Mesonet Missouri Air Monitoring Network CONTACTS: General Information: Steve Williams P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 Email sfw@ucar.edu 303-497-8164 (voice) 970-491-8293 (fax) Specific Network Information: bern.johnson@dnr.mo.gov 1.0 DATA SET OVERVIEW This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological data from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Monitoring Section Air Monitoring Network. These stations are located throughout the state of Missouri. This data set covers the period from 1 May to 31 July 2003. The data are in Excel format. 2.0 INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION AND STATION LOCATIONS 2.1 Instrument Description Information on the instrumentation may be found at the Missouri Air Monitoring Network web page: http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/alpd/esp/esp_aqm.htm There are two sites not on this list for which there is data. I will send you there locations later. The site ID's in the data files are: 29-county-site-parameter-poc The poc number can be ignored. You will have to match the county and site numbers to the ID's in the data files. All times are Central Standard Time, even those during the summer months. All met instruments are on 10 meter towers. Units 61103 - Wind Speed in miles per hour 61104 - Wind Direction in compass degrees 62101 - Outdoor Temperature in degrees C 63301 - Solar Radiation in Langleys/min 64101 - Barometric Pressure in inches/mercury 2.2 Station Locations Your order also contains the files moaq_98Site Info.xls and elevation.xls which have the station location information. 3.0 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING Information on the collection and processing of these data can be found at the Missouri Air Monitoring network page: http://www.dnr.state.mo.us/alpd/esp/esp_aqm.htm UCAR/JOSS conducted no processing or quality control on these data. 4.0 DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING 4.1 Data Format All data are in excel format. 4.2 File Naming conventions moaq_Jul 2003 met.xls 5.0 DATA REMARKS None. 6.0 REFERENCES None.