How to process data for quality control

(You should be familiar with how to handle the software, please read documentation for
LoadData and ProClimDB first)

1. Download data using LoadData software:

Download data:

Example of output DBF file:

Adjust DBF file:

Redistribute the columns – instead of days, months will be in individual columns (i.e. “One
data column” + “Ccross table”)

:
Output crossed table file:

2. Process the file in ProClimDB (daily version in our case):

Find problems in the series (menu Get Info – Find problems I): you can put
either original file (days in columns) or the new cross tabled file (months in columns).
We will find repeating cases by means of this.
For further processing: use Settings button:
Settings: set to combine ID+element+time in the final name of series

Create info file (menu Get info – Create info file):

Import geography into Info_file (menu Get Info – Import geography)

Now, we will adjust Info_file: we will fill column Region with name of element+time:
View the file: press Command button and input:
replace region with strextract(id,'_','') al
Now we will compare values of the tested series and its neighbours (menu Neighbours –
Compare use …): we will create Neighbours Info file in the first step:

And then we will compare the values (menu Neighbours – Compare - … - Quality control) :
You can open suspicious rows in Excel, use filters etc. …

Remark: you can use Expected_value for filling missing values (in Menu Tools – Replace
values).

You can also find values of the testes series that are the same as in neighbours series (menu
Neighbours – Compare - … - Find problems)