Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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Accession:

MET-GCEM-1810

Research Theme:

Meteorology (Monitoring)

Contributors:

Daniela Di Iorio, Rachel Guy, Patrick Hagan, Wade Sheldon

Title:

Climate data from the SINERR/GCE/UGAMI weather station at Marsh Landing on Sapelo Island, Georgia, from 01-Jan-2017 to 31-Dec-2017

Abstract:

Air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation, photosynthetically-available and total solar radiation, and wind speed and direction were measured using an automated Campbell Scientific Instruments climate station installed at Marsh Landing on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Observations were logged at 15 minute intervals throughout the study period. The sensors were mounted on a 10m aluminum tower, with wind sensors mounted at the top, light sensors at approximately 5m, and other sensors at 2-3m to minimize interference from the surrounding landscape. This climate station was jointly operated by the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, and University of Georgia Marine Institute.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/40d841809575686439e522fcd5e8bfb8

Key Words:

air pressure, air temperature, atmosphere, climate, Climate Monitoring, climatology, humidity, long term monitoring, Long-term Data, Marsh Landing, meteorology, photosynthetically active radiation, solar radiation, wind

LTER Core Area:

Primary Production

Research Themes:

GCE2 Q1 - External Forcing, GCE3 Area1 - Drivers of Change, Meteorology

Study Period:

01-Jan-2017 to 31-Dec-2017

Study Sites:

ML -- Marsh Landing, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA

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Project References:

Climate monitoring

Downloads:

Data Table: MET-GCEM-1810 (Main data table for data set MET-GCEM-1810, 35040 records)

Access: Public (released 19-Oct-2018)

Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language)

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [7112.67kb], Text File [6075.62kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12550.52kb], MATLAB (Variables) [11357.85kb], Text Report [6449.47kb]

