Data Quality Reports for Session: 115486 User: sestevens Completed: 11/05/2008


TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D060407.1NIM/MET/M1 - Software problemnimmetM1.b1
D060419.4NIM/MWR/M1 - Instrument noise problem/RF interferencenimmwrM1.00, nimmwrlosM1.b1, nimmwrtipM1.a1
D060523.3NIM/AOS/M1 - Mass flow controller failurenimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
D060523.4NIM/AOS/M1 - Nephelometer failurenimaosM1.a1
D060524.2NIM/MET/M1 - Optical Rain Gauge FailurenimmetM1.b1
D060718.1NIM/MWR/M1 - Reprocessed: Recalibration to correct for occasional overheating.nimmwrlosM1.b1, nimmwrtipM1.a1
D060927.1NIM/MWR/M1 - Sun in field of view of radiometernimmwrlosM1.b1
D061206.1NIM/AOS/M1 - Bypass valve failurenimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
D061206.2NIM/AOS/M1 - Impactor switch stuck in 10 micron modenimaosM1.a1
D061206.3NIM/AOS/M1 - Flow controller failurenimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
D061215.5NIM/AOS/M1 - Missing datanimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
D080304.2NIM/MET/M1 - ORG Data IncorrectnimmetM1.b1
D080304.3NIM/MET/M1 - ORG Data Underestimated PrecipitationnimmetM1.b1
D080428.7NIM/MET/M1 - Reprocess: ORG Data has very small rainrate valuesnimmetM1.b1
D081022.11NIM/MET/M1 - Wind Speed data contain offset due to induced voltagenimmetM1.b1


DQRID : D060407.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/10/2006160003/01/20060803
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1 - Software problem
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
Intermittent Failure of Logger to read data from the Barometer.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)


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DQRID : D060419.4
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/15/2006000001/08/20070000
Subject:
NIM/MWR/M1 - Instrument noise problem/RF interference
DataStreams:nimmwrM1.00, nimmwrlosM1.b1, nimmwrtipM1.a1
Description:
Data are affected by intermittent spikes that become more frequent starting in March 2006. 
Spikes affect data mostly around 9 AM and 18:00 PM. The origin of the spikes is probably 
RF interference.
Measurements:nimmwrlosM1.b1:
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)

nimmwrM1.00:
  • null(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

nimmwrtipM1.a1:
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbsky31tip)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbsky23tip)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)


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DQRID : D060523.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/04/2006180005/13/20060748
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Mass flow controller failure
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
Description:
The mass flow controller stopped working. A replacement one was installed at the site.
Measurements:nimaosccnM1.a1:
  • AOS CCN temperature of the optical particle counter(CCN_T_OPC)
  • AOS bin number of lowest channel of OPC include in summation of N_CCN(N_CCN_bin_number)
  • AOS CCN temperature at top of column(CCN_T_TEC1)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sheath air(CCN_Q_sheath)
  • AOS CCN temperature of the nafion humidifier(CCN_T_nafion)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sample air(CCN_Q_sample)
  • AOS CCN OPC laser current(CCN_laser_current)
  • AOS CCN sample saturation setpoint value reported by instrument(CCN_ss_set)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air entering the column(CCN_T_sample)
  • AOS CCN number concentration by bin(N_CCN_dN)
  • AOS CCN sample supersaturation calculated by model)(CCN_ss_calc)
  • AOS CCN standard deviation of difference (CCN_T_TEC1 - CCN_T_TEC3)(CCN_dT_TEC3_TEC1_StdDev)
  • Hexadecimal flag, non-zero value means instrument is not operating stably(CCN_temp_unstable_flag)
  • AOS CCN temperature at middle of column(CCN_T_TEC2)
  • Size of upper limit of each CCN bin(CCN_UpperSizeLimit)
  • AOS CCN sample pressure(CCN_P_sample)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air at entrance to instrument(CCN_T_inlet)
  • AOS CCN temperature at bottom of column(CCN_T_TEC3)
  • AOS number concentration of CCN(N_CCN)

