BOREAS Project 15-Minute Meteorological Data from 14 Stations

Canadian AES personnel collected 15-minute surface meteorological data from 14 automated stations across the BOREAS region. The dataset includes parameters such as temperature, dewpoint, wind speed, precipitation, pressure, and snow depth. Measurements cover the period from August 1993 to December 1996.

Use Cases

• Analyzing diurnal and seasonal cycles of temperature, dewpoint, and relative humidity across the boreal forest.
• Studying wind patterns and extreme events using resultant wind speed, resultant wind direction, and peak wind columns.
• Modeling hydrological inputs by examining precipitation, liquid precipitation in the last hour, and snow depth measurements.
• Investigating atmospheric pressure dynamics via mean sea level pressure, station pressure, and pressure tendency data.
• Calibrating remote sensing products or climate models with ground-truth observations of surface meteorological variables.

Strengths

• Data originates from 14 spatially distributed automated stations, providing geographic coverage across the BOREAS study region.
• High temporal resolution with 15-minute intervals captures short-term atmospheric phenomena.
• Time series spans over three years, from August 1993 to December 1996, enabling seasonal and inter-annual analysis.

Limitations

• Exact row count and total dataset size are unknown across all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, reporting both 1995-12-31 and 2026-03-13.
• Specific column names and data formats are not detailed, only parameter descriptions are provided.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) personnel, organized by ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Automated meteorological stations collecting surface and atmospheric condition data.

Time Range

August 1993 to December 1996

Freshness

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Geography

BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study) Region