D Q R Report

DQRID : D950722.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time	Data Quality Metric
07/18/1995	0530	07/18/1995	0729	Does not affect quality

Subject:	SGP/SONDE/B1 - Sounding done in Research Mode
DataStreams:	sgpsondewrprB1.00, sgpsondewrpnB1.a1, sgpsondewrprB1.a0, sgpsondewrpnB1.b1, sgpsondewrpnB1.a0, sgpsondewrprB1.a1
Description:	This sounding was done in RESEARCH mode for both thermodynamic as well as wind data. The normal mode is to for RESEARCH winds only. As a result, both the ascending and descending flights of the sonde are included in the data file and none of the data are smoothed or filtered. Mentor believes that some of the radiation codes that use the sonde data as input don't handle the descending samples well. I'm not sure which ones may be affected.
Suggestions:	If (and only if) requested, the sounding could be reprocessed either using the software developed at the EC or the digi-CORA.
Measurements:	sgpsondewrpnB1.a1: pres tdry alt dp deg u_wind wstat wspd asc rh v_wind more sgpsondewrprB1.a0: tdry dp pres alt rh deg wstat asc wspd more sgpsondewrprB1.a1: rh v_wind wspd u_wind pres asc tdry deg wstat alt dp more sgpsondewrpnB1.b1: rh wspd alt tdry v_wind pres asc dp wstat u_wind deg more sgpsondewrpnB1.a0: deg tdry pres alt rh wspd asc wstat dp more sgpsondewrprB1.00: Raw data stream - documentation not supported more