_______________________________________________________________________ U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLIM-MET Network Monitoring Site, SW United States SITE INFORMATION: USGS/CLIM-MET site code: SW03 USGS/CLIM-MET site name: Needles Datum: WGS 84 latitude: 38 09.700 longitude: 109 45.350 elevation: 1497 m install_date: 98MAY04 For additional detailed site information, photos, and description, Please See Website at http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/sw/clim-met/ _______________________________________________________________________ CONTACT INFORMATION: Frank Urban or Richard Reynolds U.S. Geological Survey Denver Federal Center Box 25046, MS 980 Lakewood, CO 80225 furban@usgs.gov 303-236-4790 rreynolds@usgs.gov 303-236-1303 _______________________________________________________________________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POLICY: If you use USGS/CLIM-MET data, 1) Please notify us (email) when you begin to use data and for what general purpose. 2) Please notify us (email) and acknowledge us (references) when USGS/CLIM-MET data are used or presented in published media. Current citation = "CLIM-MET data obtained from http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/info/sw/clim-met/". 3) Please send us paper or electronic copies of any published media that use USGS/CLIM-MET data. __________________________________________________________________________ DEFINITIONS/Variables: YR: Year of Data Collection DOY: Julian Day-Of-Year Hr: Mountain or Pacific Daylight Time Uspd: Windspeed in m/s Udir: Wind direction in degrees Tgrad: Air Temperature Gradient (C) SenPC: Total Sensit Particle Count SenKE: Total Sensit Kinetic Energy Count Smost: Soil Moisture % PeakUspd: Peak Windspeed m/s PeakTime: Peak Windspeed Time So_d: Downwelling Shortwave Flux (W/m^2) So_u: Upwelling Shortwave Flux (W/m^2) Tair: Air Temperature 3-m above surface (C) RH: Relative Humidity % Tg: Ground Temperature 10-cm below surface (C) Rain: Rainfall mm/hour or total mm if indicated as such Alb: Albedo -999: (data were missing or bad) NaN: (data were missing or bad) __________________________________________________________________________ *Variable Names With Added "2" identifier are 5-minute resolution data* __________________________________________________________________________ ANNUAL/SEASONAL AVERAGES: Year Uspd Udir Tgrad SenPC SenKE Smost PeakUspd So_d So_u Tair Rh Tg Rain Annual 1999 1.64 212.8 NaN 1.2 2004 6.282 3.95 212.3 49.9 12.60 41.87 15.26 0.02770 2000 1.65 217.3 -0.62138 0.5 2133 5.968 4.01 213.5 53.9 13.75 42.70 17.72 0.01586 2001 1.58 219.9 -0.55843 0.8 2105 6.261 3.84 214.2 40.5 13.49 44.05 17.51 0.02240 2002 1.65 223.2 -0.59619 5.9 2056 6.181 3.97 221.6 49.1 12.91 40.59 15.40 0.01754 2003 1.64 NaN -0.59002 27.4 1986 5.959 3.96 211.4 59.0 13.70 43.17 15.28 0.01881 2004 1.65 218.3 -0.59436 1.6 1965 6.744 3.97 215.7 59.7 12.78 47.55 14.71 0.02300 2005 1.67 222.0 -0.64663 2.3 1955 6.679 4.03 213.5 48.3 13.38 47.89 14.86 0.02588 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2007 1.55 218.2 -0.71309 2.6 1960 NaN 3.79 216.5 53.7 13.21 48.40 14.34 0.02153 2008 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2009 1.67 222.3 -0.80001 0.9 1894 6.238 4.05 217.3 45.7 12.65 45.84 13.38 0.01579 Winter 1999 1.25 223.3 NaN 1.1 935 7.322 3.07 121.5 36.6 0.99 58.38 1.50 0.00949 2000 1.11 204.9 -0.74633 0.9 1957 8.599 2.83 115.8 55.5 1.45 65.69 1.46 0.02276 2001 