Oregon Crest-to-Coast Environmental Monitoring Transect Dataset, including climatic observations and tree growth data

Description

The US Environmental Protection Agency - Western Ecology Division (EPA) has been monitoring above- and belowground climate data from 23 locations along an Oregon Cascade Mountain Crest-to-Coast transect since 1993. The start date for the sites varied over a several year period. The monitoring sites were located in old-growth and non old-growth coniferous forests (douglas fir, sitka spruce, alder, juniper, ponderosa pine), adjacent clear-cuts, and top of canopy locations. The following variables have been measured every 5-minutes with hourly averages/totals computed for each location: air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR), soil temperature (multiple depths), snow depth (where applicable) and volumetric soil moisture (multiple depths). In addition, wind speed, wind direction, shortwave radiation, and barometric pressure were measured at numerous field site locations. Data are provided as unprocessed raw observations; though some minimal "quality assurance" may have been applied to ensure that data contains "reasonable" values and does not exceed expected calibration thresholds. In March 2019, incremental tree growth data (stem circumference measurements) was also submitted to the archive as additional data showing environmental conditions in the observation area. Period of record is 1997 to the present.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
33 Overview of Crest-to-Coast Program and Field Site Metadata https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/epa/oc2c/docs/epa-oregon-crest-to-coast_overview_c20221231.pdf
0 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/epa/oc2c/data/
0 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/epa/oc2c/docs/
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5TT4NWV
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • humidity
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • land surface
  • soils
  • atmospheric temperature
  • biosphere
  • precipitation amount
  • surface winds
  • humidity sensors
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • air temperature
  • north america
  • band dendrometers
  • tree growth
  • earth science
  • soil temperature probe
  • vegetation
  • solar radiation
  • terrestrial - fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (fapar)
  • soil moisture probe
  • skin temperature
  • rain gauges
  • atmospheric - surface - air temperature
  • atmospheric radiation
  • anemometers
  • temperature sensors
  • u.s. environmental protection agency
  • atmospheric - surface - water vapour
  • meteorological stations
  • maximum/minimum temperature
  • soil temperature
  • atmospheric winds
  • atmospheric - surface - precipitation
  • soil moisture/water content
  • pyranometers
  • surface temperature
  • atmospheric - surface - wind speed and direction
  • terrestrial - soil moisture
  • point resolution
  • water vapor indicators
  • oregon
  • surface thermal properties
  • epa

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