Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Black Rock Forest: Precipitation record from Old Headquarters, Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY 1960 - 2023

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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
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Abstract

    Black Rock Forest is a not-for-profit organization with a mission of advancing scientific understanding of the natural world through research, education, and conservation programs. The organization maintains a 3,920-acre forest and a scientific field station in the Hudson Highlands, 60 miles north of New York City. It has been managed as a research forest and biological field station since the 1920s.

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  • Isabel Ashton: Content Provider

  • Katie Terlizzi: Content Provider

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  • precipitation,

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  • Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance : partner

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    • Title: Precipitation record from Old Headquarters, Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY 1960 - 2023
    • Start Date: 1960-01-01
    • Description: Black Rock Forest has been measuring precipitation using an aluminum bucket gauge since 1960. Total rainfall is measured after each event to the nearest hundredth of an inch. Snow depth is measured adjacent to the bucket and snow in the collection bucket is melted to determine the snow water equivalent. The gauge is located in a meadow at 129 Continental Road, Cornwall, New York.

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    • Object Name: VMC.1792.3983

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Karnig, J.J., W. Schuster, and I. Ashton. 2024. Precipitation record from Old Headquarters, Black Rock Forest, Cornwall, NY 1960 - 2023 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative.

    • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/black-rock-forest-1985-forest-inventory/dataset/precipitation-record-from-old-headquarters-black-1

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