DQRID : D040223.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
09/01/2002000009/30/20022359Does not affect quality
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Subject:
SGP/OKM/X1 - Overview of Automated Data Quality - September 2002
DataStreams:sgp05okmX1.b1, sgp15okmX1.b1, sgp15okmX1.a1, sgp05okmX1.a1
Description:
Below is a link to an overview from Janet Martinez, the Mesonet QA manager
of the automated quality assurance results for the September 2002 
Oklahoma Mesonet Data.

          OKLAHOMA MESONET/ARS QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
                          September 2002

  Prepared by Janet Martinez, Bob Fritchie, and Chris Fiebrich  
                 (qamgr@redrock.ocs.ou.edu) 

========================================================================
NOTES:

Mesonet Technicians completed Summer Pass 2002 in late September.  All
116 sites were visited and maintained.  

The Washington site was upgraded to a Supersite on 20 September.   

It was feast or famine across the state for rainfall in September.  
Eufaula and Sallisaw in east central Oklahoma received less than 0.20
inches for the month.  In contrast, much of north central, southeast, 
and the extreme western Panhandle received over 4 inches.  The 
Kingfisher site was the wettest with 7.40 inches.  

========================================================================

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       CORE MESONET QA REPORT
------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAIR    Current:        #7061 BEEX +3 degree C bias in afternoon 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None 

RELH    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None
 
WDIR    Current:        None   
        Added:          None
        Resolved:     	None 

WSPD    Current:        None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None  

PRES    Current:        #7138 WALT Erratic pressure changes of 4 to 8mb
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7036 MADI Rewired barometer (stuck at 991mb)
                        #7043 NRMN Replaced barometer (stuck at 1216mb)
                        #7045 SHAW Replaced barometer (sporadic changes 
of 
                              10 to 30mb in pres)
                        #7046 BUFF Reset and rewired to make compatible 
                              with new logger (stuck at 951mb)
                        #7048 NOWA Repaired broken wire (stuck at 
                              992.17mb)
                        #7053 VANO Rewired barometer (stuck at 977.25mb)
                        #7054 BOWL Moved barometer power cable to SW 
                              12V port (stuck at 979.73mb)
                        #7083 WASH Loose 12V wire refastened on 
                              expansion board (stuck at 970.32mb)
                        
SRAD    Current:        None
        Added:          #7194 CLRM Pyranometer has 10% low bias
        Resolved:       None

RAIN    Current:        #7139 FAIR Gauge reporting phantom tips 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #7041 GOOD Replaced switch (under-tipping) 
                        #7050 CALV Removed spiderwebs from bucket (not 
tipping)
        
TA9M    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

WS2M    Current:        None
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       None

TS10    Current:        #7137 WOOD 5 to 8 degrees C lower than TS05 and 
                              nearby sites in afternoon 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7165 COPA Sensor replaced (+3 degree C bias)

TB10    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:     	#7039 IDAB Sensor replaced (5 degrees higher 
                              than TB05)
                  
TS05    Current:        None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       None

TB05    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7085 IDAB Replaced sensor
                      		#7087 MEDI Re-surfaced bare plot (sensor 2cm too 
deep)

TS30    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7064 WEST Replaced sensor (-3 deg C bias)


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                ARS QA REPORT
------------------------------------------------------------------------

TAIR    Current:        None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

RELH    Current:        None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       None

SRAD    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7042 A121 Replaced pyranometer (reported -9997
                              and 1650 W/m^2 in afternoon)

RAIN    Current:        None  
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7037 A154 Tightened loose wire on switch 
                     		      (under-tipping)  

TS05    Current:        None  
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7051 A156 Replaced (reporting temps above 
                              80 degrees C)

TS10    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #7049 A122 Replaced sensor (reporting temps up 
                              to 10 deg higher than TS05)

TS15    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

TS30    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

========================================================================

"Current Tickets" are the unresolved tickets as of the last day of the  
 month.
"Added Tickets" are based on evaluations of parameters averaged over 
 the month at 1800 UTC.  Rain is evaluated as a monthly accumulation. 
"Resolved Tickets" are the problems that were fixed during the entire
 month.


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

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Suggestions: 
Measurements:sgp05okmX1.b1:
  • srad
  • wspd_2m
  • wspd_sigma
  • rh
  • wvec_10m
  • tdry_1_5m
  • prec_amt
  • wdir_sigma
  • wdir_10m
  • wspd_10m
  • tdry_9m
  • wspd_max
  • pres
more
sgp05okmX1.a1:
  • prec_amt
  • wvec_10m
  • pres
  • wspd_sigma
  • wdir_10m
  • tdry_1_5m
  • wspd_10m
  • wspd_max
  • wspd_2m
  • rh
  • tdry_9m
  • srad
  • wdir_sigma
more
sgp15okmX1.b1:
  • tbare10
  • tsoil30
  • tsoil10
  • tbare5
  • tsoil5
more
sgp15okmX1.a1:
  • tsoil5
  • tsoil30
  • tsoil10
  • tbare5
  • tbare10
more

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