nimaosauxM1.a1:
  • AOS CLAP or PSAP3W transmittance, green channel(TrG)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, red channel(TrR)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, blue channel(TrB)

nimaosM1.a1:
  • Temperature of humidograph preheater(T_preHG)
  • Relative humidity at wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Wind direction(WindDirection)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph preheater(RH_preHG)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Condensation Nuclei Concentration Number(N_CPC_1)
  • Temperature at inlet(T_MainInlet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Particle Concentration Number from summation of Optical Particle Counter size
    bins(N_OPC_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity at inlet(RH_MainInlet)
  • Relative humidity in ambient air(RH_Ambient)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • IAP system status(flags_NOAA)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature of humidograph controller(T_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure inside wet nephelometer(P_Neph_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Temperature of ambient air(T_Ambient)
  • Wind speed(WindSpeed)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Pressure inside reference nephelometer(P_Neph_Dry)
  • Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph controller(RH_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Dry)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure of ambient air(P_Ambient)


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DQRID : D060523.4
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/12/2006025005/26/20061540
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Nephelometer failure
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1
Description:
There was was an electronic problem with one of the nephelometer circuit boards and the 
measurements of aerosol scattering coefficients were not recorded.
Measurements:nimaosM1.a1:
  • Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity at wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure inside wet nephelometer(P_Neph_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity inside wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Pressure inside reference nephelometer(P_Neph_Dry)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Temperature inside reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)


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DQRID : D060524.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/13/2006000005/26/20061015
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1  - Optical Rain Gauge Failure
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
The optical rain gauge on the met system did not record precipitation during this time 
period.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Precipitation rate mean(precip_rate_mean)
  • Precipitation rate maximum(precip_rate_max)
  • Precipitation rate minimum(precip_rate_min)
  • Precipitation rate standard deviation(precip_rate_sd)


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DQRID : D060718.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/01/2006000001/08/20070000
Subject:
NIM/MWR/M1 - Reprocessed: Recalibration to correct for occasional overheating.
DataStreams:nimmwrlosM1.b1, nimmwrtipM1.a1
Description:
The radiometer was intermittently thermally unstable resulting in poor calibrations for 
four brief time periods.  These data have been reprocessed to apply corrected calibrations. 
 The affected time periods were:

20060302-20060303
20060423-20060425
20060512-20060515
20060531-20060603
Measurements:nimmwrlosM1.b1:
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • (tknd)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)

nimmwrtipM1.a1:
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbsky31tip)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbsky23tip)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • (tknd)


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DQRID : D060927.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
08/01/2006000008/31/20062300
Subject:
NIM/MWR/M1 - Sun in field of view of radiometer
DataStreams:nimmwrlosM1.b1
Description:
Around 12 pm every day between 8/1 and 8/31 there is an increase in the brightness 
temperature due to the sun being in the field of view of the radiometer.
Measurements:nimmwrlosM1.b1:
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)


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DQRID : D061206.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/22/2006104503/23/20061000
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Bypass valve failure
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
Description:
The flow bypass valve failed which routed flow through the bypass line rather than through 
the instruments. The bypass line was capped the next day. The valve was replaced on 
4/19. Data is considered unusable during the time between the valve failure on 3/22 and the 
capping of the flow line on 3/23.
Measurements:nimaosccnM1.a1:
  • AOS CCN temperature of the optical particle counter(CCN_T_OPC)
  • AOS bin number of lowest channel of OPC include in summation of N_CCN(N_CCN_bin_number)
  • AOS CCN temperature at top of column(CCN_T_TEC1)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sheath air(CCN_Q_sheath)
  • AOS CCN temperature of the nafion humidifier(CCN_T_nafion)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sample air(CCN_Q_sample)
  • AOS CCN OPC laser current(CCN_laser_current)
  • AOS CCN sample saturation setpoint value reported by instrument(CCN_ss_set)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air entering the column(CCN_T_sample)
  • AOS CCN number concentration by bin(N_CCN_dN)
  • AOS CCN sample supersaturation calculated by model)(CCN_ss_calc)
  • AOS CCN standard deviation of difference (CCN_T_TEC1 - CCN_T_TEC3)(CCN_dT_TEC3_TEC1_StdDev)
  • Hexadecimal flag, non-zero value means instrument is not operating stably(CCN_temp_unstable_flag)
  • AOS CCN temperature at middle of column(CCN_T_TEC2)
  • Size of upper limit of each CCN bin(CCN_UpperSizeLimit)
  • AOS CCN sample pressure(CCN_P_sample)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air at entrance to instrument(CCN_T_inlet)
  • AOS CCN temperature at bottom of column(CCN_T_TEC3)
  • AOS number concentration of CCN(N_CCN)

