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.

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
RECORDTIMEDate and time

Date and time when measurements were recorded

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
SAMPLEYEARSample Year

Sample year of data collection

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: YYYY
SAMPLEDAYDay of Year

Sample day of year of data collection

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: other
SAMPLETIMESample Time

Sample Ttme of day of data collection

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: hh:mm:ss
AIRTEMPAir Temperature

Fifteen minute average air temperature

Measurement type: Interval
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
RELHUMIDRelative Humidity

Fifteen minute average relative humidity

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: dimensionless
Precision: 0.1
MAX_WINDSPEEDMaximum windspeed

Maximum windspeed recorded

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
TIME_MAX_WINDSPEEDTime Maximum Windspeed

Time when maximum windspeed was recorded

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: hhmm
MEAN_HORIZONTAL_WINDSPEEDMean Horizontal Wind Speed

Average horizontal windspeed

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
MEAN_RESULTANT_WINDSPEEDMean Resultant Wind Speed

Average resultant windspeed

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 0.01
MEAN_WIND_DIRECTIONMean Wind Direction

Average wind direction

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
STDDEV_WIND_DIRECTIONStandard Deviation Wind Direction

Standard deviation of wind direction

Measurement type: Ratio
Unit: unavailable
Precision: 1
BAROPRESSBarometric Pressure

Fifteen minute average barometric pressure

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
PRECIPPrecipitation

Amount of precipitation measured

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:

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.

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
2018-07-16 00:00:002018-07-16 23:59:59Removed from FEMC "live" data due to only barometric pressure being the only current reading.2018-07-16 13:50:15