DQRs for Session: 106244 User:kmraisanCompleted: 06-25-2007

Data Quality Reports for Session: 106244 User: kmraisan Completed: 06/25/2007

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DQR ID	Subject	Data Streams Affected
D020124.2	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS TEMP AND RH VALUES SUSPECT	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020125.12	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020726.7	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA QUESTIONABLE	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020726.8	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020726.9	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020909.16	SGP/SMOS/E24 - Snow depth sensor removed; data reported as missin	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020910.22	SGP/SMOS/E24 - RH Values Incorrect	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D020910.24	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 30 minute Data Values Suspect	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
D020910.26	SGP/SMOS/E24 - Precip Data Suspect	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
D030623.15	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS 30-MINUTE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE VALUES INCORRECT	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
D040319.7	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 6-month Calibration Checks	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
D040319.8	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 6-month Calibration Checks	sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.b1

DQRID : D020124.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/10/2001	1936	08/23/2001	1701

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS TEMP AND RH VALUES SUSPECT
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	T/RH probe began reading high values of temperature and RH intermittently. High RH values noticed above 70% RH compared to neighboring sites. High temperature values more difficult to determine but very noteceable on 08/10 from 19:36 - 21:07z. Probe replaced.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) sgp1smosE24.b1: Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) sgp30smosE24.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Temperature(time_max_temp) Time of Minimum Temperature(time_min_temp) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) Maximum Temperature(max_temp) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Minimum Temperature(min_temp) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) sgp1smosE24.a1: Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh)

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DQRID : D020125.12

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/23/2001	1645	11/01/2001	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	Data incorrect due to new program reading sensor input when no sensor installed. values read near 1539 mm.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE24.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020726.7

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
01/11/2002	0000	01/12/2002	0001
01/19/2002	0000	01/20/2002	0001
01/30/2002	0000	02/01/2002	0001
02/08/2002	0000	02/09/2002	0001
02/11/2002	0000	02/15/2002	0001
02/16/2002	0000	02/17/2002	0001
02/21/2002	0000	02/22/2002	0001
02/25/2002	0000	03/02/2002	0001
03/03/2002	0000	03/06/2002	0001
03/10/2002	0000	03/11/2002	0001
03/16/2002	0000	03/17/2002	0001
03/22/2002	0000	03/24/2002	0001
04/03/2002	0000	04/05/2002	0001
04/25/2002	0000	04/26/2002	0001
04/27/2002	0000	04/28/2002	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA QUESTIONABLE
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	Snow depth data were intermittently reported as -9999, outside of manufacturer's tolerance and good.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE24.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020726.8

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/05/2002	0000	04/11/2002	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	Snow depth data reported as outside of manufacturer's tolerance
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE24.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020726.9

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
05/03/2002	0000	05/04/2002	0001
05/18/2002	0000	05/19/2002	0001
05/25/2002	0000	05/26/2002	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	Snow depth sensor was removed for the season. Temperatures fell below 10 deg C causing the ingest program to accumulate erroneous data.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE24.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020909.16

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/22/2002	1600	07/17/2003	2359

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - Snow depth sensor removed; data reported as missin
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	The snow depth sensor was removed from service. The program was changed so that -9999 is entered into the datastream.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE24.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020910.22

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
06/02/2002	0000	06/14/2002	1641

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - RH Values Incorrect
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	RH values approximately 10 - 20% low compared to neighboring sites.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) sgp1smosE24.b1: Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) sgp30smosE24.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) sgp1smosE24.a1: Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres)

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DQRID : D020910.24

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
06/14/2002	1700	06/14/2002	1730

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 30 minute Data Values Suspect
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
Description:	30 minute data values suspect due to tower being lowered from 16:42 - 17:05 GMT for T/RH probe replacement.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Existence of snow?(snow) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) sgp30smosE24.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Existence of snow?(snow) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp)

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DQRID : D020910.26

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
05/30/2002	1610	06/14/2002	1641

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - Precip Data Suspect
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
Description:	Precipitation data suspect due to rain gauge being clogged with bird droppings.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE24.b1: precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) sgp30smosE24.a1: precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) sgp30smosE24.b1: precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) sgp1smosE24.a1: precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip)

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DQRID : D030623.15

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
05/01/2003	1700	05/01/2003	1701

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - E24 SMOS 30-MINUTE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE VALUES INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1
Description:	The atmospheric pressure values were reported as -9999 from 16:35 - 16:36 GMT. This caused the 30-min values to be incorrect.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: barometric pressure(bar_pres) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) sgp30smosE24.b1: barometric pressure(bar_pres) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres)

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DQRID : D040319.7

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/05/2001	1645	04/05/2001	1720
10/16/2001	2015	10/16/2001	2035
05/02/2002	1550	05/02/2002	1640
11/27/2002	1717	11/27/2002	1755
04/17/2003	1610	04/17/2003	1645

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 6-month Calibration Checks
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE24.a1, sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.a1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.a1
Description:	During the time periods specified, the SMOS.E24 tower was lowered for 6-month Calibration Checks. During these times wind data are incorrect and temperature and humidity data may be incorrect. Note, exact times when tower was down or maintenance was being performed is sometimes unknown. Users should use the remaining data from these days with caution.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE24.a1: Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) sgp1smosE24.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) surface wind speed(wspd) sgp30smosE24.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) sgp1440smosE24.a1: Time of Maximum Temperature(time_max_temp) Time of Minimum Wind Speed(time_min_wspd) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) Minimum Barometric Pressure(min_bar_pres) maximum wind speed (gusts)(max_wspd) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Minimum Temperature(min_temp) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Maximum Barometric Pressure(max_bar_pres) Time of Minimum Barometric Pressure(time_min_bar_pres) Time of Minimum Temperature(time_min_temp) Maximum Temperature(max_temp) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Minimum of Wind speed(min_wspd) Time of Maximum Barometric Pressure(time_max_bar_pres) Time of Maximum Wind Speed(time_max_wspd) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) sgp1smosE24.a1: Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd)

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DQRID : D040319.8

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
10/30/2003	1641	10/30/2003	1730
04/29/2004	1631	04/29/2004	1715
09/30/2004	1634	09/30/2004	1715
04/28/2005	1633	04/28/2005	1715
11/10/2005	1700	11/10/2005	1800
05/11/2006	1640	05/11/2006	1720
10/26/2006	1605	10/26/2006	1640

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E24 - 6-month Calibration Checks
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE24.b1, sgp30smosE24.b1, sgp1440smosE24.b1
Description:	During the time periods specified, the SMOS.E24 tower was lowered for 6-month Calibration Checks. During these times wind data are incorrect and temperature and humidity data may be incorrect. Note, exact times when tower was down or maintenance was being performed is sometimes unknown. Users should use the remaining data from these days with caution. Calibration results are available from the OMIS database at http://www.ops.sgp.arm.gov:591/smos6cal/default.htm To view all 6-month calibration reports leave the date time entry blank.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE24.b1: Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd) sgp30smosE24.b1: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) sgp1440smosE24.b1: Maximum Barometric Pressure(max_bar_pres) Minimum of Wind speed(min_wspd) maximum wind speed (gusts)(max_wspd) Minimum Barometric Pressure(min_bar_pres) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) Time of Maximum Temperature(time_max_temp) Time of Maximum Wind Speed(time_max_wspd) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Maximum Temperature(max_temp) Time of Minimum Wind Speed(time_min_wspd) Time of Minimum Temperature(time_min_temp) Time of Minimum Barometric Pressure(time_min_bar_pres) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Barometric Pressure(time_max_bar_pres) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Minimum Temperature(min_temp)

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