nimaosauxM1.a1:
  • AOS CLAP or PSAP3W transmittance, green channel(TrG)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, red channel(TrR)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, blue channel(TrB)

nimaosM1.a1:
  • Temperature of humidograph preheater(T_preHG)
  • Relative humidity at wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Wind direction(WindDirection)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph preheater(RH_preHG)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Condensation Nuclei Concentration Number(N_CPC_1)
  • Temperature at inlet(T_MainInlet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Particle Concentration Number from summation of Optical Particle Counter size
    bins(N_OPC_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity at inlet(RH_MainInlet)
  • Relative humidity in ambient air(RH_Ambient)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • IAP system status(flags_NOAA)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature of humidograph controller(T_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure inside wet nephelometer(P_Neph_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Temperature of ambient air(T_Ambient)
  • Wind speed(WindSpeed)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Pressure inside reference nephelometer(P_Neph_Dry)
  • Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph controller(RH_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Dry)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure of ambient air(P_Ambient)


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DQRID : D061206.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/23/2006100005/04/20061800
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Impactor switch stuck in 10 micron mode
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1
Description:
A wire came loose in the ball valve that switches between the two impactor size cuts. The 
impactor was stuck on the sub 10 micron size cut during this period of time. There was no 
data from the sub 1 micron size cut during this time.
Measurements:nimaosM1.a1:
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)


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DQRID : D061206.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/04/2006180008/11/20061445
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Flow controller failure
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
Description:
Following a power outage at the site both a PID controller for the main sample flow as 
well as a circuit board on the reference nephelometer were inoperable. The PID controller 
was replaced on 5/18 and the neph circuit board was replaced on 6/22. On a site visit in 
August the mentor found the PID had not been programmed correctly and was reading erroneous 
flows. The actual flow was at 50% of the recorded flow. Because the sample flow is 
diluted by 50% this makes most if not all of the sample flow from 5/18 to 8/11 from the diluter.
Measurements:nimaosccnM1.a1:
  • AOS CCN temperature of the optical particle counter(CCN_T_OPC)
  • AOS bin number of lowest channel of OPC include in summation of N_CCN(N_CCN_bin_number)
  • AOS CCN temperature at top of column(CCN_T_TEC1)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sheath air(CCN_Q_sheath)
  • AOS CCN temperature of the nafion humidifier(CCN_T_nafion)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sample air(CCN_Q_sample)
  • AOS CCN OPC laser current(CCN_laser_current)
  • First stage monitor voltage(CCN_FirstStageMonitorVoltage)
  • AOS CCN sample saturation setpoint value reported by instrument(CCN_ss_set)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air entering the column(CCN_T_sample)
  • CCN Propotional valve voltage(CCN_ProportionalValveVoltage)
  • AOS CCN sample supersaturation calculated by model)(CCN_ss_calc)
  • AOS CCN number concentration by bin(N_CCN_dN)
  • AOS CCN standard deviation of difference (CCN_T_TEC1 - CCN_T_TEC3)(CCN_dT_TEC3_TEC1_StdDev)
  • Hexadecimal flag, non-zero value means instrument is not operating stably(CCN_temp_unstable_flag)
  • AOS CCN temperature at middle of column(CCN_T_TEC2)
  • Size of upper limit of each CCN bin(CCN_UpperSizeLimit)
  • CCN temperature gradient(CCN_Temperature_Gradient)
  • AOS CCN sample pressure(CCN_P_sample)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air at entrance to instrument(CCN_T_inlet)
  • AOS number concentration of CCN(N_CCN)
  • AOS CCN temperature at bottom of column(CCN_T_TEC3)

nimaosauxM1.a1:
  • AOS CLAP or PSAP3W transmittance, green channel(TrG)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, red channel(TrR)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, blue channel(TrB)

nimaosM1.a1:
  • Relative humidity at wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Relative humidity inside wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Condensation Nuclei Concentration Number(N_CPC_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure inside wet nephelometer(P_Neph_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Pressure inside reference nephelometer(P_Neph_Dry)
  • Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Dry)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)


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DQRID : D061215.5
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/13/2006074905/18/20061044
11/17/2006083611/22/20060025
Subject:
NIM/AOS/M1 - Missing data
DataStreams:nimaosM1.a1, nimaosauxM1.a1, nimaosccnM1.a1
Description:
Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:nimaosccnM1.a1:
  • AOS CCN temperature of the optical particle counter(CCN_T_OPC)
  • AOS bin number of lowest channel of OPC include in summation of N_CCN(N_CCN_bin_number)
  • AOS CCN temperature at top of column(CCN_T_TEC1)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sheath air(CCN_Q_sheath)
  • lat(lat)
  • AOS CCN temperature of the nafion humidifier(CCN_T_nafion)
  • base time(base_time)
  • AOS CCN volumetric flowrate of sample air(CCN_Q_sample)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • AOS CCN OPC laser current(CCN_laser_current)
  • AOS CCN sample saturation setpoint value reported by instrument(CCN_ss_set)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air entering the column(CCN_T_sample)
  • time(time)
  • AOS CCN number concentration by bin(N_CCN_dN)
  • AOS CCN sample supersaturation calculated by model)(CCN_ss_calc)
  • AOS CCN standard deviation of difference (CCN_T_TEC1 - CCN_T_TEC3)(CCN_dT_TEC3_TEC1_StdDev)
  • Hexadecimal flag, non-zero value means instrument is not operating stably(CCN_temp_unstable_flag)
  • AOS CCN temperature at middle of column(CCN_T_TEC2)
  • Size of upper limit of each CCN bin(CCN_UpperSizeLimit)
  • lon(lon)
  • AOS CCN sample pressure(CCN_P_sample)
  • AOS CCN temperature of sample air at entrance to instrument(CCN_T_inlet)
  • AOS number concentration of CCN(N_CCN)
  • AOS CCN temperature at bottom of column(CCN_T_TEC3)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)

nimaosauxM1.a1:
  • lon(lon)
  • time(time)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • lat(lat)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • AOS CLAP or PSAP3W transmittance, green channel(TrG)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, red channel(TrR)
  • base time(base_time)
  • AOS PSAP3W transmittance, blue channel(TrB)

nimaosM1.a1:
  • time(time)
  • Temperature of humidograph preheater(T_preHG)
  • Relative humidity at wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Wind direction(WindDirection)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP1W_1)
  • lat(lat)
  • Relative humidity inside reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Dry)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph preheater(RH_preHG)
  • Absorption Coefficient Blue, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_B_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity inside wet nephelometer inlet(RH_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Condensation Nuclei Concentration Number(N_CPC_1)
  • Temperature at inlet(T_MainInlet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Temperature at reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Dry)
  • lon(lon)
  • Particle Concentration Number from summation of Optical Particle Counter size
    bins(N_OPC_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity in ambient air(RH_Ambient)
  • Relative humidity at inlet(RH_MainInlet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • IAP system status(flags_NOAA)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature at wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephInlet_Wet)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_B_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature of humidograph controller(T_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure inside wet nephelometer(P_Neph_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 10 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Wet_10um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside wet nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Wet)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Green, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Temperature of ambient air(T_Ambient)
  • Wind speed(WindSpeed)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um size cut, wet
    three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Relative humidity at reference nephelometer inlet(RH_NephInlet_Dry)
  • Pressure inside reference nephelometer(P_Neph_Dry)
  • Aerosol light absorption coefficient, green channel, 10 um size cut(Ba_G_Dry_10um_PSAP1W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, red channel, 10 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_R_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Relative humidity of humidograph controller(RH_postHG)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, red channel, 1 um
    size cut, wet three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_R_Wet_1um_Neph3W_2)
  • Temperature inside reference nephelometer inlet(T_NephVol_Dry)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 1 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_1um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol backwards-hemispheric light scattering coefficient, blue channel, 10 um
    size cut, reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bbs_B_Dry_10um_Neph3W_1)
  • Absorption Coefficient Red, corrected for flow and sample area, 3 wavelength
    PSAP, 10 um size cut(Ba_R_Dry_10um_PSAP3W_1)
  • Aerosol total light scattering coefficient, green channel, 1 um size cut,
    reference three wavelength nephelometer(Bs_G_Dry_1um_Neph3W_1)
  • Pressure of ambient air(P_Ambient)


