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Schulz, Oliver; Fink, Andreas H (2016): Multi-year weather data in the remote semi-arid to arid mountain region of the Saharan flank of the Atlas Mountains [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862541

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Abstract:
In 2001, a weather and climate monitoring network was established along the temperature and aridity gradient between the sub-humid Moroccan High Atlas Mountains and the former end lake of the Middle Drâa in a pre-Saharan environment. The highest Automated Weather Stations (AWS) was installed just below the M'Goun summit at 3850 m, the lowest station Lac Iriki was at 450 m. This network of 13 AWS stations was funded and maintained by the German IMPETUS (BMBF Grant 01LW06001A, North Rhine-Westphalia Grant 313-21200200) project and since 2011 five stations were further maintained by the GERMAN DFG Fennec project (FI 786/3-1), this way some stations of the AWS network provided data for almost 12 years from 2001-2012. Standard meteorological variables such as temperature, humidity, and wind were measured at an altitude of 2 m above ground. Other meteorological variables comprise precipitation, station pressure, solar irradiance, soil temperature at different depths and for high mountain station snow water equivalent. The stations produced data summaries for 5-minute-precipitation-data, 10- or 15-minute-data and a daily summary of all other variables.
This network is a unique resource of multi-year weather data in the remote semi-arid to arid mountain region of the Saharan flank of the Atlas Mountains. The network is described in Schulz et al. (2010) and its further continuation until 2012 is briefly discussed in Redl et al. (2015, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0223.1) and Redl et al. (2016, doi:10.1002/2015JD024443).
Related to:
Fink, Andreas H; Knippertz, Peter (2003): An extreme precipitation event in southern Morocco in spring 2002 and some hydrological implications. Weather, 58(10), 377-387, https://doi.org/10.1256/wea.256.02
Redl, Robert; Fink, Andreas H; Knippertz, Peter (2015): An objective detection method for convective cold pool events and its application to Northern Africa. Monthly Weather Review, 143, 5055-5072, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0223.1
Redl, Robert; Knippertz, Peter; Fink, Andreas H (2016): Weakening and moistening of the summertime Saharan heat low through convective cold pools from the Atlas Mountains. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121(8), 3907-3928, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024443
Schulz, Oliver; Finckh, Manfred; Goldbach, Heiner E (2010): Hydro-meteorological measurements in the Drâa catchment. In: Speth, Peter; Christoph, Michael; Diekkrüger, Bernd (eds.) (2010) Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa. Springer, Heidelberg, Chapter I-4.3, 108-113
Source:
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station ARG in original format (8.7 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station ASR in original format (8.3 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station BSK in original format (11.7 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station EMY in original format (12.4 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station IMS in original format (7.3 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station IRK in original format (18.7 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station JHB in original format (6.5 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station MGN in original format (11.3 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station TAO in original format (9.7 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station TIC in original format (8.3 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station TRB in original format (10.4 MB, zipped)
Hydro-meteorological measurements at station TZT in original format (6.0 MB, zipped)
Further details:
IMPETUS/FENNEC AWS network locations
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 30.943091 * Median Longitude: -6.212153 * South-bound Latitude: 29.936700 * West-bound Longitude: -6.578490 * North-bound Latitude: 31.569260 * East-bound Longitude: -5.628670
Date/Time Start: 2000-11-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2012-09-23T12:20:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station ARG, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863359
  2. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station ARG, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863343
  3. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station ARG, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862542
  4. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station ASR, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863360
  5. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 10 minute resolution at station ASR, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862569
  6. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station BSK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863361
  7. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station BSK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863344
  8. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station BSK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862543
  9. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station EMY, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863362
  10. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 10 minute resolution at station EMY, 2012-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863320
  11. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station EMY, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863345
  12. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station EMY, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862544
  13. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station IMS, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863363
  14. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station IMS, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863346
  15. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station IMS, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862545
  16. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station IRK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863364
  17. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 10 minute resolution at station IRK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863321
  18. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station IRK, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862546
  19. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station JHB, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863347
  20. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station JHB, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862547
  21. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station MGN, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863365
  22. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station MGN, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863348
  23. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station MGN, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862548
  24. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station TAO, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863366
  25. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station TAO, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863349
  26. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station TAO, 2001-2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862549
  27. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station TIC, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863367
  28. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station TIC, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863350
  29. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station TIC, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862550
  30. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station TRB, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863368
  31. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 10 minute resolution at station TRB, 2012-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863322
  32. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station TRB, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863351
  33. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station TRB, 2001-2012. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862551
  34. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Daily mean meteorology at station TZT, 2001-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863369
  35. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Meteorologic measurements in 15 minute resolution at station TZT, 2001-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.863352
  36. Schulz, O; Fink, AH (2016): Total precipitation of rain and/or melted snow in 5 minute resolution at station TZT, 2001-2009. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862552