Met Sand Station - Sand Encroachment Monitoring Station in Saudi Arabia

The map shows the Met Sand Station, which is is a fixed-point meteorological monitoring station shown on the accompanying sand encroachment monitoring map of Saudi Arabia. The station is located in Alhasa, Eastern Region, and is represented as a single point indicating the physical installation location. It is equipped with a CR1000X datalogger running the CR1000X.Std.06.02 program and records observations at an hourly sampling frequency. The station provides locally representative measurements of wind and weather conditions that support interpretation of sand movement and sand encroachment patterns in the surrounding area. The data are intended for site-specific analysis and should not be generalized beyond the immediate station vicinity.

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Source FAO-KSA, NCVC
Author FAO-KSA, NCVC
Maintainer NCVC and FAO
Last Updated September 17, 2026, 07:07 (UTC)
Created January 28, 2026, 09:39 (UTC)
AirTC Total accumulated rainfall during the measurement period in millimeters
AirTC_Avg Instantaneous air temperature in degrees Celsius
BattV Sequential datalogger record number
KE_Tot Total kinetic energy recorded by the particle monitoring system
PC_FP5_Tot Total particle count recorded by FP5 particle counter
PC_Tot Total particle count recorded by the particle counter
PTemp Wind direction measured by sensor 5 in degrees
PTemp_C Battery voltage of the station power system in volts
RH Average air temperature over the sampling interval in degrees Celsius
Rain_mm_Tot Air temperature measured by CS107 probe 2 in degrees Celsius
T107_C Diagnostic status information for wind sensor 4
T107_C_2 Air temperature measured by CS107 probe 1 in degrees Celsius
TIMESTAMP Timestamp of observation recorded by the datalogger
WSDiag Wind speed measured by sensor 1 in meters per second
WSDiag_2 Wind speed measured by sensor 2 in meters per second
WSDiag_3 Wind speed measured by sensor 3 in meters per second
WSDiag_4 Wind speed measured by sensor 4 in meters per second
WS_ms Wind direction measured by sensor 1 in degrees
WS_ms_2 Wind direction measured by sensor 2 in degrees
WS_ms_3 Wind direction measured by sensor 3 in degrees
WS_ms_4 Wind direction measured by sensor 4 in degrees
WS_ms_5 Relative humidity expressed as a percentage
WS_ms_5_Avg Instantaneous wind speed measured by sensor 5 in meters per second
WS_ms_5_Std Average wind speed from sensor 5 over the sampling interval in meters per second
WindDir Panel temperature measured by the station in degrees Celsius
WindDir_2 Diagnostic status information for wind sensor 1
WindDir_3 Diagnostic status information for wind sensor 2
WindDir_4 Diagnostic status information for wind sensor 3
WindDir_5 Standard deviation of wind speed from sensor 5 in meters per second