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

  • Precipitation and volume
    Started: 1980-01-01

    Precipitation volume and pH are recorded on an event basis.

  • Rain and snow collection

    Rainfall is intercepted by a funnel and passes through a length of tygon tubing until it reaches and is collected in a one gallon jug. Snow is collected and melted indoors to completely melt before pH is measured.

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
DateDate

Date

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
pHpH

pH

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
PrecipAmtPrecipAmt

Precipitation Amount, the total amount of precipitation/collection

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: inches
PrecipTypePrecipType

Precipitation Type (S= Snow, R= Rain, M= Mixed)

Measurement type: Nominal
StationIDStationID

StationID

Measurement type: Nominal

Sampling Equipment

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

No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

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

No site characteristics recorded for this dataset