Bulk Meteorology Instrument Package

Reference Designator
GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Review Status
Review Complete
Note
Depth
-5m
Class
METBK (Bulk Meteorology Instrument Package)
Make / Model
Star Engineering / ASIMET

Dataset Reviews Last processed: 4/8/19, 5:45 PM

QC Check Info
Dep. Preferred Method Stream DD FD SG EG Gaps GD TS Rate (s) Pressure Comp. Time Order Valid Data Missing Data Data Comp. Missing Coords. Review
1 recovered_host 347 160 0 187 0 0 198,359 64 -5 / 1 Complete
1 recovered_host metbk_hourly 347 160 0 187 0 0 3,803 3,600 -5 / 2 Blocked
2 recovered_host 340 166 0 173 0 0 235,946 64 -5 / Complete
2 recovered_host metbk_hourly 340 166 0 173 0 0 3,949 3,600 -5 / Blocked
3 recovered_host 401 304 0 1 3 97 424,973 64 -5 / 3 Complete
3 recovered_host metbk_hourly 401 73 0 327 0 0 1,723 3,600 -5 / 4 Blocked
4 telemetered 314 69 0 244 0 0 97,364 64 -5 / 5 5 Complete
4 telemetered metbk_hourly 314 69 0 244 0 0 1,624 3,600 -5 / 5 5 Blocked
Data Ranges Review Images

Test Notes

  1. fail: data found in another stream (gaps: [1] days: [9, 13])
  2. fail: data found in another stream (gaps: [1] days: [7, 13])
  3. fail: data found in another stream (gaps: [1] days: [3, 36])
  4. fail: data found in another stream (gaps: [1] days: [11, 234])
  5. no other streams for comparison

Data Coverage

Deployment: 1234
22%
46%49%76%
metbk_hourly 46%49%18%22%

Lat/Lon Differences (km)

Deployment: 1234
1 0.00
2 5.690.00
3 0.376.040.00
4 1.395.601.390.00

Example Composite Data Plot

System Annotations

Metadata Start Date End Date Comment
GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
9/10/14, 2:50 PM 8/22/15, 7:00 AM

Deployment 1: Anemometer placement on the surface buoy yielded wind speeds that are too low, as determined by comparisons with ship measurements. Overcrowding of the upper halo with telemetry hardware and instrumentation could have partially blocked air flow, contributing to the low wind speeds, and could potentially affect air temperature and relatively humidity sensors as well.

Id: 108 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
9/10/14, 2:50 PM

Surface flux data products (that use relative wind speed in the calculation) are currently not being produced when surface current data from the collocated VELPT are not available. A fix is in progress (Redmine 13111).

Id: 708 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO
2/14/15, 7:00 PM 8/21/15, 8:00 PM

Deployment 1: Status data sent from the buoy included leak detects in the buoy well, drop in battery voltage, and loss of wind turbine input. Upon recovery, the buoy was primarily intact but several instruments were damaged and/or missing. Ice build-up on the tower is speculated to be the cause for much of the damage. No telemetered or recovered_host data expected. Functional instruments could continue to collect data using internal battery power and storage cards.

Id: 46 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
8/15/15, 3:22 PM 7/18/16, 8:00 PM

Deployment 2: Anemometer placement was corrected from Deployment 1, but wind speeds may still be low-biased (5-10%) at speeds > 5 m/s, as determined by comparisons with ship measurements and measurements from the FDCHP.

Id: 110 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
8/15/15, 3:22 PM 1/28/16, 8:25 AM

Deployment 2: In the beginning of the deployment, the conductivity and salinity measured by the two met sensors were offset by ~0.0025 S m-1 and ~0.025 psu, respectively. The offset decreased over time. Initial comparisons at deployment indicate the other METBK's (GI01SUMO-SBD12-06-METBKA000) values more closely align with the values recorded by the ship.

Id: 679 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO
1/26/16, 7:00 PM 7/18/16, 8:00 PM

Deployment 2: A period of violent weather caused power outages on multiple instruments. No telemetered or recovered_host data expected. Functional instruments could continue to collect data using internal battery power and storage cards. Upon recovery, the buoy well was flooded.

Id: 47 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO
12/26/16, 7:00 PM 4/6/17, 8:00 PM

Deployment 3: Wind turbines were disabled due to evidence of ice build-up on the surface buoy tower. The platform's battery charge state declined steadily. As of 2017-01-15, all DCLs were shut down and the telemetry schedule was reduced to conserve power. Battery-powered instruments should continue to collect data. UPDATE 2017-04-07: With increasing daylight at this location, sufficient power was generated by solar panels to re-establish limited high-bandwidth telemetry and data transmission. UPDATE: at recovery, wind turbines were missing their hubs and blades, and one solar panel was missing.

