Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time | Data Quality Metric |
---|---|---|---|---|
03/18/2008 | 0600 | 03/19/2008 | 0500 | Suspect |
Subject: | SGP/MWR/B5 - Some rain events flagged |
DataStreams: | sgpmwrtipB5.a1, sgpmwrlosB5.b1 |
Description: | March 18 there was a strong rain event. During this time the brightness temperatures where > 100 K due to water accumulating on the radiometer, however the wet window flag indicator was not tripped. Users should not rely on the wet window flag to screen rain-contaminated data. Instead, apply a brightness temperature threshold of 100 K instead to both channels. |
Suggestions: | Apply a brightness temperature threshold of 100 K to filter out rain events. |
Measurements: | sgpmwrtipB5.a1: more
sgpmwrlosB5.b1: more |