number of levels.

     integer,allocatable,dimension(:) :: &
          sunlit                 ! Sunlit flag                            (0-1)

     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:,:) :: &
          at,                  & ! Temperature                            (K)
          pfull,               & ! Pressure                               (Pa)
          phalf,               & ! Pressure at half-levels                (Pa)
          qv,                  & ! Specific humidity                      (kg/kg)
          hgt_matrix,          & ! Height of hydrometeors                 (km)
          hgt_matrix_half        ! Height of hydrometeors at half levels  (km)

     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:) :: &
          land,                & ! Land/Sea mask                          (0-1)
          skt,                 & ! Surface temperature                    (K)
          surfelev               ! Surface Elevation                      (m)
     ! Fields used ONLY by RTTOV
     integer :: &
          month                  ! Month for surface emissivty atlas      (1-12)
     real(wp) :: &
          zenang,              & ! Satellite zenith angle for RTTOV       (deg)
          co2,                 & ! CO2                                    (kg/kg)
          ch4,                 & ! Methane                                (kg/kg)
          n2o,                 & ! N2O                                    (kg/kg)
          co                     ! CO                                     (kg/kg)
     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:) :: &
          emis_sfc,            & ! Surface emissivity                     (1)
          u_sfc,               & ! Surface u-wind                         (m/s)
          v_sfc,               & ! Surface v-wind                         (m/s)
          seaice,              & ! Sea-ice fraction                       (0-1)
          lat,                 & ! Latitude                              (deg)
          lon                    ! Longitude                              (deg)
     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:,:) :: &
          o3,                  & ! Ozone                                  (kg/kg)
          tca,                 & ! Total column cloud fraction            (0-1)
          cloudIce,            & ! Cloud ice water mixing ratio           (kg/kg)
          cloudLiq,            & ! Cloud liquid water mixing ratio        (kg/kg)
          fl_rain,             & ! Precipitation (rain) flux              (kg/m2/s)
          fl_snow                ! Precipitation (snow) flux              (kg/m2/s)
  end type cosp_column_inputs

  ! ######################################################################################
  ! TYPE cosp_optical_inputs
  ! ######################################################################################
  type cosp_optical_inputs
     integer :: &
          Npoints,             & ! Number of gridpoints.
          Ncolumns,            & ! Number of columns.
          Nlevels,             & ! Number of levels.
          Npart,               & ! Number of cloud meteors for LIDAR simulators.
          Nrefl                  ! Number of reflectances for PARASOL simulator
     real(wp) :: &
          emsfc_lw               ! Surface emissivity @ 11micron
     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:,:,:) :: &
          frac_out,            & ! Cloud fraction
          tau_067,             & ! Optical depth @ 0.67micron
          emiss_11,            & ! Emissivity @ 11 micron
          fracLiq,             & ! Fraction of optical-depth due to liquid (MODIS)
          asym,                & ! Assymetry parameter @ 3.7micron (MODIS)
          ss_alb,              & ! Single-scattering albedo @ 3.7micron (MODIS)
          betatot_calipso,     & ! Lidar backscatter coefficient (calipso @ 532nm)
          betatot_grLidar532,  & ! Lidar backscatter coefficient (ground-lidar @ 532nm)
          betatot_atlid,       & ! Lidar backscatter coefficient (atlid @ 355nm)
          betatot_ice_calipso, & ! Lidar backscatter coefficient ICE (calipso @ 532nm)
          betatot_liq_calipso, & ! Lidar backscatter coefficient LIQUID (calipso @ 532nm)
          tautot_calipso,      & ! Lidar Optical thickness (calipso @ 532nm)
          tautot_grLidar532,   & ! Lidar Optical thickness (ground-lidar @ 532nm)  
          tautot_atlid,        & ! Lidar Optical thickness (atlid @ 355nm)
          tautot_ice_calipso,  & ! Lidar Ice Optical thickness (calipso @ 532nm)
          tautot_liq_calipso,  & ! Lidar Liquid Optical thickness (calipso @ 532nm)
          z_vol_cloudsat,      & ! Effective reflectivity factor (mm^6/m^3)
          kr_vol_cloudsat,     & ! Attenuation coefficient hydro (dB/km) 
          g_vol_cloudsat         ! Attenuation coefficient gases (dB/km)
     real(wp),allocatable,dimension(:,:) :: &
          beta_mol_calipso,    & ! Lidar molecular backscatter coefficient (calipso @ 532nm)
          beta_mol_grLidar532, & ! Lidar molecular backscatter coefficient (ground-lidar @ 532nm) 
          beta_mol_atlid,      & ! Lidar molecular backscatter coefficient (atlid @ 355nm)
          tau_mol_calipso,     & ! Lidar molecular optical depth (calipso @ 532nm)
          tau_mol_grLidar532,  & ! Lidar molecular optical depth (ground-lidar @ 532nm) 
          tau_mol_atlid,       & ! Lidar molecular optical depth (atlid @ 355nm)
          tautot_S_liq,        & ! Parasol Liquid water optical thickness, from TOA to SFC
          tautot_S_ice,        & ! Parasol Ice water optical thickness, from TOA to SFC
          fracPrecipIce          ! Fraction of precipitation which is frozen (1).
     type(radar_cfg) :: &
          rcfg_cloudsat          ! Radar configuration information (CLOUDSAT)
  end type cosp_optical_inputs

  ! ######################################################################################
  ! TYPE cosp_outputs
  ! ######################################################################################
  type cosp_outputs

     ! CALIPSO outputs
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: &
          calipso_betaperp_tot => null(),  & ! Total backscattered signal
          calipso_beta_tot => null(),      & ! Total backscattered signal
          calipso_tau_tot => null(),       & ! Optical thickness integrated from top to level z
          calipso_lidarcldphase => null(), & ! 3D "lidar" phase cloud fraction
          calipso_lidarcldtype => null(),  & ! 3D "lidar" OPAQ type fraction
          calipso_cldlayerphase => null(), & ! low, mid, high-level lidar phase cloud cover
          calipso_lidarcldtmp => null(),   & ! 3D "lidar" phase cloud temperature
          calipso_cfad_sr => null()          ! CFAD of scattering ratio
     real(wp), dimension(:,:),pointer :: &
          calipso_lidarcld => null(),      & ! 3D "lidar" cloud fraction 
          calipso_cldlayer => null(),      & ! low, mid, high-level, total lidar cloud cover
          calipso_cldtype => null(),       & ! opaque and thin lidar cloud cover + z_opaque altitude
          calipso_cldtypetemp => null(),   & ! opaque and thin cloud temperature  
          calipso_cldtypemeanz => null(),  & ! opaque and thin cloud altitude 
          calipso_cldtypemeanzse => null(),& ! same as just above with respect to SE
          calipso_beta_mol => null(),      & ! Molecular backscatter
          calipso_temp_tot => null()
     real(wp), dimension(:),pointer :: &
          calipso_cldthinemis => null(),   & ! thin cloud emissivity 
          calipso_srbval => null()           ! SR bins in cfad_sr

     ! GROUND LIDAR outputs
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: &  
          grLidar532_beta_tot => null(),   & ! Total GROUND LIDAR backscattered signal 
          grLidar532_cfad_sr => null()       ! CFAD of GROUND LIDAR scattering ratio 
     real(wp), dimension(:,:),pointer :: &  
          grLidar532_lidarcld => null(),   & ! 3D GROUND "lidar" cloud fraction  
          grLidar532_cldlayer => null(),   & ! low, mid, high-level, total GROUND lidar cloud cover
          grLidar532_beta_mol => null()      ! GROUND LIDAR Molecular backscatter 
     real(wp), dimension(:),pointer :: &  
          grLidar532_srbval => null()        ! SR bins in cfad_sr

     ! ATLID outputs
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: & 
          atlid_beta_tot => null(),   & ! Total ATLID backscattered signal 
          atlid_cfad_sr => null()       ! CFAD of ATLID scattering ratio 
     real(wp), dimension(:,:),pointer :: & 
          atlid_lidarcld => null(),   & ! 3D ATLID cloud fraction
          atlid_cldlayer => null(),   & ! low, mid, high-level, total ATLID cloud cover 
          atlid_beta_mol => null()      ! ATLID Molecular backscatter 
     real(wp), dimension(:),pointer :: & 
          atlid_srbval => null()        ! SR bins in cfad_sr


     ! PARASOL outputs
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: &
          parasolPix_refl => null()            ! PARASOL reflectances (subcolumn)
     real(wp),dimension(:,:),pointer :: &
          parasolGrid_refl => null()           ! PARASOOL reflectances (column)

     ! CLOUDSAT outputs
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: &
          cloudsat_Ze_tot => null(),         & ! Effective reflectivity factor (Npoints,Ncolumns,Nlevels)
          cloudsat_cfad_ze => null()           ! Ze CFAD(Npoints,dBZe_bins,Nlevels)
     real(wp), dimension(:,:),pointer :: &
          lidar_only_freq_cloud => null(),   & ! (Npoints,Nlevels)
          cloudsat_precip_cover => null()      ! Radar total cloud amount by CloudSat precip flag (Npoints,dBZe_bins)
     real(wp),dimension(:),pointer :: &
          cloudsat_tcc => null(),             &
          cloudsat_tcc2 => null(),            &          
          radar_lidar_tcc => null(),         & ! Radar&lidar total cloud amount, grid-box scale (Npoints)
          cloudsat_pia => null()               ! Radar path integrated attenuation (Npoints)
          
     ! ISCCP outputs       
     real(wp),dimension(:),pointer :: &
          isccp_totalcldarea => null(), & ! The fraction of model grid box columns with cloud
           		                  ! somewhere in them. (%)
          isccp_meantb => null(),       & ! Mean all-sky 10.5 micron brightness temperature. (K)
          isccp_meantbclr => null(),    & ! Mean clear-sky 10.5 micron brightness temperature. (K)
          isccp_meanptop => null(),     & ! Mean cloud top pressure (mb).
          isccp_meantaucld => null(),   & ! Mean optical thickness. (1)
          isccp_meanalbedocld => null()   ! Mean cloud albedo. (1)
     real(wp),dimension(:,:),pointer ::&
          isccp_boxtau => null(),       & ! Optical thickness in each column. (1)
          isccp_boxptop => null()         ! Cloud top pressure in each column. (mb)
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer :: &
          isccp_fq  => null()             ! The fraction of the model grid box covered by each of
                                          ! the 49 ISCCP D level cloud types. (%)

     ! MISR outptus
     real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),pointer ::   & !
          misr_fq => null()          ! Fraction of the model grid box covered by each of the MISR
                           ! cloud types
     real(wp),dimension(:,:),pointer ::   & !
          misr_dist_model_layertops => null() !
     real(wp),dimension(:),pointer ::   & !
          misr_meanztop => null(), & ! Mean MISR cloud top height
          misr_cldarea => null()     ! Mean MISR cloud cover area

     ! MODIS outptus
     real(wp),pointer,dimension(:) ::      & !
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean => null(),       & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (total)
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean => null(),       & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (liq)
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean => null(),         & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (ice)
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean => null(),        & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (high)
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean => null(),         & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (middle)
          modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean => null(),         & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud fraction (low )
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean => null(),    & ! L3 MODIS retrieved optical thickness (tot)
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean => null(),    & ! L3 MODIS retrieved optical thickness (liq)
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean => null(),      & ! L3 MODIS retrieved optical thickness (ice)
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean => null(), & ! L3 MODIS retrieved log10 optical thickness
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean => null(), & ! L3 MODIS retrieved log10 optical thickness
          modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean => null(),   & ! L3 MODIS retrieved log10 optical thickness
          modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean => null(),  & ! L3 MODIS retrieved particle size (liquid)
          modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean => null(),    & ! L3 MODIS retrieved particle size (ice)
          modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean => null(),   & ! L3 MODIS retrieved cloud top pressure
          modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean => null(),          & ! L3 MODIS retrieved liquid water path
          modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean => null()                ! L3 MODIS retrieved ice water path
     real(wp),pointer,dimension(:,:,:) ::  &
          modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure => null(), & ! Tau/Pressure joint histogram
          modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE => null(),            & ! Tau/ReffICE joint histogram
          modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ => null()               ! Tau/ReffLIQ joint histogram

