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Cumbayá
EMA
USFQ
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Abstract
Meteorological variables in the valley of Cumbayá, Ecuador, are being monitored continuously at Universidad San Francisco de Quito’s Atmospheric Measurement Station, EMA (Spanish acronym), since the end of May, 2014. Two months of data, June and July, were processed to assess instrument performance and data quality. A first look into the data sets shows that information generation is optimal. Data time series and monthly diurnal profiles for solar radiation flux density, ambient temperature, surface pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction are presented. Wind rose plots show typical S, SE seasonality of summer winds. Finally, a 40.6 mm precipitation event on 23 May is shown.
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