SGP/EBBR/E27  -  E27 EBBR Incorrect Units for Soil Heat Capacity (cs1, cs2, cs3, cs4, cs5) 
in 30EBBR

The units for Soil Heat Capacity (cs1, cs2, cs3, cs4,
   cs5) in the EBBR 30 minute netcdf header have been 
   incorrect from the beginning of processing the data
   into netcdf files.  The correct units are MJ/m^3/C.
   
   This does not affect the data quality.

• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Soil Heat Flow #2 Incorrect

Soil Heat Flow sensor #2 was intermittently incorrect at first and then
constantly so later in the period.

• soil_heat_flow_2_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_2
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Soil Heat Flow #4 Incorrect

Soil Heat flow sensor #4 outputs were often very small negative numbers.

See below for a work-around.

• soil_heat_flow_4_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• soil_heat_flow_4

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Reference T Sensor Failure

The reference T sensor was not working much of the time, affecting 
all other temperature sensors.  Sensible and latent heat fluxes
were incorrect when this occurred.

• temp_air_top
• temp_reference
• temp_air_bottom

• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_reference_rr

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_reference
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• bowen_ratio
• temp_air_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Wind Direction Hung

The Wind Direction frequently hung at values in the 70s or 80s.

No other data was affected. Fluxes were not affected.

• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

• wdir_vec_mean_mv

• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

SGP/EBBR/E27 -  6 Month Checks

Many measurements were incorrect while the AEM was positioned with both aspirators at the 
same height for comparison checks.

• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_top
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Soil Heat Flow #1 Large

Soil Heat Flow #1 was large for this period, for
an unknown reason.

• soil_heat_flow_1_mv

• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Incorrect Data From Logger Restart

Some 30 minute was zero or incorrect after restart of the CR10.

This is a common occurrence when sensor replacements are made or power
outages occur.

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Water in Net Radiometer; Surface Fluxes are Incorrect

The net radiometer top dome was punctured by migrating birds.  This alone does not cause 
incorrect net radiation measurements.  However, when it subsequently rains, water collects 
in the bottom dome, causing the net radiation measurements to be too large during the 
day and too small at night.

• Radiation, net(net_radiation)

• net_radiation_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)

SGP/EBBR/E27  - 15 and 30 Minute Data All Zeros

15 and 30 minute measurements were all zero after restarting the CR10 datalogger.

• wdir_vec_mean_mv
• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_moisture_3_rr
• soil_moisture_1_rr
• battery_voltage
• soil_temp_5_rr
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_left
• soil_temp_3_rr
• home_signal
• soil_moisture_5_rr
• soil_moisture_4_rr
• temp_reference_rr
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_moisture_2_rr
• temp_trh_right_rr
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• rh_right_mv
• soil_temp_4_rr
• soil_temp_1_rr
• net_radiation_mv
• soil_temp_2_rr
• temp_air_right
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• home_signal_30
• rh_bottom_fraction
• soil_moisture_1
• rh_top_fraction
• soil_temp_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• soil_temp_4
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_temp_5
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_2
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_3
• soil_moisture_5
• vapor_pressure_top
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• home_signal_15
• temp_air_bottom
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_reference
• temp_trh_top
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• bowen_ratio
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Right Air Temperature Spiked Offscale

The right air temperature was going offscale at times.
This problem seemed to end without Site Ops. intervention.

• temp_air_top
• temp_air_bottom

• temp_air_right

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• bowen_ratio
• temp_air_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Missing data during system update

Some soil parameters were slightly incorrect since EBBR.E27 was 
                 installed in May 2003.  While the coefficients were being updated,
                 data collection was suspended resulting in missing data for the 
                 specified period.
                    No significant effects (1% or less) on the surface heat flux data 
                 would have occurred from using the slightly incorrect coefficients. 
                 Therefore, flagging of the surface flux data from the time of 
                 installation of E27 is unwarranted.

• rh_top_fraction
• base_time
• temp_reference
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• lon
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• home_signal
• time
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• lat
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• temp_air_top
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• alt
• time_offset
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top

• wdir_vec_mean_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• lon
• soil_moisture_1_rr
• soil_moisture_3_rr
• battery_voltage
• time_offset
• soil_temp_5_rr
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• alt
• temp_air_left
• soil_moisture_5_rr
• soil_moisture_4_rr
• temp_reference_rr
• soil_moisture_2_rr
• soil_temp_1_rr
• net_radiation_mv
• lat
• temp_air_right
• temp_trh_left_rr
• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• soil_temp_3_rr
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• base_time
• soil_temp_4_rr
• soil_temp_2_rr
• rh_left_mv

• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• time_offset
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• lon
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal_30
• soil_moisture_1
• soil_temp_1
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_temp_4
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_5
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_2
• soil_temp_3
• soil_moisture_5
• base_time
• vapor_pressure_top
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• lat
• alt
• wdir_vec_std
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_reference
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• bowen_ratio

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Right Air Temperature Spiked Offscale

The right air temperature was going offscale at times.

• temp_air_top
• temp_air_bottom

• temp_air_right

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• bowen_ratio
• temp_air_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - 6 Month Checks

Many measurements were incorrect while the AEM was positioned with both aspirators at the 
same height for comparison checks.

• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_top
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Reprocess: Soil Heat Flow #5 Offscale, Surface Fluxes Incorrect

Soil Heat Flow #5 went offscale at times.

Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes were incorrect when this occurred.

• soil_heat_flow_5_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Soil Temperature #3 Spike in Data

The soil temperature #3 spiked to zero and was therefore incorrect.

• soil_temp_3_rr

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• soil_temp_3
• energy_storage_change_3
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Wind Speed Frozen Stopped By Ice

An ice storm froze the wind speed sensor to a stopped condition.

The wind speed and residual wind speed measurements are incorrect.

This sensor failure does not affect the sensible and latent heat fluxes.

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Soil Moisture #5 Insensitive

Soil moisture sensor #5 was insensitive and put out a value of around 30%.

Sensible and latent heat fluxes were not significantly affected by this
small error.

• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_moisture_5
• energy_storage_change_5
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Right Air Temperature Incorrect

The right air temperature, and therefore top and bottom air temperatures
were offscale or incorrect on occasion.  Bowen ratio, sensible heat flux, and latent heat 
flux were also incorrect during those times.

Inspection of the data is required to detect the incorrect periods.

• temp_air_top
• temp_air_bottom

• temp_air_right

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• bowen_ratio
• temp_air_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Loose Tair Left Connections

Tair left dropped out at times. When this occurred, the sensible and latent heat fluxes 
are incorrect.

Tightening of the electronic connections to the datalogging equipment
appears to have solved the problem.

• temp_air_top
• temp_air_bottom

• temp_air_left

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• bowen_ratio
• temp_air_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - 6 Month Checks

Many measurements were incorrect while the AEM was positioned with both aspirators at the 
same height for comparison checks.

• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_top
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Wind Speed Frozen Stopped By Ice Storm

An ice storm froze the wind speed sensor to a stopped condition.

The wind speed and residual wind speed measurements are incorrect.

This sensor failure does not affect the sensible and latent heat fluxes.

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

SGP/EBBR/E27  - Wind Direction Frozen Stopped By Ice Storm

The wind direction sensor was frozen stopped by ice from a storm.  
The wind direction, sigma_wd, and residual wind speed measurements 
are incorrect.

• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

• wdir_vec_mean_mv

• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Soil Moisture #5 Incorrect

The wrong CR10 program loaded from the storage module on 9/15/04.  During the previous 
change of program, an attempt was made to store the new program in the storage module; site 
ops techs did not notice that this attempt failed, leaving the old program in the storage 
module.  When power was cyled on 9/15/04, the old program with flat sm5 coefficients 
loaded into the CR10.  The "flat" coefficients resulted in the sm5 soil moisture hovering 
around 30%.

15 minute raw sm5 resistances were correct.

Average soil heat flow, sensible heat flux, and latent heat flux were not
significantly affected and so are not included in the list of incorrect measurements.

• soil_moisture_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - SM2 Coefficients Incorect

Soil Moisture #2 coefficients in the CR10 datalogger program were incorrect during the 
time
that an old program version was installed.

• soil_moisture_2_rr

• soil_moisture_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• energy_storage_change_2

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Improved EBBR CR10 Program

Effective 20050330.1730, the EBBR.E27 CR10 program was revised to improve 
the quality of the primary measurements as follows:
   
1) An RMS procedure is used to determine max and min limits of acceptable
soil heat flow.  This is applied to the individual soil sets.  Measurements
outside the limits are rejected and the measurements within the limits are
used to calculate the average soil heat flow.
   
2) Max and min limits are used to determine incorrect values of net
radiation, sensible heat flux (h), latent heat flux (e), and automatic
exchange mechanism (AEM) signal.  If AEM signal is outside the limits, h 
and e are set to 999s.  If net radiation is outside the limits, h and e are 
set to 999s. If h or e are outside the limits, h and e are set to 999s.
   
Virtually no incorrect soil measurement will affect the primary 
measurements of h and e.
   
By setting h and e to 999s, it can be easily seen that the primary 
variables are incorrect; no other interpretation is possible.
   
Prior to 20050330, the improved CR10 program was NOT in effect.  DQRs have
been submitted for known instances of incorrect soil measurements which
affected the quality of the primary measurements of h and e.
   
Note: the DQR begin date is the begin date of the sgp30ebbrE27.b1 data
stream.  The earlier version of the CR10 program was also used on previous
EBBR datastream names (e.g. sgp30ebbrE27.a1).

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Net Radiation Incorrect; Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes Incorrect

The net radiometer top dome was broken and water got inside, making the net radiation, and 
sensible and latent heat flux measurements incorrect.

• Radiation, net(net_radiation)

• net_radiation_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Net Radiation Incorrect; Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes Incorredt

Residual Moisture left in the top dome of the net radiometer after the 8/17/05 servicing 
caused the net radiation measurements to be biased low, and resulting in sensible and 
latent heat flux being low also.

• Radiation, net(net_radiation)

• net_radiation_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Average Soil Heat Flux Incorrect

A typo in the version 9 EBBR program caused average soil heat flow to be zero, resulting 
in both sensible and latent heat fluxes being approximately 20 watts per meter squared too 
large during the middle of the day.

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - metadata corrections

On 20050816, a series of metadata corrections and additions were completed.  These 
metadata changes apply to all EBBR.E27 data collected by ARM back to the installation of the 
instrument in May 2003. Please see the current metadata for correct information.  These 
changes do not affect data values or quality.	

The changes are summarized below:
1) Update of "sensor location" information
2) Addition of installation dates for the systems
3) Correction of soil moisture units (from "by volume" to "gravimetric")

• base_time

• base_time

• base_time

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes Incorrect

The left T/RH probe temperature sensor was spiking some of the time during these periods. 
Therefore, sensible and latent heat fluxes were incorrect during parts of the periods as 
well.

• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• temp_trh_left_rr

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• bowen_ratio

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Flux and Gradient Measurements Incorrect

The sensible and latent heat flux and gradient measurements were incorrect
while the AEM was hung in one position.

• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_top
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Instrument problem, Loose connections

The soil heat flow #1 sensor went offscale low on occasion.  This sometimes caused 
sensible and latent heat fluxes to be 9999ed out by the EBBR programming, but not always.

• soil_heat_flow_1_mv

• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Field fire burned AEM

A fire in the E27 field burned the AEM, making it non-functional.
Sensible and latent heat fluxes and gradients were incorrect during this period.

• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_top
• home_signal
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• home_signal
• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_air_left
• temp_trh_left_rr
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• home_signal_30
• rh_bottom_fraction
• home_signal_15
• rh_top_fraction
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• vapor_pressure_top
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Sensible, Latent, and Average Soil Heat Fluxes Sometimes Incorrect

The Soil Heat Flow #1 sensor kept going offscale.

Sensible and Latent heat fluxes and the ave_shf were affected and sometimes
incorrect.

• soil_heat_flow_1_mv

• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Low Battery Condition

A low battery condition caused most of the measurements to be incorrect.

• rh_top_fraction
• temp_reference
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• home_signal
• time
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• temp_air_top
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top

• wdir_vec_mean_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• soil_moisture_1_rr
• soil_moisture_3_rr
• soil_temp_5_rr
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_left
• soil_moisture_5_rr
• soil_moisture_4_rr
• temp_reference_rr
• soil_moisture_2_rr
• soil_temp_1_rr
• net_radiation_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_trh_left_rr
• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• soil_temp_3_rr
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• soil_temp_4_rr
• soil_temp_2_rr
• rh_left_mv

• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal_30
• soil_moisture_1
• soil_temp_1
• soil_temp_4
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_5
• soil_temp_2
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_3
• soil_moisture_5
• vapor_pressure_top
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• wdir_vec_std
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_reference
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• bowen_ratio

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Most Measurements Suspect

The wrong EBBR program was used at this site.  Therefore, most of the measurements are 
suspect.

Note: Mentor reports reprocessing will not correct this problem.

• rh_top_fraction
• base_time
• temp_reference
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• lon
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• home_signal
• time
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• lat
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• temp_air_top
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• alt
• time_offset
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top

• wdir_vec_mean_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• lon
• soil_moisture_3_rr
• soil_moisture_1_rr
• battery_voltage
• time_offset
• soil_temp_5_rr
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• alt
• temp_air_left
• soil_moisture_5_rr
• soil_moisture_4_rr
• temp_reference_rr
• soil_moisture_2_rr
• soil_temp_1_rr
• net_radiation_mv
• lat
• temp_air_right
• temp_trh_left_rr
• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• soil_temp_3_rr
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• base_time
• soil_temp_4_rr
• soil_temp_2_rr
• rh_left_mv

• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• time_offset
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• lon
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal_30
• soil_moisture_1
• soil_temp_1
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_temp_4
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_5
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_2
• soil_temp_3
• soil_moisture_5
• base_time
• vapor_pressure_top
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• lat
• alt
• wdir_vec_std
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_reference
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• bowen_ratio

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Battery Voltage Problem - Measurements Incorrect

Battery voltage was too low much of the time during the period, thus most measurements 
were incorrect during much of the time period.

• rh_top_fraction
• temp_reference
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• home_signal
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• rh_bottom_fraction
• temp_air_top
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• vapor_pressure_top
• temp_trh_top

• wdir_vec_mean_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• soil_moisture_3_rr
• soil_moisture_1_rr
• soil_temp_5_rr
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_left
• soil_moisture_5_rr
• soil_moisture_4_rr
• temp_reference_rr
• soil_moisture_2_rr
• soil_temp_1_rr
• net_radiation_mv
• temp_air_right
• temp_trh_left_rr
• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• soil_temp_3_rr
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• temp_trh_right_rr
• rh_right_mv
• soil_temp_4_rr
• soil_temp_2_rr
• rh_left_mv

• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_trh_top
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal_30
• soil_moisture_1
• soil_temp_1
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_temp_4
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_5
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_2
• soil_moisture_5
• soil_temp_3
• vapor_pressure_top
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• wdir_vec_std
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_reference
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• bowen_ratio

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Wind Direction Dependency of Surface Fluxes and General Data Quality 
Information

Beginning in FY2006, Data Quality Reports are not written for missing 
data or for situations when qc flags clearly show that the data is 
incorrect (this is true for most of the conditions listed below).  
DQRs are written for periods when data is incorrect, when the situation 
is not represented by qc flags in the data, and it's not obvious that 
the data should have been flagged as incorrect.

The EBBR data is only useful for particular wind directions at each 
Extended Facility.  Please use the following resources to help in 
interpreting the EBBR data.

1) qc flags in the EBBR data.

2) Instrument Mentor Monthly Summaries (IMMS) at http://www.db.arm.gov/IMMS/

3) SGP EF Surface Conditions Observations (EFSCO) at 
http://198.124.96.210:591/sfc_cond1/default.htm

4) Surface fluxes are valid only for the following wind directions
(in degrees):

20-156

Note that there are wind directions at most sites for which the fetch
is insufficient and therefore EBBR data is invalid.  Appropriate 
fetch was determined from a 1/40 measurement height to fetch ratio, 
resulting in a required minimum fetch of 120 m.  Particular attention 
should be paid to the limited valid wind directions for the Central 
Facility EBBR.  The surface vegetation type for the EBBRs is grazed 
or ungrazed grassland (refer to the EFSCO for state).

5) Some conditions that commonly cause the EBBR primary measurements to 
be incorrect or missing follow:

a) Sensible and latent heat fluxes are not accurate during times when 
the Automatic Exchange Mechanism (AEM) is not functioning properly.  
The AEM switches the gradient measuring instrumentation between the 
top and bottom positions every 15 minutes; this reduces the effects of 
instrument offsets.  Sometimes the AEM does not reach it's full extent 
of travel, resulting in the home signal being zero.  

b) Sensible and latent heat fluxes are sometimes incorrect when surface 
soil heat flow is out of range, as seen in the average soil heat flux 
(ave_shf).

c) Very light winds may be seen at nights for brief periods. Wind 
direction flops around a lot during low wind conditions (< 1.5 m/s) 
and is often unreliable during those periods.

d) Missing data periods occur at times; this is usually a site data 
system collection/communication problem; it can also occur during 
replacement of the system with a newly calibrated unit.  Missing data 
is sometimes filled in later from manual or automatic re-collection of 
the data.

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• energy_storage_change_3
• energy_storage_change_4
• energy_storage_change_5
• energy_storage_change_1
• energy_storage_change_2
• home_signal_30
• rh_bottom_fraction
• soil_moisture_1
• rh_top_fraction
• soil_temp_1
• soil_temp_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• soil_moisture_2
• soil_moisture_3
• soil_temp_5
• soil_moisture_4
• soil_temp_2
• soil_moisture_5
• soil_temp_3
• base_time
• vapor_pressure_top
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• soil_heat_capacity_5
• soil_heat_capacity_3
• soil_heat_capacity_4
• time_offset
• lat
• temp_air_top
• alt
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• lon
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• Wind direction, vector, lower, 1-min avg(wdir_vec_mean)
• wdir_vec_std
• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_trh_bottom
• temp_reference
• temp_trh_top
• soil_heat_capacity_2
• soil_heat_capacity_1
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• bowen_ratio
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Multiplexer #2 failure

A problem with the #2 Multiplexer caused a large number of measurements to be incorrect.  
Sensible and latent heat fluxes were often affected.

• rh_top_fraction
• rh_bottom_fraction
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• temp_air_bottom
• temp_air_top
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• vapor_pressure_top

• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• temp_air_left
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• rh_right_mv
• net_radiation_mv
• temp_air_right
• rh_left_mv

• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal_30
• rh_bottom_fraction
• rh_top_fraction
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• vapor_pressure_top
• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• home_signal_15
• Average soil heat flow at the surface(surface_soil_heat_flux_avg)
• temp_air_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• bowen_ratio
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Measurements offscale

All J-panel 4 measurements (soil heat flows, net radiation, air temperatures, home 
signals, pressure, vapor pressure) were sometimes offscale or otherwise incorrect.  J-Panel was 
replaced 20080326 correcting the problem.

• temp_air_bottom
• temp_air_top
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• home_signal
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• vapor_pressure_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom

• soil_heat_flow_2_mv
• home_signal
• soil_heat_flow_3_mv
• soil_heat_flow_5_mv
• atmos_pressure_mv
• soil_heat_flow_4_mv
• net_radiation_mv
• temp_air_right
• soil_heat_flow_1_mv
• temp_air_left

• corr_soil_heat_flow_1
• Heat flux, latent, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(latent_heat_flux)
• soil_heat_flow_1
• surface_soil_heat_flux_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_3
• soil_heat_flow_2
• surface_soil_heat_flux_4
• surface_soil_heat_flux_5
• soil_heat_flow_5
• soil_heat_flow_3
• soil_heat_flow_4
• Radiation, net(net_radiation)
• temp_air_top
• Heat flux, sensible, at 1.5-m height, 30-min intervals(sensible_heat_flux)
• home_signal_30
• Barometric Pressure(atmos_pressure)
• home_signal_15
• temp_air_bottom
• surface_soil_heat_flux_1
• vapor_pressure_top
• vapor_pressure_bottom
• corr_soil_heat_flow_2
• corr_soil_heat_flow_3
• corr_soil_heat_flow_4
• corr_soil_heat_flow_5

SGP/EBBR/E27 - Wind Speed Incorrect

The wind speed sensor was frozen stopped by freezing rain.

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)

• Wind speed, lower, 1-min avg(wspd_arith_mean)
• Wind speed vector mean(wspd_vec_mean)