Harvard Forest

Data Archive

HF102

Radiation Measurements at Harvard Forest EMS Tower 1991-2007

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Data

• hf102-01: radiation data (since 1991) midpt format (preview)
• hf102-02: radiation data (since 2006) midpt2 format (preview)

Overview

• Lead: David Fitzjarrald, Ricardo Sakai
• Investigators: Matt Czikowsky
• Contact: Information Manager
• Start date: 1991
• End date: 2007
• Status: complete
• Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
• Latitude: +42.537755 degrees
• Longitude: -72.171478 degrees
• Elevation: 340 meter
• Datum: WGS84
• Taxa:
• Release date: 2023
• Language: English
• EML file: knb-lter-hfr.102.23
• DOI: digital object identifier
• EDI: data package
• DataONE: data package
• Related links:
• Project Website
• Canopy-Atmosphere Exchange of Carbon, Water and Energy at Harvard Forest EMS Tower since 1991
• Study type: long-term measurement
• Research topic: forest-atmosphere exchange
• LTER core area: disturbance patterns
• Keywords: heat flux, net radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, radiation, solar radiation
• Abstract:

  Measurements of radiation and soil heat flux at the EMS tower on the Prospect Hill Tract, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Massachusetts. Values are hourly averages.

• Methods:

  Radiation measurements are made from the SUNYA boom at 27 m on the EMS tower.

• Organization: Harvard Forest. 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366, USA. Phone (978) 724-3302. Fax (978) 724-3595.

• Project: The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. (ROR).

• Funding: National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210.

• Use: This dataset is released to the public under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (No Rights Reserved). Please keep the dataset creators informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset should include proper acknowledgement.

• License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0)

• Citation: Fitzjarrald D, Sakai R. 2023. Radiation Measurements at Harvard Forest EMS Tower 1991-2007. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF102 (v.23). Environmental Data Initiative: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/f3adbe87e7e506c720d0d9ee91d2b6c4.

Detailed Metadata

hf102-01: radiation data (since 1991) midpt format

1. datetime: date and time of data collection
2. year: year of data collection
3. dec.doy: decimal date (unit: nominalDay )
4. doy: day of year (unit: nominalDay )
5. hour: hour (unit: nominalHour )
6. rn: net radiometer (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
7. s.up: reflected global solar radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
8. s.dn: incoming global solar radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
9. l.up: upwelling longwave radiation (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
10. l.dn: downwelling longwave radiation (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
11. soilheat: soil heat flux at 7 cm, below OA (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
12. rn.sum: sum of Sup,Sdn,Lup,Ldn with appropriate signs applied. Rnsum=(Sdn+Sup-Ldn+Lup) (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
13. par.up: upward photosynthetically active radiation (unit: millimolePerMeterSquaredPerSecond / missing value: NA)
14. par.dn: downward photosynthetically active radiation (unit: millimolePerMeterSquaredPerSecond / missing value: NA)

hf102-02: radiation data (since 2006) midpt2 format

1. datetime: date and time of data collection
2. year: year of data collection
3. dec.doy: decimal date at the middle of the interval (unit: nominalDay )
4. doy: day of year (unit: nominalDay )
5. hour: hour (unit: nominalHour )
6. s.up: reflected global solar radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
7. s.dn: incoming global solar radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
8. l.up: upwelling longwave radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
9. l.dn: downwelling longwave radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
10. soilheat: soil heat flux at 7 cm, below OA (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
11. rn.sum: sum of Sup,Sdn,Lup,Ldn with appropriate signs applied. Rnsum=(Sdn+Sup+Ldn+Lup) (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
12. par.up: upward photosynthetically active radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: millimolePerMeterSquaredPerSecond / missing value: NA)
13. par.dn: downward photosynthetically active radiation. Downward fluxes are negative, upward fluxes are positive. (unit: millimolePerMeterSquaredPerSecond / missing value: NA)
14. l.up.therm: upwelling longwave radiation signal from the pyrgeometer thermopile (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)
15. l.dn.therm: downwelling longwave radiation signal from the pyrgeometer thermopile (unit: wattPerMeterSquared / missing value: NA)