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Ground weather-station readings (FIFE Kansas study)

Surface Meteorology Data: NCDC (FIFE)
atmosphere NASA ORNL_CLOUD Level 3 CSV
In plain English

What it measures. Hourly weather-station readings near the FIFE study area in Kansas for 1989—standard surface measurements plus observer notes on things like cloud amount and height.

How it's made. Recorded by NOAA ground weather stations in and around the region; the dataset notes that some values, like cloud estimates, depend on the human observer's judgment.

How & where you'd use it. Serves as input or check data for numerical simulation models studying land-atmosphere interactions, offering a representative local weather picture for the study area.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE › SEA LEVEL PRESSUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATURE › AIR TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATURE › DEW POINT TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATURE › VIRTUAL TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR › WATER VAPOR INDICATORS › DEW POINT TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WINDS › SURFACE WINDSATMOSPHERE › CLOUDS › CLOUD PROPERTIES › CLOUD CEILINGATMOSPHERE › CLOUDS › CLOUD PROPERTIES › CLOUD FREQUENCYATMOSPHERE › CLOUDS › CLOUD TYPES

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span1988-10-01 → 1989-10-31
  • Measured byMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS (DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS)
  • Processing levelLevel 3
  • Spatial extent-97.87, 37.62, -95.48, 40.85
  • FormatsCSV
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

The NOAA Regional Surface Data - 1989 (NCDC) Data Set contains hourly surface meteorological data for the FIFE area. Though the measurements presented in this data set were not taken precisely at the FIFE study area, it is hypothesized that they present a representative horizontal cross-section of meteorological variables and sky conditions in and around the site. It is also realized that many of the variables presented in this data set are somewhat subjective and dependent on the skill (and biases) of the observer, such as estimates of cloud amount and height. This data may be used as input data and/or verification data for numerical simulation models.

Get the data

fife_sur_met_ncdc_sur_122_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="fife_sur_met_ncdc_sur_122",
    version="1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from ORNL_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.