Meteorological data at the Beaver Creek, Yukon - Road experimental section 2008 – 2018

The dataset presents the measurement of the meteorological data at the Beaver Creek experimental road site, Yukon (BC-RES) (62° 20' N, 140° 50' W; 649 m above sea level). The meteorological station was installed in the right-of-way, about 30 m from the road embankment at the BC-RES to provide hourly air temperature (AT), rain precipitation, wind speed, and incoming solar radiation data. The available datasets of AT and wind speed cover the period from 02/10/2008 to 31/12/2018, while rainfall and solar radiation datasets cover 23/10/2012 to 31/12/2018. Data are available as: (1) recorded data, which are measured at one hour interval; (2) daily averages; (3) monthly averages; and (4) yearly averages. The air temperature is measured by a thermistor (Campbell Scientific, resolution of 0.01 °C, accuracy of ± 0.2 °C) installed in a solar radiation shield located 2 m above the ground surface. The precipitation is measured at the same location by a tipping bucket (TE525WS, Campbell Scientific, resolution of 8.25 ml, accuracy of ± 1.0 %). The solar radiation is measured by pyranometer (Campbell Scientific, accuracy of ± 5 %). The wind speed is measured by anemometer (Campbell Scientific, resolution of 0.0980 m/s, accuracy of ± 0.3 m/s).

We thank to Paul Murchison and Yukon Highways’ Public Works for providing thermal data and access to the test site.

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Version 1.0 (2008-2018) - Updated April 6, 2020