Wind data collected at sites along Old Ingraham Highway near Flamingo, FL and C-111. The dataset includes date, time, wind speed, and direction, aimed at improving the treatment of wind forcing in hydrological models. It was collected by CEOS_EXTRA and last updated on 1997-12-31 23:59:59.999000.
Use Cases
- Calibrating wind forcing parameters in hydrological models based on field-collected wind speed and direction.
- Analyzing the impact of wind on horizontal mixing in coastal systems based on the SICS study area description.
- Improving the understanding of wind-driven transport processes based on the dataset's stated purpose.
Strengths
- Data includes specific geographic locations (Old Ingraham Highway near Flamingo, FL and C-111).
- Explicitly collected for the purpose of improving wind forcing treatment in models.
- Focuses on a defined study area (Southern Inland Coastal Systems of Miami-Dade County).
Limitations
- Last updated 1997-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- CEOS_EXTRA via nasa_earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Field measurements collected at specific sites.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 1997-12-31 23:59:59.999000.
- Geography
- Sites at Old Ingraham Highway near Flamingo, FL and C-111, within the Southern Inland Coastal Systems (SICS) of Miami-Dade County.