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Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)

Dataset Summary

Agency	Department of Agriculture
Sub-Agency/Organization	Natural Resources Conservation Service
Category	Natural Resources
Date Released	10/01/1991
Date Updated	10/01/2009
Time Period	June 1991, present
Frequency	Hourly
Description	The SCAN data retrieval tools provides an interactive process to identify and retrieve data from individual SCAN sites. The user does not need to know the ID for the site but must know either it's general location or the name of the site

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Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type	Tool Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation	Other
Keywords	Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature, Precipitation, Relative Humidity, Solar Radiation, Wind, Soil, Evapotranspiration
Unique ID	4252

Contributing Agency Information

Citation	http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/SCAN-brochure.pdf
Agency Program Page	http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/
Agency Data Series Page	http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis	climate station
Granularity	longitude/latitude to nearest minute
Geographic Coverage	point

Data Description

Collection Mode	USDA/NRCS Meteor Communication System
Data Collection Instrument	URL to specfic site through tool
Data Dictionary/Variable List	URL to specfic site through tool

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation	http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/scan/SCAN-brochure.pdf
Additional Metadata	URL to specfic site through tool

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