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Measurement : Surface condition

State of the surface, including vegetation, land use, surface type, roughness, and such; often provided in model output.

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Surface Properties

Instruments

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

• ARM Instruments
  • SURFLOG : SGP Surface Conditions Observations by Site Technicians
  • STABLE : Stabilized Platform
  • MET : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
  • TWRCAM : Tower Camera
• External Instruments
  • ETA : Eta Model Runs
  • ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
  • ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
  • KSUMESO : Kansas State University Mesonet
  • LANDSAT : Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)
  • MOLTS : Model Output Location Time Series
  • MTI : Multispectral Thermal Imager
  • NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System
  • OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet
  • RUC : Rapid Update Cycle Model Data
  • TAO : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean from Buoys
• Field Campaign Instruments
  • ARA-DIMONA : Airborne Research Australia Dimona Aircraft Laser Altimeter and Fluxes
  • ETA : Eta Model Runs
  • ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
  • ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
  • LANDCOVER-SAT : Landcover Derived From Satellite Data
  • RSP : Research Scanning Polarimeter
  • MET : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
  • VEGWATER-SAT : Vegetation Water Content derived from Satellite
  • WFOV-LIVERMORE : Wide Field of View Cameras - Livermore

Value-Added Products

• SURFSPECALB : Surface Spectral Albedo (Process)
  • SURFSPECALB1MLAWER : Surface Spectral Albedo

Datastreams

• TWRCAM : Tower Camera Datastreams
  • TWRCAM3M : Three Meter Tower: video camera
  • TWRCAM40M : Forty Meter Tower: video camera
• STABLE : Stabilized Platform Datastreams
  • RPHTILT : RPH stabilized platform tilt
  • RPHCONTROL : RPH stabilized table control data
• OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet Datastreams
  • 15OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet (OKM): 15-min averages, meteorological data from 111 stations
• NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System Datastreams
  • NCEPGFSSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables
  • NCEPGFSNAUSFC : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Nauru
  • NCEPGFSMANSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Manus
  • NCEPGFSBRWSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Barrow
  • NCEPGFSDARSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Darwin
  • NCEPGFSATKSFC : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Atqasuk
• ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data Datastreams
  • ECMWFSURF : ECMWF: surface measurement, entire coverage
• KSUMESO : Kansas State University Mesonet Datastreams
  • 60KSUMESO : Kansas Mesonet (High Plains Climate Center): surface met. & radiation data, 60-min
• TAO : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean from Buoys Datastreams
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E0N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 0 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E2N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 2 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E2S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 2 S, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E5N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 5 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E5S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 5 S, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E8S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 8 S, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOSALINITY165E8N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: salinity data at 165 E, 8 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E0N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 0 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E2N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 2 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E2S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 2 S, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E5N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 5 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E5S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 5 S, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E8N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 8 N, 10-min avg
  • 10TAOMET165E8S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 8 S, 10-min avg
• SURFLOG : SGP Surface Conditions Observations by Site Technicians Datastreams
  • SURFLOG : Surface vegetation information from SGP Meta Data System (MDS)
• MOLTS : Model Output Location Time Series Datastreams
  • MOLTSEDASSFCCLASS1 : Model Output Loc. Time Ser. (MOLTS): EDAS meteor. analy., enhanced surface, params, stations