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  MADIS Gap-filling Upper Air Quality Control

Gap-filling Upper Air Quality Control


This page provides a detailed description of the quality control (QC) processing and data structures for the SHOUT and WISDOM datasets.

For a general overview of MADIS quality control, click here.

SHOUT


Automated Quality Control


SHOUT Quality Control Checks

  MADIS SHOUT AVAPS Variables with QC
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Code       Name                  Max    Level |        Level 1:                                |    Level 2:
                                Possible        |                                                | 
                                QC Level        | Validity     Position   Provider    Subjective |    Internal
                                                |            Consistency     QC      Intervention|   Consistency
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
  DD        wind direction        1                  X                       X                            
  FF        wind speed            1                  X                       X
  T         air temperature       2                  X                       X             X              X
  TV        virtual temperature   2                  X                       X             X              X
  TD        dewpoint temperature  2                  X                       X             X              X
  RH        relative humidity     1                  X                       X             X
  Q	    specific humidity	  1                  X			     X             X	      	
  P         pressure              1                  X                       X             X                
  LAT       latitude              1                  X            X          X 
  LON       longitude             1                  X            X          X
  

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WISDOM Balloon


Automated Quality Control


WISDOM Quality Control Checks

  MADIS WISDOM Variables with QC
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Code       Name                  Max    Level |        Level 1:                   
                                Possible        |                                   
                                QC Level        | Validity     Position   Provider    Subjective
                                                |            Consistency     QC      Intervention
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  DD        wind direction        1                  X                       
  FF        wind speed            1                  X                       
  U         u wind component      1                  X                       
  V         v wind component      1                  X                       
  LAT       latitude              1                  X            X
  LON       longitude             1                  X            X
  T         air temperature       1                                                        X
  RH        relative humidity     1                                                        X
  POBS      pressure observed     1                                                        X
  


Last updated 27 April 2017