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

Date of collection

Time of collection

Date/time of collection

Temperature at time of collection

Highest Temperature

Lowest Temperature

Humidity

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

Average wind speed for the interval

Most frequent compass point for wind direction during the interval

Decimal degree representation of most frequent compass point for wind direction during the interval

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

Highest wind speed recorded during interval

Direction of highest wind speed during the interval

Wind chill

The heat index uses the temperature and the relative humidity to determine how hot the air actually "feels"

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

The THWS index uses humidity, temperature, the cooling effects of wind and the heating effects of direct solar radiation to calculate and apparent temperature

Barometric pressure

Rainfall

Rain rate is calculated by measuring the time interval between each rainfall increment

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

Solar energt is amount of accumulated solar radiation energy over a period of time

High solar radiation is the peak solar radiation measured during the archive interval

The UV index measures the intensity of UV averaged over the interval

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

The Peak UV index measured during the archive interval

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

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

Sensor internal temperature

Sensor internal humidity

Sensor internal dew point

Sensor internal heat index

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The ISS reception rate shows the percentage of wind data packets that have been successfully received

Interval over which data was archived