Lancer Park (Environmental Education Center) Weather Data from 2021-10-19 to 2021-11-19

General Metadata for Lancer Park Environmental Education Center Atmospheric Sampling Station

Files

Specific metadata for each deployment can be found as text files with the file format of:

LP_weather_YYYY-MM-DD_metadata.txt

Where YYYY-MM-DD is the date that the sampling period ended.

Metadata File Created

• 2019-10-27 by KF

File Modified

Description

These data are from a weather station installed at the Longwood University Environmental Education Center at Lancer Park (37.308189, -78.402768) as part of the Longwood Environmental Observatory.

All data are CC-BY and should be cited using the DOI available at https://zenodo.org/communities/leo/

Station Specifics

The specific at each site are:

* Barometric Pressure (mmHg) - Campbell Scientific CS100 Barometric Pressure Sensor
* Light Flux Density (kW/m^2) - Campbell Scientific Pyranometer CS300
* Light Total Flux (kJ/m^2) - Campbell Scientific Pyranometer CS300
* Rainfall (mm) - Texas Electronics TE525 Tipping Bucket
* Temperature (dC) - Campbell Scientific CS215 Temperature and Relative Humidity Sensor
* Relative Humidity (%) - Campbell Scientific CS215 Temperature and Relative Humidity Sensor
* Wind Speed (m/s) - RM Young 05103 Wind Speed and Direction Sensor
* Wind Direction (degrees from true N) - RM Young 05103 Wind Speed and Direction Sensor
* Data Collection - Campbell Scientific CR200 Data Logger
    * The sensors are sampled every 15 minutes

Measurement Parameters, units, and Variable Names

* DATE - the date that the record was collected (YYYY-MM-DD)
* TIMESTAMP - the date and time that the record was collected (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
* RECORD.x - a unique identifying number provided from the data logger for table 1 from the original downloaded data. 
* BattV_Avg - The average battery voltage (Volts)
* BattV - The battery voltage at the time of the sampling (Volts)
* BP_mmHg_Avg - The average barometric pressure over the sampling interval (mmHg)
* BP_mmHg_Std - The standard deviation of the average barometric pressure (mmHg)
* BP_mmHg - The barometric pressure at the time of the sampling (mmHg)
* Rain_mm_Tot - The total rainfall during the sampling interval (mm)
* AirTC_Avg - The average air temperature during the sampling interval (dC) 
* AirTC_Std - The standard deviation of the average air temperature (dC) 
* AirTC - the air temperature at the time of the sampling (dC)
* RH - the relative humidity at the time of the sampling (%)
* RH_Min - the minimum relative humidity recorded (%)
* RH_TMn - the time that the minimum relative humidity measurement occurred (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) 
* RH_Max - the maximum relative humidity recorded (%)
* RH_TMx - the time that the maximum relative humidity measurement occurred (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)
* RECORD.y - a unique identifying number provided from the data logger for table 1 from the original downloaded data.
* BattV_Min - the minimum battery voltage (Volts)
* SlrkW_Avg - the average light flux density during the sampling interval (kW/m^2) 
* SlrkW_Std - the standard deviation of the average light flux density (kW/m^2)
* SlrkW - the light flux density at the time of the sampling (kW/m^2)
* SlrMJ_Tot - the total light flux (MJ/m^2) 
* WS_ms_Avg - the average wind speed during the sampling interval (m/s) 
* WS_ms_Std - the standard deviation of the average wind speed (m/s) 
* WS_ms - the wind speed at the time of the sampling event (m/s)
* WindDir - the wind direction at the time of the sampling event (degrees from true N)
* WS_ms_S_WVT - the average wind speed over the previous 15 minutes (m/s)
* WindDir_D1_WVT - the average wind direction over the previous 15 minutes (degrees from true N)
* WindDir_SD1_WVT - the standard deviation of the average wind direction over the previous 15 minutes (degrees from true N)