     ! RTTOV outputs
     real(wp),pointer :: &
          rttov_tbs(:,:) => null() ! Brightness Temperature

  end type cosp_outputs

CONTAINS
  ! ######################################################################################
  ! FUNCTION cosp_simulator
  ! ######################################################################################
  function COSP_SIMULATOR(cospIN,cospgridIN,cospOUT,start_idx,stop_idx,debug)
    type(cosp_optical_inputs),intent(in),target :: cospIN     ! Optical inputs to COSP simulator
    type(cosp_column_inputs), intent(in),target :: cospgridIN ! Host model inputs to COSP

    ! Inputs into the simulators
    type(isccp_IN)    :: isccpIN    ! Input to the ISCCP simulator
    type(misr_IN)     :: misrIN     ! Input to the LIDAR simulator
    type(calipso_IN)  :: calipsoIN  ! Input to the LIDAR simulator
    type(grLidar532_IN) :: grLidar532IN ! Input to the GROUND LIDAR simulator
    type(atlid_IN)    :: atlidIN    ! Input to the ATLID simulator 
    type(parasol_IN)  :: parasolIN  ! Input to the PARASOL simulator
    type(cloudsat_IN) :: cloudsatIN ! Input to the CLOUDSAT radar simulator
    type(modis_IN)    :: modisIN    ! Input to the MODIS simulator
!    type(rttov_IN)    :: rttovIN    ! Input to the RTTOV simulator
    integer,optional  :: start_idx,stop_idx
    logical,optional  :: debug

    ! Outputs from the simulators (nested simulator output structure)
    type(cosp_outputs), intent(inout) :: cospOUT
    character(len=256),dimension(100) :: cosp_simulator

    ! Local variables
    integer :: &
         i,icol,ij,ik,nError
    integer,target :: &
         Npoints
    logical :: &
         Lisccp_subcolumn,     & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn ISCCP simulator
         Lmisr_subcolumn,      & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn MISR simulator
         Lcalipso_subcolumn,   & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn CALIPSO simulator
         LgrLidar532_subcolumn,& ! On/Off switch for subcolumn GROUND LIDAR simulator
         Latlid_subcolumn,     & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn ATLID simulator
         Lparasol_subcolumn,   & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn PARASOL simulator
         Lcloudsat_subcolumn,  & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn CLOUDSAT simulator
         Lmodis_subcolumn,     & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn MODIS simulator
         Lrttov_subcolumn,     & ! On/Off switch for subcolumn RTTOV simulator
         Lisccp_column,        & ! On/Off switch for column ISCCP simulator
         Lmisr_column,         & ! On/Off switch for column MISR simulator
         Lcalipso_column,      & ! On/Off switch for column CALIPSO simulator
         LgrLidar532_column,   & ! On/Off switch for column GROUND LIDAR simulator
         Latlid_column,        & ! On/Off switch for column ATLID simulator
         Lparasol_column,      & ! On/Off switch for column PARASOL simulator
         Lcloudsat_column,     & ! On/Off switch for column CLOUDSAT simulator
         Lmodis_column,        & ! On/Off switch for column MODIS simulator
         Lrttov_column,        & ! On/Off switch for column RTTOV simulator (not used)
         Lradar_lidar_tcc,     & ! On/Off switch from joint Calipso/Cloudsat product
         Lcloudsat_tcc,       & !
         Lcloudsat_tcc2,      & !         
         Llidar_only_freq_cloud  ! On/Off switch from joint Calipso/Cloudsat product
    logical :: &
         ok_lidar_cfad    = .false., &
         ok_lidar_cfad_grLidar532 = .false., & 
         ok_lidar_cfad_atlid = .false., &
         lrttov_cleanUp   = .false.
    
    integer, dimension(:,:),allocatable  :: &
         modisRetrievedPhase,isccpLEVMATCH
    real(wp), dimension(:),  allocatable  :: &
         modisCfTotal,modisCfLiquid,modisMeanIceWaterPath, isccp_meantbclr,     &
         modisCfIce, modisCfHigh, modisCfMid, modisCfLow,modisMeanTauTotal,     &
         modisMeanTauLiquid, modisMeanTauIce, modisMeanLogTauTotal,             &
         modisMeanLogTauLiquid, modisMeanLogTauIce, modisMeanSizeLiquid,        &
         modisMeanSizeIce, modisMeanCloudTopPressure, modisMeanLiquidWaterPath, &
         radar_lidar_tcc, cloudsat_tcc, cloudsat_tcc2
    REAL(WP), dimension(:,:),allocatable  :: &
         modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure,modisRetrievedTau,modisRetrievedSize,   &
         misr_boxtau,misr_boxztop,misr_dist_model_layertops,isccp_boxtau,       &
         isccp_boxttop,isccp_boxptop,calipso_beta_mol,lidar_only_freq_cloud,    &
         grLidar532_beta_mol,atlid_beta_mol 
    REAL(WP), dimension(:,:,:),allocatable :: &
         modisJointHistogram,modisJointHistogramIce,modisJointHistogramLiq,     &
         calipso_beta_tot,calipso_betaperp_tot, cloudsatDBZe,parasolPix_refl,   &
         grLidar532_beta_tot,atlid_beta_tot,cloudsatZe_non
    real(wp),dimension(:),allocatable,target :: &
         out1D_1,out1D_2,out1D_3,out1D_4,out1D_5,out1D_6,out1D_7,out1D_8,       &
         out1D_9,out1D_10,out1D_11,out1D_12 
    real(wp),dimension(:,:,:),allocatable :: &
       betamol_in,betamoli,pnormi,ze_toti,ze_noni

    ! Initialize error reporting for output
    cosp_simulator(:)=''

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 1) Determine if using full inputs or subset
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    if (present(start_idx) .and. present(stop_idx)) then
       ij=start_idx
       ik=stop_idx
    else
       ij=1
       ik=cospIN%Npoints
    endif
    Npoints = ik-ij+1

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 2a) Determine which simulators to run and which statistics to compute
    !    - If any of the subcolumn fields are allocated, then run the subcolumn simulators.
    !    - If any of the column fields are allocated, then compute the statistics for that
    !      simulator, but only save the requested fields.
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! Start with all simulators and joint-diagnostics off
    Lisccp_subcolumn    = .false.
    Lmisr_subcolumn     = .false.
    Lcalipso_subcolumn  = .false.
    LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
    Latlid_subcolumn    = .false. 
    Lparasol_subcolumn  = .false.
    Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
    Lmodis_subcolumn    = .false.
    Lrttov_subcolumn    = .false.
    Lisccp_column       = .false.
    Lmisr_column        = .false.
    Lcalipso_column     = .false.
    LgrLidar532_column = .false.
    Latlid_column       = .false.
    Lparasol_column     = .false.
    Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
    Lmodis_column       = .false.
    Lrttov_column       = .false.
    Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .false.
    Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
    Lcloudsat_tcc       = .false.
    Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .false.

    ! CLOUDSAT subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot)) Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .true.

    ! MODIS subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean)                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean)                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean)                 .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean)               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean)          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean)          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean)            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean)           .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean)            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean)                   .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean)                      .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))               &
       Lmodis_subcolumn    = .true.

    ! ISCCP subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau)                                   .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))                                               &
       Lisccp_subcolumn    = .true.

    ! MISR subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops))                                   &
       Lmisr_subcolumn     = .true.

    ! CALIPOSO subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_tau_tot)                                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_mol)                               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_temp_tot)                               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_betaperp_tot)                           .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_tot))                                            &
       Lcalipso_subcolumn  = .true.

    ! GROUND LIDAR subcolumn 
    if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol)                           .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))                                        &
       LgrLidar532_subcolumn  = .true. 

    ! ATLID subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol)                                 .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))                                              &
       Latlid_subcolumn  = .true.  

    ! PARASOL subcolumn
    if (associated(cospOUT%parasolPix_refl))                                             &
       Lparasol_subcolumn  = .true.

    ! RTTOV column
    if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))                                                   &
       Lrttov_column    = .true.

    ! Set flag to deallocate rttov types (only done on final call to simulator)
    if (size(cospOUT%isccp_meantb) .eq. stop_idx) lrttov_cleanUp = .true.

    ! ISCCP column
    if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq)                                       .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)                            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop)                                 .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld)                               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea)                             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb)) then
       Lisccp_column    = .true.
       Lisccp_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! MISR column
    if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea)                                   .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop)                                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%misr_fq)) then
       Lmisr_column    = .true.
       Lmisr_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! CALIPSO column
    if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr)                                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld)                               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)                          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype)                           .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer)                               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype)                                .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp)                            .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz)                           .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)                         .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis)                            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)                          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp)) then
       Lcalipso_column    = .true.
       Lcalipso_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! GROUND LIDAR column 
    if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr)                            .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld)                           .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer)) then 
       LgrLidar532_column    = .true. 
       LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .true. 
    endif

    ! ATLID column 
    if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr)                                  .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld)                                 .or.          & 
        associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer)) then  
       Latlid_column    = .true. 
       Latlid_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! PARASOL column
    if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl)) then
       Lparasol_column    = .true.
       Lparasol_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! CLOUDSAT column
    if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze)) then
       Lcloudsat_column    = .true.
       Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! MODIS column
    if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean)                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean)                .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean)                 .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean)                  .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean)               .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean)          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean)          .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean)            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean)           .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean)             .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean)            .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean)                   .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean)                      .or.          &
        associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure)) then
       Lmodis_column    = .true.
       Lmodis_subcolumn = .true.
    endif

    ! Joint simulator products
    if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud) .or. associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc) .or. &
        associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc) .or. associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) then
       Lcalipso_column     = .true.
       Lcalipso_subcolumn  = .true.
       Lcloudsat_column    = .true.
       Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .true.
       Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .true.
       Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .true.
       Lcloudsat_tcc       = .true.
       Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .true.
    endif

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 2b) Error Checking
    !     Enforce bounds on input fields. If input field is out-of-bounds, report error
    !     and turn off simulator
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    call cosp_errorCheck(cospgridIN, cospIN, Lisccp_subcolumn, Lisccp_column,            &
         Lmisr_subcolumn, Lmisr_column, Lmodis_subcolumn, Lmodis_column,                 &
         Lcloudsat_subcolumn, Lcloudsat_column, Lcalipso_subcolumn, Lcalipso_column,     &
         Latlid_subcolumn, Latlid_column, LgrLidar532_subcolumn, LgrLidar532_column,     &
         Lrttov_subcolumn, Lrttov_column, Lparasol_subcolumn, Lparasol_column,           &
         Lradar_lidar_tcc, Llidar_only_freq_cloud, Lcloudsat_tcc,Lcloudsat_tcc2, cospOUT,&
         cosp_simulator, nError)

