GCE Dataset Summary

Accession:

SHERMAN

Theme:

Meteorology

Data Set Title:

15-min interval average meteorological observations from the Fort Sherman (FTS) Canopy Access Crane weather station

Originator:

Steven Paton

Study Type:

Monitoring

Study Period:

Jan 1, 1972 to June 3, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely

Abstract:

Hourly average meteorological observations records from FTS by STRI as part of the T-ESP and Canopy Crane Access Project.

Data are recorded using electronic sensors at the FTS crane.

Data are archived here.

Locations:

STRI -- Fort Sherman Canopy Crane, Republic of Panama, (9°17'N, 79°58'30''W)

Data Columns:

Column	Name	Units	Type
1	Date	dd/mm/yyyy	date
2	Hour	hhhh	integer
3	Rain	mm	floating-point
4	Humidity	%	floating-point
5	Hum_min	%	floating-point
6	Hum_max	%	floating-point
7	Temper	°C	floating-point
8	Temp_min	°C	floating-point
9	Temp_max	°C	floating-point
10	Rad_max_m1	micro mol m^-2 s^-1	floating-point
11	Rad_min_m1	micro mol m^-2 s^-1	floating-point
12	Rad_tot_m1	mol m^-2	floating-point
13	Rad_max_m2	micro mol m^-2 s^-1	floating-point
14	Rad_min_m2	micro mol m^-2 s^-1	floating-point
15	Rad_tot_m2	mol m^-2	floating-point
16	Wind_max	km/hr	floating-point
17	Wind_min	km/hr	floating-point
18	Wind_av	km/hr	floating-point
19	Direction	°	floating-point

Table Size:

248468 records

Review Status:

reviewed by ESP

Public Release:

Mar 25, 2002

Public File Downloads:

fts_humi_15.zip    (average hourly relative humidity, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_humi_day.zip    (average daily relative humidity, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_temp_15.zip   (average/max/min hourly temperature, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_temp_day.zip   (average/max/min daily temperature, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_rain_15.zip     (hourly total rainfall, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_rain_day.zip     (daily total rainfall, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_wind_15.zip   (average hourly wind speed and direction, comma-delimited ASCII text)
fts_wind_day.zip   (average daily wind speed and direction, comma-delimited ASCII text)

ESP Data Set Summary