Table 1. Current Monitoring Sites: Meteorological Stations, 1995
Site Name Tier Elev Aspect Slope Exposure Site Description (m) (deg) (deg) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 1020 O Clearcut (station under construction) Primary Met Station 1 435 - 0 O Maintained clearing Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 O Clearcut Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 1265 180 O Clearcut 1985 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 925 240 150 O 2nd growth opening WS#2 Climatic Station 2 465 355 5 O Old growth opening, tight canopy Mack Creek Gaging Station 2 760 5 5 O Clearcut 1965 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Stand #1 3 490 200 41 C Midslope, near Blue R resevoir Reference Stand #2 3 490 285 22 C Near valley bottom Reference Stand #3 3 945 315 5 C Midslope Reference Stand #4 3 1310 270 27 C Midslope Reference Stand #5 3 880 10 12 C Midslope, Lookout Ridge Reference Stand #7 3 460 1 19 C On slope, near valley bottom Lookout Cr Reference Stand #10 3 610 170 6 C Midslope on bench Reference Stand #12 3 1010 282 11 C On slope, near bottom Upper Lookout Cr Reference Stand #13 3 1355 270 20 C Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Reference Stand #13 Open 3 1355 270 20 O Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Reference Stand #14 3 1430 1 32 C Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Reference Stand #15 3 760 350 33 C Midslope moist site WS 2 Reference Stand #16 3 640 202 29 C Midslope dry site WS 2 Reference Stand #17 3 490 315 14 C Near valley bottom Reference Stand #20 3 685 180 C Midslope Reference Stand #24 3 650 30 28 C Midslope, 100 yr forest, Hagan Block RNA Reference Stand #26 3 1040 180 20 C Midslope WS#8,100yr forest,replaces RS11 Thermograph Site #38 3 978 170 O Midslope WS#6, overgrown young stand Reference Stand #86 3 630 215 28 O Midslope WS#10,overgrown young stand,RS6 Reference Stand #89 3 450 315 37 O WS#10, overgrown young stand, was RS9 Mack Creek upstream 2 756 310 C Old-growth overstory Mack Creek PVC Gage 3 760 75 10 O Clearcut Roads End 3 1325 300 45 O Clearcut Trails End 3 1030 285 17 O Edge of clearcut Wildcat Mountain 3 1340 220 15 O Meadow WS#10 bottom 3 445 130 40 O Near Gaging Station ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Exposure: O=Open Canopy, C=Closed canopy
Table 2. Current Monitoring Sites: Stream Stations, 1995
Site Name Tier Elev Aspect Slope Exposure Drainage Site Description (m) (deg) (deg) (acres) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Lookout Cr Gaging Station 1 430 15,400 Mack Creek Gaging Station 1 760 5 5 O 1436 Clearcut 1965? WS#1 Gaging Station 1 455 237 Clearcut 1967 WS#2 Gaging Station 1 550 149 Old-growth forest WS#3 Gaging Station 1 420 250 Old-growth forest WS#6 Gaging Station 1 895 32 Edge of clearcut WS#7 Gaging Station 1 940 38 WS#8 Gaging Station 1 995 53 Old-growth WS#9 Gaging Station 1 430 340 40 21 Edge of forest WS#10 Gaging Station 1 475 130 40 25 Edge of clearcut ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McRae Creek 2 830 220 C Old-growth overstory, partly open Upper Lookout Creek 2 975 330 C Old-growth overstory Mack-Lookout 2 655 At confluence (planned) McRae-Lookout 2 550 At confluence (planned) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Exposure: O=Open Canopy, C=Closed canopy
Table 3. Current Streamflow Gaging Stations, 1995
STREAMFLOW Site Name Tier Begin Finest Drainage Method Comments Daily Resolution (acres) (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Lookout Cr Gaging Station 1 10/49 Peaks 15,400 USGS Maintained by USGS Mack Creek Gaging Station 1 10/79 15 Minute 1,436 CR10 Chart backup WS#1 Gaging Station 1 10/52 15 Minute 237 Chart WS#2 Gaging Station 1 10/52 15 Minute 149 CR10 Chart backup WS#3 Gaging Station 1 10/52 15 Minute 250 Chart WS#6 Gaging Station 1 10/63 15 Minute 32 Chart WS#7 Gaging Station 1 10/63 15 Minute 38 Chart Discontinued 1987-1994 WS#8 Gaging Station 1 10/63 15 Minute 53 Chart WS#9 Gaging Station 1 10/68 15 Minute 21 Chart WS#10 Gaging Station 1 10/68 15 Minute 25 Chart ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Table 4. Current Temperature Stations, 1995
AIR TEMPERATURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 5/72 5/72 15 minute CR21X Hourly data until 1994, 250,350,450 cm added Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 15 minute CR10 Data at 4 heights:150,250,350,450 cm Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 15 minute CR21X Data at 5 heights:50,150,250,350,450 cm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 3/92 3/92 Hourly CR10 Sensors at 150, 450 WS#2 Climatic Station 2 2/58 Daily Chart Max-min only, longest HJA record Mack Creek Gaging Station 2 8/87 12/94 Hourly CR10 Sensor relocated over stream in 1993 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Stand #1 3 4/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #2 3 5/70 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #3 3 4/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #4 3 6/70 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #5 3 5/71 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Reference Stand #7 3 5/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #10 3 4/71 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Reference Stand #12 3 7/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #13 3 8/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #13 Open 3 8/87 Day/night CR10 Adjacent meadow to RS13 Reference Stand #14 3 8/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #15 3 7/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #16 3 7/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #17 3 6/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination Reference Stand #20 3 1/79 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Reference Stand #24 3 6/77 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1988 Reference Stand #26 3 1/78 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987 Thermograph Site #38 3 6/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Reference Stand #86 3 9/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Reference Stand #89 3 9/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Mack Creek upstream 3 8/76 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination McRae Creek 2 8/76 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Upper Lookout Creek 2 1/77 Day/night Chart CR10 planned Lookout Cr Gaging Station 2 3/95 3/95 Hourly CR10 Daily by USGS 1964-1981 Mack-Lookout 2 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 McRae-Lookout 2 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ DEW POINT TEMPERATURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 5/72 5/72 Hourly CR21X Calculated after 1987, every 15 sec Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Calculated from temperature, RH Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 8/93 8/93 Hourly CR21X Calculated from temperature, RH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 3/92 3/92 Hourly CR10 Calculated from temperature, RH ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SOIL TEMPERATURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 7/88 7/88 Hourly CR21X 20 cm depth, 10,50,100 added 11/94 Upper Lookout Met Station 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Data at 10,20,50,100 cm depths Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 Hourly CR21X 10,20,30 cm depth, 10,20,50,100 after 10/94 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference Stand #1 3 4/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #2 3 5/70 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #3 3 4/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #4 3 6/70 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #5 3 5/71 Day/night Chart CR10 planned, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #7 3 5/70 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #10 3 4/71 Day/night Chart CR10 planned, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #12 3 7/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #13 3 8/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #13 Open 3 8/87 Day/night CR10 Adjacent meadow to RS13 Reference Stand #14 3 8/71 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #15 3 7/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #16 3 7/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #17 3 6/72 Day/night Chart Scheduled for termination, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #20 3 1/79 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #24 3 6/77 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1988; 10,20,30 cm Reference Stand #26 3 1/78 Day/night CR10 CR10 installed summer,1987; 10,20,30 cm Thermograph Site #38 3 6/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #86 3 9/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned, 20 cm depth Reference Stand #89 3 9/75 Day/night Chart CR10 planned, 20 cm depth ______________________________________________________________________________________________ STREAM TEMPERATURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Mack Creek Gaging Station 1 8/87 12/94 Hourly CR10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McRae Creek 2 8/76 3/95 Hourly CR10 CR10 installed 3/95 Upper Lookout Creek 2 1/77 3/95 Hourly CR10 CR10 installed 3/95 Lookout Cr Gaging Station 2 3/95 3/95 Hourly CR10 Daily by USGS 1964-1981 Mack-Lookout 2 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 McRae-Lookout 2 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Table 5. Current Precipitation Stations, 1995
PRECIPITATION Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 1/79 3/79 5 Minute CR21X Hourly until 10/94 Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 5 Minute CR10 Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 5 Minute CR21X Hourly until 10/94 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 10/63 10/84 5 minute CR10 CR10 installed 3/92 Mack Creek Gaging Station 2 10/78 10/84 5 minute Chart CR10 planned WS#2 Climatic Station 2 10/57 10/57 5 minute Chart Digitized record ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mack Creek PVC Gage 3 5/79 Daily Prorate Collected monthly Roads End Storage Gage 3 12/78 Daily Prorate Collected monthly Trails End PVC Gage 3 12/78 Daily Prorate Collected monthly NADP Universal 3 5/80 Daily Chart NADP study gage, PRIMET backup WS#10 bottom 3 10/70 Daily Prorate Collected monthly Wildcat Mountain 3 7/80 Daily Prorate Collected monthly ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SNOW