_______________________________________________________________________ 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 So_d So_u Tair Rh Tg Rain Annual 1999 1.64 212.8 NaN 1.2 2004 6.282 212.3 49.9 12.60 41.87 15.26 0.02770 2000 1.65 217.3 -0.62138 0.5 2133 5.968 213.5 53.9 13.75 42.70 17.72 0.01586 2001 1.58 219.9 -0.55843 0.8 2105 6.261 214.2 40.5 13.49 44.05 17.51 0.02240 2002 1.65 223.2 -0.59619 5.9 2056 6.181 221.6 49.1 12.91 40.59 15.40 0.01754 2003 1.64 NaN -0.59002 27.4 1986 5.959 215.2 59.0 13.70 43.17 15.28 0.01881 2004 1.65 218.3 -0.59436 1.6 1965 6.744 216.0 59.7 12.78 47.55 14.71 0.02300 2005 1.67 222.0 -0.64663 2.3 1955 6.679 213.5 48.3 13.38 47.89 14.86 0.02588 Winter 1999 1.25 223.3 NaN 1.1 935 7.322 121.5 36.6 0.99 58.38 1.50 0.00949 2000 1.11 204.9 -0.74633 0.9 1957 8.599 115.8 55.5 1.45 65.69 1.46 0.02276 2001 1.11 223.8 -0.88716 0.6 1943 8.096 117.8 33.1 0.51 65.25 1.09 0.01310 2002 1.03 218.7 -0.78506 0.1 1919 8.118 125.1 28.0 -0.89 60.26 -0.38 0.00856 2003 0.98 NaN -0.75910 26.1 1912 7.801 118.2 31.3 1.21 68.52 0.74 0.01824 2004 1.07 209.0 -0.65054 0.6 1872 7.855 114.2 39.1 -0.71 70.01 -0.04 0.01658 2005 1.12 223.6 -0.65942 0.4 1871 9.550 115.3 26.4 2.08 74.53 2.39 0.01838 2006 1.21 227.6 -1.09169 6.4 1846 7.567 127.0 32.1 0.74 53.50 -0.61 0.00894 Spring 1999 2.24 216.0 NaN 0.6 2131 6.447 254.2 53.1 11.87 36.09 15.24 0.02865 2000 2.08 225.4 -0.55411 0.9 2102 5.505 261.7 62.2 14.02 35.35 17.62 0.01699 2001 1.87 230.8 -0.44363 0.4 2095 6.265 257.2 50.6 13.46 41.03 19.16 0.01975 2002 2.26 229.2 -0.42958 3.7 2052 5.111 280.8 56.1 13.29 26.47 17.93 0.00507 2003 2.23 NaN -0.34064 79.2 2006 6.833 259.3 70.3 12.78 38.50 14.72 0.01849 2004 2.02 230.8 -0.62642 3.0 1938 7.082 268.6 72.5 14.14 36.67 15.92 0.03197 2005 2.14 224.2 -0.52641 1.8 1937 6.006 260.9 59.8 12.63 39.45 15.27 0.01540 2006 2.13 225.9 -0.59740 16.7 1924 6.804 267.7 69.5 13.32 36.33 15.37 0.01712 Summer 1998 2.06 210.0 NaN 2.5 2409 3.983 303.6 69.4 25.31 26.77 32.02 0.01481 1999 1.92 196.2 -0.06225 1.3 2291 5.782 281.7 55.7 24.50 38.52 29.87 0.04656 2000 1.83 207.8 -0.38545 0.4 2368 3.293 300.4 71.7 26.77 25.39 35.61 0.00893 2001 1.93 208.9 -0.20296 1.7 2283 5.330 296.4 50.2 25.85 30.58 32.88 0.03578 2002 2.02 214.8 -0.39882 8.1 2235 3.934 306.0 68.9 27.07 21.44 31.99 0.01463 2003 1.85 NaN -0.43339 5.2 2088 4.274 301.9 80.7 26.97 26.83 29.95 0.02115 2004 1.94 221.0 -0.43415 1.8 2083 4.138 311.1 84.5 25.38 27.08 29.05 0.01482 2005 1.89 216.7 -0.40589 3.8 2074 5.024 303.9 68.3 25.30 33.21 28.94 0.03388 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN Fall 1998 1.42 219.7 NaN 0.6 2046 8.107 159.3 33.2 12.53 53.66 14.00 0.04588 1999 1.21 226.6 -0.93995 1.4 2107 5.427 188.7 42.2 12.51 35.03 14.34 0.01905 2000 1.53 220.4 -0.75410 0.2 2111 6.260 176.6 43.4 12.18 45.53 15.65 0.02121 2001 1.37 223.7 -0.81493 0.5 2101 5.356 184.1 31.9 14.28 38.52 16.86 0.01869 2002 1.24 222.6 -0.72602 9.3 2018 7.997 170.4 40.7 11.39 54.58 11.70 0.04597 2003 1.43 NaN -0.90120 1.1 1944 4.641 179.5 51.3 13.48 39.88 15.07 0.01090 2004 1.62 214.3 -0.65508 1.3 1971 7.489 167.7 43.7 12.37 55.17 13.84 0.03161 2005 1.50 220.2 -0.91359 2.8 1945 6.665 172.7 39.9 13.24 50.10 13.12 0.03660 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN