• 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

Year-round daily monitoring of wet deposition as part of a national AIRMoN network of intensive precipitation monitoring and research sites. Provide atmospheric deposition data for research and monitoring in the Lake Champlain Basin in cooperation with NOAA and the Lake Champlain Research Consortium.

• Label: Site

• Description: Site

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Date Time On

• Description: Date and time on which sample bucket was installed on the collector

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: MM/DD/YYYY

• Label: Date Time Off

• Description: Date and time at which sample bucket was removed from the collector

• Storage Type: datetime

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: MM/DD/YYYY

• Label: Sub Precipitation

• Description: Precipitation amount used by NADP in calculating weighted-mean concentrations, depositions and precipitation totals, in mm. In most cases sub_ppt equals the NWS stick raingage reading. Where the raingage reading is a trace amount, a value of 0.127mm is assigned- in cases where the NWS stick raingag

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Precipitation News

• Description: Precipitation amount as measured by the NWS rain gage. Trace amounts are indicated by -7.77.

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Precipitation Recording

• Description: Precipitation amount as measured by the recording rain gage. Trace amounts are idnicated as -7.77.

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: millimeter
• Precision: 0.001
• Unit: millimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Sample Volume

• Description: Volume of sample captured in the sample bucket

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milliliter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milliliter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Calcium Concentration

• Description: Calcium concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.009 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Magnesium Concentration

• Description: Magnesium concentraton. The lower limit of detection is 0.003 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Hydrogen Concentration

• Description: Hydrogen concentration

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Sodium Concentration

• Description: Sodium concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.003 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Ammonium Concentration

• Description: Ammonium concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.03 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Nitrate Concentration

• Description: Nitrate concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.03 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Chlorine Concentration

• Description: Chloride concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.03 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Sulfate Concentration

• Description: Sulfate concentration. The lower limit of detection is 0.02 mg/L

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Phosphate Concentration

• Description: Phosphate concentration

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: milligramsPerLiter
• Number Type: real

• Label: pH in Lab

• Description: Negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration as measured at the lab, in pH units

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: number
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: number
• Number Type: real

• Label: pH in Field

• Description: pH of the sample as measured in the field laboratory

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: number
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: number
• Number Type: real

• Label: Conductivity Lab

• Description: Conductance of the precipitation sample as measured in the field lab.

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: customMicrosiemensPerCentimeter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: MicrosiemensPerCentimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Conductivity Field

• Description: Conductance of the precipitation sample as measured at the lab.

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Standard Unit: customMicrosiemensPerCentimeter
• Precision: 0.0000000001
• Unit: MicrosiemensPerCentimeter
• Number Type: real

• Label: Lab Type

• Description: Code indicating sample condition at lab.

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Custom List: Lab Type Code
• Code: W
• Definition: sample volume=35 ml or more
• Code: WI
• Definition: Sample volume of 10 - 35 mL; chemical measurements are made as volume permits in the following order: pH, Conductance, {NH4, PO4}, {Cl, NO3, SO4}, and {Ca, Mg, Na, K}.
• Code: D
• Definition: sample volume =0-10 ml, sample not shipped.
• Code: DF
• Definition: field blank, data not reported

• Label: Quality Rating Code

• Description: Machine-readable code to store data

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Custom List: QRCode
• Code: A
• Definition: Samples of the highest quality did not contain anything but water, all protocols were followed, and there is no indication of compromised integrity of the sample.
• Code: B
• Definition: unknown quality (potentially contaminated
• Code: C
• Definition: Samples of the lowest quality are either of undefined duration, contain bird droppings, or have some other indication of compromised quality.

• Label: Sample Protocol

• Description: Quality of sample

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Custom List: Sample Protocal Code
• Code: Null
• Definition: no identifiable departures from SOP sample collection
• Code: U
• Definition: undefined sample type
• Code: Q
• Definition: Quality assurance sample

• Label: Sample Level Code

• Description: Sample level code. A code indicating departures from field or laboratory standard operating procedures.

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Custom List: Sample Level Code
• Code: C
• Definition: Contaminated sample
• Code: E
• Definition: long-duration sample
• Code: F
• Definition: field error
• Code: M
• Definition: Missing sampling information

• Precipitation sampling
  • Started: 1993-01-01
    
  • Method Description: Year-round daily wet-only precipitation sampling includes: amount, field pH and conductivity, lab pH and conductivity, Ca, K, Mg, Na, NO3, Cl, SO4 and PO4.