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Platform data

New climate station erected in October 2015 to parallel the old Thies station. Advise: The new station is about one kilometer away from the old station

Quality assessment ECSF climate station hourly data: Version 2; Dataset supersedes ver. 1 which is left for reference. Please be aware, that aggregated values may be wrong, due to the data gaps. This is especcially critical for precipitation. Variables: Ta2m =Air Temperature at 2 m (T) PCP = Precipitation at 1 m (P) Huma_2m = relative humidity at 2m (rH) Irradiation = global radiation at 2 m (gRad), widspeed. Emitted radiation, wind direction and soil-temperatures are not yet published For each variable, a measure of uncertainty is given in the original dimension. This value can be considered as the potential deviation from real conditions. Where no parallel measurements exist, the uncertainty is given as the standard deviation of that difference. By Rütger Rollenbeck, 25.11.2015, rollenbeck@lcrs.de

Details of data processing are given in the attached Qualityassessment-Document

Please dont use this dataset anymore! Refer to ECSF climate data best estimate ver. 2 (ID 1415). This data set remains for reference only.
old abstract:
Quality assessment ECSF climate station hourly data:
Version 1; Advise: There are known errors in the precipitation record from June to November 2014. A new version with extended time span will be uploaded soon. Please be aware, that aggregated values may be wrong, due to the data gaps. This is especcially critical for precipitation.
By Rütger Rollenbeck, 16.3.2015, rollenbeck@lcrs.de
Variables: 
Ta2m =Air Temperature at 2 m (T)
PCP = Precipitation at 1 m (P)
Huma_2m = relative humidity at 2m (rH)
Irradiation = global radiation at 2 m (gRad)
Emitted radiation, Wind speed, wind direction and soil-temperatures are not yet published

For each variable, a measure of uncertainty is given in the original dimension. This value can be considered as the potential deviation from real conditions. Where no parallel measurements exist, the uncertainty is given as the standard deviation of that difference.

Detailed information about quality control, best estimate calculation and remaining uncertaintes is given in QualityAssessment.pdf. Methodology to be published soon.

Automatic observation of cloud cover by the infrared scanning Nubiscope instrument mounted on the rooftop of the ECSF station building. The geographic coverage is given by the visible sky from the installation point and roughly matches the San Francisco river catchment basin.
For technical details and capabilities of the instrument please refer to nubiscope.eu and www.knmi.nl/~wauben/Sensor/TECO2010_1(8)_Waubenetal.pdf

Values are uncalibrated. Several data gaps and potential errors are present.

automatic measurement of visibility/precipitation/particle-count/temperature/brightness/3 x atmospheric extinction-coefficients/pH of precipitation/electric conductivity of precipitation; Scatterometer electro-optical sensor. Aggregated to hourly values and quality controlled

updating and correcting dataset 709. Please contact data creator for more information

meteorological measurements at the bracken fern burn plot. Updated and controlled dataset with hourly aggregation.