Weather Data from BSEC Weather Stations

Dataset · Mon Nov 18 23:00:00 EST 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.57931/2476281· OSTI ID:2476281

Waugh, Darryn ^[1]; Lei, Hao ^[1]; Collins, Shamara ^[2]; King, Terris ^[3]; Montgomery, Mark ^[4]; Różański, Mateusz ^[1]; the BSEC Team,

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1. Johns Hopkins University
2. Morgan State University
3. Temple X Schools
4. Union Baptist Church

This dataset provides measurements of temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind, and sunlight at Ambient Weather and OttHydro stations across Baltimore city. These surface weather stations were deployed by the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative (BSEC) Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (UIFL) project, funded by the Department of Energy (DOE). This dataset currently contains measurements from 2023 to June 2025 and will be periodically updated to include more stations and recent observations when available. Data File Information This dataset contains surface weather measurements data in comma-separated value (CSV) format and documents that describe the weather stations, locations, and measured parameters and units.  data/[TIMEAVG]/[YEAR]/BSEC-[STATIONID]_[SENSORTYPE]_[TIMEAVG]_[YEAR].csv Surface weather measurements data in CSV format, where STATIONID indicates the weather station, SENSORTYPE is the type of weather station ('AWS' = Ambient Weather Station and 'OTT' = 'OttHydro Station'), TIMEAVG is time period for each entry (= daily, hourly, or 5min), and YEAR indicate the year in which the measurements were made. Example data file name: BSEC-AAC_AWS_hourly_2023.csv. documents/Station_Locations.csv This CSV file provides location information and measurement start date for each surface weather station. documents/Weather_Station_Descriptions.pdf This document provides detailed description of the instruments along with their setup and accuracy of measurement.  documents/File_Contents.pdf This document describes the contents on the data files, including time notation, weather parameters and units of measurement. documents/site-metadata/[STATOINID]-metadata.pdf These PDF files provide information on weather station sites, including land cover characteristics, station mounting, and photographs. Each PDF file corresponds to one station, as indicated by STATIONID.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2476281
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Ambient Weather Stations
Baltimore City
OttHydro Stations
Surface Weather
Wind
humidity
rainfall
sunlight
temperature