TARFOX_WALLOPS_MET

This dataset contains surface meteorological data acquired during the
TARFOX experiment at Wallops Island, VA. These data were measured by 
sensors mounted at the top of building X85 on the island. The sensors
were about 20 meters above ground. 

The files cover varying time periods.  The filename includes the month 
and day of measurement start and end.  Each file is an ascii
file containing the data in several columns. The columns contain:

month, day, time (UT) (hh:mm:ss), wind speed (m/s), wind direction (deg),
pressure (mb), temperature (C), and relative humidity (%).

Unfortunately, this record of surface data is not continuous so there
are some gaps.  There are also a couple of files in which the data is
garbled or incorrect.  In the file met_960711_960712, the recorder appears
to have been stopped mid-record at the 07-11 19:26:00 measurement and then
restarted.  The subsequent measurement apparently starts on the same line 
as the interrupted measurement.  In the last file, met_960730_960731, the dates appears as
01-01 and 01-02 rather than 07-30 and 07-31.  The time appears to also have 
been reset (and may therefore be incorrect), so the measurements in this file
are suspect.  The file met_960718_960720 contains one pressure value anomaly,
a value of 8.0 mb.

Questions about this data may be addressed to:
    		Richard Ferrare
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