DQR ID | Subject | Data Streams Affected |
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D021113.4 | SGP/EBBR - Incorrect Units for Soil Heat Capacity (cs1, cs2, cs3, cs4, cs5) in 30EBBR Header | sgp30ebbrE4.b1, sgp30ebbrE7.b1, sgp30ebbrE8.b1, sgp30ebbrE9.b1, sgp30ebbrE12.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE15.b1, sgp30ebbrE20.b1, sgp30ebbrE22.b1, sgp30ebbrE26.b1 |
D061220.8 | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Wind Direction Dependency of Surface Fluxes and General Data Quality Information | sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
D980529.10 | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Six Month Checks | sgp5ebbrE13.b1, sgp15ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
D981112.5 | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Net Radiation Incorrect - Water in Bottom Dome | sgp5ebbrE13.b1, sgp15ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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12/01/1993 | 1200 | 06/18/2003 | 1159 |
Subject: | SGP/EBBR - Incorrect Units for Soil Heat Capacity (cs1, cs2, cs3, cs4, cs5) in 30EBBR |
DataStreams: | sgp30ebbrE4.b1, sgp30ebbrE7.b1, sgp30ebbrE8.b1, sgp30ebbrE9.b1, sgp30ebbrE12.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE15.b1, sgp30ebbrE20.b1, sgp30ebbrE22.b1, sgp30ebbrE26.b1 |
Description: | The units for Soil Heat Capacity (cs1, cs2, cs3, cs4, cs5) in the EBBR 30 minute netcdf header have been incorrect from the beginning of processing the data into netcdf files. The correct units are MJ/m^3/C. This does not affect the data quality. (NOTE: The actual begin date of some of these data streams is as early as 7/4/93. This DQR applies to all 30m EBBR data.) |
Measurements: | sgp30ebbrE26.b1:
sgp30ebbrE9.b1:
sgp30ebbrE7.b1:
sgp30ebbrE4.b1:
sgp30ebbrE12.b1:
sgp30ebbrE15.b1:
sgp30ebbrE22.b1:
sgp30ebbrE13.b1:
sgp30ebbrE8.b1:
sgp30ebbrE20.b1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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07/13/1993 | 1200 | 10/12/2003 | 2330 |
Subject: | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Wind Direction Dependency of Surface Fluxes and General Data Quality |
DataStreams: | sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
Description: | Beginning in FY2006, Data Quality Reports are not written for missing data or for situations when qc flags clearly show that the data is incorrect (this is true for most of the conditions listed below). DQRs are written for periods when data is incorrect, when the situation is not represented by qc flags in the data, and it's not obvious that the data should have been flagged as incorrect. The EBBR data is only useful for particular wind directions at each Extended Facility. Please use the following resources to help in interpreting the EBBR data. 1) qc flags in the EBBR data. 2) Instrument Mentor Monthly Summaries (IMMS) at http://www.db.arm.gov/IMMS/ 3) SGP EF Surface Conditions Observations (EFSCO) at http://198.124.96.210:591/sfc_cond1/default.htm 4) Surface fluxes are valid only for the following wind directions (in degrees): 0-52, 142-194, 328-360 Note that there are wind directions at most sites for which the fetch is insufficient and therefore EBBR data is invalid. Appropriate fetch was determined from a 1/40 measurement height to fetch ratio, resulting in a required minimum fetch of 120 m. Particular attention should be paid to the limited valid wind directions for the Central Facility EBBR. The surface vegetation type for the EBBRs is grazed or ungrazed grassland (refer to the EFSCO for state). 5) Some conditions that commonly cause the EBBR primary measurements to be incorrect or missing follow: a) Sensible and latent heat fluxes are not accurate during times when the Automatic Exchange Mechanism (AEM) is not functioning properly. The AEM switches the gradient measuring instrumentation between the top and bottom positions every 15 minutes; this reduces the effects of instrument offsets. Sometimes the AEM does not reach it's full extent of travel, resulting in the home signal being zero. b) Sensible and latent heat fluxes are sometimes incorrect when surface soil heat flow is out of range, as seen in the average soil heat flux (ave_shf). c) Very light winds may be seen at nights for brief periods. Wind direction flops around a lot during low wind conditions (< 1.5 m/s) and is often unreliable during those periods. d) Missing data periods occur at times; this is usually a site data system collection/communication problem; it can also occur during replacement of the system with a newly calibrated unit. Missing data is sometimes filled in later from manual or automatic re-collection of the data. |
Measurements: | sgp30ebbrE13.b1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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05/07/1998 | 2000 | 05/07/1998 | 2030 |
Subject: | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Six Month Checks |
DataStreams: | sgp5ebbrE13.b1, sgp15ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
Description: | During EBBR 6 month checks (formally called 3 month checks) the Automatic Exchange Mechanism is disabled (reflected by home signals near zero) so that the two aspirator units can be placed at the same height. The measurements during these periods do not produce correct outputs of bowen ratio (bowen), sensible heat flux (h), or latent heat flux (e), nor do the air temperature and relative humidity measurements indicate correct gradients. Checks performed just before or after the AEM is disabled also lead to some incorrect data. Incorrect 5, 15 minute and half hour data occurs for the period indicated. |
Measurements: | sgp15ebbrE13.b1:
sgp5ebbrE13.b1:
sgp30ebbrE13.b1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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10/02/1998 | 0345 | 10/08/1998 | 1930 |
Subject: | SGP/EBBR/E13 - Net Radiation Incorrect - Water in Bottom Dome |
DataStreams: | sgp5ebbrE13.b1, sgp15ebbrE13.b1, sgp30ebbrE13.b1 |
Description: | Water entered the net radiometer top dome through a hole made, probably, by migrating birds (this happens every Spring and Autumn) and accumulated in the bottom dome. This causes nighttime net radiations to be too large and daytime net radiations to be too small. The data is therefore incorrect. |
Measurements: | sgp15ebbrE13.b1:
sgp5ebbrE13.b1:
sgp30ebbrE13.b1:
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