diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py b/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
index a01e8c4786f97c0614c1d30c7984ff96263f511d..3d46900bbf0871bafe2d9d83b24f9433dd1af86d 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_surfrad.py
@@ -7,47 +7,6 @@ from aeolus.datasource import CLAVRx_VIIRS
 from icing.moon_phase import *
 from pathlib import Path
 
-# --- CLAVRx Radiometric parameters and metadata ------------------------------------------------
-l1b_ds_list = ['temp_10_4um_nom', 'temp_11_0um_nom', 'temp_12_0um_nom', 'temp_13_3um_nom', 'temp_3_75um_nom',
-               'temp_6_2um_nom', 'temp_6_7um_nom', 'temp_7_3um_nom', 'temp_8_5um_nom', 'temp_9_7um_nom',
-               'refl_0_47um_nom', 'refl_0_65um_nom', 'refl_0_86um_nom', 'refl_1_38um_nom', 'refl_1_60um_nom']
-
-l1b_ds_types = {ds: 'f4' for ds in l1b_ds_list}
-l1b_ds_fill = {l1b_ds_list[i]: -32767 for i in range(10)}
-l1b_ds_fill.update({l1b_ds_list[i+10]: -32768 for i in range(5)})
-l1b_ds_range = {ds: 'actual_range' for ds in l1b_ds_list}
-
-# --- CLAVRx L2 parameters and metadata
-ds_list = ['cld_height_acha', 'cld_geo_thick', 'cld_press_acha', 'sensor_zenith_angle', 'supercooled_prob_acha',
-           'supercooled_cloud_fraction', 'cld_temp_acha', 'cld_opd_acha', 'solar_zenith_angle',
-           'cld_reff_acha', 'cld_reff_dcomp', 'cld_reff_dcomp_1', 'cld_reff_dcomp_2', 'cld_reff_dcomp_3',
-           'cld_opd_dcomp', 'cld_opd_dcomp_1', 'cld_opd_dcomp_2', 'cld_opd_dcomp_3', 'cld_cwp_dcomp', 'iwc_dcomp',
-           'lwc_dcomp', 'cld_emiss_acha', 'conv_cloud_fraction', 'cloud_type', 'cloud_phase', 'cloud_mask']
-
-ds_types = {ds_list[i]: 'f4' for i in range(23)}
-ds_types.update({ds_list[i+23]: 'i1' for i in range(3)})
-ds_fill = {ds_list[i]: -32768 for i in range(23)}
-ds_fill.update({ds_list[i+23]: -128 for i in range(3)})
-ds_range = {ds_list[i]: 'actual_range' for i in range(23)}
-ds_range.update({ds_list[i]: None for i in range(3)})
-
-ds_types.update(l1b_ds_types)
-ds_fill.update(l1b_ds_fill)
-ds_range.update(l1b_ds_range)
-
-ds_types.update({'temp_3_9um_nom': 'f4'})
-ds_types.update({'cloud_fraction': 'f4'})
-ds_fill.update({'temp_3_9um_nom': -32767})
-ds_fill.update({'cloud_fraction': -32768})
-ds_range.update({'temp_3_9um_nom': 'actual_range'})
-ds_range.update({'cloud_fraction': 'actual_range'})
-
-
-emis_params = ['temp_10_4um_nom', 'temp_11_0um_nom', 'temp_12_0um_nom', 'temp_13_3um_nom', 'temp_3_9um_nom',
-               'temp_6_7um_nom']
-# refl_params = ['refl_0_47um_nom', 'refl_0_65um_nom', 'refl_0_86um_nom', 'refl_1_38um_nom', 'refl_1_60um_nom']
-# data_params = refl_params + emis_params
-# data_params = emis_params
 
 # target_param = 'cloud_probability'
 target_param = 'cld_opd_dcomp'
@@ -58,7 +17,7 @@ group_name_m = 'orig/'
 solzen_name = group_name_m + 'solar_zenith'
 
 label_params = group_name_i+target_param
-data_params = [group_name_m+'temp_11_0um', group_name_m+'temp_12_0um', group_name_m+'refl_0_65um', group_name_m+target_param]
+data_params = [group_name_m+'temp_11_0um', group_name_m+'refl_0_65um', group_name_m+target_param]
 
 
 def keep_tile(param_s, tile):