DQRID : D080410.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
03/18/2008060003/19/20080500Suspect
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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:
  • tbskytip31
  • wet_window
  • liqtip
  • vaptip
  • tbskytip23
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sgpmwrlosB5.b1:
  • tbsky23
  • wet_window
  • tbsky31
  • vap
  • liq
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