Meteorology measurements during OASIS Barrow field intensive Spring 2009 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.370 Summary A measurement intensive campaign was carried out in Barrow, Alaska in spring 2009 as part of the Ocean Atmosphere Sea Ice Snowpack (OASIS) program. This dataset contains three-dimensional wind velocities measured at 2 heights (~ 2 m agl and 6 m agl) using sonic anemometers (Applied Technologies, Sonic Anemometer/Thermometer model (SATI/3K)). Also, from the measured speed of sound, virtual potential temperature was also obtained. Wind velocities and virtual potential temperature were acquired at 10 Hz. Meteorological variables such as wind speed and direction were obtained from vector-averaging the horizontal wind velocities over 1 minute intervals. Turbulent fluxes, such as friction velocities and sensible heat flux, were obtained from covariances of wind velocities and temperature over 15 minute averages. The longer time scale allows for adequate sampling of larger atmospheric eddies that contribute to the measured flux. Wind speeds and direction are accurate to +/- 0.03 m/s and +/- 0.1 degrees, respectively, according to the manufacturer's specifications. Turbulent fluxes are estimated to be accurate to +/- 10-15% due to statistical sampling issues. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.370 * doi:10.5065/D62J6902 https://doi.org/10.5065/D62J6902 Versions 1.0 Citation Guenther, A. 2012. Meteorology measurements during OASIS Barrow field intensive Spring 2009. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D62J6902 Accessed 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 1 minute * Progress: completed * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere Categories * Arctic * Chemistry * Meteorology * Upper Air Platforms * Flux Tower Instruments * Eddy Correlation Devices * Sonic Anemometer Sites * Barrow GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > TURBULENCE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY Related links * companion: 106.366: Location information and pictures of the OASIS Barrow field intensive Spring 2009 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.366 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D62J6902 * info: OASIS Investigators and Experiments at Barrow http://oasishome.net/barrow2009_investigators.php Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2009-03-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2009-04-14 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.32 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 71.32 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -156.66 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -156.66 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Alex B. Guenther https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/920 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.370?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.370?format=isotc211