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Publication Details

Title:
Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Daily Solar Radiation Measurements, 1959 - present
Author(s):
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
Publication Year:
2019
How to Cite:
If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. 2019. Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Daily Solar Radiation Measurements, 1959 - present. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/7486a33ab8549c262233ad3e4a8b42a3
Abstract:

Daily solar radiation has been measured at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest Headquarters since 1959, using several different sensors. Radiation was recorded continuously first by a Belfort pyranograph and later by a Weather Measure pyranograph. The pyranograph has been at its current Headquarter location since 1960 and before that at weather station 1, near weir 1. With the installation of the automatic weather station in 1981, a LiCor pyranometer was collocated with the pyranograph and used as the primary radiation sensor. After the LiCor sensor came online the pyranograph charts were only read for the purpose of gapfilling. The pyranograph remained in operation until 2005 for this purpose but was discontinued when the charts were no longer available. In April, 2018 the LiCor sensor was exchanged for an Apogee SP230 light sensor. Data checking was done on the entire record and values flagged when changes were made to previously posted, erroneous or missing data.

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

Keywords:
Hubbard Brook LTER; climate; ecosystems; forests; solar radiation; weather; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; New Hampshire; White Mountain National Forest; NH; HBEF
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