Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | Data Quality Metric |
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11/01/1998 | 0000 | 11/30/1998 | 2359 | Does not affect quality |
Subject: | Overview of Automated QA - November 1998 |
DataStreams: | sgp05okmX1.00, sgp15okmX1.00, sgp15okmX1.a1, sgp05okmX1.a1 |
Description: | Below is an overview from Chris Fiebrich, the Mesonet QA manager of the automated quality assurance results for the November 1998 Oklahoma Mesonet data. There are a few special events that were flagged by the automatic qa that you may want to be aware of. These include: Date Station Parameter(s) ---- ------- ------------ 11/08 KETC TA9M Overcast conditions kept temperatures at approximately 48 degrees all day long; this caused our persistence program to flag the data. Disregard the flags. SULP TAIR Same as above 11/23 BBOW WS2M Completely calm conditions held the 2-m wind speed at 0.0 m/s all day long; this caused our persistence program to flag the data. Disregard the flags. 11/26 CHEY TAIR Strong low-level inversion caused many sites MEDI TAIR which "poked" into the warmer air to be MINC TAIR spatially inconsistent with neighboring RETR TAIR stations. You can disregard the flags for SPEN RELH, TAIR these stations. -Chris Fiebrich Mesonet QA Manager =========================================================================== == OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK/ARS QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT for the month of November, 1998 Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day Prepared by Chris Fiebrich (qamgr@redrock.ocs.ou.edu) =========================================================================== ===== Notes: The Mesonet and ARS networks are in great shape. We only had a handful of problematic sensors during the month of November. No new problems were discovered by analyzing the monthly-averaged fields. And now, on to the report... =========================================================================== = TAIR Current: None Added: None Resolved: #2146 ELRE Meso-comparison showed no bias RELH Current: #2144 MANG Monthly QA indicates max observed too low #2150 RING Sensor reporting ~30% too low Added: None Resolved: #2145 BLAC Meso-comparison showed sensor to be ok within test range #2156 SKIA Sensor failed meso-comparison; replaced #2162 JAYX Sensor failed meso-comparison; replaced #2163 OKMU Sensor failed meso-comparison; replaced WDIR Current: None Added: None Resolved: None WSPD Current: #2158 STUA Sensor reporting 0.0 m/s for extended periods of time #2165 CLAY Sensor stuck at 0.0 m/s Added: None Resolved: None PRES Current: None Added: None Resolved: None SRAD Current: None Added: None Resolved: None RAIN Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TA9M Current: None Added: None Resolved: None WS2M Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS10 Current: #2161 FAIR Sensor reporting constant -219.3 C Added: None Resolved: None TB10 Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS05 Current: #2160 FAIR Sensor reporting constant -57.3 C Added: None Resolved: None TB05 Current: #2015 ELRE Sensor reporting 2 C warmer than neighbors Added: None Resolved: None TS30 Current: #2157 TIPT Sensor reporting constant -56.0 C Added: None Resolved: None --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARS QA REPORT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAIR Current: None Added: None Resolved: None RELH Current: None Added: None Resolved: #2143 A130 Sensor replaced to correct sporadic reports SRAD Current: None Added: None Resolved: None RAIN Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS05 Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS10 Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS15 Current: None Added: None Resolved: None TS30 Current: None Added: None Resolved: None ========================================================================== LEGEND TAIR Air Temperature measured at 1.5 meters RELH Relative Humidity measured at 1.5 meters WDIR Wind Direction measured at 10 meters WSPD Wind Speed measured at 10 meters PRES Pressure SRAD Incident Solar Radiation RAIN Rainfall TA9M Air Temperature measured at 9 meters WS2M Wind Speed measured at 2 meters TS10 Soil Temperature measured at 10 cm under native sod TB10 Soil Temperature measured at 10 cm under bare soil TS05 Soil Temperature measured at 5 cm under native sod TB05 Soil Temperature measured at 5 cm under bare soil TS15 Soil Temperature measured at 15 cm under native sod TS30 Soil Temperature measured at 30 cm under native sod =========================================================================== Chris Fiebrich December 9, 1998 |
Suggestions: | Users of these data should obtain the detailed quality assurance information from ARM |
Measurements: | sgp05okmX1.a1: more
sgp05okmX1.00: more sgp15okmX1.a1: more sgp15okmX1.00: more |