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Observations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and carbon monoxide (CO) mole fractions from the NIST Northeast Corridor urban testbed
March 2025 Update. Here we provide hourly observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and (for a few sites) carbon monoxide (CO) from tower-based sites in the NIST Northeast Corridor network. Each *.tgz (tar/gzip) archive contains data files for a given site location, named by its 3-letter code. To extract on a unix platform, use "tar -xvzf <filename>". Data files within the <site>-1-hr-CSV.tgz archives are comma delimited (CSV) 1-hour averages; data files within the <site>-1-hr-NC.tgz archives are 1-hour averages in NetCDF format; data files within the <site>-1-min-CSV.tgz are CSV files with 1-minute averages (there is no NetCDF version for 1-minute data). Site locations, heights, and other information are in a separate ascii (CSV) file (NEC_sites.csv), and also within each data file (for the 1-hour averages files). Data in this archive is for January 1 2015-January 31 2025. ASCII Readme files (Readme_v20250319.txt and Readme_1minfiles_v20250319.txt) contain file information and an Updates_v20250319.pdf file that includes additional information on updates. Note about calibrations: CO2 data are reported on the NOAA/WMO X2019 calibration scale. CH4 data are reported on the NOAA/WMO X2004A calibration scale; CO data, where available, are reported on the NOAA/WMO X2014 scale. Note that previous archives of this data reported CO2 on the X2007 scale. This data is being freely distributed for research, academic and related non-commercial purposes consistent with NIST's mandate to further the science and the promulgation of appropriate standards. Current update: March 19, 2025.
Complete Metadata
| bureauCode |
[ "006:55" ] |
|---|---|
| identifier | ark:/88434/mds2-3765 |
| issued | 2025-04-02 |
| landingPage | https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-3765 |
| language |
[ "en" ] |
| programCode |
[ "006:047" ] |
| references |
[ "https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-699-2020" ] |
| rights | For non-commercial use only. |
| temporal | 2015-01-01/2025-01-31 |
| theme |
[ "Environment:Greenhouse gas measurements" ] |