DQRs for Session: 139881 User:estofferCompleted: 01-17-2012

Data Quality Reports for Session: 139881 User: estoffer Completed: 01/17/2012

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DQR ID	Subject	Data Streams Affected
D041027.1	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing data	nsamwrpC1.b1
D080409.2	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Spare radiometer installed	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
D080421.1	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Radiometer in mixed scanning-zenith mode	nsamwrpC1.b1
D080523.3	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Intermittent data	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
D080523.4	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocess: LN2 calibration	nsamwrpC1.b1
D080523.5	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Increased RF intereference	nsamwrpC1.b1

DQRID : D041027.1

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
02/21/2004	0925	02/23/2004	2238
10/07/2004	0859	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
01/04/2008	2357	01/06/2008	1903
02/16/2008	1818	02/21/2008	0006
02/23/2008	1005	02/26/2008	2320
03/12/2008	0143	04/09/2008	1540
04/10/2008	1840	04/14/2008	1657
04/18/2008	2258	04/21/2008	1422
04/27/2008	1846	04/29/2008	0525
05/01/2008	0328	05/28/2008	2241
10/14/2008	1659	02/13/2009	2234
02/01/2011	1800	04/04/2011	1300
04/09/2011	0000	04/11/2011	1400
04/28/2011	0000	10/19/2011	0000

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Missing data
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	Data are missing and unrecoverable.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Pressure, level of free convection(levelFreeConvectionPres) Temperature, virtual, vert. prof. sfc-10km, fr. wtr. vap. dens. and temp. prof.(virtualTemperature) Pressure, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Pressure, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevelPres) dataQualityFlags totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError Density, water vapor, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Humidity, relative, prof. from sfc.-10km, from water vap. dens. and temp. prof.(relativeHumidity) wetWindowFlag Liquid water content, cloud, vert. prof. sfc.-10km, from Tbright stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterContent) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2) Height, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel) infraredTemperature Energy, potential, convective, available, from RUC model(cape) time time_offset liquidWaterPathRmsError waterVaporDensityRmsError Barometric pressure(pressure) blackbodyTemperature Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) alt Pressure, barometric. at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfacePressure) Height, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Pressure, associated geometric height, at altitude, NGM model output(height) Height, level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) elevation liquidWaterContentRmsError liquidWaterPath2RmsError Humidity, relative, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Retrieved dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Temperature, air, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceTemperature) Water vapor, total precipitable, derived from Tbright using stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater) temperatureRmsError frequency Air temperature(temperature) base_time Density, water vapor, prof. from sfc.-10 km, der. from Tbright stat. retrvl.(waterVaporDensity) totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError lon Height, cloud base, height where IR temp. matches retrieved temp. profile(cloudBaseHeight) lat Water vapor, tot. precipitable, from Tbright, 23.835 & 30.0 GHz, stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater2) azimuth

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DQRID : D080409.2

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/09/2008	1539	05/01/2008	0300

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Spare radiometer installed
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
Description:	A spare radiometer was provided by Radiometrics while they try to fix our MWRP. The spare radiometer is of the same family as the one we have in Barrow and it will stay at the site until our radiometer is repaired. A LN2 calibration will be performed next week.
Measurements:	nsamwrprawC1.00: AVHRR satellite images for Darwin from BOM (RAW)(raw) nsamwrpC1.b1: Pressure, level of free convection(levelFreeConvectionPres) Temperature, virtual, vert. prof. sfc-10km, fr. wtr. vap. dens. and temp. prof.(virtualTemperature) Pressure, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Pressure, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevelPres) dataQualityFlags totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError Density, water vapor, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Humidity, relative, prof. from sfc.-10km, from water vap. dens. and temp. prof.(relativeHumidity) wetWindowFlag Liquid water content, cloud, vert. prof. sfc.-10km, from Tbright stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterContent) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2) Height, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel) infraredTemperature Energy, potential, convective, available, from RUC model(cape) time time_offset liquidWaterPathRmsError waterVaporDensityRmsError Barometric pressure(pressure) blackbodyTemperature Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) alt Pressure, barometric. at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfacePressure) Height, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Pressure, associated geometric height, at altitude, NGM model output(height) Height, level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) elevation liquidWaterContentRmsError liquidWaterPath2RmsError Humidity, relative, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Retrieved dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Temperature, air, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceTemperature) Water vapor, total precipitable, derived from Tbright using stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater) temperatureRmsError frequency Air temperature(temperature) base_time Density, water vapor, prof. from sfc.-10 km, der. from Tbright stat. retrvl.(waterVaporDensity) totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError lon Height, cloud base, height where IR temp. matches retrieved temp. profile(cloudBaseHeight) lat Water vapor, tot. precipitable, from Tbright, 23.835 & 30.0 GHz, stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater2) azimuth nsamwrpC1.00: AVHRR satellite images for Darwin from BOM (RAW)(raw)

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DQRID : D080421.1

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/08/2008	0000	04/21/2008	1420

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Radiometer in mixed scanning-zenith mode
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	After installing the spare radiometer (D080409.2), the data started to be intermittent and the software froze several times. To test if the problem was due to the scanning procedure used with the other radiometer, the instrument was run with a zenith-only procedure at times and with the usual scanning procedure at restart. When restarted with the scanning procedure the software had problems, so it was decided to run the spare instrument only with the zenith-viewing mode until our instrument comes back. The quality of the data should be unaffected. The only difference is that only data collected at 90 degree angle will be available until our instrument comes back.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Pressure, level of free convection(levelFreeConvectionPres) Temperature, virtual, vert. prof. sfc-10km, fr. wtr. vap. dens. and temp. prof.(virtualTemperature) Pressure, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Pressure, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevelPres) dataQualityFlags totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError Density, water vapor, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Humidity, relative, prof. from sfc.-10km, from water vap. dens. and temp. prof.(relativeHumidity) wetWindowFlag Liquid water content, cloud, vert. prof. sfc.-10km, from Tbright stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterContent) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2) Height, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel) infraredTemperature Energy, potential, convective, available, from RUC model(cape) time time_offset liquidWaterPathRmsError waterVaporDensityRmsError Barometric pressure(pressure) blackbodyTemperature Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) alt Pressure, barometric. at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfacePressure) Height, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Pressure, associated geometric height, at altitude, NGM model output(height) Height, level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) elevation liquidWaterContentRmsError liquidWaterPath2RmsError Humidity, relative, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Retrieved dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Temperature, air, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceTemperature) Water vapor, total precipitable, derived from Tbright using stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater) temperatureRmsError frequency Air temperature(temperature) base_time Density, water vapor, prof. from sfc.-10 km, der. from Tbright stat. retrvl.(waterVaporDensity) totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError lon Height, cloud base, height where IR temp. matches retrieved temp. profile(cloudBaseHeight) lat Water vapor, tot. precipitable, from Tbright, 23.835 & 30.0 GHz, stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater2) azimuth

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DQRID : D080523.3

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/09/2008	1539	05/01/2008	0300

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Intermittent data
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.00, nsamwrpC1.b1, nsamwrprawC1.00
Description:	A spare radiometer was installed a the site to substitute the malfunctioning radiometer (see DQRs D080409.2 and D080421.1). During this time the spare radiometer had problems starting and was stopping collection suddenly. Data during this time are very intermittent with large gaps.
Measurements:	nsamwrprawC1.00: AVHRR satellite images for Darwin from BOM (RAW)(raw) nsamwrpC1.b1: Pressure, level of free convection(levelFreeConvectionPres) Temperature, virtual, vert. prof. sfc-10km, fr. wtr. vap. dens. and temp. prof.(virtualTemperature) Pressure, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevelPres) Pressure, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevelPres) dataQualityFlags totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError Density, water vapor, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceWaterVaporDensity) Humidity, relative, prof. from sfc.-10km, from water vap. dens. and temp. prof.(relativeHumidity) wetWindowFlag Liquid water content, cloud, vert. prof. sfc.-10km, from Tbright stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterContent) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2) Height, equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel) infraredTemperature Energy, potential, convective, available, from RUC model(cape) time time_offset liquidWaterPathRmsError waterVaporDensityRmsError Barometric pressure(pressure) blackbodyTemperature Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) alt Pressure, barometric. at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfacePressure) Height, lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel) Pressure, associated geometric height, at altitude, NGM model output(height) Height, level of free convection(levelFreeConvection) elevation liquidWaterContentRmsError liquidWaterPath2RmsError Humidity, relative, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceRelativeHumidity) Retrieved dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature) Temperature, air, at instrument height (1 or 2 m)(surfaceTemperature) Water vapor, total precipitable, derived from Tbright using stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater) temperatureRmsError frequency Air temperature(temperature) base_time Density, water vapor, prof. from sfc.-10 km, der. from Tbright stat. retrvl.(waterVaporDensity) totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError lon Height, cloud base, height where IR temp. matches retrieved temp. profile(cloudBaseHeight) lat Water vapor, tot. precipitable, from Tbright, 23.835 & 30.0 GHz, stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater2) azimuth nsamwrpC1.00: AVHRR satellite images for Darwin from BOM (RAW)(raw)

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DQRID : D080523.4

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/09/2008	1539	05/01/2008	0300

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Reprocess: LN2 calibration
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	On 4/9 a spare radiometer was installed at the site. On 4/18 a LN2 calibration was conducted. Upon examination of the data it appeared that the LN2 calibration was generally successful, however the 30-GHz channel was not calibrated properly. New calibration coefficients for all K-band channels were derived and data for the whole month should be reprocessed with these newly derived coefficients. I will provide the new configuration file. An explanation of the effects of the poor calibration is given in the Instrument Mentor Monthly Summary report. The poor calibration affected the LWP in particular. Re-calibration will correct the problem.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Water vapor, total precipitable, derived from Tbright using stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater) Humidity, relative, prof. from sfc.-10km, from water vap. dens. and temp. prof.(relativeHumidity) Liquid water content, cloud, vert. prof. sfc.-10km, from Tbright stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterContent) Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Retrieved water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2) Water vapor, tot. precipitable, from Tbright, 23.835 & 30.0 GHz, stat. retrvl.(totalPrecipitableWater2)

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DQRID : D080523.5

Start Date	Start Time	End Date	End Time
04/09/2008	1539	05/01/2008	0300

Subject:	NSA/MWRP/C1 - Increased RF intereference
DataStreams:	nsamwrpC1.b1
Description:	The spare radiometer experienced increased levels of RF interference. The interference is prominent on the 30-GHz channel and LWP retrievals that appear particularly noisy.
Measurements:	nsamwrpC1.b1: Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature) Liquid water path, from brightness temperatures using statistical retrieval(liquidWaterPath) Liquid water path, from Tbright at 23.835 and 30.0 GHz only, using stat. retrvl.(liquidWaterPath2)

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