• Address:
  705 Spear Street
  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

These datasets are from the weather station at the Louis Calder Center. The Louis Calder Center is one of 14 sites recording data in the Hudson Valley as part of the Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance (EMMA).

• Label: Date

• Description: Date data were reported

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: M/D/YYYY

• Label: Time

• Description: Time data were reported

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: h:mm A

• Label: Outside temperature

• Description: Average temperature reported after 30 minute intervals (collected every 15 seconds)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Maximum temperature

• Description: highest temperature recorded in a 30 minute interval

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Minimum temperature

• Description: Lowest temperature recorded in a 30 minute interval

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Outside humidity

• Description: Average humidity reported at 30 minute intervals (collected every 15 seconds)

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: percent
• Precision: 1
• Unit: percent
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Dew point

• Description: Calculated using temperature and humidity at the time dew point is reported (every 30 minutes)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Wind speed

• Description: Average wind speed reported at 30 minute intervals (collected every 15 seconds)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: kilometersPerHour
• Precision: 1
• Unit: kilometersPerHour

• Label: Wind direction

• Description: If wind speed is greater than 0 when the WeatherLink samples wind direction, it places a "marker" into one of sixteen "bins" that correspond to the sixteen compass points. At the time of the archive, the WeatherLink determines which bin contains the most markers

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Standard Unit: -1
• String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Wind run

• Description: Measures "amount" of wind passing the station during a given period of time. Calculated by multiplying average wind speed with archive interval (30 min)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: kilometer
• Precision: 0.5
• Unit: kilometer
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Maximum wind speed

• Description: Highest wind speed during 30 minute interval

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: kilometersPerHour
• Precision: 1
• Unit: kilometersPerHour

• Label: Direction of wind when at its highest speed

• Description: Direction of wind when at its highest speed

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Standard Unit: -1
• String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
• Number Type: -1

• Label: wind chill

• Description: wind chill

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.1
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Heat index

• Description: Calculated using temperature and relative humidity at the time heat index is reported (every 30 minutes)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Temperature, humidity, wind index

• Description: uses humidity, temperature and wind to calculate an apparent temperature that incorporates the cooling effects of wind on our perception of temperature

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Temperature, humidity, sun, wind index

• Description: uses humidity, temperature, the cooling effects of wind and the heating effects of direct solar radiation to calculate an apparent temperature

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• String Format: DD/MM/YYYY
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Barometric pressure

• Description: Measured every 15 seconds but reported every 30 minutes

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Rainfall

• Description: compares the current total rain value to the previous total rain entry in the archive to determine the amount of rainfall that occurred during the 30 min interval

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.01
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Rain rate

• Description: calculated by measuring the time interval between each rainfall increment. When there is rainfall within the archive period, the highest measured value is reported. When no rainfall occurs, the rain rate will slowly decay based on the elapse time since the last measured rainfall

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.01
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Solar Radiation

• Description: Average solar radiation reported at 30 minute intervals (collected every 15 seconds)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1
• Unit: watts per square meter
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Solar energy

• Description: Reported as amount of accumulated solar radiation energy over a period of time measured in Langleys

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
• Precision: 0.01
• Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Maximum solar radiation

• Description: Maximum solar radiation measured during the 30 min interval

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
• Precision: 1
• Unit: wattsPerMeterSquared
• Number Type: rational

• Label: UV index

• Description: Average UV measured reported at 30 minute intervals (collected every 15 seconds)

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.1
• Number Type: rational

• Label: UV Dose

• Description: Minimum Erythemal Dose of UV

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Maximum UV

• Description: Highest UV reading during a 30 min interval

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.1
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Heating degree days

• Description: Uses an integration method, where the software calculates degree-days using the average temperature (above a base threshold) for an interval and the interval time

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.001
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Cooling degree days

• Description: Uses an integration method, where the software calculates degree-days using the average temperature (below a base threshold) for an interval and the interval time

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: -1
• Precision: 0.001
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Indoor temperature

• Description: Indoor temperature

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Indoor humidity

• Description: Indoor humidity

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: percent
• Precision: 1
• Unit: percent
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Indoor dew point

• Description: Indoor dew point

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 0.1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: In Heat

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 0.1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Indoor Equilibrium Moisture Content

• Description: Indoor Equilibrium Moisture Content

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 0.01
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: percent
• Number Type: rational
• Bounds:
• Minimum: 0
• Maximum: 100

• Label: Indoor air density

• Description: Indoor Equilibrium Moisture Content

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.0001
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: kilogram per cubic meter
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Evapotranspiration

• Description: Evapotranspiration

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Soil moisture 1

• Description: Soil moisture reading at a depth of 10cm

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: kilopascal
• Precision: 1
• Unit: kilopascal
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Soil moisture 2

