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************ Gross limit checks *****************************
parameter test flag data point
applied flagged
Pressure ge 1050 hPa bad curr
lt 0 hPa bad curr
ge 1030 hPa and abs(lat) .le. 20 bad curr
Geopotential gt 40000 m ques curr
Height lt 0 m bad curr
Temperature gt 50 C bad curr
lt -110. C bad curr
45 to 50 C ques curr
-110 to -100 C ques curr
gt -5 C and p < 400 mb ques curr
gt -20 C and p < 300 mb ques curr
gt -30 C and 300 < p < 20 mb ques curr
gt -40 C and 100 < p < 25 mb ques curr
Dewpoint gt 40 C bad curr
Temperature 35 to 40 C ques curr
if T ques ques curr
if T bad bad curr
lt -99.9, Td=-99.9 est curr
Td > T, Td=T ques curr
Total Wind gt 100 m/s bad curr
Speed lt 0 m/s bad curr
gt 70 m/s ques curr
Wind Direction lt 0 or gt 360 bad curr
U-component lt -100 or gt 100 bad curr
lt -70 or gt 70 ques curr
V-component lt -100 or gt 100 bad curr
lt -70 or gt 70 ques curr
******************* Vertical consistency checks ***************
parameter test flag data point
applied flagged
Pressure p increase/equal with hgt bad curr
Geopotential z decrease/equal with hgt bad curr
dT/Dz at sfc, |dtdz| > 1 C/10m
and dp > 5 hPa ques curr, prev
for dp .lt. 5
dtdz < -1 C/10m ques curr, prev
dtdz < -2 C/10m bad curr, prev
dtdz > 1 C/10m * ques curr, prev
dtdz > 2 C/10m * bad curr, prev
for dp .ge. 5
dtdz < -15 C/km ques curr, prev
dtdz < -30 C/km bad curr, prev
dtdz > 15 C/km * ques curr, prev
dtdz > 30 C/km * bad curr, prev
* applied at
p < 150 hPa for abs(lat) < 25
p < 250 hPa for abs(lat) ge 25