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 3) Populate instrument simulator inputs
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    if (Lisccp_subcolumn .or. Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       isccpIN%Npoints  => Npoints
       isccpIN%Ncolumns => cospIN%Ncolumns
       isccpIN%Nlevels  => cospIN%Nlevels
       isccpIN%emsfc_lw => cospIN%emsfc_lw
       isccpIN%skt      => cospgridIN%skt
       isccpIN%qv       => cospgridIN%qv
       isccpIN%at       => cospgridIN%at
       isccpIN%frac_out => cospIN%frac_out
       isccpIN%dtau     => cospIN%tau_067
       isccpIN%dem      => cospIN%emiss_11
       isccpIN%phalf    => cospgridIN%phalf
       isccpIN%sunlit   => cospgridIN%sunlit
       isccpIN%pfull    => cospgridIN%pfull
    endif

    if (Lmisr_subcolumn) then
       misrIN%Npoints  => Npoints
       misrIN%Ncolumns => cospIN%Ncolumns
       misrIN%Nlevels  => cospIN%Nlevels
       misrIN%dtau     => cospIN%tau_067
       misrIN%sunlit   => cospgridIN%sunlit
       misrIN%zfull    => cospgridIN%hgt_matrix
       misrIN%at       => cospgridIN%at
    endif

    if (Lcalipso_subcolumn) then
       calipsoIN%Npoints     => Npoints
       calipsoIN%Ncolumns    => cospIN%Ncolumns
       calipsoIN%Nlevels     => cospIN%Nlevels
       calipsoIN%beta_mol    => cospIN%beta_mol_calipso
       calipsoIN%betatot     => cospIN%betatot_calipso
       calipsoIN%betatot_liq => cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso
       calipsoIN%betatot_ice => cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso
       calipsoIN%tau_mol     => cospIN%tau_mol_calipso
       calipsoIN%tautot      => cospIN%tautot_calipso
       calipsoIN%tautot_liq  => cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso
       calipsoIN%tautot_ice  => cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso
    endif

    if (LgrLidar532_subcolumn) then 
       grLidar532IN%Npoints  => Npoints
       grLidar532IN%Ncolumns => cospIN%Ncolumns 
       grLidar532IN%Nlevels  => cospIN%Nlevels
       grLidar532IN%beta_mol => cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532 
       grLidar532IN%betatot  => cospIN%betatot_grLidar532 
       grLidar532IN%tau_mol  => cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532 
       grLidar532IN%tautot   => cospIN%tautot_grLidar532  
    endif
    
    if (Latlid_subcolumn) then 
       atlidIN%Npoints        => Npoints 
       atlidIN%Ncolumns       => cospIN%Ncolumns 
       atlidIN%Nlevels        => cospIN%Nlevels 
       atlidIN%beta_mol_atlid => cospIN%beta_mol_atlid
       atlidIN%betatot_atlid  => cospIN%betatot_atlid 
       atlidIN%tau_mol_atlid  => cospIN%tau_mol_atlid 
       atlidIN%tautot_atlid   => cospIN%tautot_atlid 
    endif 
    
    if (Lparasol_subcolumn) then
       parasolIN%Npoints      => Npoints
       parasolIN%Nlevels      => cospIN%Nlevels
       parasolIN%Ncolumns     => cospIN%Ncolumns
       parasolIN%Nrefl        => cospIN%Nrefl
       parasolIN%tautot_S_liq => cospIN%tautot_S_liq
       parasolIN%tautot_S_ice => cospIN%tautot_S_ice
    endif

    if (Lcloudsat_subcolumn) then
       cloudsatIN%Npoints    => Npoints
       cloudsatIN%Nlevels    => cospIN%Nlevels
       cloudsatIN%Ncolumns   => cospIN%Ncolumns
       cloudsatIN%z_vol      => cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat
       cloudsatIN%kr_vol     => cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat
       cloudsatIN%g_vol      => cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat
       cloudsatIN%rcfg       => cospIN%rcfg_cloudsat
       cloudsatIN%hgt_matrix => cospgridIN%hgt_matrix
    endif

    if (Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       modisIN%Ncolumns  => cospIN%Ncolumns
       modisIN%Nlevels   => cospIN%Nlevels
       modisIN%Npoints   => Npoints
       modisIN%liqFrac   => cospIN%fracLiq
       modisIN%tau       => cospIN%tau_067
       modisIN%g         => cospIN%asym
       modisIN%w0        => cospIN%ss_alb
       modisIN%Nsunlit   = count(cospgridIN%sunlit > 0)
       if (modisIN%Nsunlit .gt. 0) then
          allocate(modisIN%sunlit(modisIN%Nsunlit),modisIN%pres(modisIN%Nsunlit,cospIN%Nlevels+1))
          modisIN%sunlit    = pack((/ (i, i = 1, Npoints ) /),mask = cospgridIN%sunlit > 0)
          modisIN%pres      = cospgridIN%phalf(int(modisIN%sunlit(:)),:)
       endif
       if (count(cospgridIN%sunlit <= 0) .gt. 0) then
          allocate(modisIN%notSunlit(count(cospgridIN%sunlit <= 0)))
          modisIN%notSunlit = pack((/ (i, i = 1, Npoints ) /),mask = .not. cospgridIN%sunlit > 0)
       endif
    endif

!    if (Lrttov_column) then
!       rttovIN%nPoints    => Npoints
!       rttovIN%nLevels    => cospIN%nLevels
!       rttovIN%nSubCols   => cospIN%nColumns
!       rttovIN%zenang     => cospgridIN%zenang
!       rttovIN%co2        => cospgridIN%co2
!       rttovIN%ch4        => cospgridIN%ch4
!       rttovIN%n2o        => cospgridIN%n2o
!       rttovIN%co         => cospgridIN%co
!       rttovIN%surfem     => cospgridIN%emis_sfc
!       rttovIN%h_surf     => cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half(:,cospIN%Nlevels+1)
!       rttovIN%u_surf     => cospgridIN%u_sfc
!       rttovIN%v_surf     => cospgridIN%v_sfc
!       rttovIN%t_skin     => cospgridIN%skt
!       rttovIN%p_surf     => cospgridIN%phalf(:,cospIN%Nlevels+1)
!       rttovIN%q2m        => cospgridIN%qv(:,cospIN%Nlevels)
!       rttovIN%t2m        => cospgridIN%at(:,cospIN%Nlevels)
!       rttovIN%lsmask     => cospgridIN%land
!       rttovIN%latitude   => cospgridIN%lat
!       rttovIN%longitude  => cospgridIN%lon
!       rttovIN%seaice     => cospgridIN%seaice
!       rttovIN%p          => cospgridIN%pfull
!       rttovIN%ph         => cospgridIN%phalf
!       rttovIN%t          => cospgridIN%at
!       rttovIN%q          => cospgridIN%qv
!       rttovIN%o3         => cospgridIN%o3
       ! Below only needed for all-sky RTTOV calculation
!       rttovIN%month      => cospgridIN%month
!       rttovIN%tca        => cospgridIN%tca
!       rttovIN%cldIce     => cospgridIN%cloudIce
!       rttovIN%cldLiq     => cospgridIN%cloudLiq
!       rttovIN%fl_rain    => cospgridIN%fl_rain
!       rttovIN%fl_snow    => cospgridIN%fl_snow
!    endif

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 4) Call subcolumn simulators
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    ! ISCCP (icarus) subcolumn simulator
    if (Lisccp_subcolumn .or. Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(isccpLEVMATCH(Npoints,isccpIN%Ncolumns),                                 &
                isccp_boxttop(Npoints,isccpIN%Ncolumns),                                 &
                isccp_boxptop(Npoints,isccpIN%Ncolumns),                                 &
                isccp_boxtau(Npoints,isccpIN%Ncolumns), isccp_meantbclr(Npoints))
       ! Call simulator
       call icarus_subcolumn(isccpIN%npoints,isccpIN%ncolumns,isccpIN%nlevels,           &
                             isccpIN%sunlit,isccpIN%dtau,isccpIN%dem,isccpIN%skt,        &
                             isccpIN%emsfc_lw,isccpIN%qv,isccpIN%at,isccpIN%pfull,       &
                             isccpIN%phalf,isccpIN%frac_out,isccpLEVMATCH,               &
                             isccp_boxtau(:,:),isccp_boxptop(:,:),                       &
                             isccp_boxttop(:,:),isccp_meantbclr(:))
       ! Store output (if requested)
       if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau)) then
          cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(ij:ik,:)  = isccp_boxtau
       endif
       if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop)) then
          cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(ij:ik,:) = isccp_boxptop
       endif
       if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr)) then
          cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(ij:ik) = isccp_meantbclr
       endif
   endif

   ! MISR subcolumn simulator
    if (Lmisr_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(misr_boxztop(Npoints,misrIN%Ncolumns),                                   &
                misr_boxtau(Npoints,misrIN%Ncolumns),                                    &
                misr_dist_model_layertops(Npoints,numMISRHgtBins))
       ! Call simulator
       call misr_subcolumn(misrIN%Npoints,misrIN%Ncolumns,misrIN%Nlevels,misrIN%dtau,    &
                           misrIN%zfull,misrIN%at,misrIN%sunlit,misr_boxtau,             &
                           misr_dist_model_layertops,misr_boxztop)
       ! Store output (if requested)
       if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) then
          cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(ij:ik,:) = misr_dist_model_layertops
       endif
    endif

    ! Calipso subcolumn simulator
    if (Lcalipso_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(calipso_beta_mol(calipsoIN%Npoints,calipsoIN%Nlevels),                   &
                calipso_beta_tot(calipsoIN%Npoints,calipsoIN%Ncolumns,calipsoIN%Nlevels),&
                calipso_betaperp_tot(calipsoIN%Npoints,calipsoIN%Ncolumns,calipsoIN%Nlevels))
       ! Call simulator
       call lidar_subcolumn(calipsoIN%npoints, calipsoIN%ncolumns, calipsoIN%nlevels, .false., &
            calipsoIN%beta_mol, calipsoIN%tau_mol, calipsoIN%betatot, calipsoIN%tautot,  &
            calipso_beta_mol(:,:), calipso_beta_tot(:,:,:), calipsoIN%betatot_ice,       &
            calipsoIN%tautot_ice, calipsoIN%betatot_liq, calipsoIN%tautot_liq,           &
            calipso_betaperp_tot(:,:,:))
       ! Store output (if requested)
       if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_mol))                                         &
            cospOUT%calipso_beta_mol(ij:ik,calipsoIN%Nlevels:1:-1) = calipso_beta_mol
       if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_tot))                                         &
            cospOUT%calipso_beta_tot(ij:ik,:,calipsoIN%Nlevels:1:-1) = calipso_beta_tot
       if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_betaperp_tot))                                     &
            cospOUT%calipso_betaperp_tot(ij:ik,:,:) = calipso_betaperp_tot
    endif

    ! GROUND LIDAR subcolumn simulator 
    if (LgrLidar532_subcolumn) then  
       ! Allocate space for local variables  
       allocate(grLidar532_beta_mol(grLidar532IN%Npoints,grLidar532IN%Nlevels),       &  
                grLidar532_beta_tot(grLidar532IN%Npoints,grLidar532IN%Ncolumns,grLidar532IN%Nlevels))
       ! Call simulator  
       call lidar_subcolumn(grLidar532IN%npoints, grLidar532IN%ncolumns, grLidar532IN%nlevels,&
            .true., grLidar532IN%beta_mol, grLidar532IN%tau_mol, grLidar532IN%betatot,&
            grLidar532IN%tautot, grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:), grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:))
       ! Store output (if requested) 
       if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol))                                      & 
            cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(ij:ik,grLidar532IN%Nlevels:1:-1) = grLidar532_beta_mol 
       if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))                                         & 
            cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(ij:ik,:,grLidar532IN%Nlevels:1:-1) = grLidar532_beta_tot 
    endif 

    ! ATLID subcolumn simulator
    if (Latlid_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(atlid_beta_mol(atlidIN%Npoints,atlidIN%Nlevels),                      & 
                atlid_beta_tot(atlidIN%Npoints,atlidIN%Ncolumns,atlidIN%Nlevels)) 
       ! Call simulator 
       call lidar_subcolumn(atlidIN%npoints, atlidIN%ncolumns, atlidIN%nlevels,&
            .false., atlidIN%beta_mol_atlid, atlidIN%tau_mol_atlid, atlidIN%betatot_atlid,&
            atlidIN%tautot_atlid, atlid_beta_mol(:,:), atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:))
       ! Store output (if requested)
       if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol))                                        & 
            cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(ij:ik,atlidIN%Nlevels:1:-1) = atlid_beta_mol 
       if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))                                        &
            cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(ij:ik,:,atlidIN%Nlevels:1:-1) = atlid_beta_tot   
    endif

