NOAA_NCEI provides daily-averaged meteorological data from two weather stations at Tomasini Point and Dillon Beach in Tomales Bay, California. Data includes wind speed and direction, relative humidity, air temperature, and solar radiation, collected every fifteen minutes between May 1987 and December 1993. The dataset was compiled as part of the Land Margin Ecosystems Research (LMER) and Biogeochemical Reactions in Estuaries (BRIE) projects.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlations between daily-averaged solar radiation and air temperature for coastal microclimate studies.
- Model estuarine biogeochemical processes using time-series inputs of wind speed, direction, and relative humidity.
- Identify weather anomalies or sensor failure periods using the included fraction of day and record count fields.
- Compare meteorological conditions between the northern (Dillon Beach) and southern (Tomasini Point) ends of Tomales Bay.
Strengths
- Data collected every fifteen minutes over a 6.5-year period from May 1987 to December 1993.
- Includes metadata fields (fraction of day, record count) to aid in outlier detection.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update in 1993.
- Dataset contains gaps due to sensor failures during the collection period.
- Data is aggregated to daily averages, losing higher-frequency temporal resolution.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI Accession 0058117).
- Collection Method
- Collected via two remotely operated Sierra Misco Alert weather stations.
- Time Range
- 14 May 1987 to 31 December 1993.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Tomales Bay, California, USA (stations at Tomasini Point and Dillon Beach).