BOREAS: 15-Minute Surface Meteorology from 14 Stations

The BOREAS region in Canada is the focus of this meteorological dataset collected by Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service personnel. It contains 15-minute interval surface weather observations from 14 automated stations, covering parameters like pressure, temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, and snow depth. The data temporally spans from August 1993 to December 1996.

Use Cases

• Analyzing diurnal and seasonal cycles of temperature and humidity in a boreal forest region.
• Calibrating land surface models using observed precipitation and snow depth data.
• Studying wind patterns and pressure tendencies across a network of surface stations.
• Validating satellite-derived atmospheric products against in-situ surface measurements.

Strengths

• High temporal resolution with data recorded at 15-minute intervals.
• Spatial coverage from a network of 14 automated meteorology stations.
• Contains a detailed set of 18+ meteorological parameters as described.

Limitations

• Metadata conflicts: one source lists a last update in 2026, while another indicates the data collection ended in 1996.
• Specific column names and exact row counts are not provided in the available metadata.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without further detail.

Provenance

Source

Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) personnel, collected for NASA's BOREAS project.

Collection Method

Data gathered from 14 automated Campbell Scientific meteorology stations.

Time Range

August 1993 to December 1996

Freshness

1996-12-31 23:59:59.999000

Geography

BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study) region in Canada.