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Local Energy-budget Measurement (LEM) Weather Station Data

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MATERHORN-X

Summary

This data is from the University of Utah's LEMS instruments captured September - November 2012 and April - June 2013 during the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN-X) field campaign. LEMS are solar powered, low-cost Energy-budget Measurement Stations, which have been designed and assembled at the University of Utah EFD lab. LEMS monitor incoming solar radiation (LI-200), 2-m air temperature and relative humidity (Sensirion SHT 15, Humidity +/- 2-5% Temperature +/- 0.5K), air pressure (Bosch BMP085), surface temperature (Zytemp TN9), as well as soil temperature and moisture (Decagon 5TM) at two levels below ground. Data are logged using an Arduino-based open source controller with a data logger that can store up to 2 GB of data. These are the original raw data files and have not undergone quality control procedures. These files are in ASCII CSV format with a header line. Data filenames contain the specific instrument ID. The time stamps are based off of UTC time for all the instruments for the MATERHORN-X data, unless it was stated otherwise. Please see the README file for more information.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SQ8XVQ
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-04-10)
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Related projects	MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	10 second
Language	English
Categories	Mesonet Surface
Platforms	Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet Weather Stations
Instruments	Automated Weather System Barometers Infrared Thermometers - IRT Pyranometers Soil Moisture Probe Soil Temperature Probe Thermometers
GCMD Science Keywords	AIR TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY SKIN TEMPERATURE SKIN TEMPERATURE SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT SOIL TEMPERATURE SOLAR RADIATION SURFACE PRESSURE Expand keywords
Documentation	LEMS_coordinates.txt [1 KiB] UoU_LEMS-LEMS_10secAvg_Readme.pdf [396 KiB]
Restrictions	user agreement required: MATERHORN_Data_Fair_Use_20170731.pdf [499 KiB]
Related links	info: MATERHORN-X Data Policy homepage: MATERHORN-X Home Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2012-09-27 00:00:00
End datetime	2013-06-05 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.13494, Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.04003
Minimum (West) Longitude: -113.45104, Maximum (East) Longitude: -113.11196

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: Eric R. Pardyjak <pardyjak@mech.utah.edu>

Citation

Pardyjak, E. 2017. Local Energy-budget Measurement (LEM) Weather Station Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SQ8XVQ. Accessed 20 Apr 2024.

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