Navajo Nation Climate Data Recovery

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Navajo Nation Climate Data Recovery

• Arizona State Climate Office
• Nancy J. Selover, Ph.D.
• State Climatologist
• Arizona State University
• Tempe, AZ 85287-1508
• 480-965-0580
• selover_at_asu.edu
• http//geography.asu.edu/azclimate

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• 23 Automated Weather Stations
• Hourly and Daily data
• No remote communications
• Downloaded periodically
• Line printer printouts
• Computer systems replaced and most digital data
  were not archived. Only 4 stations have digital
  daily data (6, 9, 10, 11 year records).
• Various record lengths from 2 to 13 years
• Records from 1986 to 1999

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Variables Hourly Daily Air Temperature Maxim
um Air Temperature Relative Humidity Minimum
Air Temperature Precipitation Average Air
Temperature Total Solar Radiation Maximum
Relative Humidity Average Wind Speed Minimum
Relative Humidity Maximum Wind Speed Average
Relative Humidity Vector average Wind
Direction Precipitation Soil Temperature 4 depth
Total Solar Radiation Soil Temperature 9 depth
Soil Moisture 4 depth Soil Temperature 15
depth Soil Moisture 9 depth Soil Moisture
15 depth Maximum Soil Temperature 4
depth Minimum Soil Temperature 4
depth Average Soil Temperature 4
depth Maximum Soil Temperature 9
depth Minimum Soil Temperature 9
depth Average Soil Temperature 9
depth Maximum Soil Temperature 15
depth Minimum Soil Temperature 15
depth Average Soil Temperature 15 depth
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First of 2 daily data pages
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Second of 2 daily data pages
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Hourly data page