Id: 121 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO
8/5/17, 2:17 PM 6/14/18, 4:02 AM

Deployment 4: at 10:03 UTC on 12 October 2017 the Irminger Sea Surface Mooring stopped all communications. At recovery, the surface buoy was missing. The subsurface portion of the mooring had fallen to the seafloor and was recovered. CTDMOs, CTDBP-F, DOSTA, and ADCP instrumentation were full ocean depth rated and survived, although any recovered data available after 2017-10-12T10:03:00 are suspect. All other instrumentation imploded or flooded. The cause for the loss of the buoy is inconclusive.

Id: 102 By: lgarzio

GI01SUMO
6/19/19, 8:00 PM

Deployment 5: Battery voltage dropped below 24V. All DCLs were turned off. CPM1 was placed on a wake schedule. Data collection and telemetry will be irregular until voltage rebounds.

Id: 1625 By: cdobson

GI01SUMO
Method: telemetered
10/21/19, 8:00 PM

Deployment 6: *UPDATED 2020-04-27: As of 2020-02-21 data for most instruments are being telemetered again (via Iridium). A gap in telemetered data is expected between 2019-10-22 and 2020-02-21 and will not be backfilled but these data will be available upon recovery.*Both fleet broadband units have failed and no more telemetered data is expected at this time. Instruments are believed to be operating as normal and their data will be available upon recovery.

Id: 1743 By: cdobson

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
11/11/19, 7:00 PM

Deployment 6: Due to power concerns, the METBK1 heater was shut down on 11/12/2019. This shutdown impacts the precipitation data.

Id: 1809 By: cdobson

Review Notes

Metadata Start Date End Date Comment
GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000

Annotation ID 708 needs to be updated when Redmine 13111 is complete

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000

These variables are missing global ranges for this instrument: stream metbk_hourly - met_buoyfls, met_buoyflx, met_frshflx, met_heatflx, met_latnflx, met_mommflx, met_rainflx, met_sensflx, met_netsirr_hourly. stream metbk_a_dcl_instrument and metbk_a_dcl_instrument_recovered: met_windavg_mag_corr_east, met_windavg_mag_corr_north, met_heatflx_minute, met_latnflx_minute, met_netlirr_minute, met_sensflx_minute.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000

metbk_hourly data will not be reviewed because of issues producing the data products have not been resolved - see Redmine tickets 13111, 13113, 13221. Data plots are available in the review images.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000

met_current_speed, met_relwind_speed, met_wind10m, shortwave_irradiance, and met_netsirr global ranges should be reviewed. See review notes for CP01CNSM-SBD11-06-METBKA000 for more details.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 1
1/10/15, 12:00 AM 2/16/15, 6:00 AM

Suspect precipitation data at the end of the deployment's data record

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 1
2/5/15, 12:00 AM 2/16/15, 6:00 AM

Suspect relative_humidity data at the end of the deployment's data record.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 2

Surface current speeds are substantially higher for deployment 2 compared to other deployments. This should be investigated. A similar issue occurred on GA01SUMO METBKs.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 3
9/20/16, 12:00 AM 10/5/16, 12:00 AM

met_current_direction and met_current_speed flatlined.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 3
4/1/17, 12:00 AM 8/14/17, 9:33 AM

Downwelling Shortwave Irradiance (shortwave_irradiance) and Net Shortwave Irradiance (met_netsirr) minimum values jump to ~16-18 W m-2 when the power was restored to the mooring (should be around 0 W m-2). A similar issue was seen on GS01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000 (see annotation ID 1522 and Redmine 12543). This should be investigated and annotated.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/9/19

GI01SUMO-SBD11-06-METBKA000
Deployment: 3
8/12/17, 12:00 AM 8/14/17, 5:00 AM

There are telemetered data available at the end of the deployment, but no recovered_host data for the same time range. These data should be available in the recovered_host data stream.

By Lori Garzio, on 4/10/19

GI01SUMO
Deployment: 4
10/12/17, 12:00 AM 6/14/18, 8:02 AM

The surface buoy detached from the mooring and the subsurface portion of the mooring fell to the seafloor (see annotation ID 102). Excluding all mooring data for this time range from final statistics.

By Lori Garzio, on 1/15/19

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