    ! PARASOL subcolumn simulator
    if (Lparasol_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(parasolPix_refl(parasolIN%Npoints,parasolIN%Ncolumns,PARASOL_NREFL))
       ! Call simulator
       do icol=1,parasolIN%Ncolumns
          call parasol_subcolumn(parasolIN%npoints, PARASOL_NREFL,                       &
                                 parasolIN%tautot_S_liq(1:parasolIN%Npoints,icol),       &
                                 parasolIN%tautot_S_ice(1:parasolIN%Npoints,icol),       &
                                 parasolPix_refl(:,icol,1:PARASOL_NREFL))
          ! Store output (if requested)
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolPix_refl)) then
             cospOUT%parasolPix_refl(ij:ik,icol,1:PARASOL_NREFL) =                          &
                  parasolPix_refl(:,icol,1:PARASOL_NREFL)
          endif
       enddo
    endif

    ! Cloudsat (quickbeam) subcolumn simulator
    if (Lcloudsat_subcolumn) then
       ! Allocate space for local variables
       allocate(cloudsatDBZe(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,cloudsatIN%Nlevels), &
                cloudsatZe_non(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,cloudsatIN%Nlevels))
       do icol=1,cloudsatIN%ncolumns
          call quickbeam_subcolumn(cloudsatIN%rcfg,cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Nlevels,&
                                   cloudsatIN%hgt_matrix/1000._wp,                       &
                                   cloudsatIN%z_vol(:,icol,:),                           &
                                   cloudsatIN%kr_vol(:,icol,:),                          &
                                   cloudsatIN%g_vol(:,1,:),cloudsatDBze(:,icol,:),cloudsatZe_non(:,icol,:))
       enddo
       ! Store output (if requested)
       if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot)) then
          cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(ij:ik,:,:) = cloudsatDBZe(:,:,1:cloudsatIN%Nlevels)
       endif
    endif

    if (Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       if(modisiN%nSunlit > 0) then
          ! Allocate space for local variables
          allocate(modisRetrievedTau(modisIN%nSunlit,modisIN%nColumns),                  &
                   modisRetrievedSize(modisIN%nSunlit,modisIN%nColumns),                 &
                   modisRetrievedPhase(modisIN%nSunlit,modisIN%nColumns),                &
                   modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure(modisIN%nSunlit,modisIN%nColumns))
          ! Call simulator
          do i = 1, modisIN%nSunlit
             call modis_subcolumn(modisIN%Ncolumns,modisIN%Nlevels,modisIN%pres(i,:),    &
                                  modisIN%tau(int(modisIN%sunlit(i)),:,:),               &
                                  modisIN%liqFrac(int(modisIN%sunlit(i)),:,:),           &
                                  modisIN%g(int(modisIN%sunlit(i)),:,:),                 &
                                  modisIN%w0(int(modisIN%sunlit(i)),:,:),                &
                                  isccp_boxptop(int(modisIN%sunlit(i)),:),               &
                                  modisRetrievedPhase(i,:),                              &
                                  modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure(i,:),                   &
                                  modisRetrievedTau(i,:),modisRetrievedSize(i,:))
          end do
       endif
    endif

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 5) Call column simulators
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    ! ISCCP
    if (Lisccp_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints))
          cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(ij:ik) => out1D_1
       endif
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop)) then
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints))
          cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(ij:ik) => out1D_2
       endif
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld)) then
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints))
          cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(ij:ik) => out1D_3
       endif
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea)) then
          allocate(out1D_4(Npoints))
          cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(ij:ik) => out1D_4
       endif
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb)) then
          allocate(out1D_5(Npoints))
          cospOUT%isccp_meantb(ij:ik) => out1D_5
       endif
       if(.not. associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq)) then
          allocate(out1D_6(Npoints*numISCCPTauBins*numISCCPPresBins))
          cospOUT%isccp_fq(ij:ik,1:numISCCPTauBins,1:numISCCPPresBins) => out1D_6
       endif

       ! Call simulator
       call icarus_column(isccpIN%npoints, isccpIN%ncolumns,isccp_boxtau(:,:),           &
                          isccp_boxptop(:,:)/100._wp, isccpIN%sunlit,isccp_boxttop,      &
                          cospOUT%isccp_fq(ij:ik,:,:),                                   &
                          cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(ij:ik),                            &
                          cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(ij:ik),cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(ij:ik), &
                          cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(ij:ik),cospOUT%isccp_meantb(ij:ik))
       cospOUT%isccp_fq(ij:ik,:,:) = cospOUT%isccp_fq(ij:ik,:,7:1:-1)

       ! Check if there is any value slightly greater than 1
       where ((cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea > 1.0-1.e-5) .and.                             &
              (cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea < 1.0+1.e-5))
              cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea = 1.0
       endwhere

       ! Clear up memory (if necessary)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxttop))   deallocate(isccp_boxttop)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxptop))   deallocate(isccp_boxptop)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxtau))    deallocate(isccp_boxtau)
       if (allocated(isccp_meantbclr)) deallocate(isccp_meantbclr)
       if (allocated(isccpLEVMATCH))   deallocate(isccpLEVMATCH)
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then
          deallocate(out1D_1)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then
          deallocate(out1D_2)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_4)) then
          deallocate(out1D_4)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_5)) then
          deallocate(out1D_5)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_meantb)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_6)) then
          deallocate(out1D_6)
          nullify(cospOUT%isccp_fq)
       endif
    endif

    ! MISR
    if (Lmisr_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints))
          cospOUT%misr_cldarea(ij:ik) => out1D_1
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop)) then
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints))
          cospOUT%misr_meanztop(ij:ik) => out1D_2
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%misr_fq)) then
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints*numMISRTauBins*numMISRHgtBins))
          cospOUT%misr_fq(ij:ik,1:numMISRTauBins,1:numMISRHgtBins) => out1D_3
        endif

       ! Call simulator
        call misr_column(misrIN%Npoints,misrIN%Ncolumns,misr_boxztop,misrIN%sunlit,&
                         misr_boxtau,cospOUT%misr_cldarea(ij:ik),                  &
                         cospOUT%misr_meanztop(ij:ik),cospOUT%misr_fq(ij:ik,:,:))

       ! Clear up memory
       if (allocated(misr_boxtau))               deallocate(misr_boxtau)
       if (allocated(misr_boxztop))              deallocate(misr_boxztop)
       if (allocated(misr_dist_model_layertops)) deallocate(misr_dist_model_layertops)
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then
          deallocate(out1D_1)
          nullify(cospOUT%misr_cldarea)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then
          deallocate(out1D_2)
          nullify(cospOUT%misr_meanztop)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%misr_fq)
       endif
    endif

    ! CALIPSO LIDAR Simulator
    if (Lcalipso_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints*SR_BINS*Nlvgrid))
          cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(ij:ik,1:SR_BINS,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_1
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld)) then
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints*Nlvgrid))
          cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(ij:ik,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_2
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) then
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints*Nlvgrid*6))
          cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(ij:ik,1:Nlvgrid,1:6) => out1D_3
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer)) then
          allocate(out1D_4(Npoints*LIDAR_NCAT))
          cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NCAT) => out1D_4
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) then
          allocate(out1D_5(Npoints*LIDAR_NCAT*6))
          cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NCAT,1:6) => out1D_5
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp)) then
          allocate(out1D_6(Npoints*40*5))
          cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(ij:ik,1:40,1:5) => out1D_6
       endif   
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype)) then
          allocate(out1D_7(Npoints*Nlvgrid*4))
          cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(ij:ik,1:Nlvgrid,1:4) => out1D_7
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype)) then 
          allocate(out1D_8(Npoints*LIDAR_NTYPE)) 
          cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NTYPE) => out1D_8  
       endif 
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp)) then 
          allocate(out1D_9(Npoints*LIDAR_NTYPE))  
          cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NTYPE) => out1D_9 
       endif 
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz)) then 
          allocate(out1D_10(Npoints*2))
          cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(ij:ik,1:2) => out1D_10 
       endif 
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) then
          allocate(out1D_12(Npoints*3)) 
          cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(ij:ik,1:3) => out1D_12
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis)) then
          allocate(out1D_11(Npoints)) 
          cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(ij:ik) => out1D_11 
       endif
       
       ! Call simulator
       ok_lidar_cfad=.true.
       call lidar_column(calipsoIN%Npoints, calipsoIN%Ncolumns, calipsoIN%Nlevels,       &
            Nlvgrid, SR_BINS, LIDAR_NTYPE, 'calipso',calipso_beta_tot(:,:,:), calipso_beta_mol(:,:),&
            cospgridIN%phalf(:,2:calipsoIN%Nlevels),cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,               &
            cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half, vgrid_z(:), ok_lidar_cfad, LIDAR_NCAT,           &
            cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(ij:ik,:,:), cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(ij:ik,:),       &
            cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(ij:ik,:),                                           &
            cospgridIN%at(:,:), calipso_betaperp_tot(:,:,:), cospgridIN%surfelev,        & 
            cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(ij:ik,:,:),                       &
            cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(ij:ik,:,:),  cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(ij:ik,:),  &
            cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(ij:ik,:), cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(ij:ik,:), & 
            cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(ij:ik,:), cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(ij:ik), &
            cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(ij:ik,:,:), cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(ij:ik,:,:))

         if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval)) cospOUT%calipso_srbval = calipso_histBsct

       ! Free up memory (if necessary)
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then
          deallocate(out1D_1)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then
          deallocate(out1D_2)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_4)) then
          deallocate(out1D_4)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_5)) then
          deallocate(out1D_5)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_6)) then
          deallocate(out1D_6)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_7)) then
          deallocate(out1D_7)  
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype)
       endif  
       if (allocated(out1D_8)) then
          deallocate(out1D_8)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_9)) then 
          deallocate(out1D_9) 
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_10)) then 
          deallocate(out1D_10)
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_12)) then 
          deallocate(out1D_12) 
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_11)) then 
          deallocate(out1D_11) 
          nullify(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis)
       endif

    endif

    ! GROUND LIDAR Simulator
    if (LgrLidar532_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints*SR_BINS*Nlvgrid)) 
          cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(ij:ik,1:SR_BINS,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_1
       endif 
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld)) then
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints*Nlvgrid)) 
          cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(ij:ik,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_2
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer)) then
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints*LIDAR_NCAT))
          cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NCAT) => out1D_3
       endif
       
       ! Call simulator 
       ok_lidar_cfad_grLidar532=.true.
       call lidar_column(grLidar532IN%Npoints, grLidar532IN%Ncolumns, grLidar532IN%Nlevels,       &
            Nlvgrid, SR_BINS, LIDAR_NTYPE, 'grlidar532',grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:), grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:),&
            cospgridIN%phalf(:,2:grLidar532IN%Nlevels),cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,               &
            cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half, vgrid_z(:), ok_lidar_cfad_grLidar532, LIDAR_NCAT,      &
            cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(ij:ik,:,:), cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(ij:ik,:),       &
            cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(ij:ik,:))

       if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_srbval)) cospOUT%grLidar532_srbval = grLidar532_histBsct

       ! Free up memory (if necessary) 
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then
          deallocate(out1D_1)
          nullify(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then
          deallocate(out1D_2)
          nullify(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld)
       endif 
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer)
       endif

    endif

    ! ATLID Simulator
    if (Latlid_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints*SR_BINS*Nlvgrid))
          cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(ij:ik,1:SR_BINS,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_1
       endif                                    
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld)) then 
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints*Nlvgrid))                 
          cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(ij:ik,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_2 
       endif                                                   
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer)) then   
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints*LIDAR_NCAT))                 
          cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(ij:ik,1:LIDAR_NCAT) => out1D_3 
       endif                                                      
       
       ! Call simulator                                                             
       ok_lidar_cfad_atlid=.true.
       call lidar_column(atlidIN%Npoints, atlidIN%Ncolumns, atlidIN%Nlevels,       &
            Nlvgrid, SR_BINS, LIDAR_NTYPE, 'atlid',atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:),     &
            atlid_beta_mol(:,:), cospgridIN%phalf(:,2:atlidIN%Nlevels),            &
            cospgridIN%hgt_matrix, cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half, vgrid_z(:),         &
            ok_lidar_cfad_atlid, LIDAR_NCAT, cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(ij:ik,:,:),     &
            cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(ij:ik,:), cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(ij:ik,:))
       
       if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_srbval)) cospOUT%atlid_srbval = atlid_histBsct 

