Monthly precipitation and air temperature — Research Context

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A compilation of the daily weather observations over months.

This datatable is part of the LTER Meteorological Stations dataset.

Meteorological data have been collected on the LTER main site since 1988.

Originally, wind direction and speed, total solar radiation, net solar radiation, rainfall, air temperature, and relative humidity were recorded hourly in connection 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. In 2007 the belford rain gauge was replaced by a NOAH IV weighing bucket gage. 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 are monitored near the base of the tower.

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Experiment: Research Context
Data available from: January 1988 to January 2014
Dataset: KBS002
Datatable ID: KBS002-013.134
Repository link: http://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/4c30523bae14c4340e4d9c90e72f90c4
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Last Updated 2019-04-24
Variate Description Units
year the year of the observation
month the month number. 1 = January, 2 = February, etc.
precipitation total precipitation mm
air temp mean the mean air temperature C
air temp max the maximum air temperature during the month C
air temp min the minimum air temperature during the month C

Data Excerpt

year month precipitation air_temp_mean air_temp_max air_temp_min
2024 9.0 23.0 18.38 31.44 3.42
2024 8.0 105.0 21.09 33.43 7.59
2024 7.0 153.0 21.73 31.38 8.63
2024 6.0 134.0 21.42 33.71 6.79
2024 5.0 95.0 17.3 30.98 3.95
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