Data Quality Reports for Session: 128906 User: lewisje Completed: 07/13/2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS

DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D080109.1FKB/ECOR/M1 - Flux Data Suspect For Some Wind Directionsfkb30ecorM1.b1
D080313.1SGP/ECOR/E24 - Water Vapor Density Incorrectsgp30ecorE24.b1
D080526.1SGP/ECOR/E10 - Incorrect CO2 fluxessgp30ecorE10.b1
D080604.2SGP/ECOR/E14 - Sensor failuresgp30ecorE14.b1
D081007.2HFE/ECOR/M1 - Sonic failurehfe30ecorM1.b1
D090122.1SGP/ECOR/E21 - Reprocess: 5 hour time offsetsgp30ecorE21.b1
D090217.2SGP/ECOR/E5 - Incorrect Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxessgp30ecorE5.b1
D090508.1GRW/ECOR/M1 - Reprocessed: ECOR Wind direction offset correctedgrw30ecorM1.b1


DQRID : D080109.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/14/2007103001/01/20080700
Subject:
FKB/ECOR/M1 - Flux Data Suspect For Some Wind Directions
DataStreams:fkb30ecorM1.b1
Description:
For some wind directions the horizontal fetch was not representative of the field in which 
the AMF was located.  Therefore, for the wind direction ranges 
40-159 and 176-209 degrees, the fluxes are affected by insufficient fetch and  surfaces, 
buildings, and vegetation that are not similar to the local field conditions.
Measurements:fkb30ecorM1.b1:
  • Friction velocity(ustar)
  • latent heat flux(lv_e)
  • CO2 flux(fc)
  • h(h)


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DQRID : D080313.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
03/01/2008000004/12/20080230
Subject:
SGP/ECOR/E24 - Water Vapor Density Incorrect
DataStreams:sgp30ecorE24.b1
Description:
Mean Water Vapor Density (mean_q) often did not trend well with the co-located SMOS and 
sometimes jumped downwards approximately 200 to 300 mmol/m^3.  Some of the instances were 
clearly a result of contamination by precipitation, but others were not; the latent heat 
flux was sometimes affected.

It was determined that all instances of this behavior from the beginning of 2008 through 
the beginning date of this DQR were caused by precipitation/dew/frost.
Measurements:sgp30ecorE24.b1:
  • latent heat flux(lv_e)
  • Water vapor density (q)(mean_q)


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DQRID : D080526.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
05/10/2008113006/25/20081500
Subject:
SGP/ECOR/E10 - Incorrect CO2 fluxes
DataStreams:sgp30ecorE10.b1
Description:
The analog CO2 signal from the LI-7500 to the sonic anemometer became very noisy and 
incorrect CO2 fluxes resulted. Sonic anemometer was replaced.
Measurements:sgp30ecorE10.b1:
  • CO2 flux(fc)


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DQRID : D080604.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
04/02/2008133006/05/20081930
Subject:
SGP/ECOR/E14 - Sensor failure
DataStreams:sgp30ecorE14.b1
Description:
The water vapor output of the LI-7500 was too low, indicating that water vapor leaked into 
the sensor and that the chemicals are spent or there was an electronic failure.

Latent heat flux was not normally affected by this problem.
Measurements:sgp30ecorE14.b1:
  • Water vapor density (q)(mean_q)


