This data set provides meteorological measurements collected from 3 different meteorological stations within a radius of 8 km in Rio Branco, Acre Brazil, for the periods of June of 1970 to 1974, December of 1974 to 1980, and May of 1980 thru May 31, 2001. Daily average values for rainfall, relative humidity, evapotranspiration, maximum and minimum temperature, pressure, wind direction and speed, solar radiation, and cloud cover are reported. There is one comma-delimited data file with this data set.
Cite this data set as follows:
Duarte, A.F., W.A.F. de Melo, I.F. Brown. 2012. LBA-ECO LC-02 Daily Meteorological Data, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil: 1970-2001. Data set. Available on-line [http:/daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1091
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Project: LBA (Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon)
Activity: Regional Data
LBA Science Component: Land Use and Land Cover
Team ID: LC-02 (Brown / Setzer)
The investigators were Brown, Irving Foster; Melo, Antonio Willian Flores de; Mendoza, Elsa Renee Huaman and Vasconcelos, Sumais. You may contact Duarte, Alejandro Fonseca (alejandro@ufac.br).
LBA Data Set Inventory ID: LC02_Meteorology_Acre
This data set provides meteorological measurements collected from 3 different meteorological stations within a radius of 8 km in Rio Branco, Acre Brazil, the periods of June of 1970 to 1974, December of 1974 to 1980, and May of 1980 thru May 31, 2001. Daily average values for rainfall, relative humidity, evapotranspiration, maximum and minimum temperature, pressure, wind direction and speed, solar radiation, and cloud cover are reported.
This data file consists of mean daily meteorological data collected from 3 different meteorological stations for the periods of June of 1970 to 1974, December of 1974 to 1980, and May of 1980 thru May 31, 2001. All stations were from the region of Rio Branco, Acre.
Data are presented in one comma-delimited ASCII file: LC02_Acre_Daily_Meteorology_1970-2001.csv
| Column | Heading | Units/format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seq_num | Record sequence in original data file | |
| 2 | Date | YYYYMMDD | Measurement date |
| 3 | Rainfall | mm | Total measured rainfall in millimeters over 24 hour sampling period |
| 4 | Air_T_max | degrees C | Maximum recorded air temperature in degrees C over 24 hour sampling period |
| 5 | Air_T_min | degrees C | Minimum recorded air temperature in degrees C over 24 hour sampling period |
| 6 | Air_T_mean | degrees C | Weighted mean temperature in degrees C over a 24 hour period |
| 7 | RH | % | Mean relative humidity during 24 hour sampling period in percent |
| 8 | ET | mm day-1 | Evapotranspiration rate in millimeters per day calculated using the Penmen-Monteith equation |
| 9 | Wind_dir | Wind direction during 24 hour sampling period using cardinal directions: N = North, S= South, E- East, W= West, C = Calm | |
| 10 | Wind_vel | m/sec | Mean wind speed over 24 hour sampling period in meters per second sampled at 10 m above the ground surface |
| 11 | Atm_press | mbar | Atmospheric pressure in millibars |
| 12 | Insolation | kJ m-2 | Solar radiation received at the ground surface in kilojoules per meter squared |
| 13 | Cloud_cover | Tenths of the sky with cloud cover (0= clear sky; 10 = completely clouded over) | |
| Missing values are represented as -9999 | |||
Example data records:
|
Seq_num,Date,Rainfall,Air_T_max,Air_T_min,Air_T_mean,RH,ET,Wind_dir,Wind_vel,Atm_press,Insolation,Cloud_cover 1,1970/01/01,0.4,34.4,23.4,28.9,94,1.8,C,0,991.5,7.4,8 2,1970/01/02,7.8,25.7,22.4,24.5,94,0.7,E,1,992.8,0,8.3 ... 5116, 19840101, 34.2, 29.4, 21.6, 25.3, 88, 1.2, N, 3, 993.4, 0, 9 5117, 19840102, 0, 30, 21.6, 25.6, 86, 0.8, SW, 1, 996.2, 0, 8 ... 11475, 20010530, 0, 32.9, 21.1, 26, 88, 2.6, NW, 0.2, 995, 9.5, 6 11476, 20010531, 0, 31.2, 21.2, 25.3, 92, 1.8, SW, 1, 994.7, 5.8, 6 |
Site boundaries: (All latitude and longitude given in decimal degrees)
| Site (Region) | Westernmost Longitude | Easternmost Longitude | Northernmost Latitude | Southernmost Latitude | Geodetic Datum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acre - Parque Zoobotanico (Acre) | -67.87 | -67.87 | -9.95 | -9.95 | South-American Datum, 1969 (SAD-69) |
Time period:
Platform/Sensor/Parameters measured include:
Please refer to the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET): http://www.inmet.gov.br.
Site description
The state of
Acre, Brazil, is located in the western Amazon, bordering Bolivia and Peru. Rio Branco,
the capital, is located about 85 km from the Bolivian border with Brazil. Acre receives 1,950 mm of annual precipitation.
Meteorological measurements were collected from 3 different meteorological stations all within
a radius of 8 km in Rio Branco from 1970 to May of 2001; measurements from
June of 1970 to 1974 were from a station located in the
neighborhood Experimental Station; measurements from December of 1974 to 1980
were from a station
operated in a region called The Second District; and the measurements from May of 1980
to 2001 came from a meteorological station operating at the Federal University of Acre.
Methods
Data were acquired from the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET, 2008). Daily average values for rainfall, relative humidity, evapotranspiration, maximum and minimum temperature, pressure, wind direction and speed, solar radiation and cloud cover are reported.
Values were recorded by minute and integrated for each hour. Data here is summarized by day.
This data is available through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).
Contact for Data Center Access Information:
E-mail: uso@daac.ornl.gov
Telephone: +1 (865) 241-3952
INMET, 2008. Rede de observacoes. Available online at http://www.inmet.gov.br/html/rede_obs.php