Abstract:

The dataset contains meteorological variables including 3D wind components, sonic virtual temperature, water vapor mixing ratio, and atmospheric pressure collected at 5 m and 10 m altitude at 20 Hz. These data were collected as part of the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathways Experiment (SCOPE). The data collection starts from December 03 11:45 UTC to December 20 15:00 UTC, 2013 at John Beasley Park, Okaloosa Island, FL.

Suggested Citation:

Zhu, Ping. 2016. Meteorological Tower data collected during the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathways Experiment (SCOPE), Okaloosa Island, FL, December 2013. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N76D5R0D

Publications:

Katz, J., & Zhu, P. (2017). Evaluation of surface layer flux parameterizations using in-situ observations. Atmospheric Research, 194, 150–163. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.04.025

Purpose:

Investigating surface layer turbulent transport processes.

Data Parameters and Units:

First number in file name corresponds to the altitude (ex. scope_05m_20Hz.nc = collected at 5 m and 20 Hz). Time (days since 2013-12-03 11:45:00.0 0:00), depth (z, meters), latitude (degrees), longitude (degrees), 3D wind components (m/s), sonic virtual temperature (K), water vapor mixing ratio (kg/kg), and atmospheric pressure (kPa) at 5 m and 10 m

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