| Description: | OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
for the month of March, 1997
Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day
Prepared by Jeff Basara (jbasara@ou.edu)
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Notes:
It was kind of a miserable month for parts of the Mesonet. In eastern
Oklahoma, both SALL and PRES were vandalized with SALL receiving extensive
damage, and PRES sustaining some moderate damage. What kind of idiots would
be so stupid as to rip off or destroy a bunch of "weather instruments"? I
would bet that they don't realize that there is not a tremendous black market
for these types of things.
Then there are the usual Mesonet occurences. Gophers continue to play havoc
with anything buried in the ground. Plus, parts of western Oklahoma received
either little or no precipitation for the entire month of March. At some
sites this may be suspect since there may be clogged gauges.
Once again we enter the time of year where convective storms produce lightning.
Although there has not been apreciable damage due to lightning thus far, it
wll only be a matter of time before the first site takes a major jolt.
And now, the information you've all been waiting for ...
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TAIR (Air Temperature at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1217 SALL Vandalism replacement
TDEW/RELH (RH is measured at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: #1245 BBOW Has continuosly scored high on the daily
QA report.
#1196 IDAB Sensor not reporting.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1195 PRES Sensor removed due to extreme vandalism.
#1194 CHEY Sensor replaced due to bad readings.
#1139 TIPT Replaced but no field test done.
WDIR (Wind Direction at 10 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
WSPD (Wind Speed at 10 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
PRES/PALT (Sea level Pressure):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1177 WYNO Tube clean - suspect there was ice in tube.
#1223 SALL Vandalism Replacement.
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1239 BIXB Appears there was something on pyronometer.
#1222 SALL Vandalism replacement.
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: #1116 BOWL Drip test yield 41 tips (50 typical).
#1197 PUTN Possible mechanical inhibition.
#1198 MEDF Possible mechanical inhibition.
#1248 JAYX Possible gauge clog.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1216 PRES Old guage has half full bucket - vandalism.
#1224 SALL Vandalism replacement.
TA9M (Air Temperature at 9 meters):
Current t-tkts: #1126 HUGO QA suggests sensor may read ~2 deg cool.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
WS2M (Wind Run at 2 meters):
Current t-tkts: #1227 MANG Sensor went to zero.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1129 PRES Vandalism, sensor removed - not replaced.
TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: #1193 STUA QA suggests a ~3 degree warm bias.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1168 MARE Gopher damage.
TB10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: #1076 WALT Began drifting, then failed spatial test.
#1200 TALI Sensor reading +10 deg warmer than
nieghboring sites.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1189 WYNO Slight chewing on shrink rap.
#1219 SALL Vandalism replacement.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: #1089 MADI QA suggests sensor reading ~5-6 deg warm.
#1190 MADI QA suggests a ~3 deg warm bias.
#1191 CALV QA suggests a ~3 deg warm bias.
#1192 STUA QA suggests a ~3 deg warm bias.
#1206 LANE Sensor reading +10 degrees warmer than
nieghboring sites.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1149 MARE Gopher damage.
#1218 SALL Vandalism replacement.
TB05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: #1127 OKEM QA indicates sensor may read ~3 deg cool.
#1169 KING QA suggests a ~4 deg warm bias.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1220 SALL Vandalism Replacement.
TS15 (Soil temperature at 15 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1243 MARE Gopher damage - This sensor was not bad.
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TAIR (Air Temperature at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TDEW/RELH (RH is measured at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1213 A122 Confirmed bad switch on old RH.
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: #1132 A182 QA suggests sensor ~30igh.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1205 A122 Problem with T&RH, not pyronometer.
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: #1214 Sporadic negative readings
Added: None.
Resolved: None
TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TS15 (Soil temperature at 15 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: #1136 A182 QA suggests a ~6 degree warm bias.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
Jeff Basara
March 6, 1997
Mark Shafer adds:
... there are occasionaly some
TAIR and/or RELH readings flagged as suspect due to inversions. The
most frequently affected sites are BUFF, CAMA, CHEY and MEDI, although
others occassionaly show up. These false alarms are a recognized
limitation of the automated qa programs. We corrected the problem,
where possible, through comparisions with 9-meter air temperature, but
because those sensors are only at half the sites, that leaves half the
network susceptible to inversions problems. Otherwise, the data flags
appear to match the QA manager's report. |