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DQRID : D080304.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
07/24/2006080007/24/20060900
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1 - ORG Data Incorrect
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
The ORG measured around 9cm of rain in a short period while other co-located sensors 
measured no precip.

Use the Present Weather Detector data instead or set the ORG rainfall to 0mm during this 
time period.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Precipitation rate mean(precip_rate_mean)
  • Precipitation rate maximum(precip_rate_max)
  • Precipitation rate minimum(precip_rate_min)
  • Precipitation rate standard deviation(precip_rate_sd)


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DQRID : D080304.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/06/2006000001/06/20072359
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1 - ORG Data Underestimated Precipitation
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
The ORG underestimated precipitation by about 38% during the entire NIM deployment.  No 
troubleshooting technique or replacement of gage was successful in correcting the problem.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Precipitation rate mean(precip_rate_mean)
  • ORG carrier mean(org_carrier_mean)
  • Precipitation rate maximum(precip_rate_max)
  • Precipitation rate minimum(precip_rate_min)
  • Precipitation rate standard deviation(precip_rate_sd)


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DQRID : D080428.7
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/06/2006000001/07/20072359
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1 - Reprocess: ORG Data has very small rainrate values
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
The ORG data is collected via analog signal and not digital.  Therefore, we
   continuously collect data even when no rain is occurring.  We also capture
   small events such as leaves, large bugs, dust, etc blowing through the
   measurement path.  Because this discrete event occurs quickly the value is
   usually captured for 1 or 2 seconds.  This value is then averaged to the
   minute producing rainrate on the order of .009 mm/hr or less.  These values
   are not indicative of rain and should be removed from the record or summing
   over long periods can bias the climate record.  We are reprocessing the data
   to remove these small values and are adjusting the collection program to
   remove them before ingest.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Precipitation rate mean(precip_rate_mean)
  • Precipitation rate maximum(precip_rate_max)
  • Precipitation rate minimum(precip_rate_min)
  • Precipitation rate standard deviation(precip_rate_sd)


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DQRID : D081022.11
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/06/2006000001/07/20072359
Subject:
NIM/MET/M1 - Wind Speed data contain offset due to induced voltage
DataStreams:nimmetM1.b1
Description:
The marine model of the RM Young wind sensor needs twisted pair shielded cable.  The 
manufacturer did not originally supply the pigtail with twisted pair shielded cable.  Use of 
twisted pair shielded cable for the rest of the cable run to the logger was also not 
specified.  This caused an induced voltage in the wind speed line from the wind direction 
excitation.  The induced voltage varied from sensor to sensor and probably changed anytime 
the cable was replaced or parts of the wind sensor were repaired or replaced. The induced 
voltage has been seen to vary from 0.15 m/s to as much as 1.08 m/s.
Measurements:nimmetM1.b1:
  • Wind speed arithmetic standard deviation(wind_spd_arith_sd)
  • Wind speed arithmetic maximum(wind_spd_arith_max)
  • Vector-averaged Wind Speed(wind_spd_vec_avg)
  • Wind speed arithmetic average(wind_spd_arith_avg)
  • Wind speed arithmetic minimum(wind_spd_arith_min)


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