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Title:
Daily precipitation data from recