_______________________________________________________________________ U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLIM-MET Network Monitoring Site, SW United States SITE INFORMATION: USGS/CLIM-MET site code: SW06 USGS/CLIM-MET site name: Balch Datum: WGS 84 latitude: 35 01.929 longitude: 115 58.172 elevation: 353 m install_date: 99NOV09 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* __________________________________________________________________________ MONTHLY AVERAGES: Year Uspd Udir Tgrad SenPC SenKE Smost PeakUspd So_d So_u Tair Rh Tg Rain JAN 2000 2.43 188.2 0.16880 69.8 2007 NaN 4.34 119.7 45.2 11.66 36.12 NaN 0.00000 2001 2.54 192.8 0.13833 2640.1 2190 10.971 4.40 122.3 43.7 7.87 52.63 7.43 0.02997 2002 2.70 203.5 0.21773 33.1 1911 8.716 4.68 143.5 52.8 8.22 34.26 8.01 0.00027 2003 2.51 182.2 0.11975 57.8 1931 4.909 4.16 138.1 52.0 12.07 44.92 12.07 0.00000 2004 2.32 201.2 0.15387 0.0 1891 12.103 4.17 145.4 50.8 8.48 46.72 7.81 0.00000 2005 2.62 188.5 0.17414 17.6 1863 20.929 4.70 119.4 35.3 10.31 81.30 9.25 0.05067 2006 2.55 204.0 0.15832 5.1 1793 5.028 4.78 146.3 50.4 9.78 42.24 9.23 0.00081 FEB 2000 2.63 200.5 0.10245 374.0 2050 NaN 5.00 168.1 57.4 13.53 43.52 NaN 0.03204 2001 2.65 200.9 0.06191 1206.3 2090 15.763 4.80 156.1 55.7 10.46 57.70 10.63 0.05904 2002 2.60 195.7 0.16274 65.6 1904 7.394 4.56 191.2 70.6 11.96 23.44 11.79 0.00000 2003 2.63 214.8 0.07265 896.6 2049 12.472 4.66 165.1 58.6 11.65 48.33 12.42 0.05134 2004 2.65 199.8 0.13912 10.3 1882 14.933 4.99 176.1 57.2 10.62 49.58 10.41 0.05043 2005 1.92 192.0 0.23719 1.3 1850 20.159 3.83 152.0 42.2 12.05 76.69 11.50 0.07143 2006 2.36 200.6 0.09611 1.6 1790 4.743 4.34 186.1 63.9 12.03 29.42 12.62 0.00298 MAR 2000 3.34 205.8 0.08128 8347.0 2994 7.437 6.01 NaN NaN 16.35 30.98 NaN 0.00094 2001 2.76 203.7 0.06441 277.9 1949 19.335 5.14 234.5 83.4 17.53 42.79 17.71 0.01909 2002 3.37 222.8 0.04735 956.5 2012 7.533 6.12 239.8 86.4 14.93 25.35 16.67 0.01169 2003 3.09 215.5 0.05030 137.5 1941 18.346 5.54 243.3 85.7 16.36 41.89 16.73 0.04503 2004 2.60 205.0 0.07275 0.2 1872 12.160 4.80 252.3 80.5 18.95 40.01 19.90 0.01723 2005 2.62 220.4 0.11235 0.3 1840 10.501 5.20 235.1 67.1 15.56 52.99 16.50 0.00820 2006 2.79 218.7 -0.07438 7.4 1794 5.600 5.54 221.1 72.0 13.36 47.40 15.91 0.01358 APR 2000 3.25 217.5 -0.02644 2993.1 2361 4.243 6.21 NaN NaN 22.62 21.70 NaN 0.00028 2001 3.11 225.2 -0.10619 22.2 1901 8.627 6.07 288.6 99.9 18.93 30.21 21.92 0.00668 2002 3.27 221.3 -0.05091 628.8 1970 6.211 6.25 305.5 108.3 21.58 25.86 