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Table 3 MADIS Quality Control Descriptors (QCD)

From: Spatio-temporal quality control: implications and applications for data consumers and aggregators

QC Descriptor

Description

Z

Preliminary

no QC

C

Coarse pass

passed level 1

S

Screened

passed levels 1 and 2

V

Verified

passed levels 1, 2, and 3

X

Rejected/erroneous

failed level 1

Q

Questioned

passed level 1, failed 2 or 3

G

Subjective good

“accept” list overrides other QC

B

Subjective bad

“reject” list overrides other QC

  1. level 1 = validity; level 2 = internal consistency, temporal consistency, statistical spatial consistency checks;
  2. level 3 = spatial consistency check
  3. Source [2]: