Data Package Metadata View Summary

Aeolian dust weights sampled by BSNE collectors quarterly from the CSIS study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2012-ongoing

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-jrn.210413001.7

Title:

Aeolian dust weights sampled by BSNE collectors quarterly from the CSIS study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2012-ongoing

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

This dataset contains weights of windblown dust collected by BSNE collectors at long-term observation plots that are part of the Jornada Basin LTER Cross-Scale Interaction Study (CSIS) located at the Jornada Experimental Range. There are 15 experimental blocks (or sites) in this study. Within each block, there are 4 plots with different experimental treatments: 1 control, 1 with mesquite herbicide applied, 1 with connectivity modifiers (Conmods) installed, and 1 with Conmods AND mesquite herbicide applied. The intent of Conmods is to decrease gap size between perennial vegetation. The plots are 8 x 8 meters and have an 8 x 8 meter buffer zone on both the upwind and downwind sides of the plot. There are two BSNE (aeolian dust collector) stands per experimental plot positioned at the edge of the upwind and downwind 8m x 8m buffers. Each stand has 3 collectors positioned at heights of 10 cm, 30 cm, and 50 cm, and all collector openings face the prevailing wind direction. Upwind BSNEs collected the amount of dust entering the plot, and the downwind BSNEs collected the amount of dust moving off the plot. These collectors estimate the effectiveness of the plot surface in obstructing wind blown dust. This study is ongoing with data collected quarterly each year.

Short Name:

CSIS_BSNE

Publication Date:

2023-10-11

Language:

English

For more information:
Visit:	https://jrn.lternet.edu
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2012-03-09

End:

2023-05-30

People and Organizations
Contact:	Information Manager (Jornada Basin LTER Program) [ email ]
Creator:	Okin, Gregory S (University of California Los Angeles)
Creator:	Peters, Debra C (USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range)
Associate:	JRN field crew, (Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University, Jornada Basin LTER Field Crew, Field data collection)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Collected dust weights data
Description:	Air-dry weights of BSNE collector contents (g) by date and collector id
Data Table Name:	Cross-scale interactions experiment treatment key
Description:	Key to the experimental treatments used in the Cross-scale interactions study, by block and plot.
Other Name:	Field and lab protocol for CSIS BSNE measurements
Description:	Field and lab protocol for BSNE measurements (specific to CSIS)
Other Name:	Block and plot treatment assignments
Description:	Experimental assignment of herbicide and conmod treatments to blocks and plots (a factorial design)

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210413001/7/4758ef4bc91101b076709c1b59519a60
Name:	Collected dust weights data
Description:	Air-dry weights of BSNE collector contents (g) by date and collector id
Number of Records:	15144
Number of Columns:	13

Table Structure

Object Name:

JRN413001_CSIS_BSNE_weightdata.csv

Size:

821051 byte

Authentication:

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Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Number of Foot Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Year

Quarter

Date

Time

Block

Plot

Wind position

Stand ID

Collector

Height

Dust weight

Quality flag

Comment

Column Name:

year

qtr

date

time

block

plot

windpos

stand_id

collector

height_cm

dust_weight

qwt

comment

Definition:

Year collected

Quarter collected (1-4)

Date collected

Time collected

CSIS experimental block (1-15)

Plot name (A-D)

Position relative to wind (U=upwind/upslope; D=downwind/downslope]

Stand ID within block and plot

Collector ID (empty for CSIS)

Height of bottom of BSNE dust colector opening frm soil surface (centimeters)

Air dry weight (g) of dust in BSNE collector

Data quality flag for sample weight

Comment explaining qwt flag or other observations

Storage Type:

date

integer

date

time

integer

string

integer

float

string

Measurement Type:

dateTime

interval

dateTime

interval

nominal

interval

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Format	YYYY
Precision	1

Unit	number
Type	real

Format	YYYY-MM-DD
Precision	1

Format	hh:mm
Precision	1

Unit	number
Type	integer

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Plot A
Source

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Plot B
Source

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Plot C
Source

Code Definition

Code	D
Definition	Plot D
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	D
Definition	Downwind location
Source

Code Definition

Code	U
Definition	Upwind location
Source

Definition

any text

Unit	number
Type	integer

Unit	centimeter
Type	real

Unit	gram
Type	real

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	G
Definition	Good - no problems - normal collection
Source

Code Definition

Code	HA
Definition	Height adjusted
Source

Code Definition

Code	HA;SC
Definition	Height adjusted; Other - SEE COMMENTS
Source

Code Definition

Code	OV
Definition	Not collected - Trap OVERFULL
Source

Code Definition

Code	SC
Definition	Other - SEE COMMENTS
Source

Code Definition

Code	SL
Definition	Not collected - SAMPLE LOST during collection
Source

Code Definition

Code	SW
Definition	Not collected - standing water in BSNE
Source

Code Definition

Code	SW;SC
Definition	Not collected - standing water in BSNE; Other - SEE COMMENTS
Source

