I. Data Set Descriptors A. Title: Meteorological data from Climatic Station at the Andrews Forest. Variables include: Precipitation from 01-Oct-2023 to 12-Dec-2023 B. Accession Number: C. Description 1. Originator(s): Christopher Daly 2. Abstract: A three-level hydro-climatic network for data. 3. Study Type: 4. Study Themes: 5. LTER Core Areas: 6. Georeferences: 7. Submission Date: D. Keywords: Air temperature, precipitation II. Research Origin Descriptors A. Overall Project Description 1. Project Title: 2. Principal Investigators: Name: Position: Organization: Address: City: State: Postal Code: Phone: Email: UserID: 3. Funding Period: to 4. Objectives: 5. Abstract: 6. Funding Source: B. Sub-project Description 1. Site Description a. Geographic Location: Coordinates: b. Physiographic Region: c. Landform Components: d. Hydrographic Characteristics: e. Topographic Attributes: f. Geology, Lithology and Soils: g. Vegetation Communities: h. History of Land Use and Disturbance: i. Climate: 2. Experimental or Sampling Design a. Design Characteristics: b. Permanent Plots: c. Data Collection Duration and Frequency: Beginning of Observations: End of Observations: 3. Research Methods a. Field and Laboratory Methods: b. Protocols: c. Instrumentation: d. Taxonomy and Systematics: e. Speclies List: f. Permit History: 4. Project Personnel a. Personnel: b. Affiliations: III. Data Set Status and Accessibility A. Status 1. Latest Update: 24-Apr-2024 2. Latest Archive Date: 3. Latest Metadata Update: 24-Apr-2024 4. Data Verification Status: B. Accessibility 1. Storage Location and Medium: Stored at on media: 2. Contact Person: Name: Position: Organization: Address: City: State: Postal Code: Phone: Email: UserID: 3. Copyright Restrictions: 4. Restrictions: a. Release Date: Affiliates: , Public: b. Citation: c. Disclaimer: 5. Costs: IV. Data Structural Descriptors A. Data Set File 1. File Name: cs2met_clrg_15min_2024.csv 2. Size: 6951 records 3. File Format: ASCII text (comma-separated value format) 3a. Delimiters: single comma 4. Header Information: 5 lines of ASCII text 5. Alphanumeric Attributes: 6. Quality Control Flag Codes: M = Missing value, I = Invalid value (out of range), Q = Questionable value, L = Low value, H = High value, R = Reduced volume stored in sample tank, V = Flags values n greater than or m less than the mean of the preceding N readings 7. Authentication Procedures: 8. Calculations: PRECIP_INST_250_0_02: PRECIP_INST_250_0_02(mm) = PRECIP_INST_250_0_02(in)*25.4 PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02: PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02(mm) = PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02(in)*25.4 9. Processing History: Software version: GCE Data Toolbox Version 3.9.10 (23-May-2022) Data structure version: GCE Data Structure 1.1 (29-Mar-2001) Original data file processed: metdat query: SELECT * FROM metdat.dbo.CS2MET_CLRG_Table1 WHERE TmStamp BETWEEN '2023-10-01 00:15:00.0' AND '2024-10-01 00:00:00.0' ORDER BY TmStamp ASC (6951 records) Data processing history: 24-Apr-2024: new GCE Data Structure 1.1 created ('newstruct') 24-Apr-2024: imported result set from SQL query on data source 'metdat' ('sql2struct') 24-Apr-2024: imported all documentation metadata from the template 'LNDB_Cs2Met_CLRG', updating descriptors for columns Date, RecNum, BATTERY_MIN, ActTemp, PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 and PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 ('meta_template') 24-Apr-2024: updated 6 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Status section(s) ('addmeta') 24-Apr-2024: updated title ('newtitle') 24-Apr-2024: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 24-Apr-2024: Name of column TmStamp changed to Date; Name of column GageMinV changed to BATTERY_MIN; Name of column ActDepth changed to PRECIP_INST_250_0_02; Name of column ReportPCP changed to PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Units of column Date changed from '' to 'serial number'; Units of column RecNum changed from '' to 'count'; Units of column BATTERY_MIN changed from '' to 'volts'; Units of column ActTemp changed from '' to 'deg c'; Units of column PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 changed from '' to 'in'; Units of column PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 changed from '' to 'in'; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Variable Type of column RecNum changed from 'data' to 'nominal'; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Numeric Type of column BATTERY_MIN changed from 'continous' to 'continuous'; Numeric Type of column ActTemp changed from 'continous' to 'continuous'; Numeric Type of column PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 changed from 'continous' to 'continuous'; Numeric Type of column PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 changed from 'continous' to 'continuous'; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Q/C Criteria of column Date changed from '' to 'x<0='I''; Q/C Criteria of column RecNum changed from '' to 'isnan(x)='M';x<0='I''; Q/C Criteria of column BATTERY_MIN changed from '' to 'isnan(x)='M';x<0='I';x>=0 & x<=11.5='L';x>15.5='H''; Q/C Criteria of column ActTemp changed from '' to 'isnan(x)='M''; Q/C Criteria of column PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 changed from '' to 'isnan(x)='M';flag_valuechange(x,12.7,25,1)='R';x<0='I';x>=15='Q';col_Date>=datenum(' 09/30/2020 09:00:00')&col_Date<=datenum('09/30/2020 09:15:00')='R';col_Date>=datenum('11/08/2021 09:45:00')&col_Date<=datenum('11/08/2021 10:45:00')='R';col_Date>=datenum('02/25/2019 11:00:00')&col_Date<=datenum('02/25/2019 19:45:00')='I';col_Date>=datenum('02/26/2019 10:45:00')&col_Date<=datenum('02/26/2019 14:45:00')='I';col_Date>=datenum('02/27/2019 10:15:00')&col_Date<=datenum('02/27/2019 21:15:00')='I''; Q/C Criteria of column PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 changed from '' to 'isnan(x)='M';x<0='I';col_ActTemp>=50='Q';col_ActTemp<=-30='Q';x>=0.9842='I';x>0.5118 10='Q';col_Date>=datenum('02/12/2018 12:00:00')&col_Date<=datenum('02/13/2018 12:00:00')='Q';col_Date>=datenum('04/08/2019 01:00:00')&col_Date<=datenum('04/09/2019 20:00:00')='Q';col_Date>=datenum('12/24/2021 12:00:00')&col_Date<=datenum('12/27/2021 15:00:00')='Q''; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Precision of column Date changed from 0 to 7; Precision of column BATTERY_MIN changed from 3 to 2; Precision of column ActTemp changed from 3 to 2; Precision of column PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 changed from 3 to 4; Precision of column PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 changed from 5 to 4; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: Descriptions of columns Date, RecNum, BATTERY_MIN, ActTemp, PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 and PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 edited; ('apply_template') 24-Apr-2024: deleted columns collMinVolt_1, collMinVolt_2, collMinVolt_3, Cycles_1, Cycles_2, Cycles_3, WetTime_1, WetTime_2, WetTime_3, DryTime_1, DryTime_2, DryTime_3, MissedTime_1, MissedTime_2, MissedTime_3, operatingMode15, blockedSec, scan10 and keepAliveSec from the structure ('deletecols') 24-Apr-2024: converted units of 'PRECIP_INST_250_0_02' column and 2 QA/QC flag criteria parameters from in to mm ('unit_convert') 24-Apr-2024: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) PRECIP_INST_250_0_02, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 24-Apr-2024: converted units of 'PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02' column and 3 QA/QC flag criteria parameters from in to mm ('unit_convert') 24-Apr-2024: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 24-Apr-2024: added column 'Site' at position 1 ('addcol') 24-Apr-2024: documented flagged and missing values in columns PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 and PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 24-Apr-2024: updated title ('newtitle') 24-Apr-2024: updated 1 metadata fields in the Dataset section(s) ('addmeta') 24-Apr-2024: updated title ('newtitle') 24-Apr-2024: updated 1 metadata fields in the Dataset section(s) ('addmeta') 24-Apr-2024: added column 'PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02' at position 8 ('addcol') 24-Apr-2024: copied QA/QC flags from column(s) PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 to