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CROCUS Weather Data at University of Illinois - Chicago Tower

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.15485/2482530· OSTI ID:2482530
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory
  2. University of Illinois at Chicago
  3. Northwestern University
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 the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, on the meteorological tower near the greenhouse on campus. 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. File naming convention includes the project (CROCUS), location (UIC), 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:
2482530
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English