       ! Free up memory (if necessary)        
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then           
          deallocate(out1D_1)                 
          nullify(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr)
       endif                                  
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then          
          deallocate(out1D_2)                
          nullify(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld)
       endif                                  
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then          
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer)
       endif          

    endif

    ! PARASOL
    if (Lparasol_column) then
       call parasol_column(parasolIN%Npoints,PARASOL_NREFL,parasolIN%Ncolumns,           &
                            cospgridIN%land(:),parasolPix_refl(:,:,:),                   &
                            cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(ij:ik,:))
       if (allocated(parasolPix_refl)) deallocate(parasolPix_refl)
    endif

    ! CLOUDSAT
    if (Lcloudsat_column) then
       ! Check to see which outputs are requested. If not requested, use a local dummy array
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze)) then
          allocate(out1D_1(Npoints*cloudsat_DBZE_BINS*Nlvgrid))
          cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(ij:ik,1:cloudsat_DBZE_BINS,1:Nlvgrid) => out1D_1
       endif

       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_pia)) then
          allocate(out1D_2(Npoints))
          cospOUT%cloudsat_pia(ij:ik) => out1D_2
       endif
       if (.not. associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_precip_cover)) then
          allocate(out1D_3(Npoints*nCloudsatPrecipClass))
          cospOUT%cloudsat_precip_cover(ij:ik,1:nCloudsatPrecipClass) => out1D_3
       endif
          
       ! Call simulator
       call quickbeam_column(cloudsatIN%Npoints, cloudsatIN%Ncolumns, cloudsatIN%Nlevels,&
            Nlvgrid, cloudsat_DBZE_BINS, 'cloudsat', cloudsatDBZe, cloudsatZe_non,       &
!            cospgridIN%land(:), cospgridIN%at(:,cospIN%Nlevels), cospIN%fracPrecipIce,   & !PREC_BUG
!            cospgridIN%hgt_matrix, cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half,                           & !PREC_BUG
            cospgridIN%land(:), cospgridIN%surfelev(:), cospgridIN%at(:,cospIN%Nlevels), & !PREC_BUG
	    cospIN%fracPrecipIce, cospgridIN%hgt_matrix, cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half,     & !PREC_BUG
            cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(ij:ik,:,:), cospOUT%cloudsat_precip_cover,          &
            cospOUT%cloudsat_pia)
       ! Free up memory  (if necessary)
       if (allocated(out1D_1)) then
          deallocate(out1D_1)
          nullify(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_2)) then
          deallocate(out1D_2)
          nullify(cospOUT%cloudsat_pia)
       endif
       if (allocated(out1D_3)) then
          deallocate(out1D_3)
          nullify(cospOUT%cloudsat_precip_cover)
       endif
    endif

    ! MODIS
    if (Lmodis_column) then
       if(modisiN%nSunlit > 0) then
          ! Allocate space for local variables
          allocate(modisCftotal(modisIN%nSunlit), modisCfLiquid(modisIN%nSunlit),        &
                   modisCfIce(modisIN%nSunlit),modisCfHigh(modisIN%nSunlit),             &
                   modisCfMid(modisIN%nSunlit),modisCfLow(modisIN%nSunlit),              &
                   modisMeanTauTotal(modisIN%nSunlit),                                   &
                   modisMeanTauLiquid(modisIN%nSunlit),modisMeanTauIce(modisIN%nSunlit), &
                   modisMeanLogTauTotal(modisIN%nSunlit),                                &
                   modisMeanLogTauLiquid(modisIN%nSunlit),                               &
                   modisMeanLogTauIce(modisIN%nSunlit),                                  &
                   modisMeanSizeLiquid(modisIN%nSunlit),                                 &
                   modisMeanSizeIce(modisIN%nSunlit),                                    &
                   modisMeanCloudTopPressure(modisIN%nSunlit),                           &
                   modisMeanLiquidWaterPath(modisIN%nSunlit),                            &
                   modisMeanIceWaterPath(modisIN%nSunlit),                               &
                   modisJointHistogram(modisIN%nSunlit,numMODISTauBins,numMODISPresBins),&
                   modisJointHistogramIce(modisIN%nSunlit,numModisTauBins,numMODISReffIceBins),&
                   modisJointHistogramLiq(modisIN%nSunlit,numModisTauBins,numMODISReffLiqBins))
          ! Call simulator
          call modis_column(modisIN%nSunlit, modisIN%Ncolumns,modisRetrievedPhase,       &
                             modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure,modisRetrievedTau,           &
                             modisRetrievedSize, modisCfTotal, modisCfLiquid, modisCfIce,&
                             modisCfHigh, modisCfMid, modisCfLow, modisMeanTauTotal,     &
                             modisMeanTauLiquid, modisMeanTauIce, modisMeanLogTauTotal,  &
                             modisMeanLogTauLiquid, modisMeanLogTauIce,                  &
                             modisMeanSizeLiquid, modisMeanSizeIce,                      &
                             modisMeanCloudTopPressure, modisMeanLiquidWaterPath,        &
                             modisMeanIceWaterPath, modisJointHistogram,                 &
                             modisJointHistogramIce,modisJointHistogramLiq)
          ! Store data (if requested)
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)   =    &
                  modisCfTotal
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)   =    &
                  modisCfLiquid
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)     =    &
                  modisCfIce
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)    =    &
                  modisCfHigh
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)     =    &
                  modisCfMid
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)     =    &
                  modisCfLow
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) =   &
                  modisMeanTauTotal
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) =   &
                  modisMeanTauLiquid
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)  =    &
                  modisMeanTauIce
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)= &
                  modisMeanLogTauTotal
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) = &
                  modisMeanLogTauLiquid
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) =  &
                  modisMeanLogTauIce
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) = &
                  modisMeanSizeLiquid
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) =   &
                  modisMeanSizeIce
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1) =  &
                  modisMeanCloudTopPressure
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)      =    &
                  modisMeanLiquidWaterPath
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean)) then
              cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1)         =   &
                  modisMeanIceWaterPath
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(ij+            &
                  int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1, 1:numModisTauBins, :) = modisJointHistogram(:, :, :)
             ! Reorder pressure bins in joint histogram to go from surface to TOA
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(ij:ik,:,:) = &
                  cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(ij:ik,:,numMODISPresBins:1:-1)
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffIce)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffIce(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1, 1:numMODISTauBins,:) = &
                modisJointHistogramIce(:,:,:)
          endif
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLiq)) then
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLiq(ij+int(modisIN%sunlit(:))-1, 1:numMODISTauBins,:) = &
                modisJointHistogramLiq(:,:,:)
          endif

          if(modisIN%nSunlit < modisIN%Npoints) then
             ! Where it's night and we haven't done the retrievals the values are undefined
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                    &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                    &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                      &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                     &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                      &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                      &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                 &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                 &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                   &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))              &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))              &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))               &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                 &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                &
                cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                       &
                cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                          &
                cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1) = R_UNDEF
             if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))      &
                cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(ij+int(modisIN%notSunlit(:))-1, :, :) = R_UNDEF
          end if
       else
          ! It's nightime everywhere - everything is undefined
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                       &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                       &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                         &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                        &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                         &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                         &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                    &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                    &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                      &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                 &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                 &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                   &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                  &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                    &
              cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                   &
             cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                          &
             cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
             cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(ij:ik) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))         &
             cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(ij:ik, :, :) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       ! Free up memory (if necessary)
       if (allocated(modisRetrievedTau))               deallocate(modisRetrievedTau)
       if (allocated(modisRetrievedSize))              deallocate(modisRetrievedSize)
       if (allocated(modisRetrievedPhase))             deallocate(modisRetrievedPhase)
       if (allocated(modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure))  deallocate(modisRetrievedCloudTopPressure)
       if (allocated(modisCftotal))                    deallocate(modisCftotal)
       if (allocated(modisCfLiquid))                   deallocate(modisCfLiquid)
       if (allocated(modisCfIce))                      deallocate(modisCfIce)
       if (allocated(modisCfHigh))                     deallocate(modisCfHigh)
       if (allocated(modisCfMid))                      deallocate(modisCfMid)
       if (allocated(modisCfLow))                      deallocate(modisCfLow)
       if (allocated(modisMeanTauTotal))               deallocate(modisMeanTauTotal)
       if (allocated(modisMeanTauLiquid))              deallocate(modisMeanTauLiquid)
       if (allocated(modisMeanTauIce))                 deallocate(modisMeanTauIce)
       if (allocated(modisMeanLogTauTotal))            deallocate(modisMeanLogTauTotal)
       if (allocated(modisMeanLogTauLiquid))           deallocate(modisMeanLogTauLiquid)
       if (allocated(modisMeanLogTauIce))              deallocate(modisMeanLogTauIce)
       if (allocated(modisMeanSizeLiquid))             deallocate(modisMeanSizeLiquid)
       if (allocated(modisMeanSizeIce))                deallocate(modisMeanSizeIce)
       if (allocated(modisMeanCloudTopPressure))       deallocate(modisMeanCloudTopPressure)
       if (allocated(modisMeanLiquidWaterPath))        deallocate(modisMeanLiquidWaterPath)
       if (allocated(modisMeanIceWaterPath))           deallocate(modisMeanIceWaterPath)
       if (allocated(modisJointHistogram))             deallocate(modisJointHistogram)
       if (allocated(modisJointHistogramIce))          deallocate(modisJointHistogramIce)
       if (allocated(modisJointHistogramLiq))          deallocate(modisJointHistogramLiq)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxttop))                   deallocate(isccp_boxttop)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxptop))                   deallocate(isccp_boxptop)
       if (allocated(isccp_boxtau))                    deallocate(isccp_boxtau)
       if (allocated(isccp_meantbclr))                 deallocate(isccp_meantbclr)
       if (allocated(isccpLEVMATCH))                   deallocate(isccpLEVMATCH)
    endif

    ! RTTOV
!    if (lrttov_column) then
!       call rttov_column(rttovIN%nPoints,rttovIN%nLevels,rttovIN%nSubCols,rttovIN%q,    &
!                         rttovIN%p,rttovIN%t,rttovIN%o3,rttovIN%ph,rttovIN%h_surf,      &
!                         rttovIN%u_surf,rttovIN%v_surf,rttovIN%p_surf,rttovIN%t_skin,   &
!                         rttovIN%t2m,rttovIN%q2m,rttovIN%lsmask,rttovIN%longitude,      &
!                         rttovIN%latitude,rttovIN%seaice,rttovIN%co2,rttovIN%ch4,       &
!                         rttovIN%n2o,rttovIN%co,rttovIN%zenang,lrttov_cleanUp,          &
!                         cospOUT%rttov_tbs(ij:ik,:),cosp_simulator(nError+1),           &
!                         ! Optional arguments for surface emissivity calculation
!                         month=rttovIN%month)
!                         ! Optional arguments to rttov for all-sky calculation
!                         ! rttovIN%month, rttovIN%tca,rttovIN%cldIce,rttovIN%cldLiq,     &
!                         ! rttovIN%fl_rain,rttovIN%fl_snow)
!    endif

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 6) Compute multi-instrument products
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

    ! CLOUDSAT/CALIPSO products
    if (Lradar_lidar_tcc .or. Llidar_only_freq_cloud .or. Lcloudsat_tcc .or. Lcloudsat_tcc2) then

       if (use_vgrid) then
          allocate(lidar_only_freq_cloud(cloudsatIN%Npoints,Nlvgrid),                    &
               radar_lidar_tcc(cloudsatIN%Npoints), cloudsat_tcc(cloudsatIN%Npoints),    &
               cloudsat_tcc2(cloudsatIN%Npoints))
          allocate(betamol_in(cloudsatIN%Npoints,1,cloudsatIN%Nlevels),                  &
                   betamoli(cloudsatIN%Npoints,1,Nlvgrid),                               &
                   pnormI(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,Nlvgrid),               &
                   Ze_totI(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,Nlvgrid))

