Instrument : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET)
Beneficiary of Recovery Act funding.
Instrument Categories
Surface Meteorology
General Overview
The ARM Surface Meteorology Systems (MET) 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. In addition, sensor types may change depending upon the climate regime of the deployment. These changes/additions are noted in the Deployment Locations and History section of the instrument handbook.
Output Datastreams
- met : ARM-standard Meteorological Instrumentation at Surface
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.
- Atmospheric moisture
- Atmospheric pressure
- Atmospheric temperature
- Horizontal wind
- Precipitation
- Visibility
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Atqasuk AK (C2)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Anthony, KS (E31)
- Ashton, KS (E9)
- Byron, OK (E11)
- Coldwater, KS (E8)
- Cyril, OK (E24)
- Earlsboro, OK (E27)
- Elk Falls, KS (E7)
- Halstead, KS (E5)
- Lamont, OK (Extended) (E13)
- Larned, KS (E1)
- LeRoy, KS (E3)
- Maple City, KS (E34)
- Marshall, OK (E36)
- Medford, OK (E32)
- Meeker, OK (Extended) (E20)
- Newkirk, OK (E33)
- Okmulgee, OK (E21)
- Omega, OK (E38)
- Plevna, KS (E4)
- Ringwood, OK (E15)
- Towanda, KS (E6)
- Tryon, OK (E35)
- Waukomis, OK (E37)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
- ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
- Black Forest, Germany (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (GAN)
- Gan Airport, Gan Island, Maldives (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
- Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
- Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
- Tai Hu (lake), Zhejiang/Jiangsu, China; Supplemental (S1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (M1)
- Niamey, Niger-Ancillary (S1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
- ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
- Point Reyes, CA (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (SBS)
- Steamboat Springs CO, Valley Site (M1)
Contact(s)
Michael Ritsche
(630) 252-1554
mtritsche@anl.gov
Jenni Prell
associate
815-347-6969
jprell@anl.gov
Nicki Hickmon
associate
(630) 252-7662
nhickmon@anl.gov
