DQR ID | Subject | Data Streams Affected |
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D030205.1 | NSA/C1/MWR - liquid water paths affected by frost and ice formation | nsamwrlosC1.a1 |
D060420.8 | NSA/MWR/C1 - software upgrade (version 3.28) | nsamwrlosC1.a1, nsamwrlosC1.b1 |
Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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01/02/1998 | 0000 | 12/06/2002 | 0005 |
Subject: | NSA/C1/MWR - liquid water paths affected by frost and ice formation |
DataStreams: | nsamwrlosC1.a1 |
Description: | The heater/blower did not completely remove ice and frost formed on the teflon window under severe winter weather conditions. Also, the sensitivity of the moisture sensor was temperature dependent and, if the temperature changd significantly after the sensor had been tuned, the heater failed to turn on when the window became wet or frosted. This resulted in unflagged periods of elevated and unrealistic values of liquid water path. The heater/blower assembly was replaced with an improved version that incorporates better circuitry, a larger capacity fan, and better airflow distribution. |
Measurements: | nsamwrlosC1.a1:
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Start Date | Start Time | End Date | End Time |
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01/02/1998 | 0000 | 02/03/1999 | 1200 |
Subject: | NSA/MWR/C1 - software upgrade (version 3.28) |
DataStreams: | nsamwrlosC1.a1, nsamwrlosC1.b1 |
Description: | The MWR operating program was upgraded to version 3.28 on 3 February 1999. This version includes a beam width correction as well as providing 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. |
Measurements: | nsamwrlosC1.a1:
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