DQRID : D071022.4
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/03/2007140004/22/20082052
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Subject:
SGP/SIRS/C1 - Sensor Cable Problem
DataStreams:sgpsirsC1.b1, sgpsirs20sC1.a0
Description:
Beginning October 3, 2007, the upwelling longwave irradiance (up_long_hemisp, aka "UIR") 
started to spike to unreasonable values positively offset from the co-located E13 by over 
100W/m2.  On January 17 2008 the UIR values become consistently bad due to bad UIR dome 
thermistor wiring.  Problem appears as a resistive offset in the dome thermistor but due 
to nature of failure (unknown cable problem) data correction would not yield any better 
data than the co-located E13 UIR instrument that is known to be operating correctly.  
Instrument cable replacement on 4/22 fixed the problem.

Thermopile data (netIR) from this instrument is good.  However, Incoming irradiance data 
is not correctable due to bad UIR dome thermistor wiring within the instrument cable.
Suggestions: 
Use E13 UIR data.
Measurements:sgpsirsC1.b1:
  • Upwelling longwave hemispheric irradiance, pyrgeometer, maxima(up_long_hemisp_max)
  • Upwelling (10 meter) Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Ventilated Pyrgeometer,
    Standard Deviation(up_long_hemisp_std)
  • Upwelling Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Pyrgeometer, Minima(up_long_hemisp_min)
  • 10 meter Upwelling Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Pyrgeometer(up_long_hemisp)
  • Instantaneous Upwelling Longwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Pyrgeometer(up_long_netir)
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sgpsirs20sC1.a0:
  • Instantaneous Upwelling Pyrgeometer Case Thermistor Resistance, Pyrgeometer(inst_up_long_case_resist)
  • Instantaneous Upwelling Pyrgeometer Thermopile Pyrgeometer(inst_up_long_hemisp_tp)
  • Instantaneous Upwelling Pyrgeometer Dome Thermistor Resistance Pyrgeometer(inst_up_long_dome_resist)
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