Meteorological and soil measurements of the permanent master weather station 23 - Cerro Constancia, Chile

This data link summarizes all meteorological and soil measurements of the permanent master weather station "23- Cerro Constancia" in the Atacama desert in Chile. Master stations are equipped with further soil and radiations sensors, as well as temperature, humidity and wind sensors in a height of 4 m. The measurement site is located in the nothern transect of the research regions at the Cerro Constancia. Recent data are available on the weather station website section (https://www.crc1211db.uni-koeln.de/wd/index.php). Additionaly, detailed information about the station configuration and mounted sensors is given at this website section. The data of this station is collected every hour by a GOES satellite uplink provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce) and this station also collects data of station 12 by radio-based communication. In addition, data stored in the station is acquired on a regular time basis, as documented in the section stated above. Please contact the contributor for all further details. Yearly datasets are additionally stored in this CRC1211-DB.