DQRID : D990713.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/31/1998235906/19/19992359
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Subject:
TWP/MFRSR/C2 - Head not level
DataStreams:twpmfrsrC2.b1, twpmfrsrC2.a0
Description:
The data from the Nauru MFRSR is questionable because either the cosine correction is bad 
and/or the head was not level.  These problems cause some total optical depths to be 
below the Rayleigh limit ... obviously something is wrong!  The head was checked for level on 
1999/05/12 and it was found to be out of level so we do know that 'levelness' has been a 
problem.  We don't yet know if the cosine correction, too, has been a problem.  In any 
event the head was changed on 99/06/19 and the data from this point on looks very good.
Suggestions: 
Measurements:twpmfrsrC2.a0:
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 5, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter5)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 6, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter6)
  • Direct horizontal narrowband irradiance, filter 1(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter1)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 2, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter2)
  • Diffuse narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 1(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter1_raw)
  • Direct Horizontal Narrowband Irradiance, Filter 3(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter3)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 4, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 2(hemisp_narrowband_filter2)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 1, offset corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter1)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 4, offset and cosine corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 3, offset and cosine corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter3)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 6, nominal wavelength is 935 nm(hemisp_narrowband_filter6)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 5, offset corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter5)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 2(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter2_raw)
  • Diffuse Hemispheric Broadband Irradiance(diffuse_hemisp_broadband_raw)
  • Hemispheric broadband irradiance(hemisp_broadband_raw)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 3(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter3)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 2, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter2)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 1, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter1)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 1(hemisp_narrowband_filter1_raw)
  • Diffuse narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 6(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter6_raw)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 2(hemisp_narrowband_filter2_raw)
  • Direct Horizontal Broadband Irradiance(direct_horizontal_broadband)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 6, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter6)
  • Narrowband diffuse hemispheric irradiance, filter 5, offset and cosine corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter5)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 4(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 3(hemisp_narrowband_filter3_raw)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 4(hemisp_narrowband_filter4_raw)
  • Hemispheric broadband irradiance(hemisp_broadband)
  • Diffuse narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 4(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter4_raw)
  • Diffuse narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 3(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter3_raw)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 5(hemisp_narrowband_filter5_raw)
  • Diffuse Hemispheric Broadband Irradiance, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_broadband)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 6(hemisp_narrowband_filter6_raw)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 5(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter5_raw)
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twpmfrsrC2.b1:
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 2(hemisp_narrowband_filter2)
  • Direct horizontal narrowband irradiance, filter 1(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter1)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 2, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter2)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 1, offset corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter1)
  • Direct Horizontal Narrowband Irradiance, Filter 3(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter3)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 4, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 6, nominal wavelength is 935 nm(hemisp_narrowband_filter6)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 5, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter5)
  • Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 5, offset corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter5)
  • Narrowband Direct Horizontal Irradiance, Filter 6, cosine corrected(direct_horizontal_narrowband_filter6)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 4, offset and cosine corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband hemispheric irradiance, filter 3, offset and cosine corrected(hemisp_narrowband_filter3)
  • Direct normal narrowband irradiance, filter 2, offset corrected(direct_normal_narrowband_filter2)
  • Narrowband Direct Normal Irradiance, Filter 3, cosine corrected(direct_normal_narrowband_filter3)
  • Narrowband Direct Normal Irradiance, Filter 1(direct_normal_narrowband_filter1)
  • Direct normal narrowband irradiance, filter 6, offset corrected(direct_normal_narrowband_filter6)
  • Direct normal narrowband irradiance, filter 4, offset corrected(direct_normal_narrowband_filter4)
  • Narrowband Direct Normal Irradiance, Filter 5(direct_normal_narrowband_filter5)
  • Direct Normal Broadband Irradiance, cosine corrected, broadband scale applied(direct_normal_broadband)
  • Hemispheric broadband irradiance(hemisp_broadband)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 6, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter6)
  • Narrowband diffuse hemispheric irradiance, filter 5, offset and cosine corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter5)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 4(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter4)
  • Cosine solar zenith angle(cosine_solar_zenith_angle)
  • Direct Horizontal Broadband Irradiance(direct_horizontal_broadband)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 3(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter3)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 2, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter2)
  • Diffuse Narrowband Hemispheric Irradiance, Filter 1, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_narrowband_filter1)
  • Diffuse Hemispheric Broadband Irradiance, offset corrected(diffuse_hemisp_broadband)
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