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DQRID : D081007.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
10/05/2008040010/12/20080230
Subject:
HFE/ECOR/M1 - Sonic failure
DataStreams:hfe30ecorM1.b1
Description:
The sonic datastream were "garbled", possibly associated with a serial line damage to the 
LI-7500 serial port or the Versalogic SBC serial port. Garbled data condition existed 
through 10/09/08 0030 GMT followed by missing data through 10/12/08 0230 GMT.
Measurements:hfe30ecorM1.b1:
  • average atmospheric pressure (IGRA internal sensor)(atm_pres)
  • variance of v(var_rot_v)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of lv(real_lv)
  • variance of w(var_rot_w)
  • condensation pressure(cp)
  • variance of u(var_rot_u)
  • average voltage of IRGA cooler(mean_cooler)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • rotated covariance wc(cvar_rot_wc)
  • rotated covariance wt(cvar_rot_wt)
  • vector averaged wind speed(wind_spd)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of cp(real_cp)
  • h(h)
  • momentum flux (dynamic)(k)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of mr(real_mr)
  • number of valid w samples(n_good_w)
  • vector averaged wind direction(wind_dir)
  • Cross-boom wind velocity (v)(mean_v)
  • number of valid v samples(n_good_v)
  • Vertical wind velocity (w)(mean_w)
  • number of valid u samples(n_good_u)
  • Virtual temperature (T)(mean_t)
  • number of valid t samples(n_good_t)
  • rotated covariance wq(cvar_rot_wq)
  • Down-boom wind velocity (u)(mean_u)
  • number of valid q samples(n_good_q)
  • Water vapor density (q)(mean_q)
  • kurtosis of variable c(kurt_c)
  • time(time)
  • average temperature (IGRA internal sensor)(temp_irga)
  • mean co2 concentration (c)(mean_c)
  • latent heat of vaporization(lv)
  • base time(base_time)
  • covariance vc(cvar_vc)
  • covariance uc(cvar_uc)
  • covariance vq(cvar_vq)
  • covariance uq(cvar_uq)
  • lat(lat)
  • covariance uv(cvar_uv)
  • number of c samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_c)
  • uw covariance(cvar_uw)
  • vw covariance(cvar_vw)
  • covariance ut(cvar_ut)
  • Retrieved water vapor density profile(rho)
  • Vertical angle of wind(phi)
  • covariance vt(cvar_vt)
  • standard deviation of wind elevation angle(std_elev)
  • covariance wc(cvar_wc)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of rho(real_rho)
  • latent heat flux(lv_e)
  • number of t samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_t)
  • number of u samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_u)
  • number of v samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_v)
  • number of w samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_w)
  • covariance of tc(cvar_tc)
  • covariance wq(cvar_wq)
  • number of valid c samples(n_good_c)
  • number of q samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_q)
  • covariance of tq(cvar_tq)
  • number of samples with \IRGA hardware problem\ flag(n_bad_irga)
  • wT covariance(cvar_wt)
  • number of samples with bad sonic status flag(n_bad_son_ic)
  • standard deviation of wind direction(std_wind_dir)
  • number of samples with IRGA optical path blocked flag(n_bad_irga_light)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • rotated mean w(mean_rot_w)
  • skewness of variable c(skew_c)
  • rotated mean v(mean_rot_v)
  • mean horizontal wind speed(mean_rot_u)
  • vertical (elevation) wind angle(elev)
  • skewness of variable w(skew_w)
  • skewness of variable u(skew_u)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of c -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_c)
  • skewness of variable v(skew_v)
  • Friction velocity(ustar)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of q -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_q)
  • skewness of variable t(skew_t)
  • skewness of variable q(skew_q)
  • number of bad or out of range q samples(n_bad_q)
  • mean value of \spike\ w samples(mean_spk_w)
  • mean value of \spike\ v samples(mean_spk_v)
  • lon(lon)
  • mean value of \spike\ u samples(mean_spk_u)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of t -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_t)
  • number of bad or out of range c samples(n_bad_c)
  • mixing ratio(mr)
  • rotated covariance vq(cvar_rot_vq)
  • rotated covariance vt(cvar_rot_vt)
  • number of bad or out of range v samples(n_bad_v)
  • variance of c(var_c)
  • number of bad or out of range u samples(n_bad_u)
  • number of bad or out of range t samples(n_bad_t)
  • covariance of qc(cvar_qc)
  • rotated covariance vw(cvar_rot_vw)
  • number of bad or out of range w samples(n_bad_w)
  • kurtosis of variable w(kurt_w)
  • kurtosis of variable t(kurt_t)
  • kurtosis of variable u(kurt_u)
  • kurtosis of variable v(kurt_v)
  • rotated covariance vc(cvar_rot_vc)
  • variance of q(var_q)
  • kurtosis of variable q(kurt_q)
  • variance of variable w(var_w)
  • variance of variable v(var_v)
  • variance of variable u(var_u)
  • variance of t(var_t)
  • rotated covariance uq(cvar_rot_uq)
  • rotated covariance ut(cvar_rot_ut)
  • rotated covariance uw(cvar_rot_uw)
  • rotated covariance uv(cvar_rot_uv)
  • CO2 flux(fc)
  • rotated covariance uc(cvar_rot_uc)


