DQRID : D050510.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time Data Quality Metric
04/26/2005172604/26/20051910Suspect
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Subject:
SGP/SONDE/C1 - Surface pressure bad and other data noisy
DataStreams:sgpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
I was checking this sounding because the surface pressure entered by the operator was 
considerably higher than that recorded by the TWHAPS and SMOS.  I'm not sure why, but the 
pressure data are very noisy while the sonde is on the ground (which accounts for the 
incorrect surface pressure) and the RH data aloft do not look terrible but do not look great 
either.
Suggestions: 
I'd use these data with more than the usual degree of caution.  There may have been a 

problem with the sonde sensor package.
Measurements:sgpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • base_time
  • alt
  • tdry
  • time_offset
  • u_wind
  • lon
  • wstat
  • v_wind
  • asc
  • lat
  • rh
  • deg
  • pres
  • wspd
  • dp
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