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From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Giovanni, Panoply, and State of the Ocean (SOTO) guide users in making the most of surface wind data.
Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01 |
N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-02 Area and Regional Hourly Gridded Met. Data, 1994-1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, GOES-7 | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, VAS | 1994-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-03 Hourly Meteorological Data at Flux Towers, 1994-1996 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-01 |
N: 56 S: 53 E: -98 W: -106 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS Follow-On MOD-01 Regional Daily Averaged Gridded Met. Data, 1994-1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, GOES-7 | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, RAIN GAUGES, VAS | 1994-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-05 Bear Trap Creek and Namekus Lake Winter Surface Flux Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-02-01 to 1996-04-11 |
N: 53.85 S: 53.83 E: -106.04 W: -106.17 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Saskatchewan Forest Fire Control Centre Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 1995-05-05 to 1995-10-01 |
N: 55.38 S: 53.33 E: -102.48 W: -108.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS | 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31 |
N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-05 Tower Flux & Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WIND MONITOR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, OZONE SENSOR, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1994-09-16 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-06 SSA-YA Surface Energy Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOCOUPLES, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, BAROMETERS | 1994-07-19 to 1994-09-19 |
N: 53.66 S: 53.66 E: -105.32 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-07 SSA-OBS Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | IRGA, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, PYRANOMETERS, PSYCHROMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-18 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1996-11-12 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.93 E: -98.62 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-09 SSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, WIND MONITOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, PYRANOMETERS, PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1996-11-29 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-10 NSA-Fen Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1993-08-15 to 1996-11-10 |
N: 55.91 S: 55.91 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-10 NSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Porometry Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | IRGA, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, POROMETER, PRESSURE SENSORS | 1993-08-15 to 1996-11-15 |
N: 55.9 S: 55.9 E: -98.29 W: -98.29 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-11 SSA-FEN Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, LABORATORY | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER | 1993-08-23 to 1995-10-09 |
N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62 |
ASCII |
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