Data Quality Reports for Session: 124600 User: goodss777 Completed: 12/01/2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D000717.1TWP/MWR/C1 - Rain on windowtwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D021229.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Broken Temperature SensortwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D021231.2TWP/Sonde/C1 - Bad RH ValuestwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D030312.9TWP/MWR/C1 - Intermittent Negative Sky Brightness TemperaturestwpmwrlosC1.b1
D030427.2TWP/SONDE/C1 - Questionable RHtwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D030503.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RHtwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D030603.3TWP/SONDE/C1 - Broken temperature sensortwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040220.1TWP/MWR/C1 - wrong azimuthtwpmwrlosC1.b1
D040228.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Broken temperature sensortwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040228.3TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH sensorstwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040530.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH sensortwpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040606.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040627.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040627.2TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH in short interval alofttwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D040711.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D041011.3TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D050105.1TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D050201.2TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of soundingtwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D050725.9TWP/MWR/C1 - Reprocessed: Revised Retrieval Coefficientstwp5mwravgC1.c1, twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D050928.1TWP/MWR/C1 - New software version (4.15) installedtwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D060420.6TWP/MWR/C1 - Software ChangetwpmwrlosC1.b1
D060420.9TWP/MWR/C1 - software upgrade (version 3.29)twpmwrlosC1.b1
D061114.2TWP/MWR/C1 - Radiometer failuretwpmwrC1.00, twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D070105.1TWP/MWR/C1 - Missing datatwpmwrlosC1.b1
D070313.3TWP/SONDE/C1 - Surface RH value incorrecttwpsondewnpnC1.b1
D070613.1TWP/MWR/C1 - Intermittent datatwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D071208.1TWP/MWR/C1 - Incorrect ambient temperature readingstwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D081013.2TWP/MWR/C1 - Short periods of wrong ambient temperaturetwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
D090114.4TWP/MWR/C1 - Ambient temperature data missingtwpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1


DQRID : D000717.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
09/25/1997000011/13/19970000
12/01/1997000001/13/19980000
04/01/1998000003/31/19990000
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Rain on window
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
The data is subject to contamination due to rain on the sensor window
and should be used with caution because the heater/blower assembly that
prevents water from accumulating on the sensor's teflon window was out
of commission.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Tip configuration number(tipn)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)


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DQRID : D021229.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
09/18/2002233409/19/20020111
09/21/2002233009/22/20020059
10/01/2002234910/02/20020117
10/13/2002113910/13/20021303
10/18/2002235810/19/20020113
05/23/2003233005/24/20030135
06/14/2003233006/15/20030147
06/22/2003115906/22/20031332
06/22/2003234906/23/20030110
06/23/2003114606/23/20031323
06/25/2003234206/26/20030118
06/28/2003233006/29/20030056
06/29/2003113406/29/20031312
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1  - Broken Temperature Sensor
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The temperature sensor on these radiosondes broke after launch.
All the temperature related data are incorrect.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Dry bulb temperature(tdry)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Dry bulb temperature(tdry)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D021231.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/21/2002233612/22/20020119
Subject:
TWP/Sonde/C1 - Bad RH Values
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The RH values from the surface to approximately 11.5 km oscillate between reasonable 
values and zero.  This is apparently caused by a failure in the RH sensor heating process.  
Although the oscillation stops when the heating stops (at temperatures below ~ -45degC) I 
think the values must be viewed as suspect.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D030312.9
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/04/2002220010/31/20022220
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Intermittent Negative Sky Brightness Temperatures
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1
Description:
Several related and recurring problems with the MWRs have been reported dating back to 
1999.  These problems were due to the occurrence of blackbody signals (in counts) that were 
half of those expected. The symptoms included noisy data, spikes in the data, negative 
brightness temperatures, and apparent loss of serial communication between the computer and 
the radiometer, which results in a self-termination of the MWR program.

Because these all initially appeared to be hardware-related problems, the instrument 
mentor and SGP site operations personnel (1) repeatedly cleaned and replaced the fiber optic 
comm. components, (2) swapped radiometers, (3) sent radiometers back to Radiometrics for 
evaluation (which did not revealed any instrument problems), and (4) reconfigured the 
computer's operating system.  Despite several attempts to isolate and correct it, the problem 
persisted.

