Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells, Sonoran Desert, central-west Arizona, 1981-1996

Helm, P. J.; Breed, C. S.; Tigges, Richard; Creighton, Shawn

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The data in this report were obtained by instruments deployed on a GOES-satellite data collection station operated by the U.S. Geological Survey Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells (latitude 33? 42‘ 08‘ N, longitude 113? 48‘ 40‘ W), La Paz County, west-central Arizona. The elevation is 344 m (1,130 ft). From January 9, 1981 through May 31, 1995 the station recorded eight parameters: wind direction, wind speed, peak gust, air temperature, precipitation, humidity, barometric pressure, and soil temperature. On June 1, 1995, the station was upgraded by adding a SENSIT sand-flux sensor, which records grain impacts concurrently with wind speed and wind direction measurements. Included with the data is descriptive text on the geology, soils, climate, vegetation, and land use at the site, as well as text on data format, date retrieval software and instructions, and metadata

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Helm, P. J.; Breed, C. S.; Tigges, Richard; Creighton, Shawn

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1 computer optical disc :col. ill. ;4 3/4 in., in plastic box (13 x 15 x 1 cm.)

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Geometeorological data collected by the USGS Desert Winds Project at Desert Wells, Sonoran Desert, central-west Arizona, 1981-1996; 1998; OFR; 98-361; Helm, P. J.; Breed, C. S.; Tigges, Richard; Creighton, Shawn