Lower Weather

DCEW Site: Lower Weather (LW)
Location (Lat/Long): 43.6885278, -116.16991
Elevation: 1151 m
Reporting Since: 1999

Site Notes: Lower Weather (LW) is located on the lower ridge line of DCEW, within one kilometer and east of the Lower Gauge outlet measurement site for DCEW.   Winter snowfall is rare at this site, with accumulation generally less that 0.5 meters (December-March).  Annual precipitation at LW for the period of record, 1999-2011, ranges from 300 mm to 550 mm, average 392 mm.

Soil at the site as sandy loam, zero to over one meter depth above fractured crystalline bedrock.  Vegetation includes grass, forbs and low brush.

Instrumentation at the site is currently measuring the following variables: air temperature, relative humidity, solar in and net radiation, wind direction and speed, soil moisture, soil temperature, shielded and unshieded rain gages, and snow depth.

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Weather Station Data

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Meteorological Variables

1999 variables
2000 variables
2001 variables
2002 variables
2003 variables
2004 variables
2005 variables
2006 variables
2007 variables
2008 variables
2009 variables
2010 variables
2011 variables
2012 variables
2013 variables
2014 variables
2015 variables
2016 variables
2017 variables
2018 variables
2019 variables
2020 variables
2021 variables
2022 variables
2023 variables

4-Component Radiation

2012 component radiation
2013 component radiation
2014 component radiation
2015 component radiation
2016 component radiation
2017 component radiation
2018 component radiation
2019 component radiation
2020 component radiation
2021 component radiation
2022 component radiation
2023 component radiation

Soil Data

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1999 soil data
2000 soil data
2001 soil data
2002 soil data
2003 soil data
2004 soil data
2005 soil data
2006 soil data
2007 soil data
2008 soil data
2009 soil data
2010 soil data
2011 soil data
2012 soil data
2013 soil data
2014 soil data
2015 soil data
2016 soil data
2017 soil data
2018 soil data
2019 soil data
2020 soil data
2021 soil data
2022 soil data
2023 soil data