Westdock (Low), Alaska

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Westdock (low) Soil Climate Station

N 70° 22’ 13.7”
W 148° 33’ 56.2”

This soil climate station was established in August of 2001 and is located on the British Petroleum (BP) Prudhoe Bay oil field near West Dock. The elevation is about 1.5 m (5 ft). This station monitors air temperature, solar and net radiation, wind speed and direction, and soil temperature at various depths to a maximum of 120 cm. Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and averaged and recorded every hour.

Project Personnel:

• University of Delaware, Department of Geography
  • Fredrick Nelson
• University of Cincinnati, Department of Geography
  • Ken Hinkel
• USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center
  • Cathy Seybold
  • Debbie Harms

Westdock (low) Readings

Station data files contain a lot of data and are therefore very large files. It is recommended that you download the file before viewing it. To do so, right-click the link and select "Save Target As..." or select the save option in the File Download dialog box.

• Description of Station, Data, and Soils

• Station Record (249 KB)
• Data Labels (115 KB)

• Graphic Display of Data

• Westdock (low) - 2006
• Westdock (low) - 2005
• Westdock (low) - 2004
• Westdock (low) - 2002
• Westdock (low) - 2001

• Download Data (daily averages) By Year

• Westdock (low) - 2006 (396 KB)
• Westdock (low) - 2005 (394 KB)
• Westdock (low) - 2004 (395 KB)
• Westdock (low) - 2002 (396 KB)
• Westdock (low) - 2001 (395 KB)

• Disclaimer

Last Modified: 03/06/2008

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