Manzara, Tony; Johnson, Doug; Chamberlin, Danielle; Sholtz, Alexander; Field, Leslie (2022): Meteorological measurements in 2021, close to Lake Elmo [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.951096, In: Manzara, T et al. (2022): Field and Laboratory Measurements of an Experiment of Surface Albedo Modification using Hollow Glass Microspheres to Reduce Ice Melt [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.951100
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Abstract:
Continuous observations were made of weather conditions at the pond, including temperature, wind velocity, wind direction, solar radiation, humidity, and rainfall. The observations were made from February 3rd, 2021 to March 21th 2021, The pond used for these observations is situated in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, USA, the pond center located at 45.0220, -92.8916. An Ambient Weather Model WS-2902C observing station was situated on the North-East side of the pond, about 2 m from the nominal shoreline. The data was collected to experimentally determine effects of surface albedo modification on ice melt and thermodynamic processes of a freshwater pond. In this experiment we applied a coating of reflective hollow glass microspheres to a test section, while leaving a control section unmodified. The data was used to develop a thermodynamic model of the pond using weather conditions to model heat flows and to confirm snowfall events. The Ambient Weather observing station transmits its readings via WiFi to a WS-2902C receiver which is connected wirelessly to the Internet, and the readings are stored for one year. These data points were downloaded and processed.
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Latitude: 45.021700 * Longitude: -92.890700
Date/Time Start: 2021-02-03T00:26:00 * Date/Time End: 2021-03-21T23:00:00
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | Geocode – UTC | |
| 2 | Pressure, atmospheric | PPPP | hPa | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | Barometric pressure adjusted to mean sea level |
| 3 | Precipitation, cumulated | Precip cum | mm | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | Precipitation (rain or snow) mm of H20; cumuluated within one local day (starting at 06:00 UTC) |
| 4 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | Ambient Temperature |
| 5 | Irradiance | E | W/m2 | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | Solar Radiation |
| 6 | Dew/frost point | TdTdTd | K | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | |
| 7 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | |
| 8 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C | |
| 9 | Humidity, relative | RH | % | Manzara, Tony | Weather station, Ambient Weather, WS-2902C |
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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