SGP/OKM - Overview of Automated Data Quality - April 2001

Below is an overview from Chris Fiebrich, the Mesonet QA manager
of the automated quality assurance results for the April 2001
Oklahoma Mesonet data.

TAIR    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5525 HUGO Replaced erratic sensor

RELH    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None 
 
WDIR    Current:        #5590 BURB Sensor reporting out of phase
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None 

WSPD    Current:        None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

PRES    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5588 BBOW Replaced plugged-up barometer
                        
SRAD    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5519 MEDF Replaced sensor with low bias  

RAIN    Current:        None
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #5511 HUGO Replaced gauge that occasionally
                              double tips
                        #5592 HASK Replaced bad switch

TA9M    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

WS2M    Current:        None
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       #5623 BBOW Replaced sensor with noisy bearings

TS10    Current:        #5589 BURB Sensor has erratic 10 C warm bias
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5556 EUFA Replaced suspect sensor

TB10    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5518 MEDF Replaced sensor with 3 C warm
                              bias 
                        #5553 NORM Repaired erosion problem
                        #5558 EUFA Replaced suspect sensor
                  
TS05    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5194 FAIR Replaced lightning-damaged sensor
                        #5557 EUFA Replaced suspect sensor

TB05    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5515 STIG Replaced erratic sensor
                        #5547 NORM Repaired erosion problem
                        #5559 EUFA Replaced suspect sensor
                        #5570 BREC Repaired erosion problem

TS30    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       #5517 EUFA Replaced suspect sensor


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TAIR    Current:        None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

RELH    Current:        None 
        Added:          None 
        Resolved:       None

SRAD    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

RAIN    Current:        None 
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None
                        
TS05    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

TS10    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

TS15    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

TS30    Current:        None
        Added:          None
        Resolved:       None

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LEGEND
TAIR    Air Temperature measured at 1.5 meters
RELH    Relative Humidity measured at 1.5 meters
WDIR    Wind Direction measured at 10 meters
WSPD    Wind Speed measured at 10 meters
PRES    Pressure
SRAD    Incident Solar Radiation
RAIN    Rainfall
TA9M    Air Temperature measured at 9 meters
WS2M    Wind Speed measured at 2 meters
TS10    Soil Temperature measured at 10 cm under native sod
TB10    Soil Temperature measured at 10 cm under bare soil
TS05    Soil Temperature measured at 5 cm under native sod
TB05    Soil Temperature measured at 5 cm under bare soil
TS15    Soil Temperature measured at 15 cm under native sod
TS30    Soil Temperature measured at 30 cm under native sod

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• solar radiation(srad)
• average wind speed at 2m(wspd_2m)
• standard deviation of wind speed(wspd_sigma)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• vector average wind magnitude(wvec_10m)
• air temperature at 1.5m(tdry_1_5m)
• accumulated rainfall since 00GMT except at 00 GMT, the number given is the total
  accumulation for the past 24 hours(prec_amt)
• standard deviation of wind direction(wdir_sigma)
• vector average of wind direction measured at 10m(wdir_10m)
• average wind run (arithmetic average speed) at 10m(wspd_10m)
• air temperature at 9m(tdry_9m)
• maximum 3-second wind speed within the 5-minute averaging period(wspd_max)
• Retrieved pressure profile(pres)

• accumulated rainfall since 00GMT except at 00 GMT, the number given is the total
  accumulation for the past 24 hours(prec_amt)
• vector average wind magnitude(wvec_10m)
• Retrieved pressure profile(pres)
• standard deviation of wind speed(wspd_sigma)
• vector average of wind direction measured at 10m(wdir_10m)
• air temperature at 1.5m(tdry_1_5m)
• average wind run (arithmetic average speed) at 10m(wspd_10m)
• maximum 3-second wind speed within the 5-minute averaging period(wspd_max)
• average wind speed at 2m(wspd_2m)
• Relative Humidity (hybrid-b grid)(rh)
• air temperature at 9m(tdry_9m)
• solar radiation(srad)
• standard deviation of wind direction(wdir_sigma)

• soil temperature at 10cm beneath bare soil(tbare10)
• soil temperature at 30 cm beneath natural sod cover(tsoil30)
• 10 cm soil temp(tsoil10)
• soil temperature at 5 cm beneath bare soil(tbare5)
• soil temperature at 5 cm beneath natural sod cover(tsoil5)

• soil temperature at 5 cm beneath natural sod cover(tsoil5)
• soil temperature at 30 cm beneath natural sod cover(tsoil30)
• 10 cm soil temp(tsoil10)
• soil temperature at 5 cm beneath bare soil(tbare5)
• soil temperature at 10cm beneath bare soil(tbare10)