Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Database

Acceptance and utilization of LTER data requires that:

(1) The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
(2) The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications.
(3) A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to:

Principal Investigator
Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Dataset URLs:METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant)
DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:MON-PR-Met15Min2011.01
Dataset Title:Year 2011, meteorological data, 15 minute intervals, from the Marshview Farm weather station located in Newbury, MA
Investigator 1: 
First Name:Anne
Last Name:Giblin
Address line 1:Ecosystems Center
Address line 2:MBL
Address line 3:7 MBL St
City:Woods Hole
State:MA
Zip Code:02543
Country:USA
Associate Investigators:Hap Garritt
Keywords:PIE LTER, primary production, Massachusetts, Newbury, climate, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, rain, humidity, solar, radiation, PAR, wind, pressure
Abstract:Weather station measurements during 2011 for Marshview Farm, 15 minute averages and fluxes of meteorological station data.
Contact: Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Lab
7 MBL St
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone (508) 289 7485
Email: pie_im@mbl.edu
Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MON/data/MON-PR-Met15min2011.csv
Data File Name MON-PR-Met15min2011
Beginning Date 1/1/2011
End Date 12/31/2011
Number of Data Records 35040
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status Type 1
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description Final data set for Year 2011
Log of Changes: Version 01: January 18, 2012, 2011 new data and metadata, using MarcrosExportEML_HTML (working)pie_excel2007.xlsm 1/18/12 4:51 PM for QA/QC to EML 2.1.0
 
RESEARCH LOCATION: Site 1 Site 2
Geographic Description Marshview Farm Meteorological Station  
Location Bounding Box    
West Bounding Coordinate    
East Bounding Coordinate    
North Bounding Coordinate    
South Bounding Coordinate    
OR if single point location    
Latitude 42.75697  
Longitude -70.891366  
Elevation    
     
     
 
TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Taxonomic Protocols
Organisms studied
 
Methods:The data file is a summary of daily weather data from the PIE LTER weather station located at Marshview Farm, Newbury, MA.
The weather station is solar powered using a Solarex MSX-20 20 watt solar module including a 12V charger and regulator and 12 AH lead acid battery. The system was supplied by Campbell Scientific Inc., contact Doug Bryson, 435-750-9549.
The data logger is supplied by Campbell Scientific CR10X-1M data logger with 1 megabyte memory storage module and PC208W Windows data logging software.
The enclosure and tower is a Campbell Scientific ENC 12/14 (12” X 14” weather proof enclosure), CM10 (10’ tripod, grounding kit and CM10 guy wire kit.
Sensors used:
Temperature and Humidity
Vaisala HMP45C temperature and humidity sensor with solar radiation shield. Specifications: +/- 1% accuracy over – 40 to 60 °C temperature range
Precipitation gauge
Texas Electronic TE525WS-L, 8” rain gage with CS705 precipitation adapter for snow fall. Specifications: +/- 1% accuracy up to 1 in./hr.
Pyranometer
Solar radiation, 400-1100 nm, Licor LI200X-L pyranometer
Specifications: +/- 3% typical accuracy
PAR
Photosynthetically active radiation, 400-700 nm, Licor LI190SB quantum sensor
Specifications: +/- 5% calibration, National Institute of Standards Technology
Temperature and Humidity
Vaisala HMP45C temperature and humidity sensor with solar radiation shield. Specifications: +/- 1% accuracy over – 40 to 60 °C temperature range
Wind speed and direction
RM Young 05103 Wind monitor
Barometric pressure
Vaisala PTB101B
Specifications: +/- 4 mB @ -20oC to +45o C.

Data Table

Variable Name Variable Description Units Measurement Scale Code Information Number Type DateTime Format Missing Value Code Missing Value Code Explanation
Date date and time (dd-mmm-yyyy)   datetime     dd-mmm-yyyy   blank cell
Time time of day (hh:mm), (eastern standard time EST), 24 hour format   datetime     hh:mm   blank cell
Julian julian day number interval   integer     blank cell
Precip total precipitation, wet only, rain and snow (mm) millimeter ratio   real     blank cell
Pyranometer solar radiation (kW m-2) kilowattPerMeterSquared ratio   real     blank cell
PAR photosynthetically active radiation (µM m-2 sec-1) micromolePerMeterSquaredPerSecond ratio   real     blank cell
Temp air temperature (Celsius) celsius interval   real     blank cell
RH relative humidity (percent) percent ratio   real     blank cell
Wind wind speed (m sec-1) meterPerSecond ratio   real     blank cell
WindDir wind direction (degrees) degree interval   real     blank cell
BAR barometer (mbar) millibar ratio   real     blank cell