TITLE: Mesonet Arizona Pima County ALERT Weather Station Network Data
     
CONTACTS:


Andrew J. Wigg
Principal Hydrologist
Pima County Regional Flood Control District
201 N. Stone Ave., 4th Floor
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Phone: (520) 740-6350
Andy.Wigg@dot.pima.gov



1.0  DATA SET OVERVIEW
     

This data set contains hourly surface meteorological data from the Pima
County ALERT weather station network.  There are a total of 4 stations
included in the data set.  The parameters collected vary by station.
The stations are located throughout Pima County in Arizona.  This data 
set covers the period from 1 June to 30 September 2004.  The data are in 
ASCII format.


2.0  INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION

2.1  Instrumentation Information

Most weather sensors (with exceptions noted below) are approximately
12-13 feet above the ground surface.

The sensors for 4297 (wind), 4301 (RH) and 4302 (temp) are located
on the NWS doppler tower approximately 66 feet above the ground surface.

2.2  Station Locations

See the file PCALERTLOC_072004.xls included as part of your data order.


3.0  DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING


No information on any Pima County processing at present.

UCAR/JOSS conducted no processing or quality control on these data.


4.0  DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING


4.1  Data Format
 
There are files containing all wind parameters (WIND_DEG.TXT)
and all temperature and moisture parameters (TRh.txt).

These data are in columnar ASCII format. 

Each file contains some header records that describe the 
station ids, paramters, and units.

The dates and times are Mountain Standard Time.


4.2  File Naming conventions

As mentioned above.


5.0  DATA REMARKS


None.


6.0  REFERNCES


None.