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CROCUS Weather Data at Chicago State University Prairie Site

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/2482525· OSTI ID:2482525
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory
  2. Chicago State University
  3. Northwestern University
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Vaisala WXT sensor is an all-in-one weather instrument that provides 6 of the most important weather parameters: barometric pressure, temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction. Temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and rainfall are sampled at 1 second frequency, while wind speed/direction is measured at ten per second (10Hz) frequency. These measurements are useful for looking at characterizing local weather, identifying unique weather events, and studying local turbulence, especially given the high temporal resolution of the wind measurements. These measurements are collected at Chicago State University (CSU) at a prarie site on campus in Chicago, Illinois. Data is available in the netCDF data format, we encourage data users review documentation through Project Pythia to understand how to work with netCDF data https://foundations.projectpythia.org/core/data-formats/netcdf-cf.html. The data is aggregated into daily frequency to make it easier to process multiple days, and compress the higher-resolution fields. Each file contains one day's worth of data (24 hours, starting at 0000 UTC). File naming convention includes the project (CROCUS), location (CSU), data level (raw, a1), date (year, month, day), and hour (0000).

Research Organization:
Community Research on Climate and Urban Science Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (CROCUS UIFL)
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2482525
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS
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