Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Diamond Island Meteorological Monitoring: Raw Diamond Island Meteorological Data V2 - 2024 and later

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    Near real-time meteorology data from the Lake Champlain Diamond Island station including wind speed and direction, air temperature, water temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure and total solar irradiance.

People

  • Carl Waite: Content Provider

  • Dick Furbush: Content Provider

  • James Duncan: Content Provider

  • Steve Cluett: Content Provider

Geographic Coverage

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Data Table

  • Title: Raw Diamond Island Meteorological Data V2 - 2024 and later
  • Start Date: 2024-10-18
  • Description: Data from Diamond Island after updating data collection sensors in 2024. Raw measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, wind, humidity and solar radiation at the Diamond Island Station. No quality control measures have been applied to the data.

  • Purpose: To continuously monitor meteorological variables representative of Lake Champlain for use by researchers, recreationalists, commercial boaters, Champlain Water District and the National Weather Service.

  • Condensed Title: Z0168_DI_RAW_V2

  • Object Name: VMC.168.4024

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC). 2024. Raw Diamond Island Meteorological Data. /femc/data/archive/project/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/diamond-island-metoerological-monitoring-raw-v2

  • Online Distribution: /femc/data/archive/project/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/diamond-island-meteorological-monitoring-raw-v2

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: AIRTEMP
    • Label: Air Temperature
    • Description: Measured air temperature
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: BAROPRESS
    • Label: Barometric Pressure
    • Description: Barometric pressure reading for atmospheric pressure
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: MAX_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Maximum Windspeed
    • Description: The fastest wind speed recorded in a 10 minute interval
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: MEAN_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Mean Horizontal Windspeed
    • Description: The average speed of wind, regardless of its direction
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: MEAN_WIND_DIRECTION
    • Label: Mean Wind Direction
    • Description: Average direction of wind
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: PYRANOM
    • Label: Pyranometer
    • Description: Pyranometer reading of amount of solar irradiance
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: RECORDTIME
    • Label: Record Time
    • Description: Time and date of data collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    Attribute Name: RELHUMID
    • Label: Relative Humidity
    • Description: The amount of water vapor that is actually in the air, compared to how much water vapor potentially
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEDAY
    • Label: Sample Day
    • Description: Day of year of the sample
    • Storage Type: int
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEMONTH
    • Label: Sample Month
    • Description: Month of sample
    • Storage Type: int
    Attribute Name: SAMPLETIME
    • Label: Sample Time
    • Description: Time of data collection
    • Storage Type: datetime
    Attribute Name: SAMPLEYEAR
    • Label: Sample Year
    • Description: Year of sample
    • Storage Type: int
    Attribute Name: STATION_HEADING
    • Label: Station Heading
    • Description: Change in heading from due N when buoy rotates
    • Storage Type: decimal
    Attribute Name: TIME_MAX_WINDSPEED
    • Label: Time Maximum Windspeed
    • Description: Time of maximum windspeed recorded
    • Storage Type: datetime

Methods

  • No methods recorded for this dataset

Sampling Equipment

  • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

  • Site Description: Diamond Island Meteorological Station on Lake Champlain