Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | Data Quality Metric |
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02/11/2015 | 1620 | 07/07/2015 | 2200 | Suspect |
Subject: | OLI/RWP/M1 - Instrument slightly out of alignment |
DataStreams: | oli915rwpwindspecM1.a0, oli915rwpwindmomM1.a0, oli915rwpwindconM1.a1 |
Description: | Instrument is slightly out of alignment, by less than 2.5 deg: Measurement of the alignment was made on the clutter fence and results in ambiguous results because the clutter fence was under stress, i e. it was "bent" somewhat; the antenna itself was not directly accessed. The best estimate is that the antenna itself was tilted downward toward the west at approximately 2 degrees. This is withing the directional accuracy of the instrument. The vertical measurements will be affected by this tilt by a small amount.of the wind, positive toward the east. |
Suggestions: | Likely not a problem, but can correct for vertical velocity components using these angles. Roughly the westward component of the mean wind X sin(2 degrees) that is Wcorrected = Wmeasured X (1 + (U) X 0.03), where U = west component |
Measurements: | oli915rwpwindmomM1.a0: more
oli915rwpwindconM1.a1: more oli915rwpwindspecM1.a0: more |