Column List:(hide)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Date	yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS - GMT	string	Calendar date and time of observation
2	NESDIS_ID	none	string	NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service Platform ID
3	NWSLID	none	string	National Weather Service Location ID
4	Year	YYYY	integer	Calendar year
5	Month	MM	integer	Calendar month
6	Day	DD	integer	Calendar day
7	Hour	hr	integer	Hours - GMT
8	Minute	min	integer	Minutes
9	Temp_Air	°C	floating-point	Air temperature, 15 minute mean
10	Flag_Temp_Air	none	string	QA/QC flags for Air temperature, 15 minute mean (flagging criteria, where "x" is Temp_Air: x<=-40="I", x>60="I", x<-10="Q", x>40="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 3, 3, 1) & Precipitation==0="Q", manual)
11	Max_Temp_Air	°C	floating-point	Maximum air temperature, 15 minute
12	Flag_Max_Temp_Air	none	string	QA/QC flags for Maximum air temperature, 15 minute (flagging criteria, where "x" is Max_Temp_Air: x<=-40="I", x>60="I", x<-10="Q", x>40="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 3, 3, 1) & Precipitation==0="Q", Max_Temp_Air<Temp_Air="I", manual)
13	Time_Max_Temp_Air	hhmm	integer	Time of maximum air temperature
14	Min_Temp_Air	°C	floating-point	Air temperature, 15 minute minimum
15	Flag_Min_Temp_Air	none	string	QA/QC flags for Air temperature, 15 minute minimum (flagging criteria, where "x" is Min_Temp_Air: x<=-40="I", x>60="I", x<-10="Q", x>40="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 3, 3, 1) & Precipitation==0="Q", Min_Temp_Air>Temp_Air="I", manual)
16	Time_Min_Temp_Air	hhmm	integer	Time of minimum air temperature
17	Humidity	%	floating-point	Relative humidity, 15 minute average
18	Flag_Humidity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Relative humidity, 15 minute average (flagging criteria, where "x" is Humidity: x<0="I", x>120="I", x<25="Q", x>100="Q", flag_percentchange(x, 25, 25, 1)="Q", manual)
19	Baro_Pressure	mbar	floating-point	Barometric pressure, 15 minute average
20	Flag_Baro_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Barometric pressure, 15 minute average (flagging criteria, where "x" is Baro_Pressure: x<0="I", x>1060="I", x<980="Q", x>1040="Q", manual)
21	Wind_Speed	m/s	floating-point	Wind speed, 15 minute average
22	Flag_Wind_Speed	none	string	QA/QC flags for Wind speed, 15 minute average (flagging criteria, where "x" is Wind_Speed: x<0="I", x>50="I", x>30="Q", Wind_Speed>Max_Wind_Speed="Q", manual)
23	Wind_Direction	degrees	floating-point	Wind direction, 15 minute vector average performed by the CSI CR10X datalogger program; no magnetic correction
24	Flag_Wind_Direction	none	string	QA/QC flags for Wind direction, 15 minute vector average performed by the CSI CR10X datalogger program; no magnetic correction (flagging criteria, where "x" is Wind_Direction: x<0="I", x>360="I", manual)
25	SD_Wind_Direction	degrees	floating-point	Standard deviation of wind direction
26	Flag_SD_Wind_Direction	none	string	QA/QC flags for Standard deviation of wind direction (flagging criteria, where "x" is SD_Wind_Direction: x<0="I", x>360="I", manual)
27	Max_Wind_Speed	m/s	floating-point	Maximum wind speed, 15 minute
28	Flag_Max_Wind_Speed	none	string	QA/QC flags for Maximum wind speed, 15 minute (flagging criteria, where "x" is Max_Wind_Speed: x<0="I", x>50="I", x>30="Q", Max_Wind_Speed<Wind_Speed="Q", manual)
29	Time_Max_Wind_Speed	hhmm	integer	Time of maximum wind speed
30	Precipitation	mm	floating-point	Precipitation totalled over 15 minutes observation period
31	Flag_Precipitation	none	string	QA/QC flags for Precipitation totalled over 15 minutes observation period (flagging criteria, where "x" is Precipitation: x<0="I", x>10="Q", manual)
32	Total_PAR	mmoles/m^2	floating-point	Photosynthetically available radiation totalled over 15 minute observation period
33	Flag_Total_PAR	none	string	QA/QC flags for Photosynthetically available radiation totalled over 15 minute observation period (flagging criteria, where "x" is Total_PAR: x<0="I", x>10000="I", x>2000="Q", manual)
34	Mean_PAR	µE/m^2/s	floating-point	Mean flux density of photosynthetically available radiation during a 15 minute observation period
35	Flag_Mean_PAR	none	string	QA/QC flags for Mean flux density of photosynthetically available radiation during a 15 minute observation period (flagging criteria, where "x" is Mean_PAR: x<0="I", manual)
36	Total_Solar_Rad	kJ/m^2	floating-point	Solar radiation (400-1100nm spectrum) totalled over a 15 minute observation period (i.e. 15 minute flux density)
37	Flag_Total_Solar_Rad	none	string	QA/QC flags for Solar radiation (400-1100nm spectrum) totalled over a 15 minute observation period (i.e. 15 minute flux density) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Total_Solar_Rad: x<0="I", manual)
38	Total_Solar_Rad_kW	kW/m^2	floating-point	Solar radiation (i.e. average flux density, based on a 15 minute observation)
39	Flag_Total_Solar_Rad_kW	none	string	QA/QC flags for Solar radiation (i.e. average flux density, based on a 15 minute observation) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Total_Solar_Rad_kW: x<0="I", manual)
40	Daily_Total_Precipitation	mm	floating-point	Precipitation totalled over 24 hours
41	Flag_Daily_Total_Precipitation	none	string	QA/QC flags for Precipitation totalled over 24 hours (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Total_Precipitation: x<0="I", x>304.8="I", x>101.6="Q")

Statistics:

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Citation:

Di Iorio, Daniela. 2018. Climate data from the SINERR/GCE/UGAMI weather station at Marsh Landing on Sapelo Island, Georgia, from 01-Jan-2017 to 31-Dec-2017. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/40d841809575686439e522fcd5e8bfb8

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