Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET) - IOP
Instrument Categories: Surface Meteorology
General Overview
The ARM Mobile Facility Surface Meteorology station (AMFMET) 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. Additional sensors may be added to or removed from the base set of sensors depending upon the deployment location, climate regime or programmatic needs. Additionally, sensor types may change depending upon the climate regime of the deployment. These changes/additions are noted in the Deployment Locations and History section.
IOPs Where the Instrument was Used
Surface Observation in Support of in-situ Observations within the Arctic Boundary Layer
North Slope Alaska, 2008-04-01 -- 2008-05-31
Primary Measurements Taken
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.
- Ice particle
- Horizontal wind
- Atmospheric pressure
- Atmospheric moisture
- Atmospheric temperature
- Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
- Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
Mentor(s)
Michael Ritsche
(630) 252-1554
mtritsche@anl.gov
