KEY:
IN "R.CODE" COLUMN:
B - OCCURS IN ALL OPERATIONAL VERSIONS OF PREVENT.
N - CURRENTLY DOES NOT
OCCUR IN ANY OPERATIONAL VERSION OF PREVENT.
R.CODE | MEANING | MNEMONICS AFFECTED AND NEW VALUE FOR OBS, Q.M. |
01 B | PRESSURE OBSERVATION ON ANY LEVEL IS MORE THAN 100 MB BELOW MODEL (GUESS) SURFACE PRESSURE. ALL DATA ON LEVEL REJECTED. | PRC-> PQM=8 TRC-> TQM=8 QRC-> QQM=8 WRC-> WQM=8 |
02 B | PRESSURE OBSERVATION ON ANY LEVEL IS ZERO OR NEGATIVE. ALL DATA ON LEVEL REJECTED. | PRC-> PQM=8 TRC-> TQM=8 QRC-> QQM=8 WRC-> WQM=8 |
02 B | SURFACE PRESSURE OBSERVATION IS ABOVE 450 MB OR BELOW 1100 MB. ALL DATA ON SURFACE MASS LEVEL REJECTED. | PRC-> PQM=8 (see % below) TRC-> TQM=8 (see % below) QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
02 B | TEMPERATURE ON ANY LEVEL IS MISSING OR LESS THAN -150 DEG. CELSIUS. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON LEVEL REJECTED. | QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
02 B | SPECIFIC HUMIDITY OBSERVATION IS ZERO OR NEGATIVE. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON LEVEL REJECTED. | QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
03 B | SURFACE PRESSURE OBSERVATION ERROR VALUE IS MISSING. ALL MASS DATA ON SURFACE LEVEL REJECTED. | PRC-> PQM=9 TRC-> TQM=9 QRC-> QQM=9 |
03 B | TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION ERROR VALUE ON ANY LEVEL IS MISSING. TEMPERATURE AND SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON LEVEL REJECTED. | TRC-> TQM=9 QRC-> QQM=9 |
03 B | SPECIFIC HUMIDITY OBSERVATION ERROR VALUE ON ANY LEVEL IS MISSING. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON LEVEL REJECTED. | QRC-> QQM=9 |
03 B | WIND OBSERVATION ERROR VALUE ON ANY LEVEL IS MISSING. U- AND V-COMP WIND ON LEVEL REJECTED. | WRC-> WQM=9 |
03 B | TOTAL COLUMN PRECIPITABLE WATER OBSERVATION ERROR IS MISSING. TOTAL COLUMN PRECIPITABLE WATER REJECTED. | PWR-> PWQ=9 |
04 B | SURFACE PRESSURE IS MORE THAN 100 MB ABOVE OR BELOW MODEL (GUESS) SURFACE PRESSURE. ALL MASS DATA ON SURFACE LEVEL REJECTED. | PRC-> PQM=8 (see % below) TRC-> TQM=8 (see % below) QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
05 B | PRESSURE ON ANY LEVEL IS ABOVE 300 MB. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON LEVEL REJECTED. | QRC-> QQM=9 |
06 N | AN OVERLAND TOVS CLEAR, PARTLY-CLOUDY OR CLOUDY SATELLITE TEMPERATURE SOUNDING REPORT AT OR NORTH OF 60 DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE WITH PRESSURE ON LEVEL AT OR BELOW 100 MB. TEMPERATURE ON LEVEL REJECTED. | TRC->
TQM=8 (see % below) QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
06 N | AN OVERLAND TOVS PARTLY-CLOUDY OR CLOUDY SATELLITE TEMPERATURE SOUNDING REPORT SOUTH OF 60 DEGREES SOUTH LATITUDE WITH PRESSURE ON LEVEL BELOW 100 MB. TEMPERATURE ON LEVEL REJECTED. | TRC->
TQM=8 (see % below) QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
07 N | AN OVERLAND OR OCEANIC CLEAR, PARTLY-CLOUDY OR CLOUDY SATELLITE (TOVS, GOES, DMSP) TEMPERATURE SOUNDING REPORT. SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON ALL LEVELS REJECTED. | QRC-> QQM=8 (see % below) |
08 B | SURFACE MARINE WIND OBSERVATION IS REPORTED AS CALM, BUT MODEL (GUESS) SURFACE MARINE WIND IS GREATER THAN 5 m/s. SURFACE MARINE WIND OBSERVATION IS REJECTED. | WRC-> WQM=8 |
% - PRIOR TO 12/04/2007 THE QUALITY MARKER WAS SET TO 9 IN THIS CASE.