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Dauphin Island Sea Lab Weather Station 1974-1997

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The DISL Weather Station collected twice daily meteorological observations at the east end of Dauphin Island, Alabama (30 degrees 14' 57" N, 88 degrees 04' 38" W) from 1974 to 1997. Data include air temperature, water surface temperature, barometric pressure, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, cloud cover, and weather conditions. Relative humidity, visibility, and wave height estimates were added in 1981. Wind speed and direction were also continuously measured with a Bendix-Friez Aerovane Model 141-8 strip chart recording anemometer; the digitized data are hourly. Barometric pressure was also recorded by a strip chart microbarograph.

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Author William Schroeder
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:53 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:53 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2016-04-05
ISO.author William W. Schroeder and William J. Wiseman Jr.
ISO.author.1 William. W. Schroeder
ISO.author.1.2 William. W. Schroeder, Randy Horton, and Linda Lutz
ISO.pointOfContact DISL Data Management
ISO.pointOfContact.1 Mike Dardeau <mdardeau@disl.org>
ISO.principalInvestigator William Schroeder
ISO.publisher Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium
ISO.publisher.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.publisher.1.2 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
ISO.resourceProvider Lei Hu <lhu@disl.org>
ISO.resourceProvider.1 Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Alabama, Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay mouth
Temporal Begin 1974-02-21
Temporal End 1997-07-31
Theme Keywords air temperature, water temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, sky cover, cloud cover, weather conditions, visibility, wave height, precipitation, meteorological data
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
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