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Monthly precipitation data from a network of standard gauges at the Jornada Experimental Range (Jornada Basin LTER) in southern New Mexico, January 1916 - ongoing

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-jrn.210380001.738
Title:Monthly precipitation data from a network of standard gauges at the Jornada Experimental Range (Jornada Basin LTER) in southern New Mexico, January 1916 - ongoing
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

This ongoing dataset contains monthly precipitation measurements from a network of standard can rain gauges at the Jornada Experimental Range in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA. Precipitation physically collects within gauges during the month and is manually measured with a graduated cylinder at the end of each month. This network is maintained by USDA Agricultural Research Service personnel. This dataset includes 39 different locations but only 29 of them are current. Other precipitation data exist for this area, including event-based tipping bucket data with timestamps, but do not go as far back in time as this dataset.

Publication Date:2021-02-01

Time Period
Begin:
1915-01-01
End:
2021-01-05

People and Organizations
Contact:James, Darren (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range) [  email ]
Contact:Manager, Data (Jornada Basin LTER) [  email ]
Creator:Thatcher, David (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Associate:Bestelmeyer, Brandon (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range, Current Principal Investigator)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
JER monthly precip
Description:
JER standard can monthly precipitation
Other Name:
JER monthly precip graph
Description:
A figure of the precipitation data contained in this data package
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities


Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210380001/738/337188e1e4f1f0228efb7b89c509bba0
Name:JER monthly precip
Description:JER standard can monthly precipitation
Number of Records:32420
Number of Columns:7

Table Structure
Object Name:JER_standard_raingauge_network_monthly_precip.csv
Size:1096157 bytes
Authentication:b2d467ff629604b8aa3115fa86bfbb97 Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:\r\n
Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter:,

Table Column Descriptions
 
Column Name:name  
pasture  
year  
month  
sample_date  
prec_in  
notes  
Definition:name of rain gaugenames of pasture on the Jornada Experimental Range in wich gauge is locatedyear of measurementmonth of measurementday on which precipitation was measuredtotal monthly precipitationnotes recorded by technicians which may be of interest to data users
Storage Type:string  
string  
float  
float  
date  
float  
string  
Measurement Type:nominalnominalratioratiodateTimerationominal
Measurement Values Domain:
Definitionname of rain gauge
Definitionnames of pasture on the Jornada Experimental Range in wich gauge is located
Unitdimensionless
Typenatural
Min1915 
Max2020 
Unitdimensionless
Typenatural
Min
Max12 
FormatYYYY-MM-DD
Precision
Unitinch
Typereal
Min
Max9.41 
Definitionnotes recorded by technicians which may be of interest to data users
Missing Value Code:        
CodeNA
Expldate not recorded
CodeNA
Expldata not available
CodeNA
Explno notes recorded
Accuracy Report:              
Accuracy Assessment:              
Coverage:              
Methods:              

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:JER monthly precip graph
Entity Type:unknown
Description:A figure of the precipitation data contained in this data package
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:JER_std_gauge_monthly_precip.jpg
Size:2952712 bytes
Authentication:7ff8d72f12b8602633b98d4bc2c8bb90 Calculated By MD5
Externally Defined Format:
Format Name:image/jpeg
Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210380001/738/24a6198cd251ef1bff31fa2de916a28d

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:
Jornada Project NamesStudy 380
JRN Dataset Keywords"Climate, Soils, and Atmosphere", Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Hydrology
Jornada Place NamesHQ, JER, Dona Ana
LTER Controlled Vocabularyrainfall, long term ecological research, hydrology, rain, precipitation, meteorology
LTER Core AreaDisturbance
(No thesaurus)standard rain gauge, Jornada Basin LTER, rain gauge, network

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:

Precipitation is collected monthly at each location in a National Weather Service type standard rain gauge with an 8-inch diameter catchment orifice. A small amount of mineral oil is used to prevent evaporation during the month. As close to the end of the month as possible, USDA-ARS personnel travel to each standard gauge and measure the collected rainfall with a graduated cylinder. These measurements are entered directly into a spreadsheet and emailed to the Jornada Experimental Range network. Actual collection dates before 2010 are not available.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Creators:
Individual: David Thatcher
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Contacts:
Individual: Darren James
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Email Address:
darren.james@usda.gov
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9936-5549
Individual: Data Manager
Organization:Jornada Basin LTER
Email Address:
datamanager.jrn.lter@gmail.com
Associated Parties:
Individual: Brandon Bestelmeyer
Organization:USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range
Id:https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-9955
Role:Current Principal Investigator

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period
Begin:
1915-01-01
End:
2021-01-05

Project

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:ongoing
Frequency:
Other Metadata

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