readme.sfc      Readme file for UAH MAX surface station data (max_4m Folder)

The UAH MAX surface station data files are named max_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    1112    131415
	   | 101,2008,245,000,0,100.5138,13.67,78.78,89.3,1.392,20.36,0,0.482,0,0,12.7
	     
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     ->  Battery Voltage (V)
6     ->  Wind Speed at 10m (tower) (m/s)  
7     ->  Wind Direction at 10m (tower) (deg)
8     ->  Temperature (F) (3m)	
9     ->  RH (%) (3m)

Data is collected at 1 sec intervals.

Instruments Used:

  - RM Young wind monitor
  - Vaisala platinum resistance temperature detector, and Vaisala
    Humicap 180 capacitive relative humidity sensor
  
Bad Data is denoted by -999.9

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dustin Phillips
ph:  256-961-7008
email:  phillips@nsstc.uah.edu