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Description

The FIFE Historic Daily Meteorology Data Data Set is one of the historical data sets used for the FIFE project. The data set contains data back to January, 1900. This data set was prepared for input into models, therefore, no leap days (February 29) are included. Daily weather observations of air temperature and precipitation were made by Kansas State University. The observations are made according to the procedures outlined by the National Weather Service (Anonymous 1989).

Product Summary

Platforms
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
Instruments
THERMOMETERS ,
RAIN GAUGES
Spatial Extent

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1900-01-01 to 1989-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2980076272-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
90
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Maximum/Minimum Temperature ,
Precipitation Amount

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

Knapp, M. (1994). Historic Daily Meteorology Data (FIFE) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/39 Date Accessed: 2025-12-15

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