24.80 0.00014 2003 3.21 235.5 -0.09764 3.0 1894 10.492 6.27 304.2 100.8 17.51 38.80 20.75 0.02615 2004 2.98 211.0 -0.12453 0.5 1869 5.090 5.91 300.2 95.2 20.85 33.80 24.78 0.00958 2005 2.85 223.3 -0.21671 0.0 1841 4.974 5.73 297.0 89.5 18.89 32.42 23.89 0.00000 2006 2.82 215.2 -0.19196 32.5 1806 5.042 5.72 290.5 94.3 19.35 39.50 24.59 0.00681 MAY 2000 3.58 224.7 -0.08011 10461.3 3047 4.234 6.84 318.7 120.0 27.65 18.85 30.69 0.00000 2001 2.85 216.7 -0.18235 4.6 1921 4.660 5.77 330.0 114.8 29.47 17.83 32.76 0.00000 2002 3.29 219.8 -0.14078 1333.1 2035 4.195 6.41 345.1 124.0 25.64 18.77 29.58 0.00000 2003 3.04 215.6 -0.24730 0.1 1900 4.497 6.03 328.4 110.7 26.09 23.65 30.26 0.00000 2004 3.10 228.0 -0.25971 0.2 1890 3.928 6.24 351.1 115.9 26.35 21.64 32.39 0.00000 2005 2.73 228.1 -0.33989 1.0 1873 4.024 5.77 334.7 105.0 26.29 29.70 32.96 0.00000 2006 2.91 217.5 -0.30698 125.4 1854 3.680 5.93 332.1 110.6 27.88 23.95 35.56 0.00000 JUN 2000 3.18 214.7 -0.07195 3244.4 2310 5.557 6.26 330.5 124.6 32.57 17.30 35.30 0.02056 2001 3.09 220.3 -0.23998 7.9 1948 3.904 6.20 345.8 124.1 32.24 14.34 36.52 0.00000 2002 3.19 228.2 -0.16459 1259.1 2066 3.530 6.35 360.9 130.3 32.26 14.63 36.27 0.00000 2003 2.98 215.6 -0.31551 0.2 1935 3.605 6.14 360.4 124.5 31.82 19.48 37.53 0.00000 2004 2.96 212.9 -0.30871 1.4 1932 3.473 6.10 361.5 121.0 31.74 18.68 38.06 0.00000 2005 2.77 232.3 -0.41718 0.7 1913 3.574 5.94 358.3 116.3 29.39 22.93 37.53 0.00028 2006 2.83 223.3 -0.34629 105.0 1894 3.203 5.86 338.4 115.3 33.41 21.10 40.78 0.00000 JUL 2000 2.98 215.2 -0.04494 2035.8 2157 5.720 5.98 345.1 131.0 34.33 13.12 36.48 0.00000 2001 2.84 208.0 -0.21713 13.9 1972 3.737 5.90 332.5 115.2 33.39 20.53 37.87 0.00148 2002 3.05 201.3 -0.13054 2058.3 2134 5.866 6.12 328.9 119.4 35.90 18.49 38.63 0.01398 2003 2.93 199.9 -0.24969 21.0 1980 3.310 5.93 322.5 112.2 36.22 19.88 40.87 0.00000 2004 2.69 207.0 -0.24568 9.5 1978 3.163 5.63 341.2 114.9 34.89 17.45 40.95 0.00000 2005 2.45 197.5 -0.29953 19.0 1967 3.604 5.36 312.1 100.2 35.60 28.46 41.15 0.01116 2006 3.07 200.8 -0.28977 155.0 1938 7.071 6.19 309.0 96.4 36.11 29.95 41.96 0.04731 AUG 2000 3.05 195.9 -0.02451 3074.4 2208 3.681 5.98 287.4 108.3 33.62 24.63 36.98 0.00739 2001 2.70 192.1 -0.05863 102.6 1988 3.979 5.47 304.3 104.3 34.68 21.05 37.45 0.00887 2002 2.79 197.6 0.00149 1031.1 2052 3.919 5.47 317.0 117.6 33.42 15.30 36.49 0.00000 2003 2.80 201.7 -0.19150 3.3 1981 3.607 5.62 284.3 94.8 33.92 29.22 38.15 0.00497 2004 2.75 198.1 -0.12613 23.9 1976 6.865 5.65 300.9 97.2 33.13 25.23 37.07 