Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Station: Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Data June to September 2012 - RAW

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Metadata Provider

  • 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

    Monitor meteorological variables at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge station

People

  • Tom Manley: Content Provider

  • Ken Sturm: Principal Investigator

  • Emily Wei: Content Provider

Keywords

  • air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed,

Geographic Coverage

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Data Table

  • Title: Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Data June to September 2012 - RAW
  • Start Date: 2012-06-21
  • Description: Raw measurements of temperature, humidity, windspeed, precipitation, and solar radiation at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Station

  • Purpose: To monitor meteorological variables at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge station

  • Condensed Title: Z0310_MNWR_MetData_JunSept2012_Raw

  • Object Name: VMC.310.286

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Ken Sturm. 2017. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Data June to September 2012 - RAW. US Fish & Wildlife Service. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/missisquoi-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-station/dataset/missisquoi-national-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-data

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/missisquoi-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-station/dataset/missisquoi-national-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-data

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: Date
    • Label: Date
    • Description: Date of collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD
    Attribute Name: Time
    • Label: Time
    • Description: Time of collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: Date_Time
    • Label: Date Time
    • Description: Date/time of collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: Temp_Out
    • Label: Temperature at Time of Collection
    • Description: Temperature at time of collection
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Hi_Temp
    • Label: High Temperature
    • Description: Highest Temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Low_Temp
    • Label: Low Temperature
    • Description: Lowest Temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Out_Hum
    • Label: Humidity
    • Description: Humidity
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Dew_Pt
    • Label: Dew Point
    • Description: Dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled for saturation (100% relative humidity) to occur, providing there is no change in water content
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wind_Speed
    • Label: Wind Speed
    • Description: Average wind speed for the interval
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: milesPerHour
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: milesPerHour
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 100
    Attribute Name: Wind_Dir
    • Label: Wind Direction
    • Description: Most frequent compass point for wind direction during the interval
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Wind_Deg
    • Label: Wind Direction
    • Description: Decimal degree representation of most frequent compass point for wind direction during the interval
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: degree
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: degree
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 360
    Attribute Name: Wind_Run
    • Label: Wind Run
    • Description: Wind run is a measurement of the "amount" of wind passing the station during a given period of time; calculated by multiplying the average wind speed for each archive record by the archive interval
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: unknown
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Hi_Speed
    • Label: High Wind Speed
    • Description: Highest wind speed recorded during interval
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: milesPerHour
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: milesPerHour
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Hi_Dir
    • Label: Direction Highest Wind Speed
    • Description: Direction of highest wind speed during the interval
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: Wind_Chill
    • Label: Wind Chill
    • Description: Wind chill
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Heat_Index
    • Label: Heat Index
    • Description: The heat index uses the temperature and the relative humidity to determine how hot the air actually "feels"
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: THW_Index
    • Label: Temperature Humidity Wind Index
    • Description: The THW index uses humidity, temperature and wind to calculate an apparent temperature that incorporates the cooling effects of wind on our perception of temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: THSW_index
    • Label: Temperature Humidity Sun Wind Index
    • Description: The THWS index uses humidity, temperature, the cooling effects of wind and the heating effects of direct solar radiation to calculate and apparent temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Bar
    • Label: Barometric Pressure
    • Description: Barometric pressure
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inHG
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: inHG
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Rain
    • Label: Rainfall
    • Description: Rainfall
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inch
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: inch
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Rain_Rate
    • Label: Rain Rate
    • Description: Rain rate is calculated by measuring the time interval between each rainfall increment
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Solar_Rad
    • Label: Solar Radiation
    • Description: What we call "current solar radiation" is technically known as Global Solar radiation, a measure of the intensity of the suns radiation reaching a horizontal surface
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Solar_Energy
    • Label: Solar Energy
    • Description: Solar energt is amount of accumulated solar radiation energy over a period of time
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: langleys
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: langleys
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Hi_Solar_Rad
    • Label: High Solar Radiation
    • Description: High solar radiation is the peak solar radiation measured during the archive interval
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: UV_Index
    • Label: UV Index
    • Description: The UV index measures the intensity of UV averaged over the interval
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customWattsPerSquareCentimeter
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: WattsPerSquareCentimeter
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: UV_Dose
    • Label: UV Dose
    • Description: UV dose, measured in minimum erythemal dose (MED) scale, defined as the amount of sunlight exposure necessary to induce a barely perceptible redness of the skin within 24 hours after sun exposure
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: customMinimumErythemalDose
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Hi_UV
    • Label: High UV Index
    • Description: The Peak UV index measured during the archive interval
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    Attribute Name: heat_D-D
    • Label: Heating Degree Days
    • Description: One heating degree-day is the amount of heat required to keep a structure of 65 degrees F when the outside temperature remains one degree below 65 degree F threshold for 24 hours
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: joule
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: joule
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Cool_D-D
    • Label: Cooling Degree Days
    • Description: One cooling degree-day is the amount of cooling required to keep a structure at 65 degree F when the outside temperature remains one degree above the 65 degree F threshold for 24 hours
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: joule
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Unit: joule
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: In_Temp
    • Label: Sensor Internal Temperature
    • Description: Sensor internal temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: In_Hum
    • Label: Sensor Internal humidity
    • Description: Sensor internal humidity
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: In_Dew
    • Label: Sensor Internal Dew Point
    • Description: Sensor internal dew point
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: In_Heat
    • Label: Sensor Internal Heat Index
    • Description: Sensor internal heat index
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: fahrenheit
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: fahrenheit
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: ET
    • Label: unknown
    • Description: unknown
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: unknown
    • Precision: 0.001
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Wind_Samp
    • Label: unknown
    • Description: unknown
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: unknown
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: Wind_Tx
    • Label: unknown
    • Description: unknown
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: unknown
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
    Attribute Name: ISS_Recept
    • Label: ISS Reception
    • Description: The ISS reception rate shows the percentage of wind data packets that have been successfully received
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Arc_Int
    • Label: Archive Interval
    • Description: Interval over which data was archived
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: nominalMinute
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: nominalMinute
    • Number Type: integer

Methods

  • No methods recorded for this dataset

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset