DESCRIPTION OF UPPER PENTICTON CREEK FILES WITH HOURLY DATA FOR A STATION IN ONE FILE
Last edit 8 November 2019  Dave Spittlehouse

readme file edited 19 February 2021 R.D. Moore
 - file names changed to those used in the repository, along with other minor edits
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Hourly data as Excel spreadsheets for all of a station's record

File name structure: met_hrly_px.xlxs (px is the station name)

met_hrly_p1.xlxs : 25 July 1997 to 7 October 2019. Data as recorded at P1 with minor gap filling from PJ. 
met_hrly_p3.xlxs : 25 July 1997 to 31 August 2009 with gap filling from P1
met_hrly_p5.xlxs : 28 October 1997 to 7 October 2019 
met_hrly_pb.xlxs : 22 July 1999 to 16 October 2019 with gap filling from P1, PJ and PC
met_hrly_pc.xlxs : 1 September 1999 to 16 October 2019 
met_hrly_pj.xlxs : 22 October 2005 to 16 October 2019 with gap filling from P1
met_hrly_pk.xlxs : 21 September 2017 to 7 OCtober 2019 no gap filling


Each spreadsheet has the following worksheets:

 - Data worksheet: Hourly data as measured and gap filled for p1, pb, pj and pk. 
 - Meta worksheet: Measurements, explanation of gap filling and calculations

See the individual annual hourly files for original data and information not included in these files.
Contact D. Spittlehouse for access to individual annual files.

Measurements vary by site and by year at a site

Hourly data:

 - Incident solar radiation (W/m2) for clearcut sites (p1, p3, pb, pj and pk)
 - Reflected solar radiation (W/m2) for clearcut sites (p1, pb, pj and pk)
 - Air temperature ~2.5 m (C)
 - Relative humidity ~2.5 m (%)
 - Average wind speed ~3 m (m/s) for clearcut sites (p1, p3, pb, pj and pk)
 - Maximum  wind speed ~3 m (m/s) for clearcut sites (p1, p3, pb, pj and pk)
 - Wind direction (degrees) for clearcut sites (p1, pb and pj)
 - Precipitation (mm) for clearcut sites (p1, p3, pb, pj and pk)
 - Snow depth at end of the hour (mm)
 - 0.5 m snow pack temperature (C)
 - 0.2 m snow pack temperature (C)
 - Infra red surface temperature (C)
 - 0.005 m soil temperature (C)
 - 0.2 m soil temperature (C) (not pk)
 - 0.5 m soil temperature (C)
 - Vapour pressure (kPa) calculated from Tair and Relative humidity