gov.noaa.nodc:0161526 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-13T12:59:28Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) El Niño Rapid Response (ENRR) Field Campaign: Surface Meteorological Data from Kiritimati Island, January-March 2016 (NCEI Accession 0161526) 2017-06-19 publication 2017-03-06 creation International DOI Foundation (IDF) 10.7289/v51z42h4 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0161526 NCEI Archive Management System 0161526 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Catherine A. Smith NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Cathy.Smith@noaa.gov https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Hartten, Leslie UCO/CIRES > Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Leslie.M.Hartten@noaa.gov http://nsidc.org/ HTTP University of Colorado - Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website Institution web page information author Johnston, Paul UCO/CIRES > Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Paul.E.Johnston@noaa.gov http://nsidc.org/ HTTP University of Colorado - Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website Institution web page information author Cox, Christopher UCO/CIRES > Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Christopher.J.Cox@noaa.gov http://nsidc.org/ HTTP University of Colorado - Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website Institution web page information author Wolfe, Daniel UCO/CIRES > Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Daniel.Wolfe@noaa.gov http://nsidc.org/ HTTP University of Colorado - Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) website Institution web page information author NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) esrl.psd.data@noaa.gov https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset contains surface meteorological data from Kiritimati (Christmas) Island, collected 25 January to 28 March 2016. These data have been corrected for known measurement issues when possible and replaced with bad/missing flags when that was not possible, and have been visually screened for physically unreasonable values. These data were collected at (2.01°N, 157.40°W), at an elevation of 3.6 m ASL (above sea level). The averaging/collection period is 2 minutes through 2016-02-11 04:05:43 UTC, and changes to 1 minute starting 2016-02-11 04:06:43 UTC. The following variables are reported: time at end of averaging or collection period (UTC); air_pressure (hPa); air_temperature (C); relative_humidity (%); wind_speed (m s-1); wind_from_direction (degree); wind_speed_of_gust (m s-1); rain (mm); battery_voltage (V). During January through March 2016, scientists led by the NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory's Physical Sciences Division conducted NOAA's El Niño Rapid Response (ENRR) Field Campaign. Its goal was to document the ongoing El Niño episode in great detail, and in ways that could help researchers better understand the ways in which this El Niño affected weather in the United States and the impact of various high-resolution observations on weather forecasts. Intensive observations were collected over the central and eastern Pacific ocean from land, ocean, and airborne platforms during the very strong 2015-2016 El Niño. These data provide a high-resolution view of surface meteorology conditions in the heart of the warm near-equatorial waters during the late stages of the 2015-2016 El Niño. 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Note that an aerovane (insttypes_id 175) is an anemometer which has a tail and a propeller to measure the speed and direction of the wind. barometric pressure sensor barometric pressure sensor instrument used to measure the atmospheric pressure. rain gauge rain gauge A device to measure the amount of liquid precipitation The definition of liquid precipitation is any form of water falling from the sky as rain. Rain gauge measures the amount of liquid precipitation. temperature sensor temperature sensor A sensor used to measure temperature.