Brief description
The Wangara Experiment was a joint project between CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics and the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology. The experiment took place in Hay, NSW (34.5S, 144.93E) from the 15th July to the 27th August, 1967. The dataset includes hourly pilot balloon winds up to 2km. Radiosonde temperatures and mixing ratios.Micrometeorological measurements. Surface observations of pressure, dry and wet bulb temperature, "weather" cloud type and amount and surface wind direction. Geostrophic winds at the surface, thermal winds and estimates of total acceleration.The data is provided in a comprehensive technical report ( ref (1971 )above and link below). The fluxes (latent and sensible) from the Wangara dataset have been recalculated by Bruce Hicks details can be found in the (ref (1981) above and link below). The recalculated fluxes are used in the Wangara2 datasets provided.Lineage
Progress Code: completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned
Statement: The data was collected and processed with the details published in the Technical report Clarke, R. H., A. J, Dyer, R. R. Brook, D. G. Reid, and A. J. Troup (1971), The Wangara Experiment: Boundary Layer Data, Tech. Paper 19, Div. Meteor. Phys. CSIRO, Australia; The fluxes (latent and sensible) have been recalculated by Bruce Hicks, see Hicks, B. B. (1981), An Analysis of Wangara Micrometeorology: Surface Stress, Sensible Heat, Evaporation, and Dewfall, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL ARL-104. Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD, 36pp
Notes
CreditDivision of Meteorological Physics, CSIRO, Aspendale, Vic. 3195. Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Vic. 3000.
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40 Participants from the then Division of Meteorological Physics
40 Participants from the then Division of Meteorological Physics
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CSIRO
CSIRO
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and the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.
and the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.
Data time period: 1967-07-15 to 1967-08-27
text: westlimit=144.47; southlimit=-34.92; eastlimit=145.17; northlimit=-34.08
Subjects
Aircraft/Airborne Equipment |
Meteorological Instruments |
Radiation Sensors |
Radiosondes |
States, Territories (Australia) | New South Wales |
The Wangara Experiment - Boundary Layer Data |
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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Link to Hicks, B. B. (1981), Publication (Documentation Link)
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https://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/OAR/ERL_ARL/TM_ERL_ARL/TM_ERL_ARL_104.pdf
Identifiers
- Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306014156
- Local : Marlin Record Number: 14156
- global : cc2263aa-2ca6-1bb9-e043-08114f8cb491