column(s) PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02, merging copied flags with any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 24-Apr-2024: copied QA/QC flags from column(s) PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 to column(s) PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02, merging copied flags with any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 24-Apr-2024: copied QA/QC flags from column(s) PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 to column(s) PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02, merging copied flags with any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 24-Apr-2024: deleted column Date from the structure ('deletecols') 24-Apr-2024: added column 'Date' at position 2 ('addcol') 24-Apr-2024: flags for columns BATTERY_MIN, ActTemp, PRECIP_INST_250_0_02, PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02, PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02, OPDCounts and ActDepthRA converted to data columns, flag codes updated in metadata ('flags2cols') 24-Apr-2024: updated 6 metadata fields in the Data section(s) ('addmeta') 24-Apr-2024: updated 15 metadata fields in the Status, Data sections to reflect attribute metadata ('updatecols') 24-Apr-2024: parsed and formatted metadata ('listmeta') B. Variable Information 1. Variable Name: column 1. Site column 2. Date column 3. RecNum column 4. BATTERY_MIN column 5. Flag_BATTERY_MIN column 6. ActTemp column 7. Flag_ActTemp column 8. PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 column 9. Flag_PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 column 10. PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 column 11. Flag_PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 column 12. PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02 column 13. Flag_PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02 column 14. OPDCounts column 15. Flag_OPDCounts column 16. ActDepthRA column 17. Flag_ActDepthRA 2. Variable Definition: column 1. Site code column 2. Round off corrected corrected serial date column 3. Record number column 4. Minimum sampler battery voltage for the reporting period column 5. QA/QC flags for Minimum sampler battery voltage for the reporting period (flagging criteria, where "x" is BATTERY_MIN: isnan(x)="M", x<0="I", x>=0 & x<=11.5="L", x>15.5="H") column 6. Panel temperature of logger column 7. QA/QC flags for Panel temperature of logger (flagging criteria, where "x" is ActTemp: isnan(x)="M") column 8. Instantaneous measurement of ActDepth column 9. QA/QC flags for Instantaneous measurement of ActDepth (flagging criteria, where "x" is PRECIP_INST_250_0_02: isnan(x)="M", flag_valuechange(x,12.7,25,1)="R", x<0="I", x>=381="Q", Date>=datenum("09/30/2020 09:00:00")&Date<=datenum("09/30/2020 09:15:00")="R", Date>=datenum("11/08/2021 09:45:00")&Date<=datenum("11/08/2021 10:45:00")="R", Date>=datenum("02/25/2019 11:00:00")&Date<=datenum("02/25/2019 19:45:00")="I", Date>=datenum("02/26/2019 10:45:00")&Date<=datenum("02/26/2019 14:45:00")="I", Date>=datenum("02/27/2019 10:15:00")&Date<=datenum("02/27/2019 21:15:00")="I") column 10. 15 minute total precipitation from ReportPCP column 11. QA/QC flags for 15 minute total precipitation from ReportPCP (flagging criteria, where "x" is PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02: isnan(x)="M", x<0="I", ActTemp>=50="Q", ActTemp<=-30="Q", x>=24.9987="I", x>13="Q", Date>=datenum("02/12/2018 12:00:00")&Date<=datenum("02/13/2018 12:00:00")="Q", Date>=datenum("04/08/2019 01:00:00")&Date<=datenum("04/09/2019 20:00:00")="Q", Date>=datenum("12/24/2021 12:00:00")&Date<=datenum("12/27/2021 15:00:00")="Q", manual) column 12. Cumulative sum of total precipitation column 13. QA/QC flags for Cumulative sum of total precipitation (flagging criteria, where "x" is PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02: manual) column 14. OPDCounts column 15. QA/QC flags for OPDCounts (flagging criteria, where "x" is OPDCounts: ) column 16. ActDepthRA column 17. QA/QC flags for ActDepthRA (flagging criteria, where "x" is ActDepthRA: ) 3. Units of Measurement: column 1. column 2. yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss column 3. count column 4. volts column 5. none