Data Quality Reports for Session: 107957 User: sestevens Completed: 09/25/2007


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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D000613.2TWP/C2/SMET Temperature spiketwpsmet60sC2.a1, twpsmet60sC2.b1
D040726.1TWP/SMET/C2 - Negative rainfall ratestwpsmet60sC2.b1
D060818.2TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Barometric Data Changed from hPa to kPatwpsmet60sC2.b1
D061011.3TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Tipping bucket rain gauge addedtwpsmet60sC2.b1


DQRID : D000613.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/03/1998210512/03/19992105
Subject:
TWP/C2/SMET Temperature spike
DataStreams:twpsmet60sC2.a1, twpsmet60sC2.b1
Description:
There was a brief -4 C spike in the temperature at approximately
21.5 Z on December 3.  This spike also showed up in the vapor pressure
which is calculated from the temperature and relative humidity.
Measurements:twpsmet60sC2.b1:
  • Mean Air Temperature or Hardware Error(temp_mean)
  • Std Dev of Air Temperature(temp_sd)
  • Temperature minimum(temp_min)
  • Vapor pressure standard deviation(vappress_sd)
  • Temperature maximum(temp_max)
  • Vapor pressure mean(vappress_mean)

twpsmet60sC2.a1:
  • Temperature maximum(temp_max)
  • Vapor pressure standard deviation(vappress_sd)
  • Vapor pressure mean(vappress_mean)
  • Mean Air Temperature or Hardware Error(temp_mean)
  • Std Dev of Air Temperature(temp_sd)
  • Temperature minimum(temp_min)


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DQRID : D040726.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/21/1998031107/06/20040138
Subject:
TWP/SMET/C2 - Negative rainfall rates
DataStreams:twpsmet60sC2.b1
Description:
Due to limitations of the Zeno dataloggers all voltage measurements
from the optical rain gauge (ORG) were converted to rainfall rates. 
This resulted in negative values for rain rates.  Any value below
0.10 mm/hr should be considered to be 0 mm/hr.  New dataloggers 
alleviated this problem.
Measurements:twpsmet60sC2.b1:
  • Precipitation maximum(precip_max)
  • Precipitation mean(precip_mean)
  • precipitation minimum(precip_min)
  • Precipitation standard deviation(precip_sd)


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DQRID : D060818.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/21/1998000007/13/20062232
Subject:
TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Barometric Data Changed from hPa to kPa
DataStreams:twpsmet60sC2.b1
Description:
Barometric pressure data was converted from hPa to kPa in order to standardize the 
measurement units among ARM sites and to conform to accepted standard units determined by the 
scientific community.
Measurements:twpsmet60sC2.b1:
  • Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)


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DQRID : D061011.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/21/1998000011/29/20062014
Subject:
TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Tipping bucket rain gauge added
DataStreams:twpsmet60sC2.b1
Description:
A tipping bucket rain gauge was added to the TWP.C2 SMET suite of instruments on 20061129. 
Effective 20060926, two new variables (count and rain amount) were added to the end of 
the twpsmet60sC2.b1 datastream.  Between 9/26 and 11/29, the data for these two variables 
are filled with zeros.  Users should not use the data during this period as the zeros are 
not representative of the rain fall at the site.  When reprocessing of this datastream 
occurs these variables will be added for the 19981021-20060926 and data from 
19981021-20061129 will be filled with -9999 (missing).
Measurements:twpsmet60sC2.b1:
  • base time(base_time)


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