DQRs for Session: 120780 User:iockoCompleted: 07-14-2009

Data Quality Reports for Session: 120780 User: iocko Completed: 07/14/2009

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DQR ID	Subject	Data Streams Affected
D041027.1	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing data	nsamwrpC1.b1
D060419.5	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Incorrect calibration	nsamwrpC1.b1
D060427.2	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Bad calibration values	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
D060929.2	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: Re-calibration	nsamwrpC1.b1
D061205.3	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: K-Band calibration drift	nsamwrpC1.b1
D070709.1	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: 6-channel retrieval replaced by 5-channel retrieval	nsamwrpC1.b1

DQRID : D041027.1

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
02/21/2004	0925	02/23/2004	2238
10/06/2004	0008	10/27/2004	1237
11/20/2004	0039	11/22/2004	1851
04/10/2005	0000	04/11/2005	1622
09/04/2005	0531	09/06/2005	1857
09/10/2005	0052	09/12/2005	1830
09/21/2005	1805	10/12/2005	2311
06/23/2006	1800	08/08/2006	2250
08/11/2006	2359	08/14/2006	1454
10/09/2006	2101	10/11/2006	1733
01/05/2007	2358	01/08/2007	2019
02/28/2007	2309	03/05/2007	0027
07/13/2007	1838	12/08/2007	0125

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing data
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError) Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity) Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval(temperatureRmsError) Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath) Ambient surface pressure(surfacePressure) atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure) Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2) Data quality flags(dataQualityFlags) Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError) Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres) base time(base_time) Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature) Array of heights for the range gates(height) lat(lat) Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt) Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater) Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) azimuth(azimuth) Cloud base height(cloudBaseHeight) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError) elevation(elevation) Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres) Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity) lon(lon) Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Frequency(frequency) Convective Available Potential Energy(cape) Flag indicating moisture sensor status(wetWindowFlag) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError) Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) air temperature (NGM250 predicted)(temperature) Ambient surface absolute temperature(surfaceTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError) Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent) Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset) Ambient surface relative humidity(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) time(time) Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)

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DQRID : D060419.5

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/12/2006	1800	04/13/2006	2000

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Incorrect calibration
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	On 4/12 a calibration was attempted but the calibration was not successful. A new calibration was completed on 4/13 20:00 UTC. Data between the two calibration attempts are incorrect and should be disregarded.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError) Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity) Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval(temperatureRmsError) Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath) Ambient surface pressure(surfacePressure) atmospheric pressure at mean sea level and at tropopause (NGM250 predicted)(pressure) Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2) Data quality flags(dataQualityFlags) Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError) Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres) base time(base_time) Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature) Array of heights for the range gates(height) lat(lat) Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt) Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater) Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) azimuth(azimuth) Cloud base height(cloudBaseHeight) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError) elevation(elevation) Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres) Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity) lon(lon) Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Frequency(frequency) Convective Available Potential Energy(cape) Flag indicating moisture sensor status(wetWindowFlag) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError) Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) air temperature (NGM250 predicted)(temperature) Ambient surface absolute temperature(surfaceTemperature) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError) Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent) Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset) Ambient surface relative humidity(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) time(time) Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)

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DQRID : D060427.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/26/2006	1930	04/27/2006	1530

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Bad calibration values
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
Description:	After calibration was completed on 4/26/2006 the last value in the V-band calibration file was corrupted. V-band data are wrong between 4/26 19:30 and 4/27 15:27 when the corrupted values were removed.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.00: Raw data stream - documentation not supported(raw) nsamwrpC1.b1: Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity) Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity) Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) air temperature (NGM250 predicted)(temperature) Cloud base height(cloudBaseHeight) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature) Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent) Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError) Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) nsamwrprawC1.00: Raw data stream - documentation not supported(raw)

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DQRID : D060929.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
08/08/2006	2200	09/06/2006	2150

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: Re-calibration
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	After being re-installed the radiometer was calibrated with liquid nitrogen. Data between 8/8 and 9/6 have been reprocessed to apply the revised calibrations.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval(liquidWaterPathRmsError) Internal blackbody reference temperature(blackbodyTemperature) Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2) Surface water vapor density at instrument(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature) Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres) Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval(waterVaporDensityRmsError) Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um(infraredTemperature) Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater) Cloud base height(cloudBaseHeight) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError) Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval(totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError) Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres) Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity) Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2) Convective Available Potential Energy(cape) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval(liquidWaterContentRmsError) Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent) Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2RmsError) Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel) Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)

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DQRID : D061205.3

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
11/01/2006	0000	11/27/2006	2100

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: K-Band calibration drift
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	At the beginning of November, the K-band channel calibration started to drift. The MWRP brightness temperatures were about 1.5 K higher than the MWR-measured brightness temperatures. By the half of the month the differences were more than 2 K to become about 4 K by the end of November. On Nov 27 new calibration coefficients were derived and uploaded. Data for 20061101-20061127 have been reprocessed with the revised calibrations and are available from the ARM Archive effective January 2007.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity) Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath) Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres) Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity) Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2) Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2) Convective Available Potential Energy(cape) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater) Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent) Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)

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DQRID : D070709.1

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
02/19/2004	0214	06/02/2007	2359

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocessed: 6-channel retrieval replaced by 5-channel retrieval
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	Due to repeated failure of the V-band receiver and calibration problems, the 6-channel retrieval was retired and a new 5-channel retrieval which uses only the K-band channels was implemented. All data previously processed with the 6-channel retrieval have been reprocessed. Please note that the 7 channels (brightness temperatures) in the V-band range (51 to 60 GHz) should not be used. See D080331.1 and D080331.2.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)

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