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Add CRTM v3.2.0 TestReference H(x) to abi/ahi obs files - #592

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Adds a TestReference/brightnessTemperature group to abi_g16_obs_2019042306_m.nc4 and ahi_himawari8_obs_2019042306_m.nc4: CRTM v3.2.0 H(x) computed with the re-rolled 2026-08-06 coefficients from the unchanged geovals. GsiHofX is retained unchanged as the historical record.

Purely additive and inert on develop — nothing references the new group until the companion ufo change (JCSDA-internal/ufo PR against feature/btj_REL-3.2.0, linked below) repoints opr_abi_ahi_crtm from GsiHofX to TestReference, which only makes sense once CRTM v3.2.0 is in the build. Merging this first is safe in any order relative to ufo develop.

Shift vs GsiHofX for the record: AHI is sub-mK on ch 8–16 with only the 3.9 µm ch 7 moving (−0.04 ± 0.08 K, max 0.33 K); ABI shifts on all channels (largest ch 10: −0.57 ± 0.36 K, max 1.82 K) — the signature of the ABI coefficient refresh in the v3.2.0 tarball rather than a physics change.

These two files are used only by opr_abi_ahi_crtm.


Part of the unified Radiance operator effort: JCSDA-internal/ufo#4306 (tracking issue, with motivation and history).

Computed with the re-rolled 2026-08-06 v3.2.0 coefficients from the
unchanged geovals; GsiHofX retained unchanged as the historical record.
Companion to the ufo abi_ahi_crtm.yaml repointing.
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Note: the companion ufo PR #4305 was closed rather than merged — its changes landed directly on feature/btj_REL-3.2.0 in ufo (commit 131fd0bc4), which is still in active development. This data PR is unaffected and still needed: the new abi/ahi reference files here are what that branch's tests now point at.

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