DQRID : D970731.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
06/01/1997000006/30/19972359Does not affect quality
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Subject:
Overview of Automated QA - June 1997
DataStreams:sgp15okmX1.a1, sgp05okmX1.a1
Description:
Below is an overview from Mark Shafer of the automated quality
assurance results for the June 1997 Oklahoma Mesonet data.
       OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
       for the month of June, 1997

       Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day

       Prepared by Jeff Basara (jbasara@ou.edu)

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Notes:

The Oklahoma Mesonet experienced a quite month for the first time in a while, 
and there are no major incidents to report.  On the other hand, summer arrived
in all it's glory during the month and can easily be seen in the averaged 
summaries with warm temps, high dew points, and general southerly flow.

The rain guage switchout for the ARS Micronet was in full swing during June,
and has continued on into early July.  Otherwise, it was a relatively quiet
month there as well.

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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: #1292 HUGO Intercomparison revealed RH out of spec
                                   ~3W.R.T. test probe 
                        #1375 NEWK After experiencing 60+kt winds, the sensor
                                   has been reporting unreal values.
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1342 BOIS Replaced due to field test.
                        #1343 KENT Field test showed sensor was bad.

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:       None

SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
        Current t-tkts: None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None.  

RAIN:
        Current t-tkts: #1322 FTCB Rain is apparently under reporting.
                        #1333 WALT 2 drip tests yielded 43 each - 50 typical. 
                        #1358 TALI Drip test yielded 57 tips, 50 expected.      
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1344 KENT Replaced due to earlier problems.
                        #1336 CLAY Funnel demucked (mostly dirt).
                        #1372 APAC Replaced bad guage.

TA9M (Air Temperature at 9 meters):
        Current t-tkts: None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1359 BLAC Wire out of port - replaced.

WS2M (Wind Run at 2 meters):
        Current t-tkts: None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       None

TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
        Current t-tkts: #1364 NINN Sensor appears to have a ~5 degree warm bias  
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1357 LANE Replaced with other probes.

TB10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under bare soil):
        Current t-tkts: #1313 HOLL Sensor shows a ~6 degree warm bias 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1355 WILB Reburied probe.
                        #1200 TALI Reburied probe at proper depth.
                        #1367 EUFA Reburied at proper depth.

TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native sod):
        Current t-tkts: #1089 MADI QA suggests sensor reading ~5 degrees warm
                        #1190 MADI "  
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1206 LANE Gopher Damage.

TB05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under bare soil):
        Current t-tkts: #1373 GRAN The sensor began to report extreme values, 
                                   then basically stopped reporting.
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #1340 HOBA Replaced bad sensor.
                        #1318 HOBA T-tkt closed out due to actions of #1340.
                        #1366 EUFA Reburied at proper depth.

TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
        Current t-tkts: None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #1354 Replaced bad probe.


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                                ARS QA REPORT
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TAIR (Air Temperature at 1.5 meters):
        Current t-tkts:  None.
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        1305 A135 Replaced bad sensor.

TDEW/RELH (RH is measured at 1.5 meters):
        Current t-tkts:  #1352 A148 Sensor has begun to read impossible values.
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        #1316 A153 Replaced sensor - output looks good.
                         #1361 A166 Replaced damaged sensor.
                         #1349 A150 Wire out of port.

SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
        Current t-tkts:  None.
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        #1132 A136 Numbers look good.
                         #1296 A125 Did not find readings too low.
                         #1362 A166 Replaced damaged sensor.

RAIN:
        Current t-tkts:  None.
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        None.

TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native soil):
        Current t-tkts:  #1350 A147 Sensor has been reading over 130F at times      
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        #1295 A160 Soil 100 467452ght sand - not enough 
                                    discrepancy to change.
                         #1337 A147 No problem found.

TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
        Current t-tkts:  #1351 A153 Sensor reading over 110F, even at night.
        Added:           None.
        Resolved:        None.

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:        None.





Jeff Basara
July 10, 1997
Suggestions: 
Users of these data should obtain the detailed quality
assurance information from ARM.
Measurements:sgp05okmX1.a1:
  • alt
  • prec_amt
  • wvec_10m
  • time_offset
  • pres
  • wspd_sigma
  • wspd_10m
  • wdir_10m
  • tdry_1_5m
  • base_time
  • lon
  • wspd_max
  • wspd_2m
  • rh
  • tdry_9m
  • srad
  • wdir_sigma
  • lat
more
sgp15okmX1.a1:
  • leaf_ind
  • alt
  • tsoil5
  • tsoil10
  • tbare5
  • vbat
  • base_time
  • lon
  • tbare10
  • tbare30
  • time_offset
  • lat
more

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