BAD/SUSPICIOUS ECMWF DATA
(See also NCAR Tech Note 300, "ECMWF Global Analyses 1979-1986", by
 Trenberth and Olson, especially Appendix II)

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REGIONS

	SH      90 deg S - 20 deg S
	TR      20 deg S - 20 deg N
	NH      20 deg N - 90 deg N
	GL      Global

FLAGS

	M 	analyses are missing
	0	analyses are suspect
	1	analyses have some clear problems and should be rejected
	2	totally meaningless analyses
        *       flagged as being suspicious by ECMWF themselves (no indication
                of which region is affected)

DATASET
	WC1	WCRP archive at T106 Spherical Harmonics, 4x daily
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DATE	       	             DATASET  FIELD	LEVEL	     REGION    FLAG
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1985
 1/ 1 00Z - 12/31 18Z        WC1      ALL	100-10MB     GL		1
 4/23 06Z -  4/23 12Z        WC1      ALL       ALL          GL         M
 4/24 06Z -  4/24 12Z        WC1      ALL       ALL          GL         M
 4/29 18Z -  4/30 18Z        WC1      ALL       ALL          GL         M
 6/13 18Z		     WC1      ALL       ALL          GL         M
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1986
 1/ 1 00Z -  5/12 18Z        WC1      ALL	100-10MB     GL		1
 3/16 12Z		     WC1      ALL       500-200MB    SH		1
 5/ 4 12Z		     WC1      ALL       500-200MB    SH		1
 6/12 00Z -  6/19 12Z        WC1      U,V,T     10MB         SH,TR	1
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1987
 4/01 18Z		     WC1      ALL       ALL          GL         M
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1988
 7/20 00Z -  8/ 1 12Z        WC1      U,V,T     10-70MB      SH         1
 7/20 00Z -  8/ 1 12Z        WC1      OMEGA     10-150MB     SH         1
 7/20 00Z -  8/ 1 12Z        WC1      ZA        10MB         SH         1
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