HD(CP)2 long term observations, all variables data of Meteorological data (near surface) (no. 00), by Supersite BCO, data version 00
BCO Surface meteorology Level-1 data
Access
To get a year dataset please use one of the links below to download the wget script:
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,
Dataset Author
Akio Hansen, akio.hansen@uni-hamburg.de, Institution: Max-Planck Institute for meteorology, Hamburg, GermanyDescription
Daily files with 1 second instantaneous meteorological surface variables at BCO observatory.
Limitations: none
Provenance: Barbados Cloud Observatory (BCO) Surface Meteorology
Comments: All data is measured at BCO supersite.
Instrument 1
- Source: Vaisala WXT-520
- Descriptive Instrument location: Barbados Cloud Observatory, Deebles Point, Barbados, West Indies
Global information
- PID: de.koeln.rrzk/amd.tna.sups/bco.mets00.l1.any
- Project: HD(CP)2
- Level: 1
- Updated version: 00
- File format: NETCDF4
- Convention: CF-1.6
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 1 Mb
- File name: sups_bco_mets00_l1_any_v[VV]_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2010-12-16
- End: 2018-09-23
Variables
| Name | Dimension | CF standard_name | long_name | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hur | time | relative_humidity | Relative Humidity at Sensor Level | 1 |
| pa | time | air_pressure | Air Pressure at Sensor Level | Pa |
| ta | time | air_temperature | Air Temperature at Sensor Level | K |
| wdir | time | wind_from_direction | Wind Direction At Sensor Level | degree |
| wspeed | time | wind_speed | Wind speed At Sensor Level | m s-1 |
| zsl | none | altitude | altitude above mean sea level | m |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Dr. Lutz Hirsch (lutz.hirsch@mpimet.mpg.de)
Akio Hansen (akio.hansen@uni-hamburg.de)
Dr. Heike Konow (heike.konow@uni-hamburg.de)
References
Bjorn Stevens et al.,The Barbados Cloud Observatory: Anchoring Investigations of Clouds and Circulation on the Edge of the ITCZ