Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Photosynthetically Active Radiation,Precipitation Amount,Surface Winds,Humidity,Air Temperature,Solar Radiation,Net Radiation,Longwave Radiation,Surface Pressure,Snow Depth,Land Surface Temperature

Data at a Glance

Description

In 1995, the BOREAS science teams identified the need for a continuous surface meteorological and radiation data set to support flux and surface process modeling efforts. This data set contains actual, substituted, and interpolated 15-minute meteorological and radiation data compiled from several surface measurements sites over the BOREAS SSA and NSA. Temporally, the data cover 01-Jan-1994 to 31-Dec-1996.

Product Summary

Platforms

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS ,

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Instruments

THERMOCOUPLES ,

HUMIDITY SENSORS ,

WIND MONITOR ,

BAROMETERS ,

NET RADIOMETERS ,

PYRANOMETERS ,

RAIN GAUGES ,

ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE ,

INFRARED THERMOMETERS ,

Pyrgeometer ,

LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR

Projects

BOREAS

Spatial Extent

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2807621862-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

1999-01-30

Updated

2023-11-22

Science Keywords

Photosynthetically Active Radiation ,

Precipitation Amount ,

Surface Winds ,

Humidity ,

Air Temperature ,

Solar Radiation ,

Net Radiation ,

Longwave Radiation ,

Surface Pressure ,

Snow Depth ,

Land Surface Temperature

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.

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Knapp, D. E., & Newcomer, J. A. (1999). BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/249 Date Accessed: 2026-10-24

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Authors	Year Sort ascending	Referenced Datasets
Implementation of data citations and persistent identifiers at the ORNL DAAC	Cook, Robert B., Vannan, Suresh K.S., McMurry, Benjamin F., Wright, Daine M., Wei, Y., Boyer, Alison G., Kidder, J.H.	2016	Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 2 Global Gridded Surfaces of Selected Soil Characteristics (IGBP-DIS) Global Maps of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition, 1860, 1993, and 2050 Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006 LBA-ECO LC-07 JERS-1 SAR Wetlands Masks and Land Cover, Amazon Basin: 1995-1996 NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-degree Model Outputs in Standard Format, Version 1.0 NACP Regional: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Aggregated Gridded Model Data NACP MsTMIP: Global and North American Driver Data for Multi-Model Intercomparison BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data FLUXNET Marconi Conference Gap-Filled Flux and Meteorology Data, 1992-2000 NACP Site: Tower Meteorology, Flux Observations with Uncertainty, and Ancillary Data LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin
Modeling snow accumulation and ablation processes in forested environments	Andreadis, Konstantinos M., Storck, Pascal, Lettenmaier, Dennis P.	2009	BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1994 BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data

BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data