column 6. deg c column 7. none column 8. mm column 9. none column 10. mm column 11. none column 12. mm column 13. none column 14. column 15. none column 16. column 17. none 4. Data Type a. Storage Type: column 1. string column 2. string column 3. integer column 4. floating-point column 5. string column 6. floating-point column 7. string column 8. floating-point column 9. string column 10. floating-point column 11. string column 12. floating-point column 13. string column 14. integer column 15. string column 16. floating-point column 17. string b. Variable Codes: Flag_PRECIP_INST_250_0_02: R = Reduced volume stored in sample tank Flag_PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02: R = Reduced volume stored in sample tank Flag_PRECIP_ACC_250_0_02: R = Reduced volume stored in sample tank c. Numeric Range: column 1. (none) column 2. (none) column 3. 444400 to 451350 column 4. 11.97 to 12.59 column 5. (none) column 6. -2.698 to 21.42 column 7. (none) column 8. 69.0866 to 336.1799 column 9. (none) column 10. 0 to 21.59 column 11. (none) column 12. 0 to 851.916 column 13. (none) column 14. 0 to 0 column 15. (none) column 16. 2.7199 to 13.1981 column 17. (none) d. Missing Value Code: NaN 5. Data Format a. Column Type: column 1. text column 2. text column 3. numerical column 4. numerical column 5. text column 6. numerical column 7. text column 8. numerical column 9. text column 10. numerical column 11. text column 12. numerical column 13. text column 14. numerical column 15. text column 16. numerical column 17. text b. Number of Columns: 17 c. Decimal Places: column 1. 0 column 2. 0 column 3. 0 column 4. 2 column 5. 0 column 6. 2 column 7. 0 column 8. 4 column 9. 0 column 10. 4 column 11. 0 column 12. 2 column 13. 0 column 14. 0 column 15. 0 column 16. 3 column 17. 0 6. Logical Variable Type: column 1. nominal (none) column 2. datetime (none) column 3. nominal (discrete) column 4. data (continuous) column 5. coded value (none) column 6. data (continuous) column 7. coded value (none) column 8. data (continuous) column 9. coded value (none) column 10. data (continuous) column 11. coded value (none) column 12. data (continuous) column 13. coded value (none) column 14. data (discrete) column 15. coded value (none) column 16. data (continous) column 17. coded value (none) 7. Flagging Criteria: column 1. none column 2. none column 3. isnan(x)="M";x<0="I" column 4. isnan(x)="M";x<0="I";x>=0 & x<=11.5="L";x>15.5="H" column 5. none column 6. isnan(x)="M" column 7. none column 8. isnan(x)="M";flag_valuechange(x,12.7,25,1)="R";x<0="I";x>=381="Q";col_Date>=datenum("09/ 30/2020 09:00:00")&col_Date<=datenum("09/30/2020 09:15:00")="R";col_Date>=datenum("11/08/2021 09:45:00")&col_Date<=datenum("11/08/2021 10:45:00")="R";col_Date>=datenum("02/25/2019 11:00:00")&col_Date<=datenum("02/25/2019 19:45:00")="I";col_Date>=datenum("02/26/2019 10:45:00")&col_Date<=datenum("02/26/2019 14:45:00")="I";col_Date>=datenum("02/27/2019 10:15:00")&col_Date<=datenum("02/27/2019 21:15:00")="I" column 9. none column 10. isnan(x)="M";x<0="I";col_ActTemp>=50="Q";col_ActTemp<=-30="Q";x>=24.9987="I";x>13="Q";co l_Date>=datenum("02/12/2018 12:00:00")&col_Date<=datenum("02/13/2018 12:00:00")="Q";col_Date>=datenum("04/08/2019 01:00:00")&col_Date<=datenum("04/09/2019 20:00:00")="Q";col_Date>=datenum("12/24/2021 12:00:00")&col_Date<=datenum("12/27/2021 15:00:00")="Q";manually-assigned flags column 11. none column 12. manually-assigned flags column 13. none column 14. none column 15. none column 16. none column 17. none C. Data Anomalies: Values of 9 records in PRECIP_INST_250_0_02 were flagged as R (Reduced volume stored in sample tank) for dates: 10/04/2023, 10/25/2023, 11/06/2023, 12/03/2023, 12/06/2023, 12/12/2023. The value of one record in PRECIP_TOT_250_0_02 was flagged as Q (Questionable value) for date 12/03/2023. V. Supplemental Descriptors A. Data Acquisition 1. Data Forms: 2. Form Location: 3. Data Entry Validation: B. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures: C. Supplemental Materials: D. Computer Programs: E. Archival Practices: F. Publications: G. History of Data Set Usage 1. Data Request History: 2. Data Set Update History: 3. Review History: 4. Questions and Comments from Users: