ARM Data Quality Office inspection tools and techniques

 
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Authors

Randy A. Peppler — University of Oklahoma
Sean T. Moore — Orbital ATK Inc.
Kenneth Kehoe — ARM Data Quality Office - University of Oklahoma - CIWRO
Justin Monroe — University of Oklahoma
Trisatria N Noensie — University of Oklahoma
Adam Theisen — Argonne National Laboratory

Category

Infrastructure & Outreach

Description

The ARM Climate Research Facility Data Quality (DQ) Office develops and utilizes a wide range of tools and analysis methods to support the needs of the Atmospheric System Research program. Now in our eleventh year of operation, the DQ Office is expanding the inspection tools and techniques used to ensure users receive the highest possible level of research-quality data. We continuously produce plots for the majority of ARM instruments and use web-based browsers for individually tailored displays of these plots. In addition to these static plots, we use interactive tools to directly inspect ARM NetCDF data files and other techniques to view and interpret long-term trends in the data. This year, we have begun developing a new system that will allow an individually tailored view of quality control information to meet a particular user’s needs. This new system will allow the DQ Office to: display quality control information stored in varying formats; flag data beyond what is currently provided in NetCDF files processed at the ARM Data Management Facility; process and display data collected by the new instruments funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, including cloud and precipitation radars; display one- or two-dimensional quality control information graphically for the user; and greatly expand our ability to evaluate ARM value-added products.

Supporting URL

dq.arm.gov