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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.
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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
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.
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- Award ID(s):
- 2025166
- PAR ID:
- 10477015
- Publisher / Repository:
- Environmental Data Initiative
- Date Published:
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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{"Abstract":["This dataset contains long-term precipitation measurements from\n graduated rain gauges (GRGs) at 21 sites in the Jornada Basin of\n southern New Mexico, USA. Gauges are located on the Jornada\n Experimental Range (JER) and the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland\n Research Center (CDRRC), and this set of gauges includes all 15 net\n primary production (NPP) study sites monitored by the Jornada Basin\n LTER program. At each site a 4 inch diameter cylindrical graduated\n rain gauge (11" x 0.01" capacity) is mounted on a 4x4 inch\n diameter redwood post or a wooden exclosure post next to gate at or\n near each site. For NPP sites, the primary collection is made on the\n day that monthly hydroprobe soil water content measurements are\n made. This enables correlation of precipitation with belowground\n soil water content. Additional data collections during the month may\n be made in coordination with other studies. Observations at each\n site come primarily from GRGs. However, at some sites in the NPP\n study, GRGs were not installed until later, and the nearest\n available rain gauge in the area has been used to gapfill the\n precipitation record prior to installation (details in methods\n section). Rain gauge identity and field measurement date is recorded\n with each observation in the data file. Other gauge types that may\n be listed are the Standard Can Gauge (DSRG or dipstick rain gauge),\n Belfort Weigh Bucket Rain Gauge (WBRG), and Qualimetrics Tipping\n Bucket Rain Gauge (TBRG). Data collection is ongoing for all 21\n gauges in this dataset."]}more » « less
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