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Ashcroft, Linden; Coll, Joan Ramon; Gilabert, Alba; Domonkos, Peter; Aguilar, Enric; Sigro, Javier; Castella, Merce; Unden, Per; Harris, Ian; Jones, Phil; Brunet, Manola (2018): Wind direction measurements in Egypt [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.887099, In supplement to: Ashcroft, Linden; Coll, Joan Ramon; Gilabert, Alba; Domonkos, Peter; Brunet, Manola; Aguilar, Enric; Castella, Merce; Sigro, Javier; Unden, Per; Harris, Ian; Jones, Phil (2018): A rescued dataset of sub-daily meteorological observations for Europe and the southern Mediterranean region, 1877-2012. Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1613-1635, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2018-39

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Further details:
UERRA readme file with information on sources, quality flags and parameter conversions. UERRA_readme.pdf
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 29.905316 * Median Longitude: 30.726240 * South-bound Latitude: 25.670000 * West-bound Longitude: 25.180000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.550000 * East-bound Longitude: 32.700000
Date/Time Start: 1907-01-01T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1957-12-31T06:00:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -15 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 226 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
EGY0062300 (Salloum) * Latitude: 31.550000 * Longitude: 25.180000 * Date/Time Start: 1930-01-03T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1957-12-31T06:00:00 * Elevation: 4.0 m * Location: Egypt * Method/Device: Weather station/meteorological observation (WST) * Comment: WMO code 62300
EGY0062306 (MersaMatruh) * Latitude: 31.330000 * Longitude: 27.220000 * Date/Time Start: 1931-01-01T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1932-12-31T08:00:00 * Elevation: 25.0 m * Location: Egypt * Method/Device: Weather station/meteorological observation (WST) * Comment: WMO code 62306
EGY0062330 (Damietta) * Latitude: 31.420000 * Longitude: 31.820000 * Date/Time Start: 1934-01-01T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1957-12-31T06:00:00 * Elevation: 5.0 m * Location: Egypt * Method/Device: Weather station/meteorological observation (WST) * Comment: WMO code 62330
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventAshcroft, Linden
2Station labelStationAshcroft, Linden
3CodeCodeAshcroft, LindenWMO, 99999 = none assigned
4LATITUDELatitudeAshcroft, LindenGeocode
5LONGITUDELongitudeAshcroft, LindenGeocode
6ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Ashcroft, LindenGeocode
7Reference/sourceReferenceAshcroft, Linden
8Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAshcroft, LindenV1
9Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAshcroft, LindenV2
10Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAshcroft, LindenV3
11Wind directiondddegAshcroft, Lindenfinal
12Method commentMethod commAshcroft, Lindenqcversion
13Validation flag/commentFlag commAshcroft, Linden
14Method commentMethod commAshcroft, Lindenconversioncode
15DATE/TIMEDate/TimeAshcroft, LindenGeocode
Size:
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