          ! Regrid in the vertical (*NOTE* This routine requires SFC-2-TOA ordering, so flip
          ! inputs and outputs to maintain TOA-2-SFC ordering convention in COSP2.)
          betamol_in(:,1,:) = calipso_beta_mol(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1)
          call cosp_change_vertical_grid(cloudsatIN%Npoints,1,cloudsatIN%Nlevels,        &
               cospgridIN%hgt_matrix(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),                         &
               cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),betamol_in,         &
               Nlvgrid,vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid:1:-1),vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid:1:-1),                    &
               betamolI(:,1,Nlvgrid:1:-1))

          call cosp_change_vertical_grid(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,         &
               cloudsatIN%Nlevels,cospgridIN%hgt_matrix(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),      &
               cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),                    &
               calipso_beta_tot(:,:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),Nlvgrid,                    &
               vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid:1:-1),vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid:1:-1),pnormI(:,:,Nlvgrid:1:-1))

          call cosp_change_vertical_grid(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,         &
               cloudsatIN%Nlevels,cospgridIN%hgt_matrix(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),      &
               cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),                    &
               cloudsatDBZe(:,:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),Nlvgrid,vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid:1:-1), &
               vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid:1:-1),Ze_totI(:,:,Nlvgrid:1:-1),log_units=.true.)

          call cosp_lidar_only_cloud(cloudsatIN%Npoints, cloudsatIN%Ncolumns, Nlvgrid,   &
             pnormI, betamolI, Ze_totI, lidar_only_freq_cloud, radar_lidar_tcc,          &
             cloudsat_tcc, cloudsat_tcc2)

          deallocate(betamol_in,betamolI,pnormI,ze_totI)
       else
          allocate(lidar_only_freq_cloud(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Nlevels),         &
               radar_lidar_tcc(cloudsatIN%Npoints), cloudsat_tcc(cloudsatIN%Npoints),    &
               cloudsat_tcc2(cloudsatIN%Npoints))
          call cosp_lidar_only_cloud(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,             &
               cospIN%Nlevels,calipso_beta_tot(:,:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),             &
               calipso_beta_mol(:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),                              &
               cloudsatDBZe(:,:,cloudsatIN%Nlevels:1:-1),lidar_only_freq_cloud,          &
               radar_lidar_tcc, cloudsat_tcc, cloudsat_tcc2)
       endif

       ! Store, when necessary
       if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) then
          cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(ij:ik,:) = lidar_only_freq_cloud
       endif
       if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc)) then
          cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(ij:ik) = radar_lidar_tcc
       endif
       if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) then
          cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(ij:ik) = cloudsat_tcc
       endif
       if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) then
          cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(ij:ik) = cloudsat_tcc2
       endif
    endif

    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! 7) Cleanup
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    if (Lisccp_subcolumn .or. Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       nullify(isccpIN%Npoints,isccpIN%Ncolumns,isccpIN%Nlevels,isccpIN%emsfc_lw,        &
               isccpIN%skt,isccpIN%qv,isccpIN%at,isccpIN%frac_out,isccpIN%dtau,          &
               isccpIN%dem,isccpIN%phalf,isccpIN%sunlit,isccpIN%pfull)
    endif

    if (Lmisr_subcolumn) then
       nullify(misrIN%Npoints,misrIN%Ncolumns,misrIN%Nlevels,misrIN%dtau,misrIN%sunlit,  &
               misrIN%zfull,misrIN%at)
    endif

    if (Lcalipso_subcolumn) then
       nullify(calipsoIN%Npoints,calipsoIN%Ncolumns,calipsoIN%Nlevels,calipsoIN%beta_mol,&
               calipsoIN%betatot,calipsoIN%betatot_liq,calipsoIN%betatot_ice,            &
               calipsoIN%tau_mol,calipsoIN%tautot,calipsoIN%tautot_liq,calipsoIN%tautot_ice)
    endif

    if (LgrLidar532_subcolumn) then 
       nullify(grLidar532IN%Npoints,grLidar532IN%Ncolumns,grLidar532IN%Nlevels,grLidar532IN%beta_mol, &
               grLidar532IN%betatot,grLidar532IN%tau_mol,grLidar532IN%tautot) 
    endif 

    if (Latlid_subcolumn) then
       nullify(atlidIN%Npoints,atlidIN%Ncolumns,atlidIN%Nlevels,atlidIN%beta_mol_atlid, &
               atlidIN%betatot_atlid,atlidIN%tau_mol_atlid,atlidIN%tautot_atlid)
    endif 

    if (Lparasol_subcolumn) then
       nullify(parasolIN%Npoints,parasolIN%Nlevels,parasolIN%Ncolumns,parasolIN%Nrefl,   &
            parasolIN%tautot_S_liq,parasolIN%tautot_S_ice)
    endif


    if (Lcloudsat_subcolumn) then
       nullify(cloudsatIN%Npoints,cloudsatIN%Nlevels,cloudsatIN%Ncolumns,cloudsatIN%rcfg,&
               cloudsatIN%kr_vol,cloudsatIN%g_vol,cloudsatIN%z_vol,cloudsatIN%hgt_matrix)
    endif

    if (Lmodis_subcolumn) then
       nullify(modisIN%Npoints,modisIN%Ncolumns,modisIN%Nlevels,modisIN%tau,modisIN%g,   &
               modisIN%liqFrac,modisIN%w0)
       if (allocated(modisIN%sunlit))    deallocate(modisIN%sunlit)
       if (allocated(modisIN%notSunlit)) deallocate(modisIN%notSunlit)
       if (allocated(modisIN%pres))      deallocate(modisIN%pres)
    endif

    if (allocated(calipso_beta_tot))      deallocate(calipso_beta_tot)
    if (allocated(grLidar532_beta_tot))  deallocate(grLidar532_beta_tot)
    if (allocated(atlid_beta_tot))        deallocate(atlid_beta_tot) 
    if (allocated(calipso_beta_mol))      deallocate(calipso_beta_mol)
    if (allocated(grLidar532_beta_mol))  deallocate(grLidar532_beta_mol)
    if (allocated(atlid_beta_mol))        deallocate(atlid_beta_mol)
    if (allocated(calipso_betaperp_tot))  deallocate(calipso_betaperp_tot)
    if (allocated(cloudsatDBZe))          deallocate(cloudsatDBZe)
    if (allocated(lidar_only_freq_cloud)) deallocate(lidar_only_freq_cloud)
    if (allocated(radar_lidar_tcc))       deallocate(radar_lidar_tcc)
    if (allocated(cloudsat_tcc))          deallocate(cloudsat_tcc)
    if (allocated(cloudsat_tcc2))         deallocate(cloudsat_tcc2)

  end function COSP_SIMULATOR
  ! ######################################################################################
  ! SUBROUTINE cosp_init
  ! ######################################################################################
  SUBROUTINE COSP_INIT(Lisccp, Lmodis, Lmisr, Lcloudsat, Lcalipso, LgrLidar532, Latlid, Lparasol, Lrttov,     &
       cloudsat_radar_freq, cloudsat_k2, cloudsat_use_gas_abs, cloudsat_do_ray,          &
       isccp_top_height, isccp_top_height_direction, surface_radar, rcfg, lusevgrid,     &
       luseCSATvgrid, Nvgrid, Nlevels, cloudsat_micro_scheme)

    ! INPUTS
    logical,intent(in) :: Lisccp,Lmodis,Lmisr,Lcloudsat,Lcalipso,LgrLidar532,Latlid,Lparasol,Lrttov
    integer,intent(in)  :: &
         cloudsat_use_gas_abs,       & !
         cloudsat_do_ray,            & !
         isccp_top_height,           & !
         isccp_top_height_direction, & !
         Nlevels,                    & !
         Nvgrid,                     & ! Number of levels for new L3 grid
         surface_radar                 !
    real(wp),intent(in) :: &
         cloudsat_radar_freq,        & !
         cloudsat_k2                   !
    logical,intent(in) :: &
         lusevgrid,                  & ! Switch to use different vertical grid
         luseCSATvgrid                 ! Switch to use CLOUDSAT grid spacing for new
                                       ! vertical grid
    character(len=64),intent(in) :: &
       cloudsat_micro_scheme           ! Microphysical scheme used by CLOUDSAT

    ! OUTPUTS
    type(radar_cfg) :: rcfg

    ! Local variables
    integer  :: i
    real(wp) :: zstep

    ! Initialize MODIS optical-depth bin boundaries for joint-histogram. (defined in cosp_config.F90)
    if (.not. allocated(modis_histTau)) then
       allocate(modis_histTau(ntau+1),modis_histTauEdges(2,ntau),modis_histTauCenters(ntau))
       numMODISTauBins      = ntau
       modis_histTau        = tau_binBounds
       modis_histTauEdges   = tau_binEdges
       modis_histTauCenters = tau_binCenters
    endif

    ! Set up vertical grid used by CALIPSO and CLOUDSAT L3
    use_vgrid = lusevgrid

    if (use_vgrid) then
      Nlvgrid  = Nvgrid
       allocate(vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid),vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid),vgrid_z(Nlvgrid))
       ! CloudSat grid requested
       if (luseCSATvgrid)       zstep = 480._wp
       ! Other grid requested. Constant vertical spacing with top at 20 km
       if (.not. luseCSATvgrid) zstep = 20000._wp/Nvgrid
       do i=1,Nvgrid
          vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid-i+1) = (i-1)*zstep
          vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid-i+1) = i*zstep
       enddo
       vgrid_z = (vgrid_zl+vgrid_zu)/2._wp
    else
       Nlvgrid = Nlevels
       allocate(vgrid_zl(Nlvgrid),vgrid_zu(Nlvgrid),vgrid_z(Nlvgrid))
    endif

    ! Initialize simulators
    if (Lisccp) call cosp_isccp_init(isccp_top_height,isccp_top_height_direction)
    if (Lmodis) call cosp_modis_init()
    if (Lmisr)  call cosp_misr_init()
!    if (Lrttov) call cosp_rttov_init()
    if (Lcloudsat) call cosp_cloudsat_init(cloudsat_radar_freq,cloudsat_k2,              &
         cloudsat_use_gas_abs,cloudsat_do_ray,R_UNDEF,N_HYDRO, surface_radar,            &
         rcfg,cloudsat_micro_scheme)
    if (Lcalipso) call cosp_calipso_init()
    if (LgrLidar532) call cosp_grLidar532_init()
    if (Latlid) call cosp_atlid_init()
    if (Lparasol) call cosp_parasol_init()

    linitialization = .FALSE.
  END SUBROUTINE COSP_INIT

  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  ! SUBROUTINE cosp_cleanUp
  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  subroutine cosp_cleanUp()
    deallocate(vgrid_zl,vgrid_zu,vgrid_z)
  end subroutine cosp_cleanUp

  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  ! SUBROUTINE cosp_errorCheck
  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  subroutine cosp_errorCheck(cospgridIN, cospIN, Lisccp_subcolumn, Lisccp_column,           &
       Lmisr_subcolumn, Lmisr_column, Lmodis_subcolumn, Lmodis_column, Lcloudsat_subcolumn, &
       Lcloudsat_column, Lcalipso_subcolumn, Lcalipso_column, Latlid_subcolumn,             &
       Latlid_column, LgrLidar532_subcolumn, LgrLidar532_column, Lrttov_subcolumn,        &
       Lrttov_column, Lparasol_subcolumn, Lparasol_column, Lradar_lidar_tcc,                &
       Llidar_only_freq_cloud, Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2, cospOUT, errorMessage, nError)
    
    ! Inputs
    type(cosp_column_inputs),intent(in) :: &
         cospgridIN       ! Model grid inputs to COSP
    type(cosp_optical_inputs),intent(in) :: &
         cospIN           ! Derived (optical) input to COSP
    
