UARS MLS PARAMETER: TEMP

UARS MONTH: 9204
UARS DAYS: 0234 - 0263 ( May 2, 1992 - May 31, 1992 )

• Inspection Date: 27-Jan-1997
  
  
• Quality Indicator for Month (QIM) [for v422 ] = A
  
  
• Further actions recommended: None.
  
  
• Comments: NCEP data (northern hemisphere) were missing for UARS day 235 (this has a minor impact on MLS retrievals).
  
  
• Number of records in each DQI and MMAF_STAT category
  • MMAF_STAT: G, good data; t, missing NCEP temperatures below 22 hPa; T, missing NCEP temperatures below 100 hPa; M, missing tangent points; P, pointing anomaly; S, scan anomaly; B, bad data.
  • DQI (Data Quality Indicator): 4, good radiance fit/good radiances; 3, good radiance fit/some bad radiances; 2, bad radiance fit/good radiances; 1, bad radiance fit/some bad radiances; 0, anomaly/no fit.
  
  

  Quality	MMAF STAT
  (TEMP Band)	B	S	P	M	T	t	G
  4	0	0	0	0	774	0	38777
  3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
  0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Number of spikes
• These are spikes in the retrieved TEMP mixing ratios for records with MMAF_STAT = G/T/t and DQI = 4/2 (that is, good records with good radiances). Spikes are identified by comparison of their deviation from the monthly zonal mean with the rms variability (sigma) calculated in distinct 6 degree latitude bins.
  
• Total records this month with MMAF_STAT = G/T/t and DQI = 4: 39551
• Total records with MMAF_STAT = G/T/t and DQI = 4 with at least one spike greater than 5 sigma: 2 (fraction = 5.06e-05 )
• Total records with MMAF_STAT = G/T/t and DQI = 4 with at least one spike greater than 4 sigma: 38 (fraction = 9.61e-04 )




P (hPa)	4 to 5 sigma	5 to 10 sigma	> 10 sigma	total
0.464	14	2	0	16
1	4	0	0	4
2	2	0	0	2
5	9	0	0	9
10	1	0	0	1
22	0	0	0	0
46	7	0	0	7



• Records with spikes > 5 sigma




Day	Record	MMAF STAT	DQI	Lat	Lon	P (hPa)	TEMP (K)	UNCERT (K)	sigma factor
242	438	G	4	32S	293	0.464	224.8	7.2	6.5
260	133	G	4	32S	288	0.464	276.4	7.1	5.5