DQRID : D060307.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/28/2006110003/07/20061615
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Subject:
NIM/MWRP/M1 - Software problem
DataStreams:nimmwrpM1.00, nimmwrprawM1.00, nimmwrpM1.b1
Description:
The MWRP computer failed and it was cloned with a new Gx620. Soon after, the MWRP program 
started to crash and was intermittent. Data were lost on March 3, 4, 5. 
On March 7 the program was forcefully ended and restarted. This appears to have cleared 
the problem. The instrument has been running since.
Suggestions: 
Missing data are not recoverable.
Measurements:nimmwrpM1.b1:
  • North Latitude(lat)
  • Height(height)
  • time_in_seconds_since_volume_start(time)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError)
  • radiation_frequency(frequency)
  • -180.0 - +180.0(alt)
  • Ambient surface absolute temperature(surfaceTemperature)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only
    23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature)
  • Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature)
  • Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres)
  • Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath)
  • Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater)
  • Time offset from base_time(time_offset)
  • Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres)
  • Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent)
  • Convective available potential energy(cape)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval(temperatureRmsError)
  • Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2)
  • Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)
  • Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError)
  • Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError)
  • Cloud base height used during retrieval(cloudBaseHeight)
  • Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity)
  • Beam Elevation Angle(elevation)
  • Ambient surface relative humidity(surfaceRelativeHumidity)
  • Surface pressure at instrument(surfacePressure)
  • lon(lon)
  • Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2)
  • Data quality flags(dataQualityFlags)
  • Derived pressure(pressure)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Azimuth of Radar Ray(azimuth)
  • Flag indicating moisture sensor status(wetWindowFlag)
  • Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature)
  • Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection)
  • Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres)
  • Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity)
  • Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835
    and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError)
  • base time in epoch(base_time)
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nimmwrprawM1.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
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nimmwrpM1.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
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