Manual for Real-Time Quality Control of Wind Data: a guide to quality control and quality assurance for coastal and oceanic wind observations. Version 1.0.

Abstract

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) has a vested interest in collecting high quality data for the 26 core variables (U.S. IOOS 2010) measured on a national scale. In response to this interest, U.S. IOOS continues to establish written, authoritative procedures for the quality control (QC) of real-time data through the Quality Assurance/Quality Control of Real -Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) program, addressing each variable as funding permits . Additional efforts can also be undertaken to produce higher quality delayed mode data. This wind data manual is the sixth in a series of guidance documents that address QC of real-time data of each core variable.