Code Definition

Code	TD
Definition	Not collected - TRAP DISTURBED
Source

Definition

any text

Missing Value Code:

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value - data not collected or otherwise unavailable

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value, see comment

Code	NA
Expl	No comment, quality flag, or additional information available

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210413001/7/c031e27b400d8af6fd13786c1eff0983
Name:	Cross-scale interactions experiment treatment key
Description:	Key to the experimental treatments used in the Cross-scale interactions study, by block and plot.
Number of Records:	60
Number of Columns:	5

Table Structure

Object Name:

csis_treatment_key.csv

Size:

3270 byte

Authentication:

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Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Number of Foot Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:	,
Quote Character:	"

Table Column Descriptions

Block

Plot

Treatment code

Alternate treatment code

Treatment description

Column Name:

block

plot

treatment_code

treatment_altcode

treatment_description

Definition:

Experimental block in CSIS (1-15)

Experimental plot (A-D)

Treatment code

Alternative treatment code (used in some data files like 210413008)

Description of treatment

Storage Type:

integer

string

Measurement Type:

interval

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Unit	number
Type	integer

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	A
Definition	Plot A
Source

Code Definition

Code	B
Definition	Plot B
Source

Code Definition

Code	C
Definition	Plot C
Source

Code Definition

Code	D
Definition	Plot D
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	both
Definition	Mesquite herbicide applied and ConMods installed in 2012
Source

Code Definition

Code	conmod
Definition	ConMods (connectivity modifiers) installed in 2012
Source

Code Definition

Code	control
Definition	Control (no herbicide or ConMod treatments applied)
Source

Code Definition

Code	herbicide
Definition	Mesquite herbicide applied in 2012
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	control
Definition	Control (no herbicide or ConMod treatments applied)
Source

Code Definition

Code	plant&patch
Definition	Plant- and patch-scale treatment - herbicide applied AND ConMods added [alternate code]
Source

Code Definition

Code	patch
Definition	Patch-scale treatment - ConMods added [alternate code]
Source

Code Definition

Code	plant
Definition	Plant-scale treatment - herbicide applied [alternate code]
Source

Definition

any text

Missing Value Code:

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Field and lab protocol for CSIS BSNE measurements

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Field and lab protocol for BSNE measurements (specific to CSIS)

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

CSIS_BSNE-protocol.pdf

Size:

152121 byte

Authentication:

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Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

PDF

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210413001/7/5c37c7d3879228fe23551df2d2b84336

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

Block and plot treatment assignments

Entity Type:

otherEntity

Description:

Experimental assignment of herbicide and conmod treatments to blocks and plots (a factorial design)

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

Study413_CSIS_Plot_Treatments.pdf

Size:

21619 byte

Authentication:

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Externally Defined Format:

Format Name:

PDF

Data:

https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-jrn/210413001/7/42b664f50881445da5f3f0596ea9356c

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 Areas	land use and land cover change
LTER Controlled Vocabulary v1	atmospheric deposition, deserts, erosion, land cover, landscape change, revegetation, soil nutrients, wind
none	connectivity, dust, soil erosion, wind erosion
Jornada Basin project names	BSNE, CSIS, LTER, study 413
Jornada Basin place names	CSIS

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:

Cross-Scale Interaction Study methods

For the data table in this data package, the air dry weight, in grams, of the dust sample in each collector is calculated from the mass of the sample and the bag minus the average mass of all bags used during the collection ( (Bag + Sample) - Avg_Bag_Wt ). Data collection flags and observations impacting the quality of these sample weights are indicated in the "qwt" and "comment" columns of the data table. More study information can be found in attached files - see "Additional documents" below.

Experimental design and data collection

The experimental design for the Cross-Scale Interactions study (CSIs) consists of 15 - 1 ha blocks spatially distributed across the study area selected to have similar total percentage vegetation cover within a block, but to vary in the proportion of perennial grass and mesquite cover among blocks. At each block location, four 15 x 25 meter experimental plots were identified with similar percentage grass and shrub cover. Within an experimental plot was a buffer area, an 8 x 8 meter treatment or control subplot (the "focal patch"), and 8 x 8 meter upwind and downwind subplots. Each experimental plot was arrayed perpendicular lengthwise to the dominant southwest to northeast wind direction, and was placed > 15 meters away from the other experimental plots to minimize between-plot treatment effects. Excluding the buffer zones, the distance between focal patches and subplots in different experimental plots ranges from > 20 to ~40 meters.

