Hourly dewpoint temperature in degree Fahrenheit and associated three-digit data-source flag, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2017
Dates
Start Date
1948-01-01
End Date
2017-09-30
Publication Date
2018-04-27
Citation
Bera, M., and Over, T.M., 2018, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H1318R.
Summary
The text file "Dewpoint temperature.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2017. Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017) is the primary source of the data and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010). Missing and apparently erroneous data values were replaced with adjusted values from nearby stations used as “backup”. Midwestern Regional Climate Center (Midwestern Regional Climate Center, 2017) station at Chicago O'Hare International Airport is used as "backup". Each hourly value is assigned a corresponding data source flag that indicates the source of the value and its transformations. Each flag is of the form "xyz" [...]
Summary
The text file "Dewpoint temperature.txt" contains hourly data and associated data-source flag from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2017. Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017) is the primary source of the data and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010). Missing and apparently erroneous data values were replaced with adjusted values from nearby stations used as “backup”. Midwestern Regional Climate Center (Midwestern Regional Climate Center, 2017) station at Chicago O'Hare International Airport is used as "backup". Each hourly value is assigned a corresponding data source flag that indicates the source of the value and its transformations. Each flag is of the form "xyz" that allows the user to determine its source and the methods used to process the data (Over and others, 2010).
References Cited:
Argonne National Laboratory, 2017, Meteorological data, accessed on October 25, 2017, at URL http://gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ANLMET/.
Midwestern Regional Climate Center, 2017, Meteorological data, accessed on December 5, 2017, at URL http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/CLIMATE/welcome.jsp.
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.
This data set may be used to run the Hydrological Simulation Program- FORTRAN (HSPF) model or any other compatible model for simulating rainfall-runoff in DuPage County and nearby areas in northeastern, Illinois. This database is available to public and other stakeholders for the purpose of doing similar research.
Data is collected by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017). The primary data for each year is downloaded from ANL and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010).