• Description: Soil moisture reading at a depth of 30cm

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: kilopascal
• Precision: 1
• Unit: kilopascal
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Soil temperature 1

• Description: Soil temperature reading at a depth of 5cm

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Soil temperature 2

• Description: Soil temperature reading at a depth of 10cm

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: interval
• Standard Unit: celsius
• Precision: 1
• Unit: celsius
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Number wind packets received during the archive interval

• Description: The umber wind packets received during the archive interval

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: integer

• Label: RF Channel for Wind Data

• Description: RF Channel for Wind Data

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: integer

• Label: ISS reception

• Description: ISS reception

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: percent
• Number Type: integer
• Bounds:
• Minimum: 0
• Maximum: 100

• Label: Archival Interval

• Description: How often the datalogger collects data

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: minute
• Number Type: integer

• Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS)
  • Started: 2014-07-30
    
  • Method Description: Collection of data on rain, wind speed/direction, barometric pressure, air temperature, solar radiation and ultraviolet radiation.
  Instrumentation: Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS): Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.

• Soil Station
  • Started: 2014-07-30
    
  • Method Description: Collection of data on leaf wetness, soil temperature and soil moisture
  Instrumentation: Davis Instruments, Wireless Leaf & Soil Moisture/Temperature Station, Model 6345CS

• Average solar radiation (SOLAR_RAD.)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Average UV Index (UV_INDEX)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Barometric Pressure (BAR)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Cooling degree days (COOL_D-D)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Uses an integration method, where the software calculates degree-days using the average temperature (below a base threshold)for an interval and the interval time. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Dew Point (DEW_PT.)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Calculated using temperature and humidity. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Direction of wind when at highest speed (HI_DIR)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Heat Index (HEAT_INDEX)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Calculated using temperature and relative humidity. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes

• Heating degree days (HEAT_D-D)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Uses an integration method, where the software calculates degree-days using the average temperature (above a base threshold) for an interval and the interval time. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Indoor dew point (IN_DEW)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Indoor humidity (IN_HUM)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Indoor temperature (IN_TEMP)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Leaf Wetness (LEAF_WET1)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Measures the conductivity across the grid and displays the results as moisture level, scaled from 0 to 15. Data collected via Soil Station. Davis Instruments, Wireless Leaf & Soil Moisture/Temperature Station, Model 6345CS.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Maximum solar radiation (HI SOLAR_RAD.)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Maximum Temperature (HI_TEMP)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Maximum UV (HI_UV)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Maximum Wind Speed (HI_SPEED)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Minimum temperature (LOW_TEMP)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes

• Outside humidity (OUT_HUM)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Outside Temperature (TEMP_OUT)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Rainfall (RAIN)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Compares the current total rain value to the previous total rain entry in the archive to determine the amount of rainfall that occurred during the 30 minute interval. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Rainfall Rate (RAIN_RATE)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Calculated by measuring the time interval between each rainfall increment. When there is rainfall within the archive period, the highest measured value is reported. When no rainfall occurs, the rain rate will slowly decay based on the elapse time since the last measured rainfall. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Soil Moisture (SOIL 1_MOIST)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Soil moisture reading at a depth of 5 cm. Data collected via Soil Station. Davis Instruments, Wireless Leaf & Soil Moisture/Temperature Station, Model 6345CS.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Soil Moisture (SOIL2_MOIST)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Soil temperature reading at a depth of 10 cm. Data collected via Soil Station. Davis Instruments, Wireless Leaf & Soil Moisture/Temperature Station, Model 6345CS.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Solar Energy (SOLAR_ENERGY)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Reported as amount accumulated solar radiation energy over a period of time measured in Langleys. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Temperature, humidity, sun, wind index (THSW_INDEX)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Uses humidity, temperature, the cooling effects of wind and the heating effects of direct solar radiation to calculate an apparent temperature. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Temperature, humidity, wind index (THW_INDEX)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Uses humidity, temperature and wind to calculate an apparent temperature that incorporates the cooling effects of wind on our perception of temperature. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes

• Wind Direction (WIND_DIR)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: If wind speed is greater than 0 when the WeatherLink samples wind direction, it places a "marker" into one of sixteen "bins" that correspond to the sixteen compass points. At the time of the archive, WeatherLink determines which bin contains the most markers and writes the corresponding wind direction to the archive memory as the dominant wind direction. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Wind Run (WIND_RUN)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Measures "amount" of wind passing the station during a given period of time. Calculated by multiplying average wind speed with archive interval. Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.

• Wind Speed (WIND_SPEED)
• Started: 2014-07-30
  
• Sampling Description: Data collected via Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS). Davis Instruments, Vantage Pro2 Plus, Model 6163.
• Frequency: Collected every 15 seconds, reported every 30 minutes.