DQRs for Session: 106290 User:kmraisanCompleted: 06-27-2007

Data Quality Reports for Session: 106290 User: kmraisan Completed: 06/27/2007

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DQR ID	Subject	Data Streams Affected
D020118.16	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS RH% VALUES SUSPECT	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1
D020121.16	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS DATA VALUES OFF SCALE	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1
D020125.2	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
D020403.3	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS SNOW DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
D020726.26	SGP/SMOS/E1 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
D020909.4	SGP/SMOS/E1 - Snow depth sensor removed; data reported as missing	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
D040315.2	SGP/SMOS/E1 - 6-month Calibration Checks	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
D040315.3	SGP/SMOS/E1 - 6-month Calibration Checks	sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.b1

DQRID : D020118.16

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
06/21/2001	0000	07/17/2001	1901

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS RH% VALUES SUSPECT
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1
Description:	RH% values approximately 10% high at values of 70% and higher. Sensor replaced.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE1.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) sgp30smosE1.b1: Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) sgp30smosE1.a1: Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) sgp1smosE1.a1: Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres)

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DQRID : D020121.16

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
07/17/2001	1830	07/17/2001	1901

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS DATA VALUES OFF SCALE
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1
Description:	All data values off-scale during replacement of T/RH probe.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE1.b1: Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd) precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) sgp30smosE1.b1: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Existence of snow?(snow) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) sgp30smosE1.a1: Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp1smosE1.a1: surface wind speed(wspd) precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation(precip) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) barometric pressure(bar_pres)

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DQRID : D020125.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/28/2001	1940	10/24/2001	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
Description:	New program reads snow depth data when no sensor is in place. Values near 1539 mm read as offset.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE1.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE1.a1: Existence of snow?(snow) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) sgp1440smosE1.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020403.3

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/01/2001	0000	08/28/2001	1939

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - E1 SMOS SNOW DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
Description:	Due to a programming error all snow depth data was reported as 0. In effect, no snow depth data were collected.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE1.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE1.a1: Existence of snow?(snow) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) sgp1440smosE1.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020726.26

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/28/2002	0000	05/01/2002	0001
05/02/2002	0000	05/05/2002	0001
05/09/2002	0000	05/11/2002	0001
05/12/2002	0000	05/14/2002	0001
05/17/2002	0000	05/20/2002	0001
05/24/2002	0000	05/26/2002	0001

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - SNOW DEPTH DATA INCORRECT
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
Description:	Snow depth sensor was removed for the season. Temperatures fell below 10 deg C causing the ingest program to accumulate erroneous data.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE1.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE1.a1: Existence of snow?(snow) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) sgp1440smosE1.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D020909.4

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/12/2002	1930	07/17/2003	2359

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - Snow depth sensor removed; data reported as missing
DataStreams:	sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
Description:	The snow depth sensor was removed. The program was changed to read -9999 into the data stream.
Measurements:	sgp30smosE1.b1: Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) Existence of snow?(snow) sgp30smosE1.a1: Existence of snow?(snow) Snow Depth Sensor(snow_sen) sgp1440smosE1.a1: Time of Minimum Snow Depth(time_min_snow) Maximum Snow Depth(max_snow) Time of Maximum Snow Depth(time_max_snow) Minimum Snow Depth(min_snow_depth)

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DQRID : D040315.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/24/2001	1943	04/24/2001	2005
11/06/2001	2245	11/06/2001	2330
05/21/2002	1922	05/21/2002	2015
11/05/2002	1750	11/05/2002	1950
05/06/2003	1907	05/06/2003	2107

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - 6-month Calibration Checks
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE1.a1, sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.a1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.a1
Description:	During the time periods specified, the SMOS.E1 tower was lowered for 6-month Calibration Checks. During these times wind data are incorrect and temperature and humidity data may be incorrect. Note, exact times when tower was down or maintenance was being performed is sometimes unknown. Users should use the remaining data from these days with caution.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE1.b1: Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) sgp30smosE1.b1: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) sgp30smosE1.a1: Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) sgp1smosE1.a1: surface wind speed(wspd) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) barometric pressure(bar_pres) sgp1440smosE1.a1: Time of Maximum Barometric Pressure(time_max_bar_pres) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Time of Maximum Temperature(time_max_temp) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Wind Speed(time_max_wspd) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) maximum wind speed (gusts)(max_wspd) Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Time of Minimum Temperature(time_min_temp) Minimum Barometric Pressure(min_bar_pres) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Maximum Barometric Pressure(max_bar_pres) Time of Minimum Barometric Pressure(time_min_bar_pres) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Minimum Temperature(min_temp) Minimum of Wind speed(min_wspd) Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Maximum Temperature(max_temp) Time of Minimum Wind Speed(time_min_wspd)

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DQRID : D040315.3

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
10/21/2003	1745	10/21/2003	1945
04/20/2004	1955	04/20/2004	2020
10/19/2004	1920	10/19/2004	1950
04/05/2005	1914	04/05/2005	1935
11/16/2005	2111	11/16/2005	2200
04/18/2006	2047	04/18/2006	2110
10/03/2006	2002	10/03/2006	2039

Subject:	SGP/SMOS/E1 - 6-month Calibration Checks
DataStreams:	sgp1smosE1.b1, sgp30smosE1.b1, sgp1440smosE1.b1
Description:	During the time periods specified, the SMOS.E1 tower was lowered for 6-month Calibration Checks. During these times wind data are incorrect and temperature and humidity data may be incorrect. Note, exact times when tower was down or maintenance was being performed is sometimes unknown. Users should use the remaining data from these days with caution. Calibration results are available from the OMIS database at http://www.ops.sgp.arm.gov:591/smos6cal/default.htm To view all 6-month calibration reports leave the date time entry blank.
Measurements:	sgp1smosE1.b1: Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) surface wind speed(wspd) sgp30smosE1.b1: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed(sd_wspd) barometric pressure(bar_pres) Vapor Pressure (kiloPascals)(vap_pres) surface wind speed(wspd) Standard deviation of Vapor Pressure(sd_vap_pres) Relative humidity scaled, by total column amount from MWR(rh) Wind Speed (vector averaged)(wspd_va) Standard deviation of Relative Humidity(sd_rh) Environmental Temperature (hybrid-b grid)(temp) Standard deviation of Barometric Pressure(sd_bar_pres) Standard Deviation of wind direction(sd_deg) Unit Vector Wind Direction(wdir) Standard Deviation of Air Temperature(sd_temp) sgp1440smosE1.b1: Time of Minimum Vapor Pressure(time_min_vap_pres) Maximum Relative Humidity(max_rh) Time of Minimum Barometric Pressure(time_min_bar_pres) Maximum Vapor Pressure(max_vap_pres) Minimum Temperature(min_temp) Maximum Temperature(max_temp) Maximum Barometric Pressure(max_bar_pres) Time of Maximum Barometric Pressure(time_max_bar_pres) Minimum Barometric Pressure(min_bar_pres) Time of Minimum Relative Humidity(time_min_rh) Time of Maximum Vapor Pressure(time_max_vap_pres) Minimum Relative Humidity(min_rh) Time of Minimum Wind Speed(time_min_wspd) Time of Maximum Wind Speed(time_max_wspd) Time of Maximum Relative Humidity(time_max_rh) Time of Maximum Temperature(time_max_temp) Minimum Vapor Pressure(min_vap_pres) maximum wind speed (gusts)(max_wspd) Time of Minimum Temperature(time_min_temp) Minimum of Wind speed(min_wspd)

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