DATA SUMMARY

AWS (Automatic Weather Station) data at Sittwe, Myanmar

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Summary
This data set produces hourly measurements of surface meteorological components, containing pressure, temperature, humidity, wind direction & speed, solar radiation and rainfall. The instruments have been on the observational grass field of DMH (Department of Meteorology and Hydrology) office in Sittwe, Myanmar since May 2005 (now in progress). This site has been operated in JAMSTEC/IORGC research project. (DMH: Department of Meteorology and Hydrology)

Summary table
1) Data format
   ASCII text files (csv files)
2) Spatial coverage & resolution
   Longitude:92.9E, Latitude:20.2N, Elevation:1m a.s.l.
3) Temporal covergage & resolution
   since May 2005, hourly
4) File size (total)
   3KB/day, 1MB/year

Citing data
http ://www.jamstec.go.jp/iorgc/hcorp/data/

References & related publication

Wu, P., J.-I. Hamada, S. Mori, Y.I. Tauhid, M.D. Yamanaka, and F. Kimura, Diurnal variation of precipitable water over a mountainous area of Sumatra Island. J. Appl. Meteorol., 42, 1107-1115, 2003.

DATA CONTRIBUTOR & GROUP
Peiming Wu, Taichi Sasaki (Large-scale Hydrological Cycle Group)

PARAMETERS
SURFACE PRESSURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WIND SPEED
WIND DIRECTION
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
RAINFALL

INSTRUMENTS
ANALOG BAROMETER
PHYCROMETER
WIND VANE ANEMOMETER
PYRANOMETER
TIPPING-BUCKET RAIN GAUGE