readme.sfc      Readme file for UAH SWIRLL surface station data

The UAH BERM surface station data files are named brm_YYYYMMDD_sfc.dat, where:

YYYY     -> year
MM       -> month
DD       -> day
sfc.dat -> sfc station data

A sample data line is given below:

(Column #) | 0   1    2   3    4    5      6      7      8      9      10     11     12     13 14    15
	   | 101,2006,208,1731,40.5,995.68,87.258,57.475,70.089,85.156,3.8024,232.09,498.77,0,86.122,84.267
	   
The data file records, column by column, are:

COLUMN    VARIABLE
-------------------------------------
0     ->  Program Constant
1     ->  Year
2     ->  Julian Day
3-4   ->  Hour & minute, Second.fraction-of-second (UTC)
5     ->  Pressure - (mb)
6     ->  Temperature (F) (2m)
7     ->  Dewpoint (F) (2m)	
8     ->  RH (%) (2m)
9     ->  Temperture (F) (tower) (10m)
10    ->  Wind Speed at 10m (tower) (m/s)  
11    ->  Wind Direction at 10m (tower) (deg)
12    ->  Pyranometer (W/m^2)
13    ->  Rain Guage 1 (mm)
14    ->  Temperature (F) (.5m)
15    ->  Temperature (F) (1m)
 
Data is collected at 5 sec intervals.

Instruments Used:

  - RM Young wind monitor
  - Epply pyranometer
  - Vaisala BPTB210 barometer with static pressure head
  - Vaisala platinum resistance temperature detector, and Vaisala
    Humicap 180 capacitive relative humidity sensor
  - Texas Electronics raingauges:
        - gauge 1 - model TR-525I (154mm funnel diam.) - 0.01 inches (0.254 mm) resolution
        

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dustin Phillips
ph:  256-824-4024
email:  phillips@nsstc.uah.edu