ESP Data Set Summary

Accession: ACP_DAY Theme: Meteorology
Data Set Title: Daily average meteorological observations from the Panama Canal Authority Meteorological and Hydrological Service weather station network
Originator: Steven Paton
Study Type: Monitoring
Study Period: Jan 01, 1975 to Dec 31 , 2003 - planned to continue indefinitely
Abstract: Daily average meteorological observations records from the ACP. Data are from a varying number of stations, usually 3 to 4 in number. More information about ACP and their data collection program can be found by clicking here
 
Locations:
NAMES AND LOCATION OF METEOROLOGICAL  STATIONS IN THE PANAMA CANAL CATCHMENT AREA
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Name used in Files Name of Site East North

Lat. (N)

Long. (W) Elevation (m)

BALBOAFAA

BALBOA (FAA)

659465

991563

8° 58'

79° 33'

10

COCOSOLO COCO SOLO

622200

1036500

22'

79° 53'

5

CHRISTOBAL CHRISTOBAL

622200

1036500

22'

79° 53'

GAMBOA GAMBOA

643498

1007316

9° 06'

79° 42'

31

GATUN GATUN

618529

1024534

9° 16'

79° 55'

30

VISTAMARES VISTAMARES

675600

1021352

9° 14'

79° 24'

969

Data Columns:
Column Name Units Type
1 Site text
2 Date dd/mm/yyyy date
3 Temperatur Avg. temperature (°C) floating-point
4 Temp_max Max. temperature (°C) floating-point
5 Temp_min Min. temperature (°C) floating-point
6 Wind_avg Avg wind speed (km/hr) floating-point
7 Wind_max Max wind speed (km/hr) floating-point
8 Humidity Avg. humidity (%) floating-point
9 Pressure Avg. air pressure floating-point
10 Pres_max Max. air pressure floating-point
11 Pres_min Min. air pressure floating-point
12 Rad_tot_w Solar Rad. (Watts m-2) floating-point
Table Size: 39333 records
Review Status: reviewed by ESP
Public Release: Dec 31, 2003
Public File Downloads: acp_met_day.zip  (Daily average meteorological records from the ACP, comma-delimited ASCII text)