DQR ID | Subject | Data Streams Affected |
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D000127.1 | TWP/MWR/C2 - Uncertainty in clock time | twpmwrlosC2.b1, twpmwrtipC2.a1 |
D000613.2 | TWP/C2/SMET Temperature spike | twpsmet60sC2.a1, twpsmet60sC2.b1 |
D040726.1 | TWP/SMET/C2 - Negative rainfall rates | twpsmet60sC2.b1 |
D060420.10 | TWP/MWR/C2 - software upgrade (version 3.29) | twpmwrlosC2.b1 |
D060818.2 | TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Barometric Data Changed from hPa to kPa | twpsmet60sC2.b1 |
D061011.3 | TWP/SMET/C2 - Reprocess: Tipping bucket rain gauge added | twpsmet60sC2.b1 |
Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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11/06/1998 | 0000 | 07/30/1999 | 2359 |
Subject: | TWP/MWR/C2 - Uncertainty in clock time |
DataStreams: | twpmwrlosC2.b1, twpmwrtipC2.a1 |
Description: | At ARCS2, the MWR computer clock was not being updated because no NTP time service software was installed on the computer. During Nauru99, on 6/24/99, the clock was found to be 3 minutes and 17 seconds fast. Assuming that the time was properly set at installation on 10/26/98 (which is not indicated in the installation report) and never reset until 6/24/99, the rate of time drift on the computer was about +0.8 seconds per day. However, if the time was not reset since integration at AIS on 1/14/98 (which is recorded in my integration notes), then the rate of drift is about +0.4 seconds per day. The computer was replaced and time service started on 7/30/99. |
Measurements: | twpmwrlosC2.b1:
twpmwrtipC2.a1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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12/03/1998 | 2105 | 12/03/1999 | 2105 |
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:
twpsmet60sC2.a1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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10/21/1998 | 0311 | 07/06/2004 | 0138 |
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:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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10/28/1998 | 0000 | 07/30/1999 | 1200 |
Subject: | TWP/MWR/C2 - software upgrade (version 3.29) |
DataStreams: | twpmwrlosC2.b1 |
Description: | The MWR operating program was upgraded to version 3.29 on 30 July 1999. This version included a beam width correction as well as provided the capability to automatically level the elevation mirror (that is, to automatically detect and correct offsets in the elevation angle stepper motor position.) The improvement in the quality of the tip curves resulting from the auto-leveling has been dramatic: differences in the brightness temperatures at 3 airmasses (19.5 and 160.5 degrees) have been reduced from +/- 5 K to +/- 0.5 K. In order to take full advantage of this improvement to detect and reject cloudy tip curves, the minimum value of the goodness-of-fit coefficient for a valid tip curve has been increased from 0.995 to 0.998. The data prior to July 30 1999 do not include beam-width and mirror-leveling corrections. |
Measurements: | twpmwrlosC2.b1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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10/21/1998 | 0000 | 07/13/2006 | 2232 |
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:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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10/21/1998 | 0000 | 11/29/2006 | 2014 |
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:
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