MADIS Aircraft Based Reports Quality Control
This page provides a detailed description of the quality control (QC) processing and data structures for the acars dataset.
For a general overview of MADIS quality control, click here.
Automated Quality Control
ACARS Quality Control Checks
MADIS ACARS Variables with QC
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Code Name Max Level | Level 1: | Level 2:
Possible | |
QC Level | Validity Position Provider | Internal Temporal
| Consistency QC | Consistency Consistency
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DD wind direction 1 X X
FF wind speed 1 X X
U u wind component 1 X X
V v wind component 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
RH relative humidity 2 X X X
Q specific humidity 2 X X X
DPD dewpoint depression 2 X X X
AH absolute humidity 2 X X X
TASPEED true air speed 1 X
MEDEDR median EDR 1 X
MAXEDR maximum EDR 1 X
TURBIDX turbulence index 1 X
HT altitude 2 X X
P pressure 2 X X
LAT latitude 1 X X
LON longitude 1 X X
ICECOND icing condition 1 X
Internal Consistency Checks
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3 air temperature vs. dewpoint temperature
Provider QC Checks
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- Only the TAMDAR reports have provider QC results.
Last updated 16 March 2017
