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Locally verified evaporation data from a NOAA evaporation pan at USDA Jornada Experimental Range headquarters, southern New Mexico USA, 1953-1979

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210379003.7
Title:Locally verified evaporation data from a NOAA evaporation pan at USDA Jornada Experimental Range headquarters, southern New Mexico USA, 1953-1979
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This data package contains locally verified monthly total pan evaporation data from a NOAA National Weather Service station located at the USDA Jornada Experimental Range headquarters in southern New Mexico, USA. The evaporation pan measurements commenced in 1953 and ended in 1979 when the instrument was decommissioned. Pan evaporation observations were made using standard U.S. climatological service instrumentation and procedures. The included data were verified and transcribed directly from records retrieved from NOAA in ~1995 and have since undergone quality control and assurance procedures different than those in place at NOAA. These data therefore differ from those directly downloadable from NOAA servers. There is no further data from this decommissioned instrument, so this dataset is now complete and data will no longer be updated here.

All observations from this weather station have also undergone NOAA QA/QC procedures and those data are available by accessing the Jornada Experimental Range, NM US GHCN station through the National Climatic Data Center portal (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GSOM/stations/GHCND:USC00294426/detail - monthly pan evaporation data are available back to 1930, but there may be data issues prior to 1953).

Publication Date:2022-05-02
Language:English
For more information:
Visit: https://jrn.lternet.edu
Visit: DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period
Begin:
1953-01-01
End:
1979-09-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Jornada Basin LTER Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University) [  email ]
Creator:Ares, Fred (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Creator:National Weather Service(NOAA)
Creator:Thatcher, David (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Creator:Anderson, John (Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University, Jornada Research Site Manager)
Creator:Havstad, Kris (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
Monthly pan evaporation
Description:
Monthly pan evaporation values in inches, 1953-1979
Other Name:
History file documenting local data verification
Description:
Jornada staff comments, corrections, and historical documentation regarding NOAA weather station observations in this dataset
Other Name:
Summary figure 1 of local and NOAA records
Description:
Summary figure comparing timeseries of local JER data records to NOAA records. The JER records are adjusted relative to NOAA and differences are shown.
Other Name:
Summary figure 2 of local and NOAA records
Description:
Summary figure comparing cumulative local JER data records to NOAA records. The JER records are adjusted relative to NOAA.
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Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210379003/7/5700b72e5928ffe6ff264fccfefb6b9e
Name:Monthly pan evaporation
Description:Monthly pan evaporation values in inches, 1953-1979
Number of Records:320
Number of Columns:6

Table Structure
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Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
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Table Column Descriptions
 DateEvaporation (in)Evaporation daysMissing local recordMissing at NOAAEvap difference
Column Name:date  
evap  
evap_days  
missing_local  
missing_at_noaa  
evap_noaa_diff  
Definition:Date of observation (year-month)Total evaporation for the month (inches)Number of days used in evaporation calculationBoolean value indicating absence of observation in the local dataset (0 = observation in local record, 1 = not in local record)Boolean value indicating absence of observation in NOAA dataset (0 = observation in NOAA record, 1 = not in NOAA record)Difference between local JER evaporation values and NOAA values (local-noaa)
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Measurement Type:dateTimeratiointervalnominalnominalratio
Measurement Values Domain:
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision1
Unitinch
Typereal
Unitnumber
Typeinteger
Allowed Values and Definitions
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Code0
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Typereal
Missing Value Code:  
CodeNA
ExplMissing value, see comment
CodeNA
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CodeNA
ExplMissing value, see comment
Accuracy Report:            
Accuracy Assessment:            
Coverage:            
Methods:            

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:History file documenting local data verification
Entity Type:otherEntity
Description:Jornada staff comments, corrections, and historical documentation regarding NOAA weather station observations in this dataset
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:NOAA_JERHQ_ws_panevap_his.txt
Size:648 byte
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Format Name:text/plain
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210379003/7/09286d9db969b18b54a2b43f38fe6ff0

