Data Format Descriptions
Surface Meteorology Measurements
FILE NAMING CONVENTION:
SSSYYJJJ.HHm
where
SSS = SiteID
YY = Year
JJJ = Julian Day
HH = Hour
Date and time are in UTC and represent the end time of the average.
DATA DESCRIPTION:
There are 16 comma delimited fields per averaging
period which are listed in each row.
Field 1: Datalogger ID
Field 2: Year (end time of average)
Field 3: Julian Day (end time of average)
Field 4: HoursMinutes (end time of average)
Field 5: Pressure (mb) (offset of -400mb)
Filed 6: Temperature (C)
Field 7: Relative Humidity (percent)
Field 8: Scalar Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 9: Vector Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 10: Wind Direction (degrees)
Field 11: Wind Direction Standard Deviation (degrees)
Field 12: Solar Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 13: Net Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 14: Battery Voltage (volts)
Field 15: Precipitation (mm)
Field 16: Maximum Wind Speed (m/s)
--------------- Special Formats -------------------
Site: Goat Rock, CA (GRK) and Salt Point, CA (SPT)
Field 1: Datalogger ID
Field 2: Year (end time of average)
Field 3: Julian Day (end time of average)
Field 4: HoursMinutes (end time of average)
Field 5: Temperature - 2 meter (C)
Field 6: Relative Humidity - 2 meter (percent)
Field 7: Battery Voltage (volts)
Field 8: Precipitation (mm)
Site: Big Sulfur Creek, CA (BSC); Healdsburg, CA (HBG);
Rio Nido, CA (ROD); Lake Sonoma, CA (LSN); and
Hopland, CA (HLD)
Field 1: Datalogger ID
Field 2: Year (end time of average)
Field 3: Julian Day (end time of average)
Field 4: HoursMinutes (end time of average)
Field 5: Temperature - 2 meter (C)
Field 6: Relative Humidity - 2 meter (percent)
Field 7: Battery Voltage (volts)
Field 8: Precipitation (mm)
Field 9: Soil Temperature - 15 cm (C) Note: BSC and LSN are 7.5 cm
Field 10: Soil Water Content (Percent/100)
Field 11: Time Domain Reflectometer Frequency (us)
Field 12: Time Domain Reflectometer Calibration Factor
Site: Chico, CA (CCO)
Field 1: Datalogger ID
Field 2: Year (end time of average)
Field 3: Julian Day (end time of average)
Field 4: HoursMinutes (end time of average)
Field 5: Pressure (mb) (offset of -400mb)
Field 6: Temperature - 2 meter (C)
Field 7: Temperature - 10 meter (C)
Field 8: Relative Humidity - 2 meter (percent)
Field 9: Relative Humidity - 10 meter (percent)
Field 10: Scalar Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 11: Vector Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 12: Wind Direction (degrees)
Field 13: Wind Direction Standard Deviation (degrees)
Field 14: Solar Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 15: Net Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 16: Battery Voltage (volts)
Field 17: Precipitation (mm)
Field 18: Maximum Wind Speed (m/s)
Site: Lost Hills, CA (LHS)
Field 1: Datalogger ID
Field 2: Year (end time of average)
Field 3: Julian Day (end time of average)
Field 4: HoursMinutes (end time of average)
Field 5: Pressure (mb) (offset of -400mb)
Field 6: Temperature - 2 meter (C)
Field 7: Temperature - 10 meter (C)
Field 8: Relative Humidity - 2 meter (percent)
Field 9: Relative Humidity - 10 meter (percent)
Field 10: Scalar Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 11: Vector Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 12: Wind Direction (degrees)
Field 13: Wind Direction Standard Deviation (degrees)
Field 14: Solar Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 15: Net Radiation (W/m^2)
Field 16: Battery Voltage (volts)
Field 17: Precipitation (mm)
Field 18: Maximum Wind Speed (m/s)
Field 19: Soil Temperature - 6 centimeter (C)
Field 20: Soil Temperature - 10 centimeter (C)
Field 21: Soil Temperature - 15 centimeter (C)
Field 22: Soil Heat Flux (W/m^2)
Field 23: Soil Water Content (Percent/100)
Field 24: Soil Water Content (KHz)