0.01774 2005 2.37 177.9 -0.20658 12.4 1914 11.960 5.06 296.3 88.9 32.86 38.14 35.58 0.04745 2006 2.75 201.4 -0.16676 133.7 1881 10.086 5.57 320.9 108.7 33.42 20.55 37.50 0.00000 SEP 2000 2.72 200.3 0.04208 2059.0 2108 4.117 5.05 266.2 101.2 28.52 21.24 30.74 0.00000 2001 2.62 198.6 0.06977 3.1 1955 3.741 5.13 266.1 95.2 30.87 19.65 33.37 0.00000 2002 2.85 195.9 0.03492 280.9 1988 3.643 5.23 245.5 90.0 29.18 22.15 31.73 0.00000 2003 2.72 205.9 -0.05535 0.9 1957 3.624 5.22 268.5 86.9 30.72 22.90 33.50 0.00000 2004 2.92 206.9 -0.05888 40.8 1912 4.598 5.57 273.6 91.0 28.17 23.78 31.10 0.00000 2005 2.35 215.7 -0.05490 0.2 1853 6.338 4.80 269.5 84.4 26.88 29.35 29.80 0.00181 2006 3.02 197.4 -0.06186 677.6 1889 4.739 5.65 267.6 90.5 28.50 25.28 32.70 0.00389 OCT 2000 2.68 192.2 0.07394 1261.2 2070 4.444 4.87 190.9 72.1 21.13 36.61 23.00 0.01723 2001 2.58 188.9 0.10854 32.6 1923 4.009 4.59 194.4 63.6 23.27 23.65 25.19 0.00350 2002 2.58 192.1 0.08557 214.4 1949 4.301 4.56 201.1 70.8 20.53 31.89 22.59 0.00551 2003 2.46 194.2 0.10132 0.0 1927 3.693 4.45 211.4 71.4 24.64 22.42 25.86 0.00000 2004 2.70 196.4 0.05654 61.2 1895 6.930 5.04 195.3 64.2 20.58 42.44 21.83 0.02540 2005 2.42 210.4 0.05393 1.1 1813 5.007 4.62 203.4 63.9 21.03 41.21 22.35 0.00365 2006 2.54 210.2 0.03749 35.7 1790 5.765 4.65 NaN 68.0 20.00 37.82 22.62 0.00887 NOV 2000 2.73 199.6 0.13604 311.8 1977 8.080 4.74 154.3 59.7 10.85 33.24 10.97 0.00000 2001 2.63 197.5 0.14841 351.4 1949 5.650 4.74 147.8 51.4 15.57 39.06 16.32 0.01556 2002 2.74 193.8 0.11742 1387.1 3909 4.372 4.76 152.6 56.1 14.20 28.62 15.20 0.00625 2003 2.18 194.0 0.11465 0.9 1904 12.613 3.92 141.0 45.5 11.24 55.53 11.81 0.03431 2004 2.49 201.5 0.15609 0.9 1869 16.613 4.49 152.7 48.1 12.06 62.58 11.55 0.03282 2005 2.15 196.4 0.14135 1.0 1795 5.132 4.07 151.6 47.9 14.47 36.79 14.46 0.00347 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN DEC 1999 3.02 204.7 0.20764 302.3 2076 NaN 5.12 122.6 48.9 9.03 24.32 NaN 0.00000 2000 2.59 182.3 0.14362 2735.5 2189 6.671 4.25 122.1 47.3 8.95 34.85 9.12 0.00000 2001 2.43 184.4 0.16357 116.0 1925 10.078 4.30 119.8 42.6 7.95 47.20 7.71 0.00255 2002 2.64 193.3 0.12484 3948.8 2341 5.709 4.50 122.9 42.8 8.89 56.04 9.12 0.00000 2003 2.50 190.3 0.15245 16.8 1906 13.793 4.48 124.0 42.4 8.11 54.57 7.33 0.00632 2004 2.44 187.5 0.19276 4.9 1870 15.471 4.30 127.8 41.7 8.75 61.50 7.42 0.02473 2005 2.20 186.3 0.01678 0.3 1791 5.044 4.06 115.6 39.8 8.84 44.00 9.30 0.00000 2006 2.78 199.5 0.12053 291.1 1819 5.321 4.82 NaN 48.0 7.42 41.41 7.73 0.00108