MADIS RSAS Quality Control
This page provides a detailed description of the quality control (QC) processing and data structures for the RSAS dataset.
For a general overview of MADIS quality control, click here.
Automated Quality Control
RSAS Quality Control Checks
Table 1 lists the QC checks applied to the various surface observations in AWIPS.
----------------------------------------- LDAD Mesonet Subhourly Hourly ----------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure IC,VC,TC SC Air Temperature IC,VC,TC SC Dewpoint Temperature IC,VC,TC SC Wind Direction VC SC Wind Speed VC,TC SC Relative Humidity VC,TC Station Pressure IC,VC,TC Pressure Change IC,VC Altimeter Setting VC,TC SC * Visibility VC Accumulated Precip VC --------------------------------------------- SBN Surface Subhourly Hourly --------------------------------------------- Sea-Level Pressure IC,VC,TC,SC Air Temperature IC,VC,TC,SC Dewpoint Temperature IC,VC,TC,SC Wind Direction VC,SC Wind Speed VC,TC,SC Altimeter Setting VC,TC,SC * Table 1. Quality control checks implemented in AWIPS for surface observations input through the LDAD and SBN communications networks. The checks consist of internal consistency (IC), validity (VC), temporal consistency (TC), and spatial consistency (SC). * As of OB4 the hourly QC applied to Altimeter Setting has had the SC added to the list of employed checks for LDAD mesonet data, and the VC, TC, and SC have been applied to the SBN altimeter data as well.
Last updated 16 March 2017