LYSIMETER Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 5 Minute CR10 Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR21X Planned installation for summer, 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 1 10/90 3/92 5 Minute CR10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SNOW MOISTURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Possible installation for summer, 1996 Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 5 Minute CR10 Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 5 Minute CR21X Hourly until 10/94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Road Snow Course 3 11/94 Weekly Spot Depths noted from road Reference Stand #4 3 1/78 Monthly Spot Snow Course Midslope, forest Reference Stand #4 Open 3 1/78 Monthly Spot Snow Course Road Reference Stand #13 3 2/78 Monthly Spot Snow Course Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Reference Stand #13 Open 3 2/78 Monthly Spot Snow Course Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Meadow Reference Stand #14 3 1/78 Monthly Spot Snow Course Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Reference Stand #14 Open 3 12/84 Monthly Spot Snow Course Midslope, Wildcat Mtn RNA Open ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Table 6. Other Meteorological Variables Currently Measured, 1995
RELATIVE HUMIDITY Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 7/88 7/88 Hourly CR21X Sensor at 150 cm Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Sensor at 450 cm, 150 cm planned Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 Hourly CR21X Sensor at 450 cm, 150 cm planned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 3/92 3/92 Hourly CR10 Sensors at 150, 450 cm WS#2 Climatic Station 2 2/58 Daily Chart Max-min only, sensor at 130 cm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 7/88 7/88 Hourly CR21X Calculated every 15 sec from temp, rh Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Calculated every 15 sec from temp, rh Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR21X Calculated every 15 sec from temp, rh ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SOIL MOISTURE Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 11/94 Daily CR21X 1987-90 data, restarted at 10,20,50,100 cm depth Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 Daily CR10 Depths: 10,20,50,100 cm Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 Daily CR21X Hourly data 1990-94, depths:10,20,50,100 cm ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SOLAR RADIATION Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 5/72 5/72 Hourly CR21X Much estimation of data in 1970's Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 15 minute CR10 Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 15 minute CR21X Hourly until 10/94 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ WIND DIRECTION Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 7/88 11/94 Hourly CR21X Resultant vector, daily wind rose, std dev Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Resultant vector, daily wind rose, std dev Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/94 Hourly CR21X Resultant vector, daily wind rose, std dev ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 3/92 3/92 Hourly CR10 Resultant vector, daily wind rose, std dev ______________________________________________________________________________________________ WIND SPEED Site Name Tier Begin Begin Finest Method Comments Daily Fine Res Resolution (mm/yy) (mm/yy) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Central Met Station 1 NA NA NA CR10 Planned installation for summer, 1995 Primary Met Station 1 5/73 5/73 Hourly CR21X After 7/88 max wind, resultant magnitude Upper Lookout Met Statn 1 10/94 10/94 Hourly CR10 Wind speed, max wind, resultant magnitude Vanilla Leaf Met Station 1 6/87 10/90 Hourly CR21X Wind speed, max wind, resultant magnitude ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi-15 Met Station 2 3/92 3/92 Hourly CR10 Wind speed, max wind, resultant magnitude ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Variables Temporal Resolution Remarks
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Air temperature 15 min Heights of 1.5, 2.5, 3.5,
4 heights Hourly** and 4.5 meters
Precipitation 5 min Two approaches have been
implemented at BMS sites
Solar radiation 15 min Incoming shortwave
Photosynthetically 15 min Primary Met only
active radiation (PAR) *
Relative humidity Hourly Move to 4.5 meters during
winter at high elevation
Dew point temperature Hourly Continuously calculated
Vapor pressure deficit Hourly Continuously calculated
Wind speed Hourly
Wind direction Hourly Wind rose vectors summed
Daily wind rose daily
Snow pillow 5 minute Instantaneous snow moisture
Snow melt lysimeter 5 minute Not at Primary Met
Soil temperature Hourly Depths of 10, 20, 50,
4 depths and 100 cm
Soil moisture Daily Depths of 10, 20, 50,
4 depths and 100 cm
Streamflow 15 min Finest resolution of 5 min
in selected storms
Stream temperature Hourly Mack Gaging Station, and
second level sites
Pan evaporation * Daily Primary Met only
Sunshine duration * Daily Primary Met only, might
calculate
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* Proposed new variable
** Second level stations only