TEAMx-PC22 (TEAMx pre-campaing 2022) - ACINN temperature and humidity logger data set from Nafingalm

ABSTRACT

This data set was collected with a network of Onset HOBO temperature and humidity data loggers of ACINN at the Nafingalm, Austria, in summer 2022 in the framework of the TEAMx pre-campaign 2022 (TEAMx-PC22). The aim of TEAMx-PC22 was to test new instruments, new instrument configurations and new measurement sites to support the planning of the main TEAMx observational campaign (TOC) in 2024/2025. More details about TEAMx can be found at http://www.teamx-programme.org as well as in Serafin et al. (2020) and in Rotach et al. (2022).

DATA SET DESCRIPTION

1. Location

The temperature and humidity data loggers were located at five different sites at the Nafingalm in the Weer Valley, Tyrol, Austria (see table below). Four sites were over land and one in a small lake, the so-called Nafingsee. At one of these sites an automatic weather station (AWS) was operated (see DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8172308). Logger H06 to H32 measured air temperature and air humidity at three sites on two levels (2 and about 0.3 m above ground level) and at one site on one level (2 m above ground level). Logger T01 and T02 measured land surface temperature at two sites. Logger T03 and T04 measured lake water temperature at one site on two levels (0.3 and 1.0 m below lake level). Each logger was equipped with a single temperature/humidity probe. Hence, for each level a separate logger had to be used. Therefore, each data file provided here contains data from a single logger at a single site on a single level. For reasons of redundancy, two sites were equipped with two loggers at 2 m above ground level (main logger and backup logger) in order to fill data gaps in the event of a failure of the main logger. However, data gaps did not occur.

2. Period

The TEAMx-PC22 lasted from mid-May 2022 to early October 2022. However, the temperature and humidity logger data set provided here contains the period from 16 June to 12 September 2022. The time series has a measurement interval of 5 minutes and, depending on the parameter, contains both mean values and instantaneous values.

3. Instrument details

Air temperature and air humidity were measured with Onset HOBO MX2302 temperature and humidity probes mounted on a pole above the surface in a RS3-B naturally aspirated multi-plate radiation shield. Land surface temperature was measured with Onset HOBO MX2201 temperature probes mounted on a pole at the surface under a home-made double-plate radiation shield. Lake water temperature was measured with Onset HOBO MX2201 temperature probes mounted on a rope under a buoy. Despite the double-plate radiation shield used to protect the land surface temperature measurements from radiation errors, such errors have to be expected, especially at low solar elevation angle in the morning and late afternoon. Therefore, use the land surface temperature data with caution. A detailed description of the sensors and parameters is provided as part of the netCDF file metadata as well as in a PDF file containing the netCDF header extracted with the Linux command ncdump -h.

4. Data file

The data set is provided in multiple netCDF files together with a data description in multiple PDF files, one for each data logger (teamx_pc22_aws_nafingalm_HOBOID.nc and teamx_pc22_aws_nafingalm_HOBOID_ncdump_output.pdf). Here, HOBOID represents the logger name (see table above).

5. Analysis

A first analysis of the data was performed in a Bachor thesis (Viebahn, 2023), which is available upon request from the author of this data set.

6. Contact

Contact alexander.gohm(at)uibk.ac.at for any questions regarding the data set.

7. References

Rotach, M. W., S. Serafin, H. C. Ward, M. Arpagaus, I. Colfescu, J. Cuxart, S. F. J. D. Wekker, V. Grubišic, N. Kalthoff, T. Karl, D. J. Kirshbaum, M. Lehner, S. Mobbs, A. Paci, E. Palazzi, A. Bailey, J.  Schmidli, C. Wittmann, G. Wohlfahrt, D. Zardi, 2022: A collaborative effort to better understand, measure, and model atmospheric exchange processes over mountains. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103, E1282–E1295. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-21-0232.1

Serafin, S., M. W. Rotach, M. Arpagaus, I. Colfescu, J. Cuxart, S. F. J. De Wekker, M. Evans, V. Grubišić, N. Kalthoff, T. Karl, D. J. Kirshbaum, M. Lehner, S. Mobbs, A. Paci, E. Palazzi, A. Raudzens Bailey, J. Schmidli, G. Wohlfahrt, B. Zardi, 2020: Multi-scale transport and exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains: Programme and experiment. Innsbruck University Press. https://doi.org/10.15203/99106-003-1

Viebahn, T., 2023: Windregime und Stabilität in einem alpinen Seitental im Sommer: Eine Standortcharakterisierung im Rahmen der TEAMx Vorkampagne 2022. Bachlor thesis, University of Innsbruck, 75 pp.