    ! Outputs
    logical,intent(inout) :: &
         Lisccp_subcolumn,    & ! ISCCP subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lisccp_column,       & ! ISCCP column simulator on/off switch
         Lmisr_subcolumn,     & ! MISR subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lmisr_column,        & ! MISR column simulator on/off switch
         Lmodis_subcolumn,    & ! MODIS subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lmodis_column,       & ! MODIS column simulator on/off switch
         Lcloudsat_subcolumn, & ! CLOUDSAT subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lcloudsat_column,    & ! CLOUDSAT column simulator on/off switch
         Lcalipso_subcolumn,  & ! CALIPSO subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lcalipso_column,     & ! CALIPSO column simulator on/off switch
         Latlid_subcolumn,    & ! EarthCare subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Latlid_column,       & ! EarthCare column simulator on/off switch
         LgrLidar532_subcolumn, & ! Ground Lidar subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         LgrLidar532_column, & ! Ground Lidar column simulator on/off switch
         Lparasol_subcolumn,  & ! PARASOL subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lparasol_column,     & ! PARASOL column simulator on/off switch
         Lrttov_subcolumn,    & ! RTTOV subcolumn simulator on/off switch
         Lrttov_column,       & ! RTTOV column simulator on/off switch
         Lcloudsat_tcc,       & !
         Lcloudsat_tcc2,      & !
         Lradar_lidar_tcc,    & ! On/Off switch for joint Calipso/Cloudsat product
         Llidar_only_freq_cloud ! On/Off switch for joint Calipso/Cloudsat product
    type(cosp_outputs),intent(inout) :: &
         cospOUT                ! COSP Outputs
    character(len=256),dimension(100) :: errorMessage
    integer,intent(out) :: nError
    
    ! Local variables
    character(len=100) :: parasolErrorMessage
    logical :: alloc_status
    
    nError = 0
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! PART 0: Ensure that the inputs needed by the requested simulators are allocated.
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! ISCCP simulator
    if (Lisccp_subcolumn .or. Lisccp_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%skt)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%skt has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%qv)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%qv has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%at)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%at has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%frac_out)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospIN%frac_out has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_067)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospIN%tau_067 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%emiss_11)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospIN%emiss_11 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%sunlit)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%sunlit has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%pfull)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (ISSCP simulator): cospgridIN%pfull has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    ! MISR simulator
    if (Lmisr_subcolumn .or. Lmisr_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_067)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MISR simulator): cospIN%tau_067 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%sunlit)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MISR simulator): cospgridIN%sunlit has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MISR simulator): cospgridIN%hgt_matrix has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%at)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MISR simulator): cospgridIN%at has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lmisr_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmisr_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_fq))                   cospOUT%misr_fq(:,:,:)                 = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop))             cospOUT%misr_meanztop(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea))              cospOUT%misr_cldarea(:)                = R_UNDEF          
       endif
    endif

    ! EarthCare Lidar simulator.
    if (Latlid_subcolumn .or. Latlid_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%beta_mol_atlid)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospIN%beta_mol_atlid has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%betatot_atlid)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospIN%betatot_atlid has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_mol_atlid)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospIN%tau_mol_atlid has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_atlid)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospIN%tautot_atlid has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))  cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld)) cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer)) cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol)) cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot)) cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       
       ! EarthCare column simulator requires additional inputs not required by the subcolumn simulator.
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%hgt_matrix has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (EarthCare Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Latlid_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr)) cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif

    ! Ground Lidar simulator.
    if (LgrLidar532_subcolumn .or. LgrLidar532_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%betatot_grLidar532)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospIN%betatot_grLidar532 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_grLidar532)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospIN%tautot_grLidar532 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))  cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld)) cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer)) cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol)) cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot)) cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       
       ! Ground Lidar column simulator requires additional inputs not required by the subcolumn simulator.
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%hgt_matrix has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Ground Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          LgrLidar532_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr)) cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    ! Calipso Lidar simulator
    if (Lcalipso_subcolumn .or. Lcalipso_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%beta_mol_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospIN%beta_mol_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%betatot_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospIN%betatot_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_mol_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospIN%tau_mol_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospIN%tautot_calipso has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%tautot_liq has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%tautot_ice has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_mol))      cospOUT%calipso_beta_mol(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_beta_tot))      cospOUT%calipso_beta_tot(:,:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_betaperp_tot))  cospOUT%calipso_betaperp_tot(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          ! Also, turn-off joint-products 
          if (Lradar_lidar_tcc) then
             Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc)) cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc2) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc2 = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Llidar_only_freq_cloud) then
             Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
       endif
       
       ! Calipso column simulator requires additional inputs not required by the subcolumn simulator.
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospgridIN%hgt_matrix has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator):'//&
               ' cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%at)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%at has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Calipso Lidar simulator): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lcalipso_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc2) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc2 = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          ! Also, turn-off joint-products 
          if (Lradar_lidar_tcc) then
             Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc)) cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Llidar_only_freq_cloud) then
             Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
       endif
    endif
    
    ! PARASOL simulator
    if (Lparasol_subcolumn .or. Lparasol_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_S_liq)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (PARASOL simulator): cospIN%tautot_S_liq has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tautot_S_ice)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (PARASOL simulator): cospIN%tautot_S_ice has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lparasol_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lparasol_column     = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolPix_refl))  cospOUT%parasolPix_refl(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl)) cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(:,:)  = R_UNDEF
       endif
       
       ! PARASOL column simulator requires additional inputs not required by the subcolumn simulator.
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%land)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (PARASOL simulator): cospgridIN%land has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lparasol_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl)) cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(:,:)  = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    ! Cloudsat radar simulator
    if (Lcloudsat_subcolumn .or. Lcloudsat_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Cloudsat radar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Cloudsat radar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Cloudsat radar simulator):'//&
               ' cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Cloudsat radar simulator):'//&
               ' cospgridIN%hgt_matrix has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column     = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze)) cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot))  cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc2) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc2 = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          ! Also, turn-off joint-products 
          if (Lradar_lidar_tcc) then
             Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc)) cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Llidar_only_freq_cloud) then
             Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
       endif
       
       ! Cloudsat column simulator requires additional inputs not required by the subcolumn simulator.
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (Cloudsat radar simulator):'//&
               ' cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lcloudsat_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))      cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Lcloudsat_tcc2) then
             Lcloudsat_tcc2 = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          ! Also, turn-off joint-products 
          if (Lradar_lidar_tcc) then
             Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc)) cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
          if (Llidar_only_freq_cloud) then
             Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
             if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          endif
       endif
    endif
    
    ! MODIS simulator
    if (Lmodis_subcolumn .or. Lmodis_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%fracLiq)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MODIS simulator): cospIN%fracLiq has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%tau_067)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MODIS simulator): cospIN%tau_067 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%asym)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MODIS simulator): cospIN%asym has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospIN%ss_alb)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MODIS simulator): cospIN%ss_alb has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%sunlit)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (MODIS simulator): cospgridIN%sunlit has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lmodis_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lmodis_column     = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF          
       endif
    endif
    
    ! RTTOV
    if (Lrttov_column) then
       alloc_status = .true.
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%emis_sfc)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%emis_sfc has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%emis_sfc has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%u_sfc)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%u_sfc has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%v_sfc)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%v_sfc has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%skt)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%skt has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%qv)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%qv has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%at)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%at has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%land)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%land has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%lat)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%lat has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%lon)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%lon has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%seaice)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%seaice has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%pfull)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%pfull has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%phalf)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%phalf has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%at)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%at has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%qv)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%qv has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%o3)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%o3 has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%tca)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%tca has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%cloudIce)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%cloudIce has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%cloudLiq)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%cloudLiq has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%fl_rain)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%fl_rain has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. allocated(cospgridIN%fl_snow)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable (RTTOV): cospgridIN%fl_snow has not been allocated'
          alloc_status = .false.
       endif
       if (.not. alloc_status) then
          Lrttov_column     = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF          
       endif
    endif
    
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! PART 1: Check input array values for out-of-bounds values. When an out-of-bound value
    !         is encountered, COSP outputs that are dependent on that input are filled with
    !         an undefined value (set in cosp_config.f90) and if necessary, that simulator
    !         is turned off.
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn, Lisccp_column, Lmisr_subcolumn, Lmisr_column, Lmodis_subcolumn, Lmodis_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%sunlit .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%sunlit contains values out of range (0 or 1)'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lmisr_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lmisr_column     = .false.
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_fq))                   cospOUT%misr_fq(:,:,:)                 = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop))             cospOUT%misr_meanztop(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea))              cospOUT%misr_cldarea(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif

    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn, Lisccp_column, Lmisr_subcolumn, Lmisr_column, Lrttov_column,&
         Lcalipso_column, Lcloudsat_column, Lradar_lidar_tcc,Llidar_only_freq_cloud, &
         Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%at .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%at contains values out of range (at<0), expected units (K)'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lmisr_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lmisr_column     = .false.
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          Lcalipso_column  = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc    = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2   = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_fq))                   cospOUT%misr_fq(:,:,:)                 = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop))             cospOUT%misr_meanztop(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea))              cospOUT%misr_cldarea(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))      cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud)) cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))       cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)           = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn, Lisccp_column, Lrttov_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%pfull .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%pfull contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))           cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column,Lmodis_subcolumn,Lmodis_column,Lcalipso_column,Lrttov_column,&
             LgrLidar532_column,Latlid_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%phalf .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%phalf contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          Lcalipso_column  = .false.
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))           cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))         cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))        cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))        cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))   cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))  cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))  cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column,Lrttov_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%qv .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%qv contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))           cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lmisr_subcolumn,Lmisr_column,Lcloudsat_subcolumn,Lcloudsat_column,Lcalipso_column,Lradar_lidar_tcc,&
         Llidar_only_freq_cloud,LgrLidar532_column,Latlid_column,Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix .lt. -300)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%hgt_matrix contains values out of range'
          Lmisr_subcolumn     = .false.
          Lmisr_column        = .false.
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          Lcalipso_column     = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc       = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .false.
          Latlid_column       = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_fq))                   cospOUT%misr_fq(:,:,:)                 = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop))             cospOUT%misr_meanztop(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea))              cospOUT%misr_cldarea(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))           cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))          cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase))     cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))          cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase))     cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))       cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))          cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot))           cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))     cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))           cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc))              cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2))             cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))             cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)           = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))            cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))            cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))        cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))       cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))       cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))           cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)           = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)       = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))      cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)      = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse))    cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))       cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)         = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lrttov_column,Lcloudsat_column,Lcalipso_column,Lradar_lidar_tcc,Llidar_only_freq_cloud, &
             LgrLidar532_column, Latlid_column, Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half .lt. -300)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column = .false.
          Lcalipso_column  = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc    = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2   = .false.
          Latlid_column       = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))              cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))        cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))       cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))       cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase))  cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))    cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))       cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))  cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))        cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)           = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc))           cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2))          cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:)             = R_UNDEF          
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))          cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))         cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))         cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)          = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))     cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))    cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))    cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))        cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))    cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:)  = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))    cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lrttov_column,Lcalipso_column,Lparasol_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%land .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%land contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          Lcalipso_column  = .false.
          Lparasol_column  = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))             cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl))      cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column,Lrttov_column])) then
       if (any(cospgridIN%skt .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%skt contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs))           cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    ! RTTOV Inputs
    if (Lrttov_column) then
       if (cospgridIN%zenang .lt. -90. .OR. cospgridIN%zenang .gt. 90) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%zenang contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (cospgridIN%co2 .lt. 0) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%co2 contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (cospgridIN%ch4 .lt. 0) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%ch4 contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (cospgridIN%n2o .lt. 0) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%n2o contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (cospgridIN%co.lt. 0) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%co contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospgridIN%o3 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%o3 contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospgridIN%emis_sfc .lt. 0. .OR. cospgridIN%emis_sfc .gt. 1)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospgridIN%emis_sfc contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospgridIN%u_sfc .lt. -100. .OR. cospgridIN%u_sfc .gt. 100.)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%u_sfc contains values out of range'
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          Lrttov_column = .false.
       endif
       if (any(cospgridIN%v_sfc .lt. -100. .OR. cospgridIN%v_sfc .gt. 100.)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%v_sfc contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospgridIN%lat .lt. -90 .OR. cospgridIN%lat .gt. 90)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%lat contains values out of range'
          Lrttov_column = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%rttov_tbs)) cospOUT%rttov_tbs(:,:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    ! COSP_INPUTS
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column])) then
       if (cospIN%emsfc_lw .lt. 0. .OR. cospIN%emsfc_lw .gt. 1.) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%emsfc_lw contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column,Lmisr_subcolumn,Lmisr_column,Lmodis_subcolumn,Lmodis_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%tau_067 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tau_067 contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          Lmisr_subcolumn  = .false.
          Lmisr_column     = .false.
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_fq))                   cospOUT%misr_fq(:,:,:)                 = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops)) cospOUT%misr_dist_model_layertops(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_meanztop))             cospOUT%misr_meanztop(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%misr_cldarea))              cospOUT%misr_cldarea(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lisccp_subcolumn,Lisccp_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%emiss_11 .lt. 0. .OR. cospIN%emiss_11 .gt. 1)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%emiss_11 contains values out of range'
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea))  cospOUT%isccp_totalcldarea(:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantb))        cospOUT%isccp_meantb(:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr))     cospOUT%isccp_meantbclr(:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanptop))      cospOUT%isccp_meanptop(:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld))    cospOUT%isccp_meantaucld(:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld)) cospOUT%isccp_meanalbedocld(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxtau))        cospOUT%isccp_boxtau(:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_boxptop))       cospOUT%isccp_boxptop(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%isccp_fq))            cospOUT%isccp_fq(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lmodis_subcolumn,Lmodis_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%asym .lt. -1. .OR. cospIN%asym .gt. 1)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%asym contains values out of range'
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%ss_alb .lt. 0 .OR. cospIN%ss_alb .gt. 1)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%ss_alb contains values out of range'
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Total_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean))                          &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Water_Mean(:)                   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Ice_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean))                           &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_High_Mean(:)                    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Mid_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean))                            &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Fraction_Low_Mean(:)                     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean))                         &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_Mean(:)                  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Total_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean))                    &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Water_LogMean(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_Ice_LogMean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean))                     &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Water_Mean(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Particle_Size_Ice_Mean(:)                = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean))                      &
               cospOUT%modis_Cloud_Top_Pressure_Total_Mean(:)               = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean))                             &
               cospOUT%modis_Liquid_Water_Path_Mean(:)                      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean))                                &
               cospOUT%modis_Ice_Water_Path_Mean(:)                         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure))            &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_Cloud_Top_Pressure(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffICE(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ))                       &
               cospOUT%modis_Optical_Thickness_vs_ReffLIQ(:,:,:)            = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Latlid_subcolumn,Latlid_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%betatot_atlid .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%betatot_atlid contains values out of range'
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))      cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))      cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%beta_mol_atlid .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%beta_mol_atlid contains values out of range'
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))      cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))      cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_atlid .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_atlid contains values out of range'
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))      cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))      cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tau_mol_atlid .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tau_mol_atlid contains values out of range'
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%atlid_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld))      cospOUT%atlid_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer))      cospOUT%atlid_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol))      cospOUT%atlid_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    
    if (any([LgrLidar532_subcolumn,LgrLidar532_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%betatot_grLidar532 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%betatot_grLidar532 contains values out of range'
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))      cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))      cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532 contains values out of range'
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))      cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))      cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_grLidar532 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_grLidar532 contains values out of range'
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))      cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))      cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532 .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532 contains values out of range'
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%grLidar532_cfad_sr(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld))      cospOUT%grLidar532_lidarcld(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer))      cospOUT%grLidar532_cldlayer(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_tot(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol))      cospOUT%grLidar532_beta_mol(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif

    if (any([Lcalipso_subcolumn,Lcalipso_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%betatot_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%betatot_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = ('ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso contains values out of range')
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = ('ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso contains values out of range')
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tau_mol_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tau_mol_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))       cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))      cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase)) cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))      cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase)) cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))        cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))       cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF 
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))  cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))   cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lcalipso_subcolumn,Lcalipso_column,Lcloudsat_column,Lradar_lidar_tcc,       &
        Llidar_only_freq_cloud, Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2])) then
       if (any(cospIN%beta_mol_calipso .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%beta_mol_calipso contains values out of range'
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column   = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc   = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc      = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2     = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr))        cospOUT%calipso_cfad_sr(:,:,:)       = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld))       cospOUT%calipso_lidarcld(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase))  cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer))       cospOUT%calipso_cldlayer(:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase))  cospOUT%calipso_cldlayerphase(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp))    cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtmp(:,:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_srbval))         cospOUT%calipso_srbval(:)            = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))       cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)      = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))  cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)   = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))        cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)           = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc))           cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:)              = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2))          cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype))   cospOUT%calipso_lidarcldtype(:,:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtype))        cospOUT%calipso_cldtype(:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp))    cospOUT%calipso_cldtypetemp(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz))   cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanz(:,:)    = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse)) cospOUT%calipso_cldtypemeanzse(:,:)  = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis))    cospOUT%calipso_cldthinemis(:)       = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lparasol_subcolumn,Lparasol_column])) then
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_S_liq .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_S_liq contains values out of range'
          Lparasol_subcolumn = .false.
          Lparasol_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolPix_refl))  cospOUT%parasolPix_refl(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl)) cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(:,:)  = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%tautot_S_ice .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%tautot_S_ice contains values out of range'
          Lparasol_subcolumn = .false.
          Lparasol_column    = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolPix_refl))  cospOUT%parasolPix_refl(:,:,:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl)) cospOUT%parasolGrid_refl(:,:)  = R_UNDEF
       endif
    endif
    if (any([Lcloudsat_subcolumn,Lcloudsat_column,Lradar_lidar_tcc,Llidar_only_freq_cloud, &
        Lcloudsat_tcc, Lcloudsat_tcc2])) then
       if (any(cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat contains values out of range'
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc       = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))          cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot))           cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))     cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))           cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat contains values out of range'
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc       = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .false.
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))          cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot))           cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))     cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))           cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF
       endif
       if (any(cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat .lt. 0)) then
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR: COSP input variable: cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat contains values out of range'
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          Lradar_lidar_tcc    = .false.
          Llidar_only_freq_cloud = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc       = .false.
          Lcloudsat_tcc2      = .false.          
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze))          cospOUT%cloudsat_cfad_ze(:,:,:)        = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot))           cospOUT%cloudsat_Ze_tot(:,:,:)         = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud))     cospOUT%lidar_only_freq_cloud(:,:)     = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc))           cospOUT%radar_lidar_tcc(:)             = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc(:) = R_UNDEF
          if (associated(cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2)) cospOUT%cloudsat_tcc2(:) = R_UNDEF          
       endif
    endif
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! Part 2: Check input fields array size for consistency. This needs to be done for each
    !         simulator
    !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    ! ISCCP
    if (Lisccp_subcolumn .or. Lisccp_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%frac_out,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,1)   .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%emiss_11,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%skt)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%phalf,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%sunlit)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%pfull,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(isccp_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%frac_out,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%emiss_11,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(isccp_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%frac_out,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,3)   .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%emiss_11,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,2)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,2)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%pfull,2) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%phalf,2) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels+1) then
          Lisccp_subcolumn = .false.
          Lisccp_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(isccp_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif
    
    ! MISR
    if (Lmisr_subcolumn .or. Lmisr_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%tau_067,1)        .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%sunlit)       .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,1)         .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lmisr_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmisr_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(misr_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%tau_067,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lmisr_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmisr_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(misr_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%tau_067,3)        .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,2) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,2)         .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          Lmisr_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmisr_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(misr_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif
    
    ! MODIS
    if (Lmodis_subcolumn .or. Lmodis_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%fracLiq,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%asym,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%ss_alb,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(modis_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%fracLiq,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%asym,2)    .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%ss_alb,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(modis_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%fracLiq,3) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_067,3) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%asym,3)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%ss_alb,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          Lmodis_subcolumn = .false.
          Lmodis_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(modis_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif
    
    ! CLOUDSAT
    if (Lcloudsat_subcolumn .or. Lcloudsat_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat,1)   .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat,1)   .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,1)   .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(cloudsat_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(cloudsat_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%z_vol_cloudsat,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%kr_vol_cloudsat,3) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%g_vol_cloudsat,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix,2)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          Lcloudsat_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcloudsat_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(cloudsat_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif

    ! GROUND LIDAR @ 532nm
    if (LgrLidar532_subcolumn .or. LgrLidar532_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. & 
           size(cospIN%betatot_grLidar532,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_grLidar532,1)      .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false.
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(grLidar532_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%betatot_grLidar532,2)    .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. & 
           size(cospIN%tautot_grLidar532,2)     .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then 
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false. 
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false. 
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(grLidar532_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_grLidar532,2)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_grLidar532,3)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_grLidar532,2)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_grLidar532,3)      .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          LgrLidar532_subcolumn = .false. 
          LgrLidar532_column    = .false. 
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(grLidar532_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent' 
       endif
    endif
    
    ! ATLID
    if (Latlid_subcolumn .or. Latlid_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_atlid,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_atlid,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_atlid,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. & 
           size(cospIN%tautot_atlid,1)      .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then 
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false. 
          Latlid_column    = .false. 
          nError=nError+1             
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(atlid_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%betatot_atlid,2)    .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_atlid,2)     .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then 
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1              
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(atlid_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_atlid,2)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_atlid,3)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. & 
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_atlid,2)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_atlid,3)      .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then 
          Latlid_subcolumn = .false.
          Latlid_column    = .false. 
          nError=nError+1 
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(atlid_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif

    ! CALIPSO
    if (Lcalipso_subcolumn .or. Lcalipso_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_calipso,1)    .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_calipso,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_calipso,1)     .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_calipso,1)      .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso,1)  .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(calipso_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%betatot_calipso,2)     .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_calipso,2)      .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso,2)  .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(calipso_simulator): The number of sub-columns in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%beta_mol_calipso,2)    .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_calipso,3)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_liq_calipso,3) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%betatot_ice_calipso,3) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tau_mol_calipso,2)     .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_calipso,3)      .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_liq_calipso,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_ice_calipso,3)  .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          Lcalipso_subcolumn = .false.
          Lcalipso_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(calipso_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif
    
    ! PARASOL
    if (Lparasol_subcolumn .or. Lparasol_column) then
       if (size(cospIN%tautot_S_liq,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_S_ice,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lparasol_subcolumn = .false.
          Lparasol_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(parasol_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospIN%tautot_S_liq,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns .OR. &
           size(cospIN%tautot_S_ice,2) .ne. cospIN%Ncolumns) then
          Lparasol_subcolumn = .false.
          Lparasol_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(parasol_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif

    ! RTTOV
    if (Lrttov_column) then
       if (size(cospgridIN%pfull,1)           .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,1)              .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,1)              .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half,1) .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%u_sfc)             .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%v_sfc)             .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%skt)               .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%phalf,1)           .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,1)              .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%land)              .ne. cospIN%Npoints .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%lat)               .ne. cospIN%Npoints) then
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(rttov_simulator): The number of points in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
       if (size(cospgridIN%pfull,2)           .ne. cospIN%Nlevels   .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%at,2)              .ne. cospIN%Nlevels   .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,2)              .ne. cospIN%Nlevels   .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%hgt_matrix_half,2) .ne. cospIN%Nlevels+1 .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%phalf,2)           .ne. cospIN%Nlevels+1 .OR. &
           size(cospgridIN%qv,2)              .ne. cospIN%Nlevels) then
          Lrttov_column    = .false.
          nError=nError+1
          errorMessage(nError) = 'ERROR(rttov_simulator): The number of levels in the input fields are inconsistent'
       endif
    endif
  end subroutine cosp_errorCheck

  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  ! END MODULE
  !%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
END MODULE MOD_COSP