ARMBE2DGRID

Spatial variability is of critical importance to many scientific studies, especially those that involve processes (e.g., precipitation, clouds, and radiation) of great spatial variations at high temporal frequency. High-density ARM sites deployed at Southern Great Plains (SGP) allow us to observe the spatial patterns of variables of scientific interests. However currently, the data is only reported at individual site locations at different time resolutions for different data streams. It is difficult for the users to locate all the data they need and requires extra effort to synchronize the data. To address these problems, the ARMBE2DGRID VAP merges key surface measurements at the ARM SGP sites and interpolates the data to a regular 2D grid to facilitate the data application. The output data at 0.25^o x 0.25 ^o x 1 hour and covers the domain at 35^oN—38.5 ^oN and 95.5^oW—99.5^oW. It includes the following products: Surface Meteorological Instrumentation (MET), Oklahoma Mesonet (OKM), Kansas State University Mesonet (KSUMESO), Data Quality Assessment for ARM Radiation Data (QCRAD), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), Microwave Radiometer (MWR), Best-Estimate Fluxes from EBBR Measurements and Bulk Aerodynamics Calculations (BAEBBR), Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System (ECOR), Soil Water and Temperature System (SWATS). A set of stringent Quality Controls is applied to remove suspicious data in the input data.