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Parameters include: 1m pressure, 3 min 20 sec mean 2m windspeed (sonic and cup anemometers), number of windspeeds sampled, variance of windspeed in sample, skew of windspeed in sample, 2m relative humidity, 2 temperature, soil temperature (2 depths), ground flux, shortwave radiation up and down, longwave radiation up and down. \r\n\r\nSpecific station locations are stated both in the data files and the CEDA platform record. One station had to be moved after the first year, hence there are 9 station locations listed.\r\n\r\nDue to harsh environmental conditions a number of the AWS stopped operating after deployment. Additional information regarding instrument issues and missing data can be found in a PDF on the CEDA archive. \r\n\r\n\r\n","keywords":"Fennec, Sahara, Desert, AWS, surface pressure, 2 m windspeed, 2 m relative humidity, 2 m temperature, soil temperature, ground flux, shortwave radiation, longwave radiation","publicationState":"published","dataPublishedTime":"2017-05-23T14:18:43","doiPublishedTime":null,"updateFrequency":"notPlanned","status":"completed","result_field":{"ob_id":"https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v2/observations/24689/?format=json","dataPath":"/badc/fennec/data/leeds-aws-f","oldDataPath":[],"storageLocation":"internal","storageStatus":"online","volume":231558526,"numberOfFiles":24,"fileFormat":"The data comprise 22 NetCDF data files and 1 .pdf file which provides additional information about instrument issues. 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