| Description: | This problem impacts the qc_cld_base_source and qc_cld_frac_source fields in the
ARMBECLDRAD product, and is described below:
qc_cld_base_source: The metadata for this field lists possible values of 0, -1, -2, -3,
and -4. However, this field contains values equal to -5, which are undefined. This
problem is most prevalent in 1996 and 2011, but also occurs in 1997, 2002, 2008, and 2010.
There is no cld_base field in this VAP, so I'm not sure what this QC field is used for.
qc_cld_frac_source: The metadata for this field lists possible values of -1, 1, 2, and 3.
However, this field contains values equal to -5, which are undefined. This problem is
most prevalent in 1996 and 2011, but also occurs in 1997, 2002, 2008, and 2010. During
these periods the cld_frac field is equal to -9999, but a value of -1 in
qc_cld_frac_source should coincide with these periods. |
| Measurements: | sgparmbecldradC1.c1: - Cloud thickness, satellite-measured(cld_thick)
- Fractional Sky Cover, based on SWF, hourly mean(skycover)
- Surface Upwelling (10 meter) Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, hourly mean(lwup)
- base_time
- time_bounds
- TOA LW flux, upward positive(lw_net_TOA)
- lon
- Total Cloud Fraction based on MMCR/MPL, narrow field-of-view, hourly mean(tot_cld)
- stdev_totswfluxdn
- stdev_pwv
- tot_cld_tsi
- stdev_skycover
- Liquid water path best-estimate value, hourly mean(lwp)
- stdev_lwup
- lat
- TOA net SW flux, downward positive(sw_net_TOA)
- TOA solar insolation(sw_dn_TOA)
- time_frac
- time_offset
- Whole-sky Downwelling SW, based on SWF, hourly mean(totswfluxdn)
- stdev_lwp
- stdev_swup
- stdev_swdir
- stdev_lwdn
- Middle level cloud, satellite-measured(cld_mid)
- cld_frac_MPL
- Clear-sky Downwelling SW, based on SWF, hourly mean(clrswfluxdn)
- Pressure, associated geometric height, at altitude, NGM model output(height)
- stdev_clrswfluxdn
- time
- High level cloud, satellite-measured(cld_high)
- stdev_swdif
- Low level cloud, satellite-measured(cld_low)
- alt
- Surface Downwelling Shortwave Diffuse Hemispheric Irradiance, hourly mean(swdif)
- cld_frac_MMCR
- Surface Downwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance, best estimate, hourly mean(swdn)
- Surface Direct Shortwave Irradiance: direct normal component of SW * the cosine
of solar zenith angle, hourly mean(swdir) - Cloud top, satellite-measured(cld_top)
- Water vapor, precipitable, column-integrated on isobaric grid, from RUC model(pwv)
- stdev_swdn
- Cloud Fraction based on MMCR and MPL, hourly mean(cld_frac)
- Surface Upwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance, hourly mean(swup)
- cld_tot
- Surface Downwelling Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, hourly mean(lwdn)
sgparmbeatmC1.c1: - Relative Humidity, at 2m(rh_sfc)
- wspd_z
- Environmental Temperature (p grid)(T_nwp_p)
- time_offset
- p_bounds
- Wind Speed, from sounding in p coordinate(wspd_p)
- z2
- Surface Latent Heat Flux, upward positive(LH)
- Pressure, atmospheric, at altitude, RUC model output(p)
- Relative Humidity (p grid)(rh_nwp_p)
- lat
- Temperature, at 2m(T_sfc)
- rh_z
- Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR, from sounding in p
coordinate(rh_p) - Precipitation Rate(prec_sfc)
- time_frac
- z_bounds
- V Windspeed, y component, at 10m(v_sfc)
- z
- lon
- z10
- Dry Bulb Temperature, from sounding in p coordinate(T_p)
- Dewpoint Temperature, from sounding in p coordinate(Td_p)
- alt
- Barometric Pressure(p_sfc)
- T_z
- time
- u-Component of Wind (p grid)(u_nwp_p)
- base_time
- Vertical Velocity (p grid)(omega_nwp_p)
- Wind Direction, at 10m(wdir_sfc)
- Surface Sensible Heat Flux, upward positive(SH)
- U Windspeed, x component, at 10m(u_sfc)
- v-Component of Wind (p grid)(v_nwp_p)
- Td_z
- time_frac_z
- time_bounds
- Eastward Wind Component, from sounding in p coordinate(u_p)
- SH_beecor
- Northward Wind Component, from sounding in p coordinate(v_p)
- wdir_z
- u_z
- v_z
- Wind Speed, at 10m(wspd_sfc)
- LH_beecor
- time_frac_p
- Wind Direction, from sounding in p coordinate(wdir_p)
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