Details and Metadata

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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

Current Methods

  • Data collection
    Started: 1998-07-24

    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

    Hourly and daily averages computed.

  • Measurements
    Started: 1988-06-01

    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

    Continuous measurements on 10m tower, averaged hourly. Time is displayed as Greenwich mean time.

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
TIMESTAMPDate and Time

Date and time data were recorded

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
RECORDRecord Number

Unique Record Identifyer

Measurement type: Ordinal
GageMinVRaingauge Minimum Voltage

Minimum voltage of raingauge battery

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
ActTempActual Temperature

Temperature recorded at raingauge data logger

Measurement type: Interval
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
ActDepthActual Depth

Actual raingauge bucket depth

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.000001
ReportPCPReport Precipitation

Precipitation sensed and measured

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
collMinVolt_1Collector 1 Minimum Voltage

Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 1

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
Cycles_1Lid cycles

Collector 1 lid cycles

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: dimensionless
Precision: 1
WetTime_1Seconds of Wet Exposure

Number of seconds collector 1 Is open during precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
DryTime_1Seconds of Dry Exposure

Number of seconds collector 1 Is open when there is no precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
MissedTime_1Seconds of Missed Exposure

Number of seconds collector 1 should have opened but did not

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
collMinVolt_2Collector 2 Minimum Voltage

Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 2

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
Cycles_2Lid cycles

Collector 2 lid cycles

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: dimensionless
Precision: 1
WetTime_2Seconds of Wet Exposure

Number of seconds collector 2 Is open during precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
DryTime_2Seconds of Dry Exposure

Number of seconds collector 2 Is open when there is no precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
MissedTime_2Seconds of Missed Exposure

Number of seconds collector 2 should have opened but did not

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
collMinVolt_3Collector 3 Minimum Voltage

Minimum voltage of precipitation collector 2

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
Cycles_3Lid cycles

Collector 3 lid cycles

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: dimensionless
Precision: 1
WetTime_3Seconds of Wet Exposure

Number of seconds collector 3 Is open during precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
DryTime_3Seconds of Dry Exposure

Number of seconds collector 3 Is open when there is no precipitation

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
MissedTime_3Seconds of Missed Exposure

Number of seconds collector 3 should have opened but did not

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
blockedSecBlocked Sensors

Number of seconds optical sensors are blocked

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
ActDepthRAActual Depth Running Average

Running average of actual raingauge bucket depth

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.000001

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

Current Equipment

  • Weather sensors, datalogger
    Started: 1988-06-01

    Automated weather sensors mounted on a 10 m tower with a Campbell CR10X datalogger.

  • Rain gauge
    Started: 2013-06-09

    NOAH IV rain gauge

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

  • 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.

Dataset Notes

Notes describing any special conditions or considerations for understanding the quality and consistency of the data


Start Date End Date Note Date Entered
2015-09-29 15:45:002015-09-29 15:45:00Erroneous precipitation value recorded, ReportPCP set to null for this time2015-10-19 00:00:00
2015-09-29 15:15:002015-09-29 15:15:00Erroneous precipitation value recorded, ReportPCP set to null for this time2015-10-19 00:00:00
2015-09-15 14:30:002015-09-22 00:00:00Rain gauge collector bucket was not seated properly during this interval, leading to improper precipitation readings. ActDepth, ReportPCP and ActDepthRA set to null for the period.2015-10-19 00:00:00