Data Set Citation

When using this data, please cite the data package
Albrecht R , Musetti H , Hernandez-Simões C , and Pirchiner M.
Surface weather stations and lightning data
rachelalbrecht.7.2

General Information
Title:Surface weather stations and lightning data
Identifier:rachelalbrecht.7.2
Abstract:
Surface weather stations and lightning data for diurnal and monthly composities. Objectives: Study the influence of river breezes in the development of deep convection using lightning strokes as a proxy for deep convection. Experimental Design: - Two surface weather stations: 1 (one) at Ponta Pelada airport (North of Negro, Solimões and Amazonas rivers conjunction) and 1 (one) at GoAmazon T2 Site (west of Solimões River) - Lightning strikes from Vaisala Inc. Global Lightning Detection network (GLD360) Methods: - Lightning strikes by hour of the day to show diurnal cycle - Use GoAmazon IOP1 (Feb-Mar 2014) and IOP2 (Sep-Oct 2014) as "monthly" variations (i.e., IOP1 == Wet season and IOP2 == Dry season)
Keywords:
  • lightning strokes
  • wind direction
  • wind speed

Data Table, Image, and Other Data Details:
Metadata download Ecological Metadata Language (EML) File
Data Table:
Name:GLD360_iop2.csv
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:GLD360_iop2.csv
Size:16262611 byte
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:#x0A
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:,
Number Of Records:442179
Online Distribution Info:
 ecogrid://knb/rachelalbrecht.3.1
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
lon  
longitude in degrees   ordinal
Defdegrre
         
lat  
latitude (degree)   ordinal
Defdegree
         
t  
time stamp in UTC   dateTime
         
Data Table:
Name:GLD360_iop1.csv
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:GLD360_iop1.csv
Size:2078445 byte
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:#x0A
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:,
Number Of Records:56517
Online Distribution Info:
 ecogrid://knb/rachelalbrecht.4.1
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
lon  
longitude (degree)   ordinal
Defdegree
         
lat  
latitude (degree)   ordinal
Defdegree
         
t  
time in UTC   dateTime
         
Data Table:
Name:T2 weather station
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:T2_2014.csv
Text Format:
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:,
Online Distribution Info:
 ecogrid://knb/rachelalbrecht.9.1
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
time  
Time in local time   dateTime
         
Rain  
1-minute accumulated rain in mm   nominal
Defmm
         
temperature  
air temperature in Celsius   interval
Unitcelsius
Typereal
         
relative humidity  
relative humidity of air   nominal
Def%
         
pressure  
air pressure in mbar   ratio
Unitmillibar
Typenatural
         
Wind Speed  
Wind Speed at 2.5m   interval
UnitmetersPerSecond
Typenatural
         
Wind Direction  
Wind Direction at 2.5m in degree   nominal
Defdegree
         
Data Table:
Name:Ponta Pelada Airport Weather Station
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:Vento_Ponta_Pelada-2014.csv
Text Format:
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:,
Online Distribution Info:
 ecogrid://knb/rachelalbrecht.11.1
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
time  
time in UTC   dateTime
         
wind direction  
wind direction at 2.5 m   interval
UnitmilesPerSecond
Typenatural
         
wind speed  
wind speed in 2.5m   nominal
Defdegrees
         

Involved Parties

Data Set Creators
Individual:Prof. Rachel Albrecht
Organization:Universidade de São Paulo
Position:Professor
Address:
Rua do Matão, 1226,
(DCA-IAG-USP),
São Paulo, SP 05508-090 Brazil
Email Address:
rachel.albrecht@iag.uisp.br
Individual: Heloisa Musetti
Organization:Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Position:Researcher
Email Address:
helo_mr@hotmail.com
Individual: Carlos Enrique Hernandez-Simões
Organization:Universidade de São Paulo
Position:Post-Doc
Email Address:
cesimoes@usp.br
Individual: Marlon Pirchiner
Organization:Universidade de São Paulo
Position:Visiting Researcher
Email Address:
marlon.pirchiner@iag.usp.br

Data Set Contacts
Individual:Prof. Rachel Albrecht
Organization:Universidade de São Paulo
Position:Professor
Address:
Rua do Matão, 1226,
(DCA-IAG-USP),
São Paulo, SP 05508-090 Brazil
Email Address:
rachel.albrecht@iag.uisp.br

Associated Parties
Individual: Ronald Holle
Organization:Vaisala Inc.
Position:Researcher
Email Address:
ron.holle@vaisala.com
Individual: Luciana Rizzo
Organization:Universidade de São Paulo
Position:Professor
Email Address:
ron.holle@vaisala.com

Data Set Characteristics

Geographic Region:
Geographic Description:GoAmazon2014/2015 Field Experiment Region (T3 position +/- 1.5 degrees)
Bounding Coordinates:
West:  -60.5  degrees
East:  -58.125  degrees
North:  -1.625  degrees
South:  -4.0  degrees
Time Period:
Begin:
2014-02-12
End:
2014-12-12
Time Period:
Begin:
2014-02-12
End:
2014-03-12
Time Period:
Begin:
2014-09-12
End:
2014-10-12

Sampling, Processing and Quality Control Methods

Step by Step Procedures
Step 1:  
Description:

Rainy season types

Data is separated into rainy seasons:

Wet season = Feb-Mar

Transition = Sep-Oct
Instrument(s): R-CRAN
Sampling Area And Frequency:
Wet season = Feb-Mar Dry-to-Wet season = Sep-Oct
Sampling Description:
Weather station is by minute Lightning data is instanteneous

Data Set Usage Rights

Lightning data is proprietary and cannot be shared. Surface weater stations are public available and can be shared.
Access Control:
Auth System:knb
Order:allowFirst
Allow: [read] public