Automated Weather Station Data for the High Plains

The "Automated Weather Station Data for the High Plains" dataset includes information pertaining to surface evapotranspiration and surface energy exchange processes. Types of information collected at the 140 Automated Weather Stations include solar radiation, soil temperature, air temperature and relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation. Data are collected automatically over telephone and satellite linkages. Collection Organization: High Plains Climate Center. Collection Methodology: Collected automatically over telephone and satellite linkages. Sites visited for maintenance. Annual calibration and daily quality control. Collection Frequency: Daily. Update Characteristics: All data are updated. STATISTICAL INFORMATION: 3 stations = 1 MB/year LANGUAGE: English ACCESS/AVAILABILITY: The data are online for all years and all stations. The size of the data set is one megabyte per year for three stations. Consult with the data center contact for more information. Contact HPRCC: http://hprcc.unl.edu/contact.php