Each experimental plot within a block was randomly assigned to one of four connectivity treatments: (1) plant scale where all mesquite plants within and surrounding the focal patch were killed in place with herbicide to modify competitive interactions between woody plants and recovery of perennial grasses and other herbaceous plants with no direct effects on horizontal transport by wind and water, (2) patch scale where Connectivity Modifiers (ConMods, Okin et al. 2015) were located in bare soil interspaces between plants in the focal patch to reduce gap size and to modify transport of water, soil, nutrients, litter, and herbaceous seeds, (3) both patch- and plant-scale manipulations were conducted in each focal patch, and (4) no manipulations [controls]. Block and plot selection were completed in June 2012 followed by the characterization of initial vegetation cover in all plots in June 2013 when treatments were initiated.

Assignment of treatments to experimental plots (by block) is described in the attached file "csis_treatment_key.csv".

There are two BSNE (aeolian dust collector) stands per experimental plot positioned at the edge of the upwind and downwind 8m x 8m buffers. Each stand has 3 collectors positioned at heights of 10 cm, 30 cm, and 50 cm, and all collector openings face the prevailing wind direction. Upwind BSNEs collected the amount of dust entering the plot, and the downwind BSNEs collected the amount of dust moving off the plot. These collectors estimate the effectiveness of the plot surface (including Conmods and mesquite shrubs) in obstructing wind blown dust. It is important the BSNEs are fixed in an orientation that points across the full length of the plot.

The Conmod BSNEs are collected quarterly in February, May, August, and November. They are collected in the last week of the month, or, if not able, in the first week of the next month.

Additional documents

The guidelines and procedures for BSNE collection, maintenance, and sample/data processing can be found in the file "CSIS_BSNE-protocol.pdf" provided in this data package. There is also a key to experimental treatments applied by block and plot in the file "Study413_CSIS_Plot_Treatments.pdf".

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:	Gregory S Okin
Organization:	University of California Los Angeles
Id:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0484-3537

Individual:

Debra C Peters

Organization:

USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range

Email Address:

deb.peters@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-8099

Contacts:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER Program

Position:

Information Manager

Address:

P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.

Phone:

575-322-2430

Email Address:

jornada.data@nmsu.edu

Web Address:

https://lter.jornada.nmsu.edu/information-management/

Associated Parties:

Individual:

JRN field crew

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER, New Mexico State University

Position:

Jornada Basin LTER Field Crew

Address:

P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.

Role:

Field data collection

Metadata Providers:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER Program

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

Id:

https://ror.org/05976ta47

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

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

Time Period

Begin:

2012-03-09

End:

2023-05-30

Geographic Region:

Description:

Basin Floor: Study occurred in the basin floor 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:	32.749487	Southern:	32.473173
Western:	-106.872883	Eastern:	-106.692716

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:

Dryland ecosystems occupy nearly half of the Earth's land surface and provide goods and services for more than 1 billion people. The goal of the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program is to understand what factors determine the structure and function of drylands, and to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems. This research is 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:

The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation since 1982 (Current NSF award: DEB-2025166)

Additional Award Information:

Funder:

National Science Foundation

Funder ID:

https://ror.org/021nxhr62

Number:

DEB 2025166

Title:

LTER: Long –Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)

URL:

https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025166

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 1832194
Title:	Prior award: LTER: Long - Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER VII)
URL:	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1832194

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 1235828
Title:	Prior award: LTER: Long-Term Research at the Jornada Basin (LTER-VI)
URL:	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1235828

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 0618210
Title:	Prior award: Jornada Basin LTER V: Landscape Linkages in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems
URL:	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0618210

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 0080412
Title:	Prior award: LTER IV: Jornada Basin: Linkages in Semi-arid Landscapes
URL:	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080412

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 9411971
Title:	Prior award: LTER: The Chihuahuan Desert (The Jornada LTER III Consortium)
URL:	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9411971

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 8811160, 9240261
Title:	Prior award: Interactions in Time and Space Variability in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem: Jornada LTER (II)

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 8114466, 8612106
Title:	Prior award: Interactions of Time and Space Variability in a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem in New Mexico (Jornada LTER I)

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	ongoing
Frequency:	annually

Other Metadata

Additional Metadata

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Data Package Metadata View Summary

Aeolian dust weights sampled by BSNE collectors quarterly from the CSIS study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2012-ongoing

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Data Table

Data Table

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Methods and Protocols

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

Cross-Scale Interaction Study methods

Experimental design and data collection

Additional documents

People and Organizations

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Project

Parent Project Information:

Maintenance

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Aeolian dust weights sampled by BSNE collectors quarterly from the CSIS study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2012-ongoing

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