Automated Transportable Meteorological Observing System (ATMOS) - TO2015 Pan and Parapan American Games

Ten 10-m ATMOS surface weather stations were deployed during the 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games as the foundation of the high-resolution atmospheric monitoring network, the Mesonet, built by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) in support of the Games.


The ATMOS stations collected 1.5-m temperature and humidity, pressure, 10-m wind speed and direction, insolation, black globe temperature, precipitation, and the difference in temperature between the top and bottom of the tower (local stability). Samples were made every 5 seconds and these were used to generate 1-min averages. Data then underwent thorough quality control.


These stations were sited in a variety of environments chosen to represent the larger area around the station and included cropped fields, pasture, dirt/gravel and non-agricultural grassy areas. One ATMOS station (A6T – North York) was deployed on a flat, gravel rooftop and had a considerably shorter mast for wind measurements. Temperature difference was not recorded at this station. Exposure was typically good with obstructions 50 m or more away on all sides.


At two stations, (A3T – Claremont and A6T – North York), a WXT520 compact station was included as part of the instrumentation in order to facilitate comparisons with standard ATMOS data. The WXT520 data are not included in the Legacy Archive dataset.

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Date Stamp
2021-05-14T16:13:52
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eng; CAN
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UTF8
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Dataset
Author
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 

Data identification

Date (Creation)
2016-07-07
Date (Publication)
2016-08-08
Status
Completed
Metadata language

eng; CAN
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UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Point of contact
  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada - Diane Johnston ( Pan American and Parapan American Games Project Lead )
4905 Dufferin Street , Toronto , Ontario , M3H 5T4 , Canada
416-739-4128

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Theme

  • 2015 Toronto Pan American and Parapan American Games, ATMOS

  • Observation/Measurement

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus

  • Scientific research

ECCC Information Category EN

  • Weather and Climate

Business Functions

  • Provide Weather Information Products and Services

  • Expand Scientific Knowledge / Develop New Methodologies for Monitoring and Predicting Weather

Geography

  • Ontario (ON)

external.theme.EC_Branch

  • Science and Technology Branch

external.theme.EC_Directorate

  • Atmospheric Science and Technology

external.theme.EC_Program_PAA

  • 2.1.1. Weather Observations, Forecasts and Warnings

external.theme.GC_Security_Level

  • Unclassified
 
Use Limitation

Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )

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Begin Date
2015-05-01
End Date
2015-10-01

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EPSG / 4326 /
 

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  Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada ( Public inquiries centre )
Fontaine Building 12th floor, 200 Sacré-Coeur Blvd , Gatineau , Quebec , K1A 0H3 ,
1-800-668-6767
http://ec.gc.ca
 
 

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Keywords

2015 Toronto Pan American and Parapan American Games, ATMOS Observation/Measurement
Business Functions
Expand Scientific Knowledge / Develop New Methodologies for Monitoring and Predicting Weather Provide Weather Information Products and Services
ECCC Information Category EN
Weather and Climate
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
Scientific research
external.theme.EC_Branch
Science and Technology Branch
external.theme.EC_Directorate
Atmospheric Science and Technology
external.theme.EC_Program_PAA
2.1.1. Weather Observations, Forecasts and Warnings
external.theme.GC_Security_Level
Unclassified

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