TITLE: Mesonet Arizona Yavapai County ALERT Precipitation Network Data
     
CONTACTS:


Mark Massis
Senior Hydrologist
Yavapai County Development Services
Flood Control District 
Ph: (928) 442-5435 Fax: (928) 771-3427
mark.massis@co.yavapai.az.us

Yavapai County Flood Control District
http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/YavEnterpriseSoln/FloodControl/IntroPage.aspx

1.0  DATA SET OVERVIEW
     

This data set contains precipitation data from the Yavapai County ALERT 
precipitation network.  There are a total of 52 stations included in the 
data set.  The data are collected on an event basis.. The stations are 
located throughout Yavapai 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

Precipitation gauges come from two vendors; HydroLynx Systems, Inc.
and High Sierra Electronics.

All rain gauges are 1 millimeter tipping buckets with 12-inch diameter
collection funnels.  The one at Mingus Mountain (ID# 195) has an 
electronically heated tipping bucket to melt snow. 

Most rain gauges, as well as most with stream gauges are 10 feet above
ground.  Those listed below are the exceptions with height from ground
to top of collection funnel:

150 - Sedona Airport (12 feet above ground)
175 - Dry Creek Levee (4 feet above top of levee)
180 - Merry Go Round (NEW - 12 feet above ground)
195 - Mingus Mountain (12 feet above ground on top of building)
300 - Upper Goldwater Lake (4 feet above top of dam)
310 - Lower Goldwater Lake (4 feet above top of dam)
325 - White Spar Campground (16 feet above lowest adjacent grade)
335 - YCFCD (12 feet above ground)
360 - Haisley Repeater (16 feet above ground)
385 - Watson Lake (4 feet above top of dam)
400 - Prescott Valley PD Yard (12 feet above ground)
430 - Cottonwood PW Yard (12 feet above ground)

2.2  Station Locations

Station locations are included in the file yavapai_station_list.txt 
that is included with your data order.


3.0  DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING


Information on the collection and processing of these data can be
found at the Maricopa County network page:
http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/YavEnterpriseSoln/FloodControl/IntroPage.aspx

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


4.0  DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING


4.1  Data Format
 
There are individual files for each station.

These data are in ASCII format. 

Each file contains some header records, e.g.

ShowdataYavapai County Flood Control District, Prescott, Arizona Device 370
 Summit Mountain Data
            DateTimeDevice 370
            data in
            inches


These provide the sensor id (370) the station name (Summit Mountain),
and the units (inches).  The dates and times are Mountain Standard
Time.

The data portion looks like this:

            06/01/200411:19:478.54
            06/01/200423:19:508.54
            06/02/200411:19:538.54
            06/02/200423:19:578.54
            06/03/200423:20:038.54
and has the following form:
            mm/dd/yyyyhh:mm:ss
This is followed directly by the parameter value (no space between).
The parameter can vary from a single character on up.  Here the values
are all 8.54 inches.

The precipitation values are cumulative over the water year.

4.2  File Naming conventions

StationName.txt
e.g.
SummitMountain.txt

5.0  DATA REMARKS


None.


6.0  REFERNCES


None.