It became apparent that some component of the Windows98 configuration conflicted with the 
DOS-based MWR program or affected the serial port or the contents of the serial port 
buffer. This problem was finally corrected by upgrading the MWR software with a new 
Windows-compatible program.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)


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DQRID : D030427.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
04/08/2003234704/09/20030003
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Questionable RH
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 5km and 10km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~5 %RH) and 
not so low (~50 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~35 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D030503.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
04/29/2003112304/29/20031205
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The RH sensor heating circuit failed on this radiosonde.  The RH-related values obtained 
between 0 and 10000 meters oscillate between near-zero and reasonable ambient values.  
Above 10000 the RH values are likely correct.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D030603.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/23/2003233005/24/20030135
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Broken temperature sensor
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The temperature sensor on this radiosonde broke after launch.  All the temperature-related 
data are incorrect.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Dry bulb temperature(tdry)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Dry bulb temperature(tdry)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D040220.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/11/1996000002/18/20042250
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - wrong azimuth
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1
Description:
The MWR was initially installed at an azimuth angle defined as 180 degrees but the value 
in the configuration file was not changed from the default of 0 degrees. In examining 
photos taken during the installation of the AWS tower, I noticed that the MWR was rotated 
opposite the normal orientation. The value in the configuration file was changed to reflect 
the actual azimuth of the instrument.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)


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DQRID : D040228.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/07/2004234202/08/20040115
02/09/2004113302/09/20041233
04/05/2004233204/06/20040105
04/22/2004115604/22/20041317
04/24/2004113004/24/20041312
04/29/2004113704/29/20041312
04/30/2004233605/01/20040112
05/03/2004233105/04/20040105
05/05/2004113505/05/20041319
05/07/2004113205/07/20041315
05/11/2004114205/11/20041311
05/12/2004114505/12/20041206
05/18/2004113005/18/20041321
07/10/2004113007/11/20041255
07/13/2004113907/13/20041320
07/16/2004234607/17/20040107
07/22/2004235507/23/20040140
07/26/2004234107/27/20040115
08/14/2004233008/15/20040104
08/22/2004233508/23/20040105
09/05/2004234009/06/20040119
09/14/2004232809/14/20042329
09/17/2004233209/18/20040102
10/28/2004233610/29/20040057
11/28/2004235211/29/20040044
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Broken temperature sensor
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The temperature sensor on these radiosondes broke after launch
All the temperature-related data are incorrect.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Dry bulb temperature(tdry)


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DQRID : D040228.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/06/2004234102/06/20040130
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH sensors
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 12km).  The RH oscillates rapidly in a 20% range and the 
oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~45 degC.  These are symptoms of 
failure in the ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D040530.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/28/2003233005/29/20030010
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH sensor
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.a1, twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between the surface and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~0 
%RH) and high (~80 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below 
~40 degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)

twpsondewnpnC1.a1:
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)


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DQRID : D040606.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/03/2004113206/03/20041212
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~15 %RH) and 
not so low (~50 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~40 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D040627.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/04/2004001006/23/20042330
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~0 %RH) and 
not so low (~80 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~40 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D040627.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/21/2004001006/21/20040011
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1  - Bad RH in short interval aloft
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit on this sonde failed about 31 minutes into 
the flight.  The RH values look reasonable from the surface to approximately 8.25 km at 
which point they begin to oscillate between 0 and 40%.  This behavior stops when the sonde 
reaches approximately 11.0km when the air temperature drops below -40 degC.  The 
oscillation stops at that point, though the RH remains higher than might be expected even under 
supersaturated conditions.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D040711.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/30/2004113006/30/20041204
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~2 %RH) and 
not so low (~90 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~40 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D041011.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/08/2004113110/08/20041200
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~1 %RH) and 
high (~80 %RH).  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC 
(application specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D050105.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/30/2004233012/31/20040108
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 11km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~5 %RH) and 
not so low (~70 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~40 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D050201.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/07/2005233001/08/20050102
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Bad RH at beginning of sounding
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
It appears that the RH sensor heating circuit failed during this portion of the sounding 
(approximately between 0km and 12km).  The RH oscillates rapidly between low (~2 %RH) and 
not so low (~80 %RH) and the oscillation seems to stop when the temperature is below ~40 
degC.  According to Vaisala these are symptoms of failure in the ASIC (application 
specific integrated circuit) that controls the heating.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D050725.9
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/04/2002020006/30/20052100
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Reprocessed: Revised Retrieval Coefficients
DataStreams:twp5mwravgC1.c1, twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
IN THE BEGINNING (June 1992), the retrieval coefficients used to derive 
the precipitable water vapor (PWV) and liquid water path (LWP) from the 
MWR brightness temperatures were based on the Liebe and Layton (1987) 
water vapor and oxygen absorption model and the Grant (1957) liquid 
water absorption model.

