Operational Data Checking
An automatic data checking system has been implemented at ECMWF to trigger warnings in case of anomalies affecting the quality or the availability of the data assimilated by the model. Selected statistical parameters (number of observations, bias correction, and mean bias-corrected background, analysis departures and probability of gross error) are checked against an expected range. An appropriate alert message (including a time series plot) is generated if statistics are outside the specified ranges. A severity level (slight, considerable, severe) is assigned to each message depending on how far statistics are from the expected values. Two kinds of ranges are used by the automatic checking: Soft and Hard limits. Soft limits are updated automatically using statistics from the last twenty days (extremes are excluded during this process). Hard limits are adjusted manually when required.
Currently, the automatic checking is limited to data passing through the minimisation process (including VarBC passive data). It's being applied twice a day to the delayed cut-off 4D-VAR cycles (00 and 12) and four times a day to the early delivery assimilation system (00,06,12 and 18).
The alarm system results are based on feedback information from the ECMWF data assimilation and consequently reflect the ECMWF data usage. Although most warnings are related to data problems, they may on occasion also be related to model issues. Alerts are provided for information on an as-is basis and may be withdrawn or changed without notice. ECMWF accepts no responsibility for actions taken on the basis of these results.
Early delivery 4D-VAR at 2019-01-14 06:00
| cris | ||
| NOAA-20 CrIS 981 radiances : OutOfRange
7 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: count(*)=6522, expected range: 2.00 5203.00 |
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| NPP CrIS 21 radiances : OutOfRange
6 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Slightly: avg(biascorr)=0, expected range: 0.06 0.18 |
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| gpsro | ||
| All COSMIC-1 setting RO bending angles Missing | ||
| All COSMIC-1 rising RO bending angles Missing | ||
| All COSMIC-6 rising RO bending angles Missing | ||
| iasi | ||
| METOP-A IASI 72 radiances : OutOfRange
3 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Slightly: avg(biascorr)=0, expected range: -0.47 -0.20 |
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| METOP-B IASI 72 radiances : OutOfRange
4 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Slightly: avg(biascorr)=0, expected range: -0.34 -0.08 |
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| ssmis | ||
| DMSP-18 SSMIS 13 allsky radiances : OutOfRange
Slightly: avg(norm_fg_depar)=0, expected range: -0.01 0.01 |
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| amdar | ||
| IOATB4RA 146 Wind Vector difference (m/s) 0 40000 : OutOfRange
Severely: avg(fg_depar)=7, expected range: 0.44 5.00 |
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| Atmospheric Motion Vector | ||
| All NPP IR 0 40000 Missing | ||
| All NOAA-15 IR 0 40000 Missing | ||
| In-Situ measurements | ||
| All SYNOP RH2m (%s) 04 70000 101325 Missing | ||
| All SYNOP RH2m (%s) WMO BLOCK 25 70000 101325 Missing | ||
| All PILOT Wind Vector difference (m/s) WMO BLOCK 48 0 40000 Missing | ||
| All PILOT Wind Vector difference (m/s) WMO BLOCK 71 0 40000 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) 02 0 40000 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) 02 40000 70000 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) 02 70000 101325 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) WMO BLOCK 71 0 40000 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) WMO BLOCK 71 40000 70000 Missing | ||
| All TEMP Land Report Temperature (k) WMO BLOCK 71 70000 101325 Missing | ||
| BUOYS | ||
| 6301670 189 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
6 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=58, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 7401505 189 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
19 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=70, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 4601615 189 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
5 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| ship | ||
| D5TB2 SHIP Report Wind Vector difference (m/s) : OutOfRange
4 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=68, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| VRID6 SHIP Report Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
6 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=53, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 62132 Automatic SHIP Report Wind Vector difference (m/s) : OutOfRange
9 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| WDE8761 SHIP Report Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
8 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| C6SE3 SHIP Report Wind Vector difference (m/s) : OutOfRange
Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=80, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| VAAZ Automatic SHIP Report Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
9 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| synop | ||
| 68116 Land Automatic Report Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
3 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=87, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 37801 SYNOP Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
1 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=54, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 33135 170 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
4 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Severely_persistent: freq(qc_pge)=92, expected range: 0.00 50.00 |
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| 17100 SYNOP Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| 12510 170 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
1 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=100, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| 08125 170 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
7 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=80, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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| 04127 170 Surface pressure (Pa) : OutOfRange
1 times in the last 10 days for at least one item Considerably: freq(qc_pge)=83, expected range: 0.00 75.00 |
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