| Description: | Below is an overview from Mark Shafer of the automated quality
assurance results for the May 1997 Oklahoma Mesonet data.
OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
for the month of May, 1997
Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day
Prepared by Jeff Basara (jbasara@ou.edu)
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Notes:
It was generally a pleasant month for the Mesonet. The only major incidents
which occurred in May was a lightning stike at BLAC, which damaged a few
sensors, and the 10m wind monitor was stolen from WEBB. Yes, somebody
actually climbed the tower in the dark just to steal the 10m wind monitor.
The ARS Micronet is running smoothly, and work has begun to switch out all of
the weighing bucket rain guages to tipping bucket rain guages. One note in
this report invloves the "added" section for ARS t-tkts. As of yet, the
monthly summaries have not been completed. Therefore, if the need arises, an
addendum with follow later detailing any added t-tkts.
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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
Added: None
Resolved: #1312 BLAC Replaced sensor damaged by lightning
#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: #1329 BURB Changed damaged nose cone
PRES/PALT (Sea level Pressure):
Current t-tkts: None
Added: None
Resolved: None
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: #1314 BLAC Sensor damaged by lightning strike.
#1335 ERIC Sensor has been reporting a "7" night and day
Added: None
Resolved: #1298 CHIC Cleaned and checked for level.
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: #1322 FTCB Rain is apparently under reporting.
#1333 WALT 2 drip tests yielded 43 each - 50 typical.
#1336 CLAY Could be a stuck guage.
Added: None
Resolved: #1319 CALV Replaced bad guage.
#1290 RETR Bucket loose on bearings - missing tips
#1284 BOIS Replaced bad guage
#1344 KENT Replaced due to earlier problems
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: None
TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None
Added: None
Resolved: #1193 STUA Gopher damage
TB10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: #1200 TALI Sensor is reading ~10 degrees warmer than
the neighboring sites.
#1313 HOLL Sensor shows a ~6 degree warm bias
Added: None
Resolved: #1311 BLAC Replaced sensor damaged by lightning.
#1260 SALL Unable to duplicate in field, tightened
connections
#1076 WALT Gopher damage.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: #1089 MADI QA suggests sensor reading ~5 degrees warm
#1190 MADI "
#1206 LANE Sensor has a ~10 deg warm bias
Added: None
Resolved: #1191 CALV Gopher damage
#1192 STUA Gopher damage
#1286 FORA Loose wire - tightened
TB05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: #1318 HOBA Sensor failing range test ( > 50C @ times)
Added: None
Resolved: #1169 KING Replaced bad sensor
#1315 BLAC Intercomp showed 0.5C diff, did not replace
#1256 SALL Unable to duplicate in field, tightened
connections
#1261 PAUL Unable to duplicate in field, tightened
connections
#1340 HOBA Replaced bad sensor
TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None
Added: None
Resolved: None
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ARS QA REPORT
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TAIR (Air Temperature at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: #1305 A135 Sensor began reading values way below
normal parameters.
Added:
Resolved: None.
TDEW/RELH (RH is measured at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: #1316 A153 RH values have shown an erratic nature.
Added:
Resolved: None.
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: #1132 A182 QA suggests sensor ~30igh.
#1296 A125 QA suggests sensor is reading ~50
units too low.
Added:
Resolved: None.
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: None.
Added:
Resolved: None.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: #1295 A160 QA suggests a ~6 degree warm bias.
#1337 A147 Sensor failing at times.
Added:
Resolved: None.
TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added:
Resolved: None.
TS15 (Soil temperature at 15 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added:
Resolved: None.
TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added:
Resolved: None. |