KBS LTER Meteorological Station
Originally, wind direction and speed, total solar radiation, net solar radiation, rainfall, air temperature, and relative humidity were recorded hourly in connnection with measurements of evapotranspiration and deep percolation from a 6 m2 in-ground weighing lysimeter. The lysimeter and fetch area were planted to continuous alfalfa.
Although the lysimeter is no longer in operation, weather data collection continues. Precipitation was measured with a tipping bucket rain gauge until fall of 1997, when it was replaced with a weighing bucket rain gauge. All other sensors are electronic, connected to a data logger that is polled remotely. Instruments to measure wind speed and direction are mounted on a tower at 10 m. Light sensors (net solar radiation and photosynthetically active radiation) a thermometer, and an RH probe (with a built-in thermometer) are mounted at about 3 m. Soil moisture and temperature is being monitored on a trial basis near the base of the tower. 4-16-2002 T.T.B.
Current conditions at the FSC
- Status: active
- Date Initiated: 1987-04-18
- Date Completed:
Tables
- KBS002-001 LTER Daily Precipitation and Air Temperature
A synthetic weather record drawn largely from the LTER Weather station but supplem...
- KBS002-002 Log of weather station management
Field notes related to the management of the weather stations LTERWS or Pondlab, e...
- KBS002-003 Field Instrument Status
This data table gives the most recent information for each participating field i...
- KBS002-004 Field Instrument History
Field instruments, especially weather sensors, may be deployed, serviced, relocate...
- KBS002-005 Weather Station VaxNotes
Weather station management notes originally created with the VaxNotes system.
<...- KBS002-006 LTER Daily Weather
A synthetic weather record drawn largely from the LTER Weather station but supplem...
- KBS002-007 Hourly weather
Raw hourly observations from the LTER weather station. These data are not checked....
- KBS002_009 Salus Weather
- Weather data set consisting of the inputs requred for the SALUS model
Protocols
- KBS002-prot04 1 LTER Weather Station Annual Maintenance
- KBS002-prot01 1 LTER Weather Station Weekly Maintenance
- KBS002-prot02 1 LTER Weather Station Sensors
- KBS002-prot03 1 Soil Temperature: Onset Dataloggers
- KBS002-prot01 2 LTER Weather Station Weekly Maintenance
Personel
- Investigators