DQRID : D040226.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/20/2004160002/23/20040500
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Subject:
SGP/SIRS/E9 - PSP dome contamination
DataStreams:sgpsirs20sE9.a0, sgpsirsE9.b1, sgpsirsE9.00
Description:
Measured values of diffuse shortwave downwelling radiation fluctuated below derived values 
of downwelling shortwave radiation by 50 W/m^2 during the afternoon hours under clear 
conditions. 

SMOS precipitation and wind speed data reveals rain and wind the night before on 02/20/03 
0100 GMT probably contaminated the PSP dome with dirt.

Precipitation of .25mm on 02/23/04 0300 seems to have effectively cleared the PSP dome 
since PSP data on 02/24/04 compares correctly to direct and diffuse components.
Suggestions: 
Do not use
Measurements:sgpsirsE9.b1:
  • Down-welling unshaded pyranometer voltage(down_short_hemisp)
  • Downwelling shortwave hemispheric irradiance, pyranometer, maxima(down_short_hemisp_max)
  • Downwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Ventilated Pyrgeometer, Standard
    Deviation(down_short_hemisp_std)
  • Downwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance, Pyranometer, Minima(down_short_hemisp_min)
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sgpsirs20sE9.a0:
  • Instantaneous Downwelling Hemispheric Shortwave, Pyranometer Thermopile Voltage(inst_global)
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sgpsirsE9.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
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