• 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 Collins Field Station at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. The Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve is one of 14 sites recording data in the Hudson Valley as part of the Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance (EMMA).

• Label: AirT_Mean

• Description: Mean Air Temperature

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: BattV_Samp

• Description: Battery Voltage

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: Volts

• Label: DewPt_Mean

• Description: Mean Dewpoint Temperature

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: HeatInd_Mean

• Description: Mean Heat Index

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: Precip

• Description: Total Precipitation

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: mm

• Label: Precip_Tot24

• Description: Running total of precipitation since midnight of the current day

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: mm

• Label: RECORD

• Description: Record Number

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• Unit: unitless

• Label: RH_Avg

• Description: Mean Relative Humidity

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: percent

• Label: SoilT10_Mean

• Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 10 cm depth

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: SoilT20_Mean

• Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 20 cm depth

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: SoilT5_Mean

• Description: Mean Soil Temperature of Sensor at 5 cm depth

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: SolRad_Max

• Description: Maximum Solar Radiation

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: kW/m^2

• Label: SolRad_Mean

• Description: Mean Solar Radiation

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: kW/m^2

• Label: SolRad_Min

• Description: Minim Solar Radiation

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: kW/m^2

• Label: SolRad_Pot

• Description: Estimate of potential solar radiation (Watts m^-2) calculated using VFEP weather station Lat, Long. & elevation.

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: W/m^2

• Label: SolRad_SD

• Description: Standard Deviation of Solar Radiation

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: kW/m^2

• Label: SunHrs_Tot

• Description: Total Number of Hours of Sun

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: hours

• Label: TIMESTAMP

• Description: Datetime for previous 5 minutes

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: M/D/YYYY hh:mm
• Unit: LST

• Label: WD_Samp

• Description: Wind Direction

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: degrees

• Label: WindChl_Mean

• Description: Mean Wind Chill

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: deg C

• Label: WS_Mean

• Description: Mean Wind Spead

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: meters/second

• Label: WS_SD

• Description: Standard Deviation of Wind Speed

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: meters/second

• Label: WV_MeanS

• Description: Wind Vector Scalar Mean Wind Speed

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: meters/second

• Label: WV_RMeanD

• Description: Mean Resultant Wind Vector Direction

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: Degrees

• Label: WV_RMeanS

• Description: Wind Vector Resultant Mean Wind Speed

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: meters/second

• Label: WV_SD_Dir

• Description: Standard Deviation of Wind Direction

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: Degrees

• Campbell Scientific Weather Station
  • Started: 2019-10-21
    
  • Method Description: 5-minute measurements of weather variables taken at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve at Collins Field Station. Note that TIMESTAMP represents the DateTime for the previous 5 minutes.

• Air Temperature
• Sampling Description: Rotronic, Model HC2S3-10-PT. Rotronic HygroClip2 Temperature/RH Probe. Temp: ±0.1°C with standard configuration settings (at 23°C). Humidity: ±0.8% RH with standard configuration settings (at 23°C)

• Global short wave radiation accessory
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 18356. Leveling base for pyranometer.

• Global shortwave radiation
• Sampling Description: Apogee, Model SP230-L12-PT. All-season heated pyranometer. Accuracy ±5% for daily total radiation

• Global shortwave radiation accessory
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CM225. Mounting stand for pyranometer.

• Precipitation accessory
• Sampling Description: Novalynx, Model 260-953. Alter-type rain gauge wind screen, 36" legs

• Precipitation gauge
• Sampling Description: RM Young, Model 52202-L17-LP13. Heated rain and snow gauge, 0.1mm resolution. Accuracy 2% up to 25 mm h-1 (1 in. h-1) 3% up to 50 mm h-1 (2 in. h-1)

• Relative humidity
• Sampling Description: Rotronic, Model HC2S3-10-PT. Rotronic HygroClip2 Temperature/RH Probe. Temp: ±0.1°C with standard configuration settings (at 23°C). Humidity: ±0.8% RH with standard configuration settings (at 23°C)

• Shield for temperature/relative humidity sensor
• Sampling Description: RM Young, Model 41003-5. 10-plate radiation shield

• Soil moisture & electrical conductivity
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model CS655-17-PT-DS. Soil water content reflectometer (also measures conductivity and temperaure). Readings represent an average of conditions along 12 cm length of rods. Volumtric water content: range 5% to 50%, accuracy ±3% VWC (typical in mineral soils that have solution electrical conductivity ≤ 10 dS/m), precision < 0.05%. Temperature: range -10° to +70°C, acc ±0.5°C, prec ±0.02°C. Conductivity: range for Bulk EC 0 to 8 dS/m, acc ±(5% of reading + 0.05 dS/m), prec 0.5% of BEC.

• Soil temperature at 10cm
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

• Soil temperature at 20cm
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

• Soil temperature at 5cm
• Sampling Description: Campbell Scientific, Model 105E-L13. Type E Thermocouple Burial Probe

• Wind
• Sampling Description: RM Young, Wind Sentry, Model 03101-5