GCE Dataset Summary

Accession:

MET60

Theme:

Data Set Title:

Hourly average meteorological observations from the Parque Natural Metropolitano (PNM) Canopy Access Crane weather station

Originator:

Steven Paton

Study Type:

Monitoring

Study Period:

Jan 24, 1996 to June 01, 2004 - planned to continue indefinitely

Abstract:

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

Data are recorded using electronic sensors at the PNM crane.

Data are archived here.

Locations:

STRI -- Parque Natural Metropolitano Canopy Crane, Republic of Panama, (8°56'N, 79°33'W)

Data Columns:

Column	Name	Units	Type
1	Date	dd/mm/yyyy	date
2	Hour	hhhh	integer
3	Temper	°C	floating-point
4	Humidity	%	floating-point
5	Wind	m s^-1	floating-point
6	Temp_max	°C	floating-point
7	Tmax_hour	hhhh	integer
8	Hum_max	%	floating-point
9	Hmax_hr	hhhh	integer
10	Wind_max	m s^-1	floating-point
11	Wmax_hr	hhhh	integer
12	Temp_min	°C	floating-point
13	Tmin_hour	hhhh	integer
14	Hum_min	%	floating-point
15	Hmin_hr	hhhh	integer
16	Wind_min	m s^-1	floating-point
17	Wmin_hr	hhhh	integer
18	Direction	°	floating-point
19	Dir_sd	°	floating-point
20	Rain	mm	floating-point
21	Leaf_wet	proportion wet	floating-point

Table Size:

70906 records

Review Status:

reviewed by ESP

Public Release:

Mar 25, 2002

Public File Downloads:

pnm_humi_60.zip    (average hourly relative humidity, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_temp_60.zip   (average/max/min hourly temperature, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_rain_60.zip     (hourly total rainfall, comma-delimited ASCII text)
pnm_wind_60.zip   (average hourly wind speed and direction, comma-delimited ASCII text)

T-ESP Data Set Summary