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Observations of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and carbon monoxide (CO) mole fractions from the NIST Northeast Corridor urban testbed

Published by National Institute of Standards and Technology | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Metadata Last Checked: July 14, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-03-19 00:00:00
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.

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