Datastream : TPS

Total Precipitation Sensor

Active Dates
2006.08.23 - 2012.09.21

Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State

Originating Instrument
Total Precipitation Sensor (TPS)

Measurements

Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.

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Measurement Units Variable
Air temperature degree C air_temp ( time )
Mean air temperature, fahrenheit degree F air_temp_mean_fahr ( time )
Altitude above mean sea level m alt
Base time in Epoch seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 base_time
Checksum unitless crc ( time, string_len_5 )
Fault indicator fault_ind ( time )
Instrument temperature degree C instrument_temp ( time )
North latitude degree_N lat
East longitude degree_E lon
Output format out_format ( time )
Precipitation rate mm/hr precip_rate ( time )
Total accumulated precipitation mm precip_total ( time )
Quality check results on field: Air temperature unitless qc_air_temp ( time )
Quality check results on field: Mean air temperature, fahrenheit unitless qc_air_temp_mean_fahr ( time )
Quality check results on field: Checksum unitless qc_crc ( time )
Quality check results on field: Fault indicator unitless qc_fault_ind ( time )
Quality check results on field: Instrument temperature unitless qc_instrument_temp ( time )
Quality check results on field: Output format unitless qc_out_format ( time )
Quality check results on field: Precipitation rate unitless qc_precip_rate ( time )
Quality check results on field: Total accumulated precipitation unitless qc_precip_total ( time )
Quality check results on field: Snow depth unitless qc_snow_depth ( time )
Quality check results on field: Time offset from midnight unitless qc_time ( time )
Quality check results on field: Timestamp unitless qc_timestamp ( time )
Quality check results on field: Windspeed unitless qc_wspd ( time )
Snow depth mm snow_depth ( time )
Time offset from midnight time ( time )
Time offset from base_time time_offset ( time )
Timestamp secs timestamp ( time, string_len_11 )
Windspeed m/s wspd ( time )

Locations

  • North Slope Alaska (NSA)
    • Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)

Contact(s)

Jessica Cherry
(907) 474-5730
jcherry@iarc.uaf.edu