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DatasetHydrometeorological data from ROMPS network in Central Asia
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Zech, Cornelia; Schöne, Tilo; Illigner, Julia; Stolarczuk, Nico; Queisser, Torsten; Köppl, Matthias; Thoss, Heiko; Zubovich, Alexander; Sharshebaev, Azamat; Zakhidov, Kakhramon; Toshpulatov, Khurshid; Tillayev, Yusufjon; Olimov, Sukhrob; Paiman, Zabihullah; Unger-Shayesteh, Katy; Gafurov, Abror; Moldobekov, Bolot (2020): Hydrometeorological data from ROMPS network in Central Asia. V. 1.0. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.2.2020.002Status
I N R E V I E W : Zech, Cornelia; Schöne, Tilo; Illigner, Julia; Stolarczuk, Nico; Queisser, Torsten; Köppl, Matthias; Thoss, Heiko; Zubovich, Alexander; Sharshebaev, Azamat; Zakhidov, Kakhramon; Toshpulatov, Khurshid; Tillayev, Yusufjon; Olimov, Sukhrob; Paiman, Zabihullah; Unger-Shayesteh, Katy; Gafurov, Abror; Moldobekov, Bolot (2020): Hydrometeorological data from ROMPS network in Central Asia. V. 1.0. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.2.2020.002
Abstract
The Regional Research Network „Water in Central Asia“ (CAWa) funded by the German Federal Foreign Office consists of 18 remotely operated multi-parameter stations (ROMPS) in Central Asia. These stations were installed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany in close cooperation with the Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the national hydrometeorological services in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the Kabul Polytechnic University, Afghanistan. Up to now, ten years of data are provided for an area of scarce station distribution and with limited open access data which can be used for a wide range of scientific or engineering applications. The primary objective of these stations is to support the establishment of a reliable data basis of meteorological and hydrological data especially in remote areas with extreme climate conditions in Central Asia for applications in climate and water monitoring.
This dataset provides different types of raw hydrometeorological data such as air temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind speed and direction, precipitation, solar radiation, soil moisture and soil temperature as well as snow parameters and river discharge information for selected sites. The data has not undergone any quality control mechanism and should, therefore, be seen as raw data. A visual inspection of the data set has been made and some errors and quality degradation are listed in Zech et al. (2020) but does not claim to be complete. A quality control is strongly recommended by the authors before using the data.
Each station data has its own storage directory at the data dissemination server named with the abbreviation (4-letter code) of the station. The data is sampled with a 5-minute interval and stored in hourly files separated by the type of data. These files are then archived as monthly files named with the station abbreviation, type of data, year and month. After one year, these monthly files are further archived to a yearly file. A detailed description for the stations is provided by the Station Exposure Descriptions. Further information about the dataset can be found in Zech et al. (2020). All data is compiled as ASCII data in two different formats which are explained in the documents GITW-SSP-FMT-GFZ-003.pdf (for the stations ALAI, ALA6, and SARY) and CAWA-SSP-FMT-GFZ-006.pdf (for all other stations). The data are accessible via ftp and organised as subfolders for each station. The top folder additionally provides: (1) a station overview with metadata for each station (name, partners, starting date, coordinates, sensors; 2020-002_Zech_ROMPS-station_overview.pdf) (2) the manuals of the sensors (2020-002_Zech_ROMPS_Manuals.zip), and (3) the datasheets with technical specification of the sensors (2020-002_Zech_ROMPS_Datasheets.zip).
Monthly, the data will be dynamically extended as long as data can be acquired from the stations. Additionally, the near real-time data can be displayed and downloaded without any registration from the Sensor Data Storage System (SDSS) hosted at the Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Authors
- Zech, Cornelia
;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany - Schöne, Tilo;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Illigner, Julia;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Stolarczuk, Nico;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Queisser, Torsten;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Köppl, Matthias;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Thoss, Heiko;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Zubovich, Alexander;CAIAG Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Sharshebaev, Azamat;CAIAG Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Zakhidov, Kakhramon;Centre of Hydrometeorological Service (UzHydromet), Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Toshpulatov, Khurshid;Centre of Hydrometeorological Service (UzHydromet), Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Tillayev, Yusufjon;Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute (UBAI), Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Olimov, Sukhrob;Agency for Hydrometeorology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- Paiman, Zabihullah;Kabul Polytechnic University, Kabul, Afghanistan
- Unger-Shayesteh, Katy;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Gafurov, Abror;GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
- Moldobekov, Bolot;CAIAG Central Asian Institute of Applied Geosciences, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Contact
- Zech, Cornelia (Researcher); GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; ➦
- Schöne, Tilo (Researcher); GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany; ➦
Keywords
Water in Central Asia, CAWa, hydrometeorological, Central Asia, Meteorological data, hydrological data, monitoring > monitoring technique > monitoring system, monitoring > weather monitoringGCMD Science Keywords
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > NET RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED/WIND DIRECTION
- EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
- EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > DISCHARGE/FLOW
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Current/Wind Meters > CURRENT METERS
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Current/Wind Meters > WIND MONITOR
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Gauges > ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Gauges > WATER LEVEL GAUGES
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Pressure/Height Meters > BAROMETERS
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Probes > SOIL MOISTURE PROBE
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Probes > SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > HUMIDITY SENSORS
- In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > TEMPERATURE SENSORS
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