Weather, profiler and rooftop flux networks in New York City (NYS Mesonet)
FieldOn request
17 street-level stations across the five boroughs plus rooftop eddy-covariance and Doppler-lidar / microwave-radiometer profiler sites. The flux readme warns of rooftop flow distortion.
Archived data are free for academic research, but you must request them and you may not redistribute them. Fill in the NYS Mesonet data request form linked above, naming the New York City stations and period you need.
Request access; free for academic research, no redistribution
How to cite
University at Albany, State University of New York. (2020). Weather, profiler and rooftop flux networks in New York City (NYS Mesonet) [Data set]. https://nysmesonet.org/weather/requestdata
Please also cite the publication below that describes it.
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