Temperature data are being collected to investigate the effects of elevation and local topographic position on the patterns of cold air drainage and pooling in the HJ Andrews Forest, and how they vary with synoptic weather patterns. The main focus of the study is cold air drainage in the Lookout Creek area, but others sites have been added to sample temperature signatures at other locations of the forest with topographic positions that need to be better understood. Here, quality controlled 15-minute raw data and aggregated daily minimum and maximum temperatures are available from several stations along 4 separate transects or clusters with some additional single sensors also included. Several of the quality flags indicate that the data failed the test and should not be used in analysis.
Adam M Kennedy, Christopher Daly, David Rupp, Greg M Cohn, John Moreau, Joseph I. Smith
These data are being used to inform methods for downscaling regional climate maps using PRISM (http://prism.oregonstate.edu/). Specifically, data from these transects reveal patterns of cold air drainage and pooling in mountain valleys, and their relationships with regional weather conditions, topographic position, and the spatial scale of the valleys.