Surface Meteorological Instruments for TWP (SMET)
Instrument Categories: Surface Meteorology
General Overview
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The TWP Surface Meteorology station (SMET) uses mainly conventional in situ sensors to obtain 1-minute statistics of surface wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, and rain-rate.
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the netCDF File Header Descriptions (Data Object Design Files) for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
Available Datastreams
- smet60s - Surface Meteorology (SMET) station: 60-second meterological data
Sites / Facilities
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- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Darwin, North Australia (C3)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
- Point Reyes, CA (M1)
Mentor(s)
Michael Ritsche
(630) 252-1554
mtritsche@anl.gov