_______________________________________________________________________ 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* __________________________________________________________________________ ANNUAL/SEASONAL AVERAGES: Year Uspd Udir Tgrad SenPC SenKE Smost PeakUspd So_d So_u Tair Rh Tg Rain Annual 2000 2.93 203.0 0.04159 3105.6 2292 NaN 5.46 NaN NaN 21.84 27.64 NaN 0.00641 2001 2.73 202.3 -0.00437 394.5 1975 7.830 5.21 237.3 83.0 21.92 32.07 23.82 0.01190 2002 2.92 205.5 0.02480 1110.8 2188 5.444 5.42 246.4 89.2 21.44 26.29 23.46 0.00320 2003 2.75 205.3 -0.04599 89.3 1941 7.880 5.21 241.3 82.2 21.77 35.03 24.01 0.01369 2004 2.72 204.6 -0.02970 12.9 1903 8.758 5.24 248.3 81.5 21.25 36.89 23.65 0.01468 2005 2.46 205.7 -0.06831 4.6 1859 8.378 4.93 237.4 73.5 21.07 42.69 23.76 0.01623 2006 2.77 207.1 -0.08180 142.9 1838 5.491 5.32 NaN 81.6 21.47 32.83 24.96 0.00731 2007 2.92 205.8 -0.03529 1934.1 1969 7.300 5.44 NaN 88.6 21.66 33.90 23.16 0.01150 2008 2.97 208.6 -0.07734 32.9 1755 5.665 5.61 NaN 84.6 21.39 37.69 22.77 0.00864 Winter 2000 2.70 197.8 0.16088 246.0 2044 NaN 4.82 136.1 50.3 11.36 34.46 NaN 0.01021 2001 2.59 191.7 0.11645 2229.3 2159 10.974 4.47 132.7 48.7 9.04 48.07 9.00 0.02865 2002 2.57 194.5 0.18197 71.7 1914 8.774 4.52 150.2 54.8 9.29 35.35 9.08 0.00097 2003 2.59 196.2 0.10685 1659.7 2109 7.537 4.43 141.3 50.9 10.85 49.81 11.16 0.01597 2004 2.49 197.0 0.14868 9.0 1893 13.581 4.54 147.9 50.0 9.04 50.31 8.47 0.01822 2005 2.34 189.2 0.20017 8.2 1861 18.809 4.29 132.4 39.6 10.31 73.05 9.32 0.04819 2006 2.37 196.8 0.09021 2.4 1791 4.945 4.39 148.1 50.9 10.16 38.86 10.31 0.00120 2007 2.86 201.9 0.11683 660.9 1873 5.620 5.02 NaN 54.2 8.95 39.22 9.08 0.00495 2008 2.61 197.1 0.14868 0.3 1726 7.502 4.72 NaN 49.8 8.62 62.64 8.54 0.01030 2009 2.58 197.2 0.08933 28.5 1743 14.020 4.61 NaN 48.3 9.38 62.02 8.95 0.01782 Spring 2000 3.39 216.0 -0.00823 7313.6 2805 5.280 6.36 NaN NaN 22.20 23.86 NaN 0.00041 2001 2.90 215.1 -0.07437 102.5 1924 10.898 5.65 284.3 99.4 22.01 30.28 24.15 0.00861 2002 3.31 221.3 -0.04809 976.9 2006 5.977 6.26 296.7 106.2 20.71 23.30 23.67 0.00399 2003 3.11 222.0 -0.09822 47.4 1912 11.118 5.94 291.8 99.1 20.01 34.74 22.60 0.02370 2004 2.90 214.7 -0.10360 0.3 1877 7.081 5.65 301.2 97.2 22.07 31.80 25.70 0.00893 2005 2.73 223.9 -0.14734 0.4 1851 6.516 5.57 288.8 87.2 20.26 38.44 24.46 0.00276 2006 2.84 217.1 -0.19110 55.4 1818 4.771 5.73 281.2 92.3 20.20 36.92 25.36 0.00679 2007 3.25 215.5 -0.14572 4768.6 2223 6.259 6.15 NaN 107.4 22.59 27.34 24.36 0.00213 2008 3.48 226.3 -0.18093 32.1 1715 5.600 6.66 NaN 106.2 20.34 28.26 22.28 0.00136 2009 3.29 221.3 -0.14927 494.7 1766 12.909 6.29 282.9 104.4 21.32 31.46 22.25 0.00249 Summer 2000 3.07 208.5 -0.04686 2779.9 2224 4.980 6.07 320.9 121.3 33.52 18.36 36.27 0.00920 2001 2.87 206.7 -0.17117 41.8 1970 3.873 5.85 327.3 114.4 33.45 18.69 37.29 0.00349 2002 3.01 208.8 -0.09712 1452.0 2084 4.448 5.98 335.3 122.3 33.87 16.16 37.14 0.00471 2003 2.90 205.6 -0.25154 8.2 1965 3.506 5.90 322.0 110.4 34.01 22.90 38.87 0.00168 2004 2.80 205.9 -0.22595 11.7 1962 4.511 5.79 334.3 110.9 33.27 20.47 38.70 0.00598 2005 2.53 202.2 -0.30657 10.8 1932 6.410 5.45 321.9 101.7 32.65 29.92 38.09 0.01984 2006 2.88 208.4 -0.26675 131.5 1904 6.826 5.88 322.6 106.7 34.32 23.90 40.07 0.01594 2007 2.96 199.2 -0.22056 1893.9 1978 4.104 5.87 291.0 118.6 34.18 22.36 36.67 0.00027 2008 3.05 211.1 -0.24560 75.8 1808 4.368 6.10 NaN 109.6 33.96 25.51 35.65 0.00453 2009 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN Fall 2000 2.71 197.3 0.08391 1211.2 2052 5.535 4.89 203.6 77.6 20.18 30.43 21.59 0.00586 2001 2.61 194.9 0.10890 128.0 1942 4.462 4.82 202.7 70.0 23.24 27.41 24.96 0.00632 2002 2.72 193.9 0.07937 622.6 2608 4.108 4.85 199.7 72.3 21.29 27.60 23.17 0.00394 2003 2.45 198.0 0.05407 0.6 1929 6.611 4.53 207.0 68.0 22.23 33.49 23.75 0.01131 2004 2.70 201.6 0.05131 34.6 1892 9.353 5.03 207.1 67.7 20.27 42.93 21.50 0.01947 2005 2.31 207.5 0.04687 0.7 1820 5.487 4.50 208.1 65.4 20.79 35.84 22.21 0.00298 2006 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN 2007 2.71 206.4 0.08029 467.6 1825 12.266 4.88 128.8 75.0 20.85 38.06 22.41 0.03773 2008 2.68 200.3 0.01622 4.6 1764 4.382 4.83 NaN 73.9 22.20 33.90 24.19 0.00907 2009 NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN NaN