Savannah River Experiment (DSI-9790)

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Originator: National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: Savannah River Experiment (DSI-9790)

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Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data

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Online_Linkage: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

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Savannah River Experiment is historical digital data set DSI-9790, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Major parameters which make up this file include hourly wind speed, direction and directional range at one to three levels and ambient temperature, dew point, vertical temperature gradient, precipitation and solar radiation when available. Historically, this sampling program was designed to take advantage of the krypton-85 plume produced by routine emissions from the operation of chemical separations facilities at the Savannah River plant (SRP) and the availability of 13 cryogenic air samplers used by ARL in a 1974 dispersion experiment (Ferber et al., 1977).a program of weekly air sampling at 13 locations surrounding the SRP began in March 1975. Pendergast et. al. (1979) reported the weekly data for the first 1 1/2 years (March 1975 through august 1976) of this sampling program. This final report includes those data along with weekly and twice-daily samples collected from September 1976 through mid-September 1977. Continuous sampling over this relatively long period provides air concentration data over a wide range of meteorological conditions as well as seasonal and annual average concentration patterns. Related files include weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual krypton-85 concentrations. Data processing: the data are collected from a cryogenic air sampling network of 13 stations surrounding the SRP operated continuously taking weekly or twice-daily (85) Kr samples from March 1975 to September 1977. These data are reported together with the monthly (85) Kr emissions at the plant and associated meteorological data. The (85) Kr sampling data have also been averaged into monthly, seasonal, and annual concentrations. These data should prove useful to air pollution modelers for model improvement and verification. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: data set CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition

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Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19750301

Ending_Date: 19770101

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.6

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.8

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.9

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.3

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > STATION HEIGHT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Theme_Keyword: ANEMOMETERS

Theme_Keyword: BAROMETERS

Theme_Keyword: HVAS > HIGH VOLUME AIR SAMPLER

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Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > GEORGIA

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > SOUTH CAROLINA

Access_Constraints: ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: None DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.

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ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Data quality problems, including questions concerning the actual monthly emission for the first five months (March 3, 1975 through August 4, 1975) have not been completely resolved. NCDC, therefore, has substituted the arithmetic average monthly emission (for the period august 1975 through September 1977) for the first five months. The average value is believed to be within + or - 20% of the actual values for March through June 1975 but the July 1975 value has a much larger uncertainty. For the purpose of calculating long-term (seasonal annual) mean concentrations, the (85) Kr release may be assumed to be continuous, and at a uniform rate, during each month. Actually chemical separations operations are done as a batch process in separate runs lasting 10 hours or longer and there are many days with no emissions. Emission rates may vary by more than a factor of three during a run. However, separations are done around the clock (no day-night bias) on most days including weekends and the fluctuations in emission rate should not seriously affect long-term concentrations (Draxler, 1980). LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: Unknown COMPLETENESS REPORT: Completeness information not available. LINEAGE/PROCESS STEP: PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Not derived from another source. PROCESS DATE: Unknown

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Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Contact_Person: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120

City: Asheville

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 28801-5001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 828-271-4800

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 828-271-4876

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov

Resource_Description: ______DSI-9790 ____

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http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20060710

Metadata_Review_Date: 20110721

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: NCDC CUSTOMER SERVICE

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120

City: Asheville

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 28801-5001

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 828-271-4800

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 828-271-4876

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ncdc.orders@noaa.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time