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BSEC flux towers: CSAT3B and TRH

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The data were collected as part of the BSEC project, during the period from June 2025 to May 2026. Directory "broadway" contains data collected on a multi-level flux tower (US-BWf) in the Broadway East neighborhood (1808 North Patterson Park Ave., Baltimore City, MD 21213; LAT: 39o18'40.31'' N; LONG: 76o35'12.43'' W). At each of the four measurement heights (8.5 m, 11.1 m, 13.4 m, 15.9 m), a Campbell Scientific CSAT3B sonic anemometer was operated at 50 Hz to measure virtual temperature (tc) and three velocity components (u: 270 degrees; v: 180 degrees; w: vertical), and a RM Young temperature sensor (model 41382VC) was operated at 1 Hz inside a compact aspirated radiation shield (model 43502) to measure absolute temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH). Inside directory "broadway", directory "netcdf" contains data collected each day in 5-minute chunks that have been converted to NetCDF format (before quality checking), while "4hr" contains data arranged into 4-hour chunks (also in NetCDF format) that have been through basic quality checking steps (treating data points with nonzero diagnostic codes as missing data; fixing six or fewer consecutive missing data points using linear interpolation). Users are recommended to start with data in directory "4hr", while data in directory "netcdf" can be used for reference purposes.

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Pan, Ying [Pennsylvania State University] (ORCID:0000000347638688). 2026-06-15. BSEC flux towers: CSAT3B and TRH. https://doi.org/10.57931/3372114

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