Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

EMMA Weather Station Data - Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve at Collins Field Station: Vassar 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

    These datasets are from the weather station at the Collins Field Station at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. The Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve is one of 14 sites recording data in the Hudson Valley as part of the Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance (EMMA).

People

  • Vicky Kelly: Content Provider

  • Keri VanCamp: Principal Investigator

  • Kerri Scrivanos: Content Provider

  • Lindsay Charlop: Principal Investigator

Organizations

  • Vassar College Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve: lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Vassar 5-Minute Weather Data
    • Start Date: 2019-10-21
    • Description: Five-Minute weather station data from the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve Collins Field Station

    • 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: Z1020_3850_5UBXKI

    • Object Name: VMC.1020.3850

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

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/EMMA-weather-data-Vassar/dataset/vassar-5-minute-weather-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: 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: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: mm
      Attribute Name: Precip_Tot24
      • Label: Precip_Tot24
      • Description: Running total of precipitation since midnight of the current day
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • 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: 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: 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: Minim Solar Radiation
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: kW/m^2
      Attribute Name: SolRad_Pot
      • Label: SolRad_Pot
      • Description: Estimate of potential solar radiation (Watts m^-2) calculated using VFEP weather station Lat, Long. & elevation.
      • 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: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: hours
      Attribute Name: TIMESTAMP
      • Label: TIMESTAMP
      • Description: Datetime for previous 5 minutes
      • Storage Type: datetime
      • Measurment Type: datetime
      • String Format: M/D/YYYY hh:mm
      • Unit: LST
      Attribute Name: WD_Samp
      • Label: WD_Samp
      • Description: Wind Direction
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: degrees
      Attribute Name: WindChl_Mean
      • Label: WindChl_Mean
      • Description: Mean Wind Chill
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: deg C
      Attribute Name: WS_Mean
      • Label: WS_Mean
      • Description: Mean Wind Spead
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: meters/second
      Attribute Name: WS_SD
      • Label: WS_SD
      • Description: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: meters/second
      Attribute Name: WV_MeanS
      • Label: WV_MeanS
      • Description: Wind Vector Scalar Mean Wind Speed
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: meters/second
      Attribute Name: WV_RMeanD
      • Label: WV_RMeanD
      • Description: Mean Resultant Wind Vector Direction
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: Degrees
      Attribute Name: WV_RMeanS
      • Label: WV_RMeanS
      • Description: Wind Vector Resultant Mean Wind Speed
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: meters/second
      Attribute Name: WV_SD_Dir
      • Label: WV_SD_Dir
      • Description: Standard Deviation of Wind Direction
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 0.001
      • Unit: Degrees

    Methods

    • Current Methods
      • Campbell Scientific Weather Station
        • Started: 2019-10-21
        • Method Description: 5-minute measurements of weather variables taken at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve at Collins Field Station. Note that TIMESTAMP represents the DateTime for the previous 5 minutes.


    Sampling Equipment

    • Current Equipment
      • Air Temperature
        • 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)

      • Global short wave radiation accessory
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 18356. Leveling base for pyranometer.

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

      • Global shortwave radiation accessory
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CM225. Mounting stand for pyranometer.

      • Precipitation accessory
        • Sampling Description: Novalynx, Model 260-953. Alter-type rain gauge wind screen, 36" legs

      • Precipitation gauge
        • 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)

      • Relative humidity
        • 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)

      • Shield for temperature/relative humidity sensor
        • Sampling Description: RM Young, Model 41003-5. 10-plate radiation shield

      • Soil moisture & electrical conductivity
        • 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.

      • Soil temperature at 10cm
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

      • Soil temperature at 20cm
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

      • Soil temperature at 5cm
        • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

      • Wind
        • Sampling Description: RM Young, Wind Sentry, Model 03101-5

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset