Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Diamond Island Meteorological Monitoring: Quality-Controlled Diamond Island Meteorological 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

    Near real-time meteorology data from the Lake Champlain Diamond Island station including wind speed and direction, air temperature, water temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and total solar irradiance.

People

  • Carl Waite: Principal Investigator

  • Dick Furbush: Content Provider

  • James Duncan: Principal Investigator

  • Steve Cluett: Content Provider

Keywords

  • air temperature, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, relative humidity, wind,

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

Data Table

  • Title: Quality-Controlled Diamond Island Meteorological Data
  • Start Date: 2005-04-13
  • Description: Measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, solar irradiance (pyranometer), wind, humidity and precipitation at the Diamond Island Station. Basic quality-control measures have been applied to data.

  • Purpose: To continuously monitor meteorological variables representative of Lake Champlain for use by researchers, recreationalists, commercial boaters, Champlain Water District and the National Weather Service.

  • Condensed Title: Z0168_DI_QAQC

  • Object Name: VMC.168.179

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Duncan, J., and C. Waite. 2017. Quality-Controlled Diamond Island Meteorological Data. FEMC. https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring-final

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring-final

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: RECORDTIME
    • Label: Record Time
    • Description: Date/time of collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEYEAR
    • Label: Sample Year
    • Description: Year of data collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEMONTH
    • Label: Sample Month
    • Description: Month of data collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: MM
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEDOY
    • Label: Sample Day
    • Description: Day of year of data collection
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: day
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 1
      • Maximum: 365
    Attribute Name: SAMPLETIME
    • Label: Sample Time
    • Description: Time of data collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: hhmm
    Attribute Name: AIRTEMP
    • Label: Air Temperature
    • Description: Air Temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: celsius
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: celsius
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: RELHUMID
    • Label: Relative Humidity
    • Description: Relative humidity
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: percent
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 100
    Attribute Name: BAROPRESS
    • Label: Barometric Pressure
    • Description: Barometric pressure
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: millibar
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: millibar
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: PYRANOM
    • Label: Pyranometer
    • Description: Pyranometer reading of solar intensity
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: WATERTEMP
    • Label: Water Temperature
    • Description: Water temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: celsius
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: celsius
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: MAX_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Maximum Windspeed
    • Description: Maximum windspeed
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: TIME_MAX_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Time Maximum Windspeed
    • Description: Time of maximum windspeed
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: hhmm
    Attribute Name: MEAN_HORIZONTAL_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Mean Horizontal Wind Speed
    • Description: Mean horizontal windspeed
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: MEAN_RESULTANT_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Mean Resultant Winspeed
    • Description: Mean resultant windspeed
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: metersPerSecond
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: MEAN_WIND_DIRECTION
    • Label: Mean Wind Direction
    • Description: Mean wind direction
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: degree
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: degree
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 360
    Attribute Name: STDDEV_WIND_DIRECTION
    • Label: Standard Deviation Wind Direction
    • Description: Standard deviation of wind direction
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: degree
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: degree
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 360
    Attribute Name: PRECIP
    • Label: Precipitation
    • Description: Total precipitation
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: millimeter
    • Number Type: rational

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Meteorological data
      • Started: 2004-07-22
      • Method Description: The station provides near real-time monitoring for meteorological variables including wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, precipitation and total solar irradiance. Data are automatically downloaded via radio frequency modem.


Sampling Equipment

  • Current Equipment
    • Data logger, meterological sensors, radio frequency modem
      • Started: 1998-10-01
      • Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific CR 10X datalogger with meteorological sensors and radio frequency modem.

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: The Diamond Island station is on the US Coast Guard Station navigational warning light tower on Lake Champlain (Lat: 44.2367, Long: -73.3329).

  • Minimum Altitude: 37 feet

  • Maximum Altitude: 52 feet