DQRID : D021112.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
11/10/2002182411/10/20021848Suspect
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Subject:
SGP/SONDE/B4 - Possible interference in B4 sounding 20021110.1729
DataStreams:sgpsondewnpnB4.b1, sgpsondewnpnB4.a1, sgpsondeB4.00
Description:
There is a strange inversion aloft in the subject sounding.  The
temperature goes from -56.3 degC to -51.5 degC in less than two
minutes (approximately .72 km).  This is somewhat below the estimated
tropopause height.  I suspect this may be an interference problem,
but note that both the recorded pressure and RH values are reasonably
continuous.  More accurate assessment would require analysis of the
absolutely raw binary data; something that would require effort beyond
the limits of my IM funding.
Suggestions: 
Caveat emptor.
Measurements:sgpsondewnpnB4.b1:
  • dp
  • asc
  • lat
  • wspd
  • base_time
  • alt
  • tdry
  • u_wind
  • wstat
  • v_wind
  • pres
  • deg
  • time_offset
  • lon
  • rh
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sgpsondeB4.00:
  • Raw data stream - documentation not supported
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sgpsondewnpnB4.a1:
  • tdry
  • pres
  • rh
  • lon
  • deg
  • wstat
  • u_wind
  • asc
  • base_time
  • alt
  • dp
  • v_wind
  • lat
  • wspd
  • time_offset
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