Data Quality Reports for Session: 137756 User: kirstie Completed: 10/01/2011


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DQR IDSubjectData Streams Affected
D110513.9NSA/QCRAD/C1 - Incorrect value of solar zenith anglensaqcrad1longC1.c1, nsaqcrad1longC1.s1


DQRID : D110513.9
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
09/02/2004000009/02/20042359
Subject:
NSA/QCRAD/C1 - Incorrect value of solar zenith angle
DataStreams:nsaqcrad1longC1.c1, nsaqcrad1longC1.s1
Description:
A missing lat/lon value in the SKYRAD input file on 8/26/04 led to incorrect calculation 
of solar zenith angle in the 9/2/04 QCRAD file (QCRAD reads in a week of data at a time 
and uses lat/lon from the first file).  

The solar zenith angles in this file are all incorrect.  The radiation data are likely 
fine, but many of the tests on the shortwave fluxes use solar zenith angle and therefore the 
qc and aqc fields may be incorrect and may incorrectly flag the shortwave flux data.  

The longwave data should be unaffected.
Measurements:nsaqcrad1longC1.s1:
  • zenith
  • Radiation, shortwave, at 10-m height, upwelling hemispheric irrad., 1-min avg(up_short_hemisp)
  • Radiation, shortwave, direct normal irradiance, 1-min avg(short_direct_normal)
  • Best Estimate Global Downwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance(BestEstimate_down_short_hemisp)
  • lon
  • Radiation, shortwave, downwelling diffuse hemispheric irradiance, 1-min avg(down_short_diffuse_hemisp)
  • source_BestEstimate_down_short_hemisp
  • lat

nsaqcrad1longC1.c1:
  • aqc_GSW2SumSW
  • source_BestEstimate_down_short_hemisp
  • Radiation, shortwave, direct normal irradiance, 1-min avg(short_direct_normal)
  • Radiation, shortwave, downwelling total hemispheric irradiance, 1-min avg(down_short_hemisp)
  • aqc_down_short_diffuse_hemisp
  • aqc_short_direct_normal
  • aqc_down_short_hemisp
  • lon
  • Radiation, shortwave, at 10-m height, upwelling hemispheric irrad., 1-min avg(up_short_hemisp)
  • aqc_DifSW2GSW
  • Radiation, shortwave, downwelling diffuse hemispheric irradiance, 1-min avg(down_short_diffuse_hemisp)
  • lat
  • zenith
  • aqc_SWupTest
  • Best Estimate Global Downwelling Shortwave Hemispheric Irradiance(BestEstimate_down_short_hemisp)


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