LUQ DATA SET METADATA

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Data Files and Variables

Data File Identifier Data File Collected
Rio Blanco Lower
text/plain iconppt_rbl.txt
 01/01/1955 - 01/07/1992
Rio Grande El Verde
text/plain iconppt_rgv.txt
 02/01/1956 - 12/01/1987
Fajardo
text/plain iconppt_faj.txt
 01/01/1931 - 07/01/1992
Pico del Este
text/plain iconppt_pico.txt
 09/30/1969 - 06/01/1992
Rio Blanco Upper
text/plain iconppt_rbu.txt
 01/01/1975 - 03/01/1992

Measurements:

Year of measurement or observation
Month of measurement
Monthly precipitation in centimeters
70
USDC NOAA's National Climatic Data Center daily precipitation (5 stations)

Research Sites:

Pico del Este USDC NO's National Climatic Data Center (666992) Station
Rio Grande El Verde USDC NO's National Climatic Data Center (668245) Station
Rio Blanco Upper USDC NO's National Climatic Data Center (668145) Station
Rio Blanco Lower USDC NO's National Climatic Data Center (668144) Station
Fajardo USDC NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (663657) Station

Methods:

See NOAA NCDC Web site at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Abstract

Daily precipitation at five stations in or near the LEF have been compiled by the National Climate Data Center. Here I present monthly sums of precipitation (P, in cm). Data are summarized through July 1992. Station details are as follows:         

 

Location
 Longitude Latitude Elevation
(in meters)		 Period Covered Type of record (P= precipitation, T= Temperature)
Pico del Este
18 15'
65 45' 1051
 1969-1992 P,T
Rio Grande 18 21' 65 49' 107 1956-1984 P
Rio Blanco Upper 18 16' 65 47' 439 1955-1974 P
Rio Blanco Lower 18 14'
 65 47'
 35 1955-1992 P
Fajardo
 18 20'
 65 39'
 12
 1931- 1992
 P,T

Note: Max and Min temperature can be found at: http://luq.lternet.edu/data/luqmetadata71 and http://luq.lternet.edu/data/luqmetadata72, respectedly

Additional Information:

Data are summarized through July 1992. Non-LUQ LTER users should obtain the daily data, methodology and other metadata from  NOAA NCDC Web site at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

Related Project:

Owner:

Douglas Schaefer

Contact(s):

Eda Melendez-Colom

Associated:

Alonso Ramirez

Researcher's Keywords:

modeling
Methods
Methods Products
weather
meteorology
meteorological monitoring
climate
Fields of ecology
Ecological phenomena processes

LTER Vocab Keywords:

models
analytical tools
methods
climate change
climatology
meteorology
disciplines

LTER Core Area(s):

primary production

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