Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Proctor Maple Research Center Meteorological Monitoring: (399 m): Raw Proctor Maple Research Center NOAH IV Rain Gauge 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

    Continuous monitoring of meterological variables to use in conjunction with other biological or physical variables at the site. Continuous monitoring of meterological variables representative of similar elevations on the western slope of Mount Mansfield.

People

  • Mark Isselhardt: Content Provider

  • Tim Scherbatskoy: Principal Investigator

  • Carl Waite: Principal Investigator

  • Judy Rosovsky: Content Provider

  • Joanne Cummings: Content Provider

  • Dick Furbush: Content Provider

  • Gerry Livingston: Principal Investigator

  • Miriam Pendleton: Content Provider

  • James Duncan: Principal Investigator

Keywords

  • meteorology, precipitation, temperature, weather,

Geographic Coverage

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Data Table

  • Title: Raw Proctor Maple Research Center NOAH IV Rain Gauge data
  • Start Date: 2013-06-19
  • Description: Rain gauge data. NOTE: These data are reported in real-time and have not been reviewed. Occasional sensor failures might not be noticed right away.

  • Purpose: To determine spatial and temporal trends within Vermont, and specifically at the VMC Air Quality site on Mount Mansfield at the Proctor Maple Research Center.

  • Condensed Title: Z0004_NOAARainGaugeProctor

  • Object Name: VMC.4.310

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Duncan J., G. Livingston, T. Scherbatskoy, and C. Waite. 2017. NOAH IV Rain Gauge data. University of Vermont. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/proctor-maple-research-center-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/noaa-rain-gauge-data

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/proctor-maple-research-center-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/noaa-rain-gauge-data

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: TIMESTAMP
    • Label: Date and Time
    • Description: Date and time data were recorded
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    • Unit: Greenwich Mean Time
    Attribute Name: RECORD
    • Label: Record Number
    • Description: Unique Record Identifyer
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ordinal
    Attribute Name: GageMinV
    • Label: Raingauge Minimum Voltage
    • Description: Minimum voltage of raingauge battery
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: volt
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: volt
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: ActTemp
    • Label: Actual Temperature
    • Description: Temperature recorded at raingauge data logger
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Standard Unit: celsius
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: celsius
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: ActDepth
    • Label: Actual Depth
    • Description: Actual raingauge bucket depth
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inch
    • Precision: 0.000001
    • Unit: inch
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: ReportPCP
    • Label: Report Precipitation
    • Description: Precipitation sensed and measured
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inch
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: inch
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: collMinVolt_1
    • Label: Collector 1 Minimum Voltage
    • Description: Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 1
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: volt
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: volt
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Cycles_1
    • Label: Lid cycles
    • Description: Collector 1 lid cycles
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: WetTime_1
    • Label: Seconds of Wet Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 1 Is open during precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: DryTime_1
    • Label: Seconds of Dry Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 1 Is open when there is no precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: MissedTime_1
    • Label: Seconds of Missed Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 1 should have opened but did not
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: collMinVolt_2
    • Label: Collector 2 Minimum Voltage
    • Description: Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: volt
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: volt
    • Number Type: real
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: Cycles_2
    • Label: Lid cycles
    • Description: Collector 2 lid cycles
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: WetTime_2
    • Label: Seconds of Wet Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 2 Is open during precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: DryTime_2
    • Label: Seconds of Dry Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 2 Is open when there is no precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: MissedTime_2
    • Label: Seconds of Missed Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 2 should have opened but did not
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: collMinVolt_3
    • Label: Collector 3 Minimum Voltage
    • Description: Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 2
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: volt
    • Precision: 0.01
    • Unit: volt
    • Number Type: real
    Attribute Name: Cycles_3
    • Label: Lid cycles
    • Description: Collector 3 lid cycles
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: dimensionless
    • Precision: 1
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: WetTime_3
    • Label: Seconds of Wet Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 3 Is open during precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: DryTime_3
    • Label: Seconds of Dry Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 3 Is open when there is no precipitation
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: MissedTime_3
    • Label: Seconds of Missed Exposure
    • Description: Number of seconds collector 3 should have opened but did not
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: blockedSec
    • Label: Blocked Sensors
    • Description: Number of seconds optical sensors are blocked
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: second
    • Precision: 1
    • Unit: second
    • Number Type: integer
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 900
    Attribute Name: ActDepthRA
    • Label: Actual Depth Running Average
    • Description: Running average of actual raingauge bucket depth
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Standard Unit: inch
    • Precision: 0.000001
    • Unit: inch
    • Number Type: real

Methods

  • Current Methods
    • Data collection
      • Started: 1998-07-24
      • Method Description: Automated station replaced previous equipment to allow for continuous data collection with 15 minute averages,remote QA checks and weekly automated access, 7/24/1998.

    • Process data
      • Started: 1988-06-01
      • Method Description: Hourly and daily averages computed.

    • Measurements
      • Started: 1988-06-01
      • Method Description: Measurements include ambient air temperature; wind speed, direction and direction variance; relative humidity; precipitation; barometric pressure.


  • Past Methods (no longer in use)
    • Data collection
      • Started: 1988-06-01
        Ended: 1998-07-23
      • Method Description: Continuous measurements on 10m tower, averaged hourly. Time is displayed as Greenwich mean time.

Sampling Equipment

  • Current Equipment
    • Weather sensors, datalogger
      • Started: 1988-06-01
      • Sampling Description: Automated weather sensors mounted on a 10 m tower with a Campbell CR10X datalogger.

    • Rain gauge
      • Started: 2013-06-09
      • Sampling Description: NOAH IV rain gauge

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: West slope of Mount Mansfield in an open field at the Proctor Maple Research Center. Site has a west aspect and an 8% slope.