Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

EMMA Weather Station Data - Teatown Lake Reservation: Teatown 5-Minute Weather Data

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

People

  • Vicky Kelly: Content Provider

  • Kerri Scrivanos: Content Provider

  • Lindsay Charlop: Content Provider

  • Danielle Begley-Miller: Principal Investigator

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    Data Table

    • Title: Teatown 5-Minute Weather Data
    • Start Date: 2017-08-03
    • Description: Five-Minute weather station data from Teatown Lake Reservation

    • Purpose: To monitor climate change in support of the Environmental Monitoring & Management Alliance (EMMA), a regionally-coordinated ecological monitoring network dedicated to informing conservation through scientific research and ecological monitoring

    • Condensed Title: Z1026_3847_X290FC

    • Object Name: VMC.1026.3847

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Teatown Lake Reservation, 5-Minute Weather Data. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/EMMA-weather-data-Teatown/dataset/teatown-5-minute-data

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/EMMA-weather-data-Teatown/dataset/teatown-5-minute-data

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: AirT_Mean
      • Label: AirT_Mean
      • Description: Mean Air Temperature
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: BattV_Samp
      • Label: BattV_Samp
      • Description: Battery Voltage
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: volts
      Attribute Name: CS655T10Mean
      • Label: CS655T10Mean
      • Description: Mean soil temperature at 10 cm depth, as measured by the CS655 moisture probe.
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: DewPt_Mean
      • Label: DewPt_Mean
      • Description: Mean Dewpoint Temperature
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: HeatInd_Mean
      • Label: HeatInd_Mean
      • Description: Mean Heat Index
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: Precip
      • Label: Precip
      • Description: Total Precipitation
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 10
      • Unit: mm
      Attribute Name: Precip_Tot24
      • Label: Precip_Tot24
      • Description: Running total of precipitation since midnight of the current day
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 10
      • Unit: mm
      Attribute Name: RECORD
      • Label: RECORD
      • Description: Record Number
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: unitless
      Attribute Name: RH_Avg
      • Label: RH_Avg
      • Description: Mean Relative Humidity
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: percent
      Attribute Name: SoilEC_Mean
      • Label: SoilEC_Mean
      • Description: Mean Soil Electrical Conductivity
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: dS/m
      Attribute Name: SoilT10_Mean
      • Label: SoilT10_Mean
      • Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 10 cm depth
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: SoilT20_Mean
      • Label: SoilT20_Mean
      • Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 20 cm depth
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: SoilT5_Mean
      • Label: SoilT5_Mean
      • Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 5 cm depth
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: SoilVWC_Mean
      • Label: SoilVWC_Mean
      • Description: Mean Soil Volumetric Water Content
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: m^3/m^3
      Attribute Name: SolRad_Max
      • Label: SolRad_Max
      • Description: Maximum Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: kW/m^2
      Attribute Name: SolRad_Mean
      • Label: SolRad_Mean
      • Description: Mean Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: kW/m^2
      Attribute Name: SolRad_Min
      • Label: SolRad_Min
      • Description: Minimum Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: kW/m^2
      Attribute Name: SolRad_Pot
      • Label: SolRad_Pot
      • Description: Potential Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: W/m^2
      Attribute Name: SolRad_SD
      • Label: SolRad_SD
      • Description: Standard Deviation of Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: kW/m^2
      Attribute Name: SunHrs_Tot
      • Label: SunHrs_Tot
      • Description: Total Number of Hours of Sun
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 10
      • Unit: hours
      Attribute Name: TIMESTAMP
      • Label: TIMESTAMP
      • Description: DateTime for previous 5-minute period
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY hh:mm
      • Unit: LST

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Campbell Scientific Weather Station
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Method Description: Five-minute measurements of weather variables taken at Teatown Lake Reservation. Note that TIMESTAMP represents the DateTime for the previous 5 minutes.


    Sampling Equipment

    • Current Equipment
      • Air Temperature
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Rotronic, Model HC2S3-10-PT. Rotronic HygroClip2 Temperature/RH Probe. Temp: ±0.1°C with standard configuration settings (at 23°C). Humidity: ±0.8% RH with standard configuration settings (at 23°C)
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Campbell Scientific Datalogger
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CR6-NA-ST-SW
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Global short wave radiation accessory
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 18356. Leveling base for pyranometer. 2
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Global shortwave radiation
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Apogee, Model SP230-L12-PT. All-season heated pyranometer. Accuracy ±5% for daily total radiation
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Global shortwave radiation accessory
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CM225. Mounting stand for pyranometer.
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Precipitation accessory
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Novalynx, Model 260-953. Alter-type rain gauge wind screen, 36" legs
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Precipitation gauge
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: RM Young, Model 52202-L17-LP13. Heated rain and snow gauge, 0.1mm resolution. Accuracy 2% up to 25 mm h-1 (1 in. h-1) 3% up to 50 mm h-1 (2 in. h-1)
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Relative humidity
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Rotronic, Model HC2S3-10-PT. Rotronic HygroClip2 Temperature/RH Probe. Temp: ±0.1°C with standard configuration settings (at 23°C). Humidity: ±0.8% RH with standard configuration settings (at 23°C)
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Shield for temperature/relative humidity sensor
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: RM Young, Model 41003-5. 10-plate radiation shield
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Soil moisture & electrical conductivity
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CS655-17-PT-DS. Soil water content reflectometer (also measures conductivity and temperaure). Readings represent an average of conditions along 12 cm length of rods. Volumtric water content: range 5% to 50%, accuracy ±3% VWC (typical in mineral soils that have solution electrical conductivity ≤ 10 dS/m), precision < 0.05%. Temperature: range -10° to +70°C, acc ±0.5°C, prec ±0.02°C. Conductivity: range for Bulk EC 0 to 8 dS/m, acc ±(5% of reading + 0.05 dS/m), prec 0.5% of BEC.
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

      • Soil temperature at 5, 10 & 20 cm
        • Started: 2017-08-03
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe
        • Frequency: 5 minutes

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset