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Description

The FIFE Historic Monthly Meteorology Data Data Set is one of the historical data sets used for the FIFE project. This data set provides monthly precipitation values from January 1858 to December 1989 for Manhattan, Kansas adjacent to the FIFE study area. Daily weather observations of precipitation were made according to the procedures outlined by the National Weather Service by Kansas State University. The daily precipitation data were then summed to produce monthly precipitation.

Product Summary

Platforms
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
Instruments
RAIN GAUGES
Spatial Extent
N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1858-01-01 to 1989-12-01
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2980078028-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Precipitation Amount

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Knapp, M. (1994). Historic Monthly Meteorology Data (FIFE) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/40 Date Accessed: 2025-10-08

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