Data Quality Reports for Session: 100107 User: morris Completed: 06/15/2006


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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D030822.10TWP/MWR/C2 - min/max/delta values incorrecttwpmwrlosC2.b1
D050725.10TWP/MWR/C2 - Reprocess: Revised Retrieval CoefficientstwpmwrlosC2.a1, twpmwrlosC2.b1, twp5mwravgC2.c1, twpqmemwrcolC2.c1


DQRID : D030822.10
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/28/19980002/08/20032359
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C2 - min/max/delta values incorrect
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC2.b1
Description:
The values of valid_min, valid_max, and valid_delta for fields tkxc and tknd were 
incorrect. They should be 303, 333, and 0.5 K, respectively.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC2.b1:
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Noise diode mount temperature(tknd)


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DQRID : D050725.10
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
04/27/20026006/30/2005210
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C2 - Reprocess: Revised Retrieval Coefficients
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC2.a1, twpmwrlosC2.b1, twp5mwravgC2.c1, twpqmemwrcolC2.c1
Description:
IN THE BEGINNING (June 1992), the retrieval coefficients used to derive 
the precipitable water vapor (PWV) and liquid water path (LWP) from the 
MWR brightness temperatures were based on the Liebe and Layton (1987) 
water vapor and oxygen absorption model and the Grant (1957) liquid 
water absorption model.

Following the SHEBA experience, revised retrievals based on the more 
recent Rosenkranz (1998) water vapor and oxygen absorption models and 
the Liebe (1991) liquid waer absorption model were developed.  The 
Rosenkranz water vapor absorption model resulted a 2 percent increase 
in PWV relative to the earlier Liebe and Layton model.  The Liebe 
liquid water absorption model decreased the LWP by 10% relative to the 
Grant model.  However, the increased oxygen absorption caused a 
0.02-0.03 mm (20-30 g/m2) reduction in LWP, which was particularly 
significant for low LWP conditions (i.e. thin clouds encountered at 
SHEBA).

Recently, it has been shown (Liljegren, Boukabara, Cady-Pereira, and 
Clough, TGARS v. 43, pp 1102-1108, 2005) that the half-width of the 
22 GHz water vapor line from the HITRAN compilation, which is 5 percent 
smaller than the Liebe and Dillon (1969) half-width used in Rosenkranz 
(1998), provided a better fit to the microwave brightness temperature 
measurements at 5 frequencies in the range 22-30 GHz, and yielded more 
accurate retrievals. Accordingly, revised MWR retrieval coefficients 
have been developed using MONORTM, which utilizes the HITRAN compilation 
for its spectroscopic parameters.  These new retrievals provide 3 
percent less PWV and 2.6 percent greater LWP than the previous 
retrievals based on Rosenkranz (1998).

Although the MWR data will be reprocessed to apply the new monortm-based 
retrievals, for most purposes it will be sufficient to correct the data 
using the following factors:

PWV_MONORTM = 0.9695 * PWV_ROSENKRANZ
LWP_MONORTM = 1.026  * LWP_ROSENKRANZ

The Rosenkranz-based retrieval coefficients became active at TWP.C2 
20020427.0600.  The MONORTM-based retrieval coefficients became active 
at TWP.C2 20050630.2100.

Note: a reprocessing effort is already underway to apply the 
Rosenkranz-based retrieval coefficients to all MWR prior to April 
2002.  An additional reprocessing task will be undertaken to apply 
the MONORTM retrieval to all MWR data when the first is completed. 
Read reprocessing comments in the netcdf file header carefully to 
ensure you are aware which retrieval is in play.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC2.b1:
  • Mean total water vapor amount along LOS path(vap)
  • Mean total liquid water amount along LOS path(liq)

twpmwrlosC2.a1:
  • Mean total liquid water amount along LOS path(liq)
  • Mean total water vapor amount along LOS path(vap)

twpqmemwrcolC2.c1:
  • Ensemble average for MWR liquid in window centered about balloon release(mean_liq_mwr)
  • Ensemble average for MWR vapor in window centered about balloon release(mean_vap_mwr)

twp5mwravgC2.c1:
  • Mean total liquid water amount along LOS path(liq)
  • Mean total water vapor amount along LOS path(vap)


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