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Main Author: María Cazorla
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad San Francisco de Quito 2014
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=726180840018
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contents Atmospheric measurement station at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EMA): ground-based physical meteorology instrumentation and assessment of initial measurements María Cazorla Esteban Tamayo Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) EMA USFQ Cumbayá Meteorology Meteorological variables in the valley of Cumbayá, Ecuador, are being monitored continuously at Universidad San Francisco de Quito’s Atmospheric Measurement Station, EMA (Spanish acronym), since the end of May, 2014. Two months of data, June and July, were processed to assess instrument performance and data quality. A first look into the data sets shows that information generation is optimal. Data time series and monthly diurnal profiles for solar radiation flux density, ambient temperature, surface pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction are presented. Wind rose plots show typical S, SE seasonality of summer winds. Finally, a 40.6 mm precipitation event on 23 May is shown. 2014 artículo científico 1390-5384 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=726180840018 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7261 Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías application/pdf Universidad San Francisco de Quito Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías (Ecuador) Num.2 Vol.6
format Artículo científico
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language en
publishDate 2014
publisher Universidad San Francisco de Quito
spellingShingle Atmospheric measurement station at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EMA): ground-based physical meteorology instrumentation and assessment of initial measurements
María Cazorla
Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
EMA
USFQ
Cumbayá
Meteorology
Atmospheric measurement station at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EMA): ground-based physical meteorology instrumentation and assessment of initial measurements María Cazorla Esteban Tamayo Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) EMA USFQ Cumbayá Meteorology Meteorological variables in the valley of Cumbayá, Ecuador, are being monitored continuously at Universidad San Francisco de Quito’s Atmospheric Measurement Station, EMA (Spanish acronym), since the end of May, 2014. Two months of data, June and July, were processed to assess instrument performance and data quality. A first look into the data sets shows that information generation is optimal. Data time series and monthly diurnal profiles for solar radiation flux density, ambient temperature, surface pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction are presented. Wind rose plots show typical S, SE seasonality of summer winds. Finally, a 40.6 mm precipitation event on 23 May is shown. 2014 artículo científico 1390-5384 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=726180840018 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=7261 Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías application/pdf Universidad San Francisco de Quito Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías (Ecuador) Num.2 Vol.6
title Atmospheric measurement station at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EMA): ground-based physical meteorology instrumentation and assessment of initial measurements
topic Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
EMA
USFQ
Cumbayá
Meteorology
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=726180840018