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DQRID : D090122.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/20/2009203001/22/20091800
Subject:
SGP/ECOR/E21 - Reprocess: 5 hour time offset
DataStreams:sgp30ecorE21.b1
Description:
The system clock was mistakenly set to DST instead of GMT.  All times are 5 hours behind.
Measurements:sgp30ecorE21.b1:
  • latent heat flux(lv_e)
  • vector averaged wind direction(wind_dir)
  • rotated covariance wc(cvar_rot_wc)
  • number of valid c samples(n_good_c)
  • number of bad or out of range q samples(n_bad_q)
  • rotated covariance wt(cvar_rot_wt)
  • rotated covariance wq(cvar_rot_wq)
  • number of bad or out of range c samples(n_bad_c)
  • base time(base_time)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of q -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_q)
  • average voltage of IRGA cooler(mean_cooler)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of cp(real_cp)
  • rotated covariance vc(cvar_rot_vc)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of mr(real_mr)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of c -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_c)
  • vertical (elevation) wind angle(elev)
  • number of bad or out of range u samples(n_bad_u)
  • number of bad or out of range t samples(n_bad_t)
  • covariance of tc(cvar_tc)
  • kurtosis of variable v(kurt_v)
  • number of bad or out of range w samples(n_bad_w)
  • kurtosis of variable w(kurt_w)
  • number of bad or out of range v samples(n_bad_v)
  • kurtosis of variable t(kurt_t)
  • rotated covariance vt(cvar_rot_vt)
  • lon(lon)
  • kurtosis of variable u(kurt_u)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of lv(real_lv)
  • rotated covariance vw(cvar_rot_vw)
  • rotated covariance vq(cvar_rot_vq)
  • mean value of \spike\ v samples(mean_spk_v)
  • kurtosis of variable q(kurt_q)
  • mean value of \spike\ w samples(mean_spk_w)
  • covariance of tq(cvar_tq)
  • mean value of out of range values and spikes of t -9999 if no spikes(mean_spk_t)
  • mean value of \spike\ u samples(mean_spk_u)
  • uw covariance(cvar_uw)
  • kurtosis of variable c(kurt_c)
  • rotated covariance uc(cvar_rot_uc)
  • covariance ut(cvar_ut)
  • vector averaged wind speed(wind_spd)
  • covariance uv(cvar_uv)
  • variance of t(var_t)
  • variance of q(var_q)
  • covariance vc(cvar_vc)
  • variance of variable w(var_w)
  • skewness of variable c(skew_c)
  • variance of variable u(var_u)
  • variance of variable v(var_v)
  • rotated covariance uv(cvar_rot_uv)
  • rotated covariance ut(cvar_rot_ut)
  • standard deviation of wind elevation angle(std_elev)
  • covariance uc(cvar_uc)
  • rotated covariance uw(cvar_rot_uw)
  • variance of c(var_c)
  • Retrieved water vapor density profile(rho)
  • Vertical angle of wind(phi)
  • covariance uq(cvar_uq)
  • rotated covariance uq(cvar_rot_uq)
  • vw covariance(cvar_vw)
  • covariance vt(cvar_vt)
  • covariance wc(cvar_wc)
  • skewness of variable v(skew_v)
  • skewness of variable w(skew_w)
  • skewness of variable t(skew_t)
  • skewness of variable u(skew_u)
  • number of valid u samples(n_good_u)
  • number of valid t samples(n_good_t)
  • covariance vq(cvar_vq)
  • number of valid w samples(n_good_w)
  • number of valid v samples(n_good_v)
  • number of valid q samples(n_good_q)
  • skewness of variable q(skew_q)
  • Virtual temperature (T)(mean_t)
  • variance of w(var_rot_w)
  • standard deviation of wind direction(std_wind_dir)
  • variance of u(var_rot_u)
  • Water vapor density (q)(mean_q)
  • variance of v(var_rot_v)
  • Vertical wind velocity (w)(mean_w)
  • Cross-boom wind velocity (v)(mean_v)
  • Down-boom wind velocity (u)(mean_u)
  • mixing ratio(mr)
  • CO2 flux(fc)
  • average temperature (IGRA internal sensor)(temp_irga)
  • wT covariance(cvar_wt)
  • covariance wq(cvar_wq)
  • mean co2 concentration (c)(mean_c)
  • average atmospheric pressure (IGRA internal sensor)(atm_pres)
  • Dummy altitude for Zeb(alt)
  • 0=real or 1=dummy value of rho(real_rho)
  • time(time)
  • number of samples with bad sonic status flag(n_bad_son_ic)
  • number of c samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_c)
  • Friction velocity(ustar)
  • rotated mean v(mean_rot_v)
  • mean horizontal wind speed(mean_rot_u)
  • number of samples with \IRGA hardware problem\ flag(n_bad_irga)
  • rotated mean w(mean_rot_w)
  • covariance of qc(cvar_qc)
  • h(h)
  • number of samples with IRGA optical path blocked flag(n_bad_irga_light)
  • momentum flux (dynamic)(k)
  • condensation pressure(cp)
  • number of q samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_q)
  • latent heat of vaporization(lv)
  • number of w samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_w)
  • Time offset of tweaks from base_time(time_offset)
  • number of t samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_t)
  • number of u samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_u)
  • lat(lat)
  • number of v samples removed due to spikes(n_spk_v)


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DQRID : D090217.2
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
02/16/2009040004/01/20091730
04/06/2009040004/06/20091730
04/24/2009140004/29/20092230
Subject:
SGP/ECOR/E5 - Incorrect Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes
DataStreams:sgp30ecorE5.b1
Description:
Starting at approximately 4:00 GMT on 02/16, the ECOR suffered from the "garbled" data 
condition, a result of a serial communication failure. 

All sensible and latent heat flux measurements are incorrect during this condition.
Measurements:sgp30ecorE5.b1:
  • covariance wq(cvar_wq)
  • rotated covariance wt(cvar_rot_wt)
  • rotated covariance wq(cvar_rot_wq)
  • latent heat flux(lv_e)
  • h(h)
  • wT covariance(cvar_wt)


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DQRID : D090508.1
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
04/15/2009153005/08/20091830
Subject:
GRW/ECOR/M1 - Reprocessed: ECOR Wind direction offset corrected
DataStreams:grw30ecorM1.b1
Description:
The ECOR sonic anemometer was initially aligned to an east declination
instead of a west declination.  For the period stated, ECOR wind direction
was 21 degrees too high.

Data were reprocessed 20090602 and archived 20090619.
Measurements:grw30ecorM1.b1:
  • vector averaged wind direction(wind_dir)


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