Following the SHEBA experience, revised retrievals based on the more 
recent Rosenkranz (1998) water vapor and oxygen absorption models and 
the Liebe (1991) liquid waer absorption model were developed.  The 
Rosenkranz water vapor absorption model resulted a 2 percent increase 
in PWV relative to the earlier Liebe and Layton model.  The Liebe 
liquid water absorption model decreased the LWP by 10% relative to the 
Grant model.  However, the increased oxygen absorption caused a 
0.02-0.03 mm (20-30 g/m2) reduction in LWP, which was particularly 
significant for low LWP conditions (i.e. thin clouds encountered at 
SHEBA).

Recently, it has been shown (Liljegren, Boukabara, Cady-Pereira, and 
Clough, TGARS v. 43, pp 1102-1108, 2005) that the half-width of the 
22 GHz water vapor line from the HITRAN compilation, which is 5 percent 
smaller than the Liebe and Dillon (1969) half-width used in Rosenkranz 
(1998), provided a better fit to the microwave brightness temperature 
measurements at 5 frequencies in the range 22-30 GHz, and yielded more 
accurate retrievals. Accordingly, revised MWR retrieval coefficients 
have been developed using MONORTM, which utilizes the HITRAN compilation 
for its spectroscopic parameters.  These new retrievals provide 3 
percent less PWV and 2.6 percent greater LWP than the previous 
retrievals based on Rosenkranz (1998).

The Rosenkranz-based retrieval coefficients became active at TWP.C1 
20020504.0200.  The MONORTM-based retrieval coefficients became active 
at TWP.C1 20050630.2100.

Note: The TWP.C1 data for 19961011-20050630 have been reprocessed to apply the
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)

twp5mwravgC1.c1:
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)


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DQRID : D050928.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/31/2002220009/13/20051854
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - New software version (4.15) installed
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
A problem began with the installation of MWR.EXE version 4.12 in October 2002. The 
software had been upgraded from a "DOS" to a "Windows"-compiled program to address an earlier 
problem.  The software upgrade corrected the earlier problem but introduced a new one that 
caused line-of-sight observing cycles to be skipped, a 15% reduction in the number of tip 
curves, and saturation of CPU usage.  Software versions 4.13 and 4.14 also produced 
these problems.

The new MWR software version (4.15) was installed on 9/13/2005. As a consequence of this 
upgrade, the tip curve frequency increased. The tip cycle time decreased from ~60s to ~50s.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Sky Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz derived from this tip(tnd31I)
  • 31.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip31)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
  • Tip configuration number(tipn)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip23)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Blackbody temperature 1(tkbb1)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz derived from this tip(tnd23I)
  • Blackbody temperature 2(tkbb2)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)


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DQRID : D060420.6
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/11/1996000002/27/19991200
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Software Change
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1
Description:
The MWR operating software was changed on 27 February 1999 to provide additional
functionality as described below.
   
NEW FEATURES
1. Faster sampling rate
   
Standard line-of-sight (LOS) observations can now be acquired at 15-second intervals vs. 
20-second intervals previously. (The standard LOS cycle is comprised of one sky sample per 
blackbody sample and gain update.)
   
2. More flexible sampling strategy
   
Multiple sky observations can be acquired during a LOS cycle, up to 1024 per gain update. 
This permits sky samples to be acquired at intervals of 2.67 seconds for improved 
temporal resolution of cloud liquid water variations and better coordination with the millimeter 
cloud radar during IOPs.
   
3. Separation of zenith LOS observations from TIP data
   
When the radiometer is in TIP mode, the zenith LOS observations are now extracted, the PWV 
and LWP computed and reported separately in the output file. This eliminates the periods 
of missing LOS data during calibration checks/updates.
   
4. Automatic self-calibration
   
The software now permits the calibration to be updated at specified intervals or 
continuously. In the first case, LOS mode is automatically changed to TIP mode at user-specified 
intervals or whenever clear sky conditions occur, the tip data reduced, the calibration 
updated, and the radiometer returned to LOS mode without operator intervention. In the 
second case, the radiometer is continuously is TIP mode until changed by the operator.
   
5. Graphical user display
   
The graphical display is comprised of a status display, a message display, a temperature 
plot, a plot of the retrieved PWV and LWP, and (in TIP mode) a plot of the latest tip 
curves.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Sky Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • lon(lon)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • lat(lat)


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DQRID : D060420.9
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/11/1996000003/15/19991700
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - software upgrade (version 3.29)
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1
Description:
The MWR operating program was upgraded to version 3.29 on 15 March 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.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)


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DQRID : D061114.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/09/2006100001/30/20070457
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Radiometer failure
DataStreams:twpmwrC1.00, twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
The instrument stopped responding and had to be powered off. Suspect cause of failure is a 
faulty digital board.
Measurements:twpmwrC1.00:
  • null(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • lat(lat)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Sky Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • lon(lon)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(31r)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(31bb)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • lat(lat)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz derived from this tip(tnd31I)
  • 31.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip31)
  • 23.8 GHz noise diode calib (injection temp) at Tkxc(23ndiode)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
  • Tip configuration number(tipn)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(23bb)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody signal(31tipbb)
  • base time(base_time)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • 23.8 GHz calibration curve slope(23gain)
  • Airmass value(airm)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody signal(23tipbb)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 31.4 GHz noise diode calib adjusted to tknd_nom and low_pass filltered(31expave)
  • lon(lon)
  • (tknd)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(23bbn)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • 23.8 GHz calibration curve offset(23tbzenith)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal+noise injection signal(31tipskynd)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip23)
  • 31.4 GHz calibration curve offset(31tbzenith)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(31tipsky)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(23tipsky)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(23r)
  • 31.4 GHz noise diode calib (injection temp) at Tkxc(31ndiode)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(31bbn)
  • 31.4 GHz calibration curve slope(31gain)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Blackbody temperature 1(tkbb1)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz derived from this tip(tnd23I)
  • 23.8 GHz noise diode calib adjusted to tknd_nom and low_pass filltered(23expave)
  • Blackbody temperature 2(tkbb2)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal+noise injection signal(23tipskynd)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)


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DQRID : D070105.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/09/1996233812/11/19960003
02/28/1997011806/27/19972048
11/06/1997195911/12/19971800
01/05/1998020401/08/19982048
04/21/1998001704/29/19981803
09/13/1998075909/20/19980900
11/20/1998222611/27/19981026
02/27/1999060003/02/19990159
03/06/1999080003/09/19991807
09/03/1999030009/10/19990400
10/01/1999090010/18/19990000
10/20/1999050010/22/19990600
01/14/2000080001/16/20000342
01/14/2006125801/16/20060638
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Missing data
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1
Description:
Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Sky Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • lon(lon)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • lat(lat)


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DQRID : D070313.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/08/2007000003/08/20070001
Subject:
TWP/SONDE/C1 - Surface RH value incorrect
DataStreams:twpsondewnpnC1.b1
Description:
The surface RH value of 77% when the value should have been in the low 60's.  It appears 
the observers did not allow the sonde to equilibrate to ambient conditions before 
collecting the surface data.  This error also caused the dew point to be incorrect.
Measurements:twpsondewnpnC1.b1:
  • Surface dew point temperature(dp)
  • Relative humidity inside the instrument enclosure(rh)


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DQRID : D070613.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
06/12/2007070006/13/20072000
06/16/2007210006/17/20072100
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Intermittent data
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
After a computer change the MWR program did not restart properly.  Data are intermittent 
between 6/12 and 6/17.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 23.8 GHz(tbsky23)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • lat(lat)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • (tknd)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(sky31)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Sky brightness temperature at 31.4 GHz(tbsky31)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • MWR column precipitable water vapor(vap)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • Sky Infra-Red Temperature(sky_ir_temp)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(sky23)
  • lon(lon)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd31)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(31r)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(31bb)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 23.8 GHz(tnd_nom23)
  • lat(lat)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r23)
  • Noise injection temp at 31.4 GHz derived from this tip(tnd31I)
  • 31.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip31)
  • 23.8 GHz noise diode calib (injection temp) at Tkxc(23ndiode)
  • Actual elevation angle(actel)
  • Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
  • Tip configuration number(tipn)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(23bb)
  • Mixer kinetic (physical) temperature(tkxc)
  • Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody signal(31tipbb)
  • base time(base_time)
  • IR Brightness Temperature(ir_temp)
  • Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
  • 31.4 GHz blac2body+noise injection signal(bbn31)
  • 23.8 GHz calibration curve slope(23gain)
  • Airmass value(airm)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(tipsky31)
  • 23.8 GHz Blackbody signal(bb23)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody signal(23tipbb)
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • 31.4 GHz noise diode calib adjusted to tknd_nom and low_pass filltered(31expave)
  • lon(lon)
  • (tknd)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(23bbn)
  • 31.4 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(r31)
  • 23.8 GHz calibration curve offset(23tbzenith)
  • Blackbody kinetic temperature(tkbb)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal+noise injection signal(31tipskynd)
  • 23.8 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(bbn23)
  • 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip23)
  • 31.4 GHz calibration curve offset(31tbzenith)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz adjusted to tkbb(tnd23)
  • 31.4 GHz sky signal(31tipsky)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(23tipsky)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal(tipsky23)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Noise injection temp at nominal temperature at 31.4 GHz(tnd_nom31)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 23.8 GHz(tc23)
  • 23.8 GHz goodness-of-fit coefficient(23r)
  • 31.4 GHz noise diode calib (injection temp) at Tkxc(31ndiode)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody+noise injection signal(31bbn)
  • 31.4 GHz calibration curve slope(31gain)
  • 31.4 GHz blackbody(bb31)
  • Blackbody temperature 1(tkbb1)
  • Noise injection temp at 23.8 GHz derived from this tip(tnd23I)
  • 23.8 GHz noise diode calib adjusted to tknd_nom and low_pass filltered(23expave)
  • Blackbody temperature 2(tkbb2)
  • Temperature correction coefficient at 31.4 GHz(tc31)
  • 23.8 GHz sky signal+noise injection signal(23tipskynd)
  • Actual Azimuth(actaz)


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DQRID : D071208.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
11/21/2007000012/11/20070355
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Incorrect ambient temperature readings
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
Starting on 11/21 the ambient temperature readings are intermittent and have spikes.
Site operators replaced the dew-blower on 12/11 and readings came back to normal
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)


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DQRID : D081013.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
09/01/2008000009/30/20082359
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Short periods of wrong ambient temperature
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
During this month there are a few intermittent instances of bad ambient temperature 
readings. I will summarize here these short time ranges:
20080909 between 02:00 and 03:00 UTC
20080909 between 09:00 and 14:00 UTC

Additionally the ambient temperature has short but frequent data gaps.  The data gaps are 
very short (less than one hour). Users could interpolate missing data or use alternative 
sensors such as the surface meteorological data available for the site.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)


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DQRID : D090114.4
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
12/03/2008190002/06/20090530
Subject:
TWP/MWR/C1 - Ambient temperature data missing
DataStreams:twpmwrlosC1.b1, twpmwrtipC1.a1
Description:
The ambient temperature readings (tkair) suddenly failed. The sensor was replaced on Feb 
6.
Measurements:twpmwrlosC1.b1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)

twpmwrtipC1.a1:
  • Ambient temperature(tkair)


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