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Description

This data set contains observations from a meteorological station installed at the Central Agricultural Research Center in Moccasin Montana as part of the NASA SnowEx 2021 Prairie Snow field campaign. Parameters include: air temperature, wind speed and direction, and barometric pressure. Data are available from 12 November 2020 through 2 March 2021.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Instruments
BAROMETERS ,
RM Young 05103 Wind Monitor ,
THERMOMETERS
Projects
SNOWEX
Spatial Extent

N: 47.06055 S: 47.06055 E: -109.95678 W: -109.95678

Spatial Reference System(s)
WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Location
PRAIRIE STATION
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2020-11-12 to 2021-04-02
Temporal Resolution
1 Hour
Concept ID
C3290952389-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Science Keywords
Air Temperature ,
Atmospheric Pressure ,
Wind Direction ,
Wind Speed

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Sproles, E. A., Palomaki, R. T., Mullen, A., Miller, Z., & Hendrikx, J. (2024). SnowEx21 Prairie Station Hourly Meteorological Data, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/PVE8RWNUZTKS Date Accessed: 2026-08-18

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