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Surface Winds Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, Bowen Ratio Devices | 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1993 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1993-08-01 to 1993-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1995 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES MARS-II 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CEILOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, Visibility Sensor, WIND MONITOR, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 59.56 S: 51.08 E: -97.55 W: -108.43 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/AES READAC 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, THERMISTORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, Visibility Sensor, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, CEILOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 52.7 S: 52.7 E: -102.32 W: -102.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1993-12-15 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | INFRARED THERMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
ASCII | |
| Bowen Ratio Surf. Flux: Fritschen (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1989-08-14 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
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