| Description: | Below is an overview from Mark Shafer of the automated quality
assurance results for the June 1997 Oklahoma Mesonet data.
OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
for the month of July, 1997
OKLAHOMA MESONETWORK QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT
for the month of July, 1997
Based upon observations taken at 1800 UTC each day
Prepared by Jeff Basara (jbasara@ou.edu)
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Notes:
Both the Mesonet and the Micronet experienced a rather quiet pattern for July.
Besides a gopher here, a possible lightning strike there, and a few batteries
stolen from sites, it was an uneventful month.
In the great rain giveaway during the month, BLAC was the overall winner coming
in with over 12 inches of rain, while NEWK was second at over 10 inches. The
big losers were those sites in South Central OK, where very little rainfall
was measured.
Now, on to the rap sheet ...
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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: #1383 MINC Replaced Sensor.
#1382 SLAP Field test showed sensor was ok.
#1375 NEWK RH good when at site - replaced.
#1409 MARS MESOCOMP showed probe outside of error
limits - replaced sensor.
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: None.
PRES/PALT (Sea level Pressure):
Current t-tkts: #1381 RING Data has been experiencing an intermittent
data spike.
#1418 BURN The Pressure values are stuck for long
periods of time.
Added: None
Resolved: None
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: None
Added: None
Resolved: #1335 ERIC Reading low, however data logger had
a bad port.
#1314 BLAC Lightning
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: #1358 TALI Drip test yielded 57 tips, 50 expected.
#1333 WALT 2 drip tests yielded 43 each - 50 typical.
Added: None
Resolved: #1376 STIG Returned 52 tips, guage was clean w/no
vegitation around it.
#1379 WIST Returned guage to the lab for inspection.
#1386 NINN MAINT/RAIN shunt jumper was connected
causing all RAIN to be shunted to MES01A
#1391 CHEY Field test showed 54 tips - only slight
overestimation at a rate of 4"/hr.
#1322 FTCB Old guage underestimating by 50 0.000000ield
test.
#1394 JAYX Drip test showed guage ok.
#1400 RING Spider web removed.
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: #1364 NINN TS10 looked OK when at site.
TB10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: #1414 ADAX Sensor has begun to report wild negative
values.
Added: None
Resolved: #1388 GRAN Replaced damaged sensor.
#1313 HOLL Probe reprting a ~6 degree warm bias - field
test.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None
Resolved: #1190 MADI Sensor Replaced.
#1089 MADI Covered by actions of #1190
#967 NORM Sensor Replaced.
TB05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under bare soil):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None
Resolved: #1373 GRAN Sensor stopped working.
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: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: None.
TDEW/RELH (RH is measured at 1.5 meters):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1352 A148 No problem found when at site -
precautionary replacement.
SRAD (Incident Solar Radiation):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1389 A181 Broke down heads of Johnson grass so that no
shading occured.
#1390 A150 Replaced sensor - no signs of lightning or
other physical damage.
RAIN:
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1387 A135 Trimmed RTV from reed switch which was
blocking the magnet.
TS05 (Soil temperature at 5 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1350 A147 Sensor reading 20C too high when checked.
TS10 (Soil temperature at 10 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1351 A153 Could not duplicate problem in the field.
TS15 (Soil temperature at 15 cm under native soil):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: #1416 A144 QA suggests a ~5 degree C warm bias.
Resolved: None.
TS30 (Soil temperature at 30 cm under native sod):
Current t-tkts: None.
Added: None.
Resolved: #1380 A165 Side by side comparison revealed sensor
20C too high WRT other three probes
Jeff Basara
August 7, 1997 |