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Precipitation data from four locations within the Tromble Weir experimental watershed, located at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 2010-ongoing

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210338002.4
Title:Precipitation data from four locations within the Tromble Weir experimental watershed, located at the Jornada Basin LTER site, 2010-ongoing
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains one-minute resolution precipitation data from tipping bucket rain gauges (Texas Electronics) at four locations in the Tromble Weir watershed area of the Jornada Basin in southern New Mexico, USA. These rain gauges are used to help quantify the water balance across the small experimental watershed. Values have been used to investigate groundwater recharge, soil infiltration rates, and as forcings for hydrologic models. This is an ongoing dataset that will be updated annually.

Publication Date:2022-04-08
Language:English
For more information:
Visit: https://jrn.lternet.edu
Visit: DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period
Begin:
2010-07-01
End:
2020-12-31

People and Organizations
Contact:Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER) [  email ]
Creator:Vivoni, Enrique (Arizona State University)
Creator:Perez-Ruiz, Eli (Arizona State University)
Creator:Schreiner-McGraw, Adam (Arizona State University)
Creator:Keller, Zachary (Arizona State University)
Creator:Templeton, Ryan (Arizona State University)
Creator:Anderson, Cody (Arizona State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
One-min precipitation data (mm) table
Description:
One minute precipitation data (mm) from 4 rain gauges in the Tromble experimental watershed.
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210338002/4/0541d58ae3abc887241516991c925ea7
Name:One-min precipitation data (mm) table
Description:One minute precipitation data (mm) from 4 rain gauges in the Tromble experimental watershed.
Number of Records:5525128
Number of Columns:6

Table Structure
Object Name:JRN338002_Tromble_precip_data.csv
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Number of Foot Lines:0
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Table Column Descriptions
 DateTimeTower gauge pptGauge 2 pptGauge 3 pptGauge 4 ppt
Column Name:date  
time  
R_tower  
R2  
R3  
R4  
Definition:Date of observationTime of observationTower rain gauge precipitation (mm)Rain gauge 2 precipitation (mm)Rain gauge 3 precipitation (mm)Rain gauge 4 precipitation (mm)
Storage Type:date  
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Measurement Type:dateTimedateTimeratioratioratioratio
Measurement Values Domain:
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision1
Formathh:mm:ss
Precision1
Unitmillimeter
Typereal
Unitmillimeter
Typereal
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Typereal
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Data Package Usage Rights

This information is released under the Creative Commons license - Attribution - CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The consumer of these data ("Data User" herein) is required to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or co-authorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is." The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Core Research AreasDisturbance
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1Disturbance, deserts, hydrologic processes, hydrology, precipitation, rain, watersheds
noneTBRG, precipitation, rain, rain gauge, tipping bucket, tipping bucket rain gauge
Jornada Basin project namesTromble Watershed, study 338
Jornada Basin place namesTromble Watershed

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

General study design

The Tromble Weir Watershed is a small experimental watershed located in the East Bajada geomorphic unit of the Jornada Basin in southern New Mexico, USA. We have instrumented this watershed, which consists of a mixed Chihuahuan Desert shrubland, and have on-going measurements and modeling studies of hydrological, meteorological and phenological processes. The instrument network consists of 15 soil moisture profiles arranged along hillslope transects. A network of rain gauges and channel runoff flumes are also deployed.

This data package contains data from four tipping bucket rain gauges in the Tromble Watershed. One is located at the eddy covariance tower and three others are distributed within the watershed, co-located with three transects of instrumented soil profiles.

Instruments and methods

Instruments used

Gauges R2, R3 and R4: Texas Instrument (TE525MM-L) tipping bucket rain gauge with 9.66in orifice. Each tip represents 0.1mm.

Gauge R_tower: Texas Instrument (TE525-L) tipping bucket rain gauge with 6in orifice. Each tip represents 0.254mm.

Methods (QC and data preparation)

First, erroneous values (IE: 7999) were queried and removed from the raw data. Then data was checked again, to ensure all outliers were removed. Next, the raw data was summed to one-minute resolution and checked again for errors. Lastly, the one-minute resolution precipitation data was synchronized with an already created one-minute resolution timetable spanning the dates from Oct 2016 to Dec 2019. Gaps between recorded precipitation events were filled with zero values for no recorded precipitation. Finally, to complete the record from 2010 to 2019 the new data from 2016-2019 was appended to the end of the data spanning 2010-2016.

Specifics and related publications

The specifics of the instrumentation (including location), site, and research methods used at the Tromble Weir watershed can be found in the following publications:

Templeton, Ryan C., Enrique R. Vivoni, Luis A. Méndez-Barroso, Nicole A. Pierini, Cody A. Anderson, Albert Rango, Andrea S. Laliberte, and Russell L. Scott. "High-resolution characterization of a semiarid watershed: Implications on evapotranspiration estimates." Journal of Hydrology 509 (2014): 306-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.047

Schreiner-McGraw, A. P., E. R. Vivoni, G. Mascaro,and T. E. Franz. "Closing the water balance with cosmic-ray soil moisture measurements and assessing their relation to evapotranspiration in two semiarid watersheds." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20 (2016):329–345. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-329-2016

TE525MM-L instrument specifics: https://www.campbellsci.com/te525mm-l

TE525-L instrument specifics: https://www.campbellsci.com/te525-l

Related data packages

Complementary data, such as soil water content and meteorology data at the rain gauge locations in this data package, can be found in other data packages on EDI.

knb-lter-jrn.210338004 - Tromble Watershed soil water content sensor data (co-located with 3 rain gauges in this dataset)

knb-lter-jrn.210338005 - Eddy flux data at the Tromble micromet tower

knb-lter-jrn.210338006 - Standard meteorology and ancillary data at the Tromble micromet tower

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Individual: Enrique Vivoni
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2659-9459
Individual: Eli Perez-Ruiz
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4954-0238
Individual: Adam Schreiner-McGraw
Organization:Arizona State University
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-9202
Individual: Zachary Keller
Organization:Arizona State University
Individual: Ryan Templeton
Organization:Arizona State University
Individual: Cody Anderson
Organization:Arizona State University
Contacts:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER
Position:Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager
Address:
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA
Phone:
575-646-1739
Email Address:
jornada.data@nmsu.edu
Web Address:
https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management/
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA
Web Address:
https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
2010-07-01
End:
2020-12-31
Geographic Region:
Description:Eastern Bajada: Study occurred in the eastern bajada geomorphic zone in the Jornada Basin. More precise geographic coordinates for this study may be requested from the JRN LTER Data Manager (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  32.689571Southern:  32.531184
Western:  -106.684611Eastern:  -106.590363

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:Jornada Basin LTER
Personnel:
Individual:Dr. Niall Hanan
Address:
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3JER,
New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 United States
Phone:
575-646-3335 (voice)
Email Address:
nhanan@nmsu.edu
Role:Principal Investigator
Abstract:

The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program is part of a national network of long-term ecological research sites funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded since 1982 to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems based on long-term data collected in the Chihuahuan Desert. We translate our findings to dryland ecosystems around the world, and forecast the dynamics of future ecosystem states in response to changing climate and land use.

Funding:

JRN LTER is funded by the National Science Foundation under award DEB 2025166.

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:ongoing
Frequency:annually
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