hourly meteorolgical data files are lopass filtered from 15-minute data.

ESM1-3 files

File Format (UNITS):

YYYY
MM
DD
HH
MM
U-COMPONENT_WIND (m/s)
V-COMPONENT_WIND (m/s)
STANDARD_DEVIATION_WIND
AIR_TEMPERATURE (deg C)
RELATIVE_HUMIDITY (%)
DEW_POINT_TEMPERATURE(CALCULATED) (deg C)
STATION PRESSURE (hPa)
SEA-LEVEL ATMOPSPHERIC PRESSURE (hPa)
SOLAR INCIDENT RADIATION (W/m2)
DUMMY- DO NOT USE

Bad or missing data flagged as -9999 
All times are AST

Data Quality Notes:

ESM2 - Susitna at Oshetna: wind data may be ice-affected during winter and should be used with extreme discretion.  Obvious ice-affected data was removed.  Wind speeds are quite low ovrall and needs to be compared to the 2013 record.


NCDC Talkeetna

File Format (UNITS):

YYYY
MM
DD
HH
MM
U-COMPONENT_WIND (m/s)
V-COMPONENT_WIND (m/s)
STANDARD_DEVIATION_WIND (not used - flagged as 1200)
AIR_TEMPERATURE (deg C)
RELATIVE_HUMIDITY (%)
STATION PRESSURE (hPa)
SEA-LEVEL ATMOPSPHERIC PRESSURE (hPa)
SOLAR INCIDENT RADIATION (not recorded - flagged as 1200)
DUMMY- DO NOT USE

Bad or missing data flagged as -9999 
All times are AST