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GAFM_RADN_DAILY [1]

Description: 

Description and details of the spreadsheet containing solar radiation daily averages of the Garwood Valley Ice Cliff Met station

File: 

File GAFM_RADN_DAILY.csv [2]

Variables (click to expand): 

METLOCID
  • Label:
  • Definition: Location code for this met station
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
DATE_TIME
  • Label: Date_time
  • Definition: Date sample was collected
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: mm/dd/yyyy
  • Missing values: None specified
AVG_SWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily average of the south facing Incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: 400
  • Minimum: -5
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values: None specified
STDDEV_SWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Standard deviation of the south facing daily Incoming shortwave radiation distribution based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: 400
  • Minimum: -5
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MIN_SWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily minimum for the south facing incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: 400
  • Minimum: -5
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MAX_SWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Maximum daily south facing incoming shortwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: 400
  • Minimum: -5
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
N_SWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Number of data records included for the statistics
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
AVG_SWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily average of the north facing radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
STDDEV_SWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Standard deviation of the daily north facing radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MIN_SWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily minimum for the north facing radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MAX_SWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Maximum daily north facing radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
N_SWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Number of data records used to compute the statistics
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
AVG_LWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily average of the outbound (reflected) south facing longwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
STDDEV_LWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Standard deviation of the daily outgoing south facing longwave radiation distribution based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MIN_LWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily minimum for the outgoing south facing longwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MAX_LWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Maximum daily outgoing south facing longwave radiation based on applying instrument-specific multiplier
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
N_LWRAD_SOUTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Number of data records included for the statistics
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
AVG_LWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily average of the north facing longwave radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values: None specified
STDDEV_LWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Standard deviation of the daily the north facing longwave radiation distribution
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
MIN_LWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: Daily minimum of the north facing longwave radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m^2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
MAX_LWRAD_NORTH
  • Label:
  • Definition: daily maximum of the north facing longwave radiation
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: W/m2
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: 0.1
  • Missing values:
    • Null = None given
N_LWRAD_NORTH
  • Label: Number of Observations
  • Definition: Number of observations for the daily stats.
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
N_COMMENTS
  • Label:
  • Definition: Number of comments about the measurement in this period
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: dimensionless
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values: None specified
LTER Network
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Grant #OPP-1637708 for Long Term Ecological Research. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Source URL: https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/gafmradndaily

Links
[1] https://mcm.lternet.edu/content/gafmradndaily
[2] https://mcm.lternet.edu/sites/default/files/data/GAFM_RADN_DAILY.csv