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:Summary figure 1 of local and NOAA records
Entity Type:otherEntity
Description:Summary figure comparing timeseries of local JER data records to NOAA records. The JER records are adjusted relative to NOAA and differences are shown.
Physical Structure Description:
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Size:242608 byte
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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:Summary figure 2 of local and NOAA records
Entity Type:otherEntity
Description:Summary figure comparing cumulative local JER data records to NOAA records. The JER records are adjusted relative to NOAA.
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:local_vs_noaa_cumulative_monthlyevap.png
Size:77249 byte
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Format Name:PNG
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210379003/7/537f7355802c278ed6a2f61a30ac9fb1

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, atmospheric processes, climate, deserts, evaporation, evapotranspiration, hydrologic processes, hydrology, long term, meteorology, water balance
noneLTAR, NOAA, NWS, meteorology, monthly, weather station
Jornada Basin LTER dataset keywordsHydrology, LTAR, USDA, long-term
Jornada Basin project namesstudy 379
Jornada Basin place namesHQ, JER
USDA National Ag Library's Agricultural ThesaurusLTAR

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:

History and description

This data package contains monthly evaporation observations collected at an evaporation pan instrument located at USDA Jornada Experimental Range (JER) Headquarters. The evaporation pan was a National Weather Service (NWS) instrument and is part of the NOAA Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN). Monthly observations of evaporation in inches of water were collected by USDA JER staff and sent to the local National Weather Service office from around 1953 until the instrument was decommissioned in 1979. These observations were made using standard U.S. climatological service instrumentation and recording procedures. The data sent to the local NWS office was subsequently quality controlled and assured and made available on NOAA servers.

This dataset contains monthly evaporation data that are based on observations stored in the JER database, which were ultimately derived from floppy disks obtained from a NOAA office in Maryland. Since this time, these JER data have undergone quality control and assurance procedures different than those in place at NOAA (see below), and the data therefore differ from what is available currently from NOAA servers. There are far fewer missing observations in this dataset than the NOAA dataset (see "Additional documents" below).

All data from this evaporation pan that have undergone NOAA QA/QC procedures are available by accessing the Jornada Experimental Range, NM US GHCN station through the National Climatic Data Center portal (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GSOM/stations/GHCND:USC00294426/detail). Evaporation data going back to 1930 is retrievable from NOAA servers, but there appear to be data issues prior to 1953.

Data evaluation by USDA and LTER staff

Discrepancies between this data set and data now available from NOAA suggest that data entry errors or additional data filtering has occurred at NOAA. This resulted in a higher frequency of missing data in the data directly downloadable from NOAA servers. This data package remains to document those discrepancies, but is now considered complete and will not be updated in the future.

Additional documents

The attached history text file "NOAA_JERHQ_ws_panevap_his.txt" describes the procedures for identifying discrepancies between NOAA data and JER headquarters data and the subsequent changes made in the included data file.

The summary figures "local_vs_noaa_monthlyevap_diff.png" and "local_vs_noaa_cumulative_monthlyevap.png" plot the discrepancies between the local JER data and NOAA server data from the most recent data request.

Related datasets

Daily temperature and precipitation observations from the JER headquarters NOAA weather station (which the evaporation pan was co-located with) are found in EDI package knb-lter-jrn.210379001.

Monthly temperature and precipitation summary data from this weather station is found on EDI in package knb-lter-jrn.210379002.

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: Fred Ares
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Individual: National Weather Service
Organization:NOAA
Individual: David Thatcher
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Individual: John Anderson
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University
Position:Jornada Research Site Manager
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Email Address:
janderso@jornada.nmsu.edu
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6417-8022
Individual: Kris Havstad
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-8519
Contacts:
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University
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/New Mexico State University
Position:Jornada Basin LTER program
Address:
P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 USA
Email Address:
jornada.lter@nmsu.edu
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:
1953-01-01
End:
1979-09-01
Sampling Site: 
Description:Headquarters or unspecified: Jornada Experimental Range Headquarters. These generic coordinates may not necessarily specify the location of the study. More precise geographic coordinates for this study may be requested from the JRN LTER Data Manager (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -106.740997Latitude (degree): 32.617001

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:complete
Frequency:notPlanned
Other Metadata

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