9.6.5 Corrective Action and Reporting
A
corrective action program must have the capability to discern errors or
defects at any point in an upper-air monitoring program. It is an essential
management tool for coordination, QC, and
QA activities. A workable corrective action program must enable
identification of problems, and establish
procedures for reporting problems to the responsible parties, tracing the problems to the source, planning and
implementing measures to correct the problems, maintaining
documentation of the results of the corrective process, and resolution of
each problem. The overall documentation associated with the corrective
action and reporting process will become part of the documentation that
describes and defends the overall quality of the data produced.
A sample correction form can be found in reference [65].
9. UPPER-AIR MONITORING
9.1 Fundamentals
9.1.1 Upper-Air Meteorological Variables
9.1.2 Radiosonde Sounding System
9.1.3 Doppler Sodar
9.1.4 Radar Wind Profiler
9.1.5 RASS
9.2 Performance Characteristics
9.2.1 Definition of Performance Specifications
9.2.2 Performance Characteristics of Radiosonde Sounding Systems
9.2.3 Performance Characteristics of Remote Sensing Systems
9.3 Monitoring Objectives and Goals
9.3.1 Data Quality Objectives
9.4 Siting and Exposure
9.5 Installation and Acceptance Testing
9.6 Quality Assurance and Quality Control
9.6.1 Calibration Methods
9.6.2 System and Performance Audits
9.6.3 Standard Operating Procedures
9.6.4 Operational Checks and Preventive Maintenance
9.6.5 Corrective Action and Reporting
9.6.6 Common Problems Encountered in Upper-Air Data Collection
9.7 Data Processing and Management (DP&M)
9.7.1 Overview of Data Products
9.7.2 Steps in DP&M
9.7.3 Data Archiving
9.8 Recommendations for Upper-Air Data Collection