Identification

Title

NCAR/EOL ISFS CHATS High Rate Tower and Array Data

Alternative title(s)

129.005

Abstract

ISFS CHATS High rate Data The operations and measurements of the ISFS (formerly called ISFF) at CHATS are documented in the CHATS home page, at https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/chats. ISFS data are typically made available in NetCDF form, The format of ISFS NetCDF files is documented at https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/isfs-netcdf-files. The ISFS variable naming convention is discussed at https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/isfs-variable-names. DATA DISCLAIMER Time-tags The time-tag associated with each sensor sample was read from the data system clock when each sample was received. Unfortunately the ISFS data systems were using a faulty method to maintain the accuracy of their clocks, and as a result the sample time-tags were frequently in error on the order of a second, with both backward and forward discontinuities. This problem could have been significantly improved in post-processing, but the raw archive data files were sorted in time, placing the samples out-of-order in the archive. The original, unsorted archive files are no longer available. Samples from Campbell CSAT3 sonic anemometers contain a 6 bit sequence number (0-63), which provides a way to re-order the anemometer samples, and then assign corrected time-tags. This is a best-effort correction and a small fraction of samples may still be out-of-order with incorrect time tags. This re-ordering also resulted in some samples to be discarded when no correction could be determined. Values from the krypton hygrometers were recorded with the sonic anemometer samples, and so those have been corrected. Time-tag corrections to 10/sec samples from the Licor 7500 H2O/CO2 analyzers were not possible. In addition, no corrections were applied to time-tags of the remaining sensors, those sampled at 1/sec or less. Only the sonics’ time stamp has been corrected (time is sequential). Analyses using sensor data on their own should be fine, such as validation with other instruments and models. Time averaging (~5-10 min) may be needed for variables where the unresolved time offset remains. Please note, the time stamp offsets will affect cross correlations, power spectrums, etc. where high rate time resolved data is important and thus such analyses on instantaneous data is not recommended. Dataset “hr_qc_geo_tiltcor_shadowcor60” The high-rate NetCDF files contain data from all primary sensors deployed at CHATS by ISFS, at the sampling rate of each sensor. Sonic anemometers were operated at 60 samples per second, and the majority of the remaining sensors sampled at 1 sps. As noted above, time-tag corrections to water vapor and carbon dioxide samples from Licor 7500’s were not possible and these data have been removed. 3-D Wind Data from Sonic Anemometers The u, v and w components of wind vectors have been corrected for the estimated tilt of the sonic anemometers, as discussed under Sonic Anemometers and Sensor Notes in the CHATS home page. Components u and v have then been rotated from instrument coordinates to geographic coordinates, where +u is wind to the east, +v is wind to the north, using the anemometer orientation, as described in the sensor notes. Files and Downloads: The typical data file size range is between 300 - 550 Mbytes unzipped. If your request is larger than permitted, please adjust the data period to obtain a smaller chop of the data, and repeat downloads to get all data.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/129.005

protocol: https

name: NCAR/EOL ISFS CHATS High Rate Tower and Array Data homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=129.005

protocol: https

name: NCAR/EOL ISFS CHATS High Rate Tower and Array Data Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

129.005

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Flux Tower

NCAR/EOL Integrated Surface Flux Facility - ISFF

Keyword set

keyword value

Surface

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > NET RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > SPECIFIC HUMIDITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > RADIATIVE FLUX

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED

EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROCESSES > EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > WATER VAPOR

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX

EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > LAND SURFACE/AGRICULTURE INDICATORS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-121.00000

East bounding longitude

-121.00000

North bounding latitude

38.00000

South bounding latitude

38.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-03-13T16:00:00Z

End position

2007-06-12T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2019-11-21T17:54:16Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

NCAR/EOL/ISFF

full postal address

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

USA

telephone number

303-497-8757

email address

oncley@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:44:17Z

Metadata language

eng; USA