DQRID : D980108.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
10/01/1997000010/31/19972359Does not affect quality
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Subject:
Overview of Automated QA - October 1997
DataStreams:sgp15okmX1.a1, sgp05okmX1.a1
Description:
Below is an overview from Mark Shafer of the automated quality
assurance results for the October 1997 Oklahoma Mesonet data.
1.  CLAY RELH may have been slightly high all month.  It failed the
range test on several occasions, but only for a few observations per
day.  The QA manager did not think it was bad enough to warrant a
trouble-ticket.

2.  EUFA RELH had a number of failures on the 16th-17th (correctly
flagged).  A trouble ticket was issued on the 20th.  I would advise
caution from the 16th onward.

3.  MEDI TAIR had 13 suspect flags on the 15th - these can be ignored.
They resulted from nearby stations getting nocturnal inversions while
MEDI stayed mixed.
 OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
       for the month of October, 1997

        Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day

        Prepared by Jerry Brotzge (jbrotzge@ou.edu)

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

 Notes: Greetings all...
         October heralded the return of much cooler temps to the state with
 rapidly changing weather conditions.  Fortunately, the Mesonet instruments
 handled the colder temps and occasional precip quite well.  Relatively few
 new problems were reported.

         This month's wildlife includes: gophers at WOOD and ARS, worms in
 the pres tube at HUGO, and spiders at ARS.  The highlight of the month:
 an armadillo at REDR playing with our soil probes.

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

 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:       #1292 HUGO Intercomparison revealed RH out of spec
                                    ~3W.R.T. test probe
                         #1472 IDAB There are unrealistic small-amplitude
                                    variations in the data
                         #1507 WATO RH failed, 89to 0 467452n 5 minutes
                         #1511 WEBB RH has been reading greater than 104
                                 at night
                         #1547 WIST RH tested 5too high


 WDIR (Wind Direction at 10 meters):
         Current t-tkts: #1560 FTCB WDIR seems stuck between E/SE; occ'y okay
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1496 BUFF Lightning Damage.


 WSPD (Wind Speed at 10 meters):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          #1563 CLAR Reading less than the 2m wind speeds
         Resolved:       #1540 BUFF Possible lightning strike

 PRES/PALT (Sea level Pressure):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1514 HUGO Pres appears too high, worms in the tube
                         #1526 WYNO Pres stuck for 18hrs
                         #1528 WOOD Automatic routines detected a problem


 SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
         Current t-tkts: #1559 ARNE Reading -1 at night (RH problem actually)
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       None

 RAIN:
         Current t-tkts: #1562 BURB Drip test failed-55/54, should be 50.4
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1469 TAHL Underreporting, drip test ~44 (50 expected)
                         #1523 MADI Drip test suspect, magnet too high
                         #1542 ERIC Gauge clogged w/grass and weed seed

 TA9M (Air Temperature at 9 meters):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       None

 WS2M (Wind Run at 2 meters):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1534 BIXB Switched to check in lab

 TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1510 ERIC Sensor failure
                         #1554 REDR Armadillo dug up probe; reburied nearby

 TB10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under bare soil):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       None

 TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native sod):
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       None

 TB05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under bare soil):
         Current t-tkts: #1558 SALL Sensor failed; occ'y works
         Added:          #1564 BUFF Appears about 5C too cool, Sept lightning
                                         strike?
         Resolved:       #1497 GOOD Sensor failed.

 TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):`
         Current t-tkts: None
         Added:          None
         Resolved:       #1525 WOOD Sensor failed, probable gopher damage.


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

 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:        #1538 A166 Replacement of a bad RH probe
                          #1539 A162 Sensor failure (died), replaced

 SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
         Current t-tkts:  None
         Added:           None
         Resolved:        #1529 A131 Spider web around sensor

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

 TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native soil):
         Current t-tkts:  None.
         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:  None.
         Added:           None.
         Resolved:        #1530 A144 Reading too high

 TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
         Current t-tkts:  None.
         Added:           None.
         Resolved:        #1537 A165 Gopher chewed cable in half


 Jerry Brotzge
 November 7, 1997
Suggestions: 
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
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sgp15okmX1.a1:
  • leaf_ind
  • alt
  • tsoil5
  • tsoil10
  • tbare5
  • vbat
  • base_time
  • lon
  • tbare10
  • tbare30
  • time_offset
  • lat
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