1.11 223.8 -0.88716 0.6 1943 8.096 2.79 117.8 33.1 0.51 65.25 1.09 0.01310 2002 1.03 218.7 -0.78506 0.1 1919 8.118 2.63 125.1 28.0 -0.89 60.26 -0.38 0.00856 2003 0.98 NaN -0.75910 26.1 1912 7.801 2.48 116.9 31.3 1.21 68.52 0.74 0.01824 2004 1.07 209.0 -0.65054 0.6 1872 7.855 2.71 112.2 39.1 -0.71 70.01 -0.04 0.01658 2005 1.12 223.6 -0.65942 0.4 1871 9.550 2.80 115.3 26.4 2.08 74.53 2.39 0.01838 2006 1.21 227.6 -1.09169 6.4 1846 7.567 3.02 127.0 32.1 0.74 53.50 -0.61 0.00894 2007 1.02 219.8 -0.80514 NaN NaN NaN 2.64 123.7 53.7 -0.32 71.34 -0.63 0.01562 2008 1.17 212.8 -0.71702 2.1 1823 8.689 2.92 116.4 32.2 -1.02 76.25 -1.32 0.02958 2009 1.30 227.9 -1.07850 0.1 1784 8.042 3.23 127.2 30.4 0.63 65.54 -1.51 0.00986 Spring 1999 2.24 216.0 NaN 0.6 2131 6.447 5.12 254.2 53.1 11.87 36.09 15.24 0.02865 2000 2.08 225.4 -0.55411 0.9 2102 5.505 4.85 261.7 62.2 14.02 35.35 17.62 0.01699 2001 1.87 230.8 -0.44363 0.4 2095 6.265 4.44 257.2 50.6 13.46 41.03 19.16 0.01975 2002 2.26 229.2 -0.42958 3.7 2052 5.111 5.16 280.8 56.1 13.29 26.47 17.93 0.00507 2003 2.23 NaN -0.34064 79.2 2006 6.833 5.12 254.7 70.3 12.78 38.50 14.72 0.01849 2004 2.02 230.8 -0.62642 3.0 1938 7.082 4.65 268.6 72.5 14.14 36.67 15.92 0.03197 2005 2.14 224.2 -0.52641 1.8 1937 6.006 4.95 260.9 59.8 12.63 39.45 15.27 0.01540 2006 2.13 225.9 -0.59740 16.7 1924 6.804 5.02 267.7 69.5 13.32 36.33 15.37 0.01712 2007 1.77 216.0 -0.66371 6.0 1918 NaN 4.25 251.6 62.5 13.13 45.83 14.43 0.02351 2008 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2009 2.08 224.1 -0.62978 0.6 1882 6.701 4.92 261.0 55.3 13.05 38.86 14.17 0.01857 Summer 1998 2.06 210.0 NaN 2.5 2409 3.983 4.89 303.6 69.4 25.31 26.77 32.02 0.01481 1999 1.92 196.2 -0.06225 1.3 2291 5.782 4.63 281.7 55.7 24.50 38.52 29.87 0.04656 2000 1.83 207.8 -0.38545 0.4 2368 3.293 4.55 300.4 71.7 26.77 25.39 35.61 0.00893 2001 1.93 208.9 -0.20296 1.7 2283 5.330 4.67 296.4 50.2 25.85 30.58 32.88 0.03578 2002 2.02 214.8 -0.39882 8.1 2235 3.934 4.84 306.0 68.9 27.07 21.44 31.99 0.01463 2003 1.85 NaN -0.43339 5.2 2088 4.274 4.55 296.9 80.7 26.97 26.83 29.95 0.02115 2004 1.94 221.0 -0.43415 1.8 2083 4.138 4.69 311.1 84.5 25.38 27.08 29.05 0.01482 2005 1.89 216.7 -0.40589 3.8 2074 5.024 4.60 303.9 68.3 25.30 33.21 28.94 0.03388 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2007 1.87 210.2 -0.43447 1.5 2113 NaN 4.52 310.2 67.7 26.94 31.09 30.37 0.01843 2008 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2009 1.96 223.3 -0.53721 1.2 2012 3.862 4.73 300.8 58.4 25.36 28.58 29.21 0.01069 Fall 1998 1.42 219.7 NaN 0.6 2046 8.107 3.41 159.3 33.2 12.53 53.66 14.00 0.04588 1999 1.21 226.6 -0.93995 1.4 2107 5.427 3.02 188.7 42.2 12.51 35.03 14.34 0.01905 2000 1.53 220.4 -0.75410 0.2 2111 6.260 3.74 176.6 43.4 12.18 45.53 15.65 0.02121 2001 1.37 223.7 -0.81493 0.5 2101 5.356 3.42 184.1 31.9 14.28 38.52 16.86 0.01869 2002 1.24 222.6 -0.72602 9.3 2018 7.997 3.17 170.4 40.7 11.39 54.58 11.70 0.04597 2003 1.43 NaN -0.90120 1.1 1944 4.641 3.56 176.1 51.3 13.48 39.88 15.07 0.01090 2004 1.62 214.3 -0.65508 1.3 1971 7.489 3.90 167.7 43.7 12.37 55.17 13.84 0.03161 2005 1.50 220.2 -0.91359 2.8 1945 6.665 3.64 172.7 39.9 13.24 50.10 13.12 0.03660 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2007 1.46 230.0 -1.01507 0.5 1972 NaN 3.55 182.4 38.6 13.09 45.15 12.93 0.01919 2008 1.33 232.6 -1.30849 0.1 1909 5.136 3.27 185.1 37.4 12.81 42.12 12.11 0.00751 2009 1.48 217.6 -0.91397 1.5 1906 6.953 3.66 178.5 34.2 12.82 48.65 12.35 0.02363