NRCS Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/85.013

Summary
This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological and soils data
from the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS) Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN). This
data set includes data from the 43 SCAN stations in the BAMEX region for the
period from 1 May to 31 July 2003. The data are in columnar ASCII format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 85.013
 * doi:10.26023/3WZP-QD20-3301
   https://doi.org/10.26023/3WZP-QD20-3301

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Schaefer, G., et al. 2007. BAMEX: NRCS Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)
 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/3WZP-QD20-3301 Accessed 20 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/BAMEX

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: hourly
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Mesoscale Meteorological Network - Mesonet
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Anemometers
 * Automated Weather System
 * Barometers
 * Pyranometers
 * Rain Gauges
 * Soil Moisture Probe
 * Soil Temperature Probe
 * Thermistors
 * Wind Vanes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Documentation
 * mesonet_SCAN.txt [89 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4121686B/mesonet_SCAN.txt

Related links
 * homepage: BAMEX Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/bamex
 * info: BAMEX Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/bamex/catalog/missions.html
 * info: BAMEX Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/bamex-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2003-05-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2003-07-31 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -80.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Garry L. Schaefer <gschaefer@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/186

Additional contact information
 * author: Ron F. Paetzold <ron.paetzold@usda.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/60
 * author: Garry L. Schaefer <gschaefer@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/186
 * originator: Don Huffman <dhuffman@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/378
 * author: Don Huffman <dhuffman@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/378

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/85.013?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/85.013?format=isotc211