Data Quality Reports for Session: 125400 User: sbenson Completed: 01/23/2010


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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D040426.3NSA/MPL/C1 - Hardware Failure/Missing DatansamplC1.00, nsamplC1.a1, nsamplcmask1clothC1.c1, nsamplsmask1clothC1.c1


DQRID : D040426.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
11/21/2003050012/01/20031441
Subject:
NSA/MPL/C1 - Hardware Failure/Missing Data
DataStreams:nsamplC1.00, nsamplC1.a1, nsamplcmask1clothC1.c1, nsamplsmask1clothC1.c1
Description:
Data are missing during this extended period due to a hardware failure.
Measurements:nsamplsmask1clothC1.c1:
  • MPL Cloth et al. Algorithm Significance Mask(SigniMaskMplCloth)
  • Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)

nsamplC1.00:
  • null(Raw data stream - documentation not supported)

nsamplcmask1clothC1.c1:
  • Height of Center of Each Range Bin(Heights)
  • MPL Cloth et al. Algorithm Cloud Mask(CloudMaskMplCloth)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • base time(base_time)

nsamplC1.a1:
  • Angle of orientation with respect to true geographic north(transceiver_azimuth_angle)
  • Amount of time the actual laser pulse lags behind the sync trigger(laser_sync_offset)
  • Number of laser shots recorded(shots_summed)
  • base time(base_time)
  • Background Signal(background_signal)
  • Amount of time the scalar lags behind the sync trigger(scalar_sync_offset)
  • Aerosol backscatter coefficient at 355 nm(backscatter)
  • required to correct raw counts for detector deadtime prior to all other
    corrections.(deadtime_correction)
  • Maximum altitude retrieved from multichannel scalar card.(max_altitude)
  • Laser Temperature(laser_temp)
  • Number of laser pulses summed during measurement interval(shots_sum)
  • Distance from leading edge of first range bin to the center of each bin .(range_bins)
  • Preliminary cloud base height(preliminary_cbh)
  • Voltage level which operates the A/D card and the detector(voltage_05)
  • value represents date of last configuration change as yyyymmdd(property)
  • Array of heights for the range gates(height)
  • time(time)
  • lat(lat)
  • Repetition rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(trigger_freq)
  • Time in nanoseconds for each range bin of multichannel scalar card.(range_bin_time)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • effective range offset due to poor sync between laser firing and A/D trigger.(range_offset)
  • Detector Temperature(detector_temp)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • Voltage level which operates the energy monitor(voltage_15)
  • Sum of raw backscatter counts per bin prior to ANY corrections.(total_counts)
  • Voltage level which operates the thermistor(voltage_10)
  • Amount of time laser pulse lags behind the scalar trigger(laser_scalar_sync_offset)
  • Filter Temperature(filter_temp)
  • Instrument Temperature(instrument_temp)
  • Width of range-bins calculated from range_bin_time(range_bin_width)
  • Repetition Rate, or Trigger Frequency of the laser(pulse_rep)
  • lon(lon)
  • Laser output energy per pulse(energy_monitor)
  • Angle of inclination with respect to horizontal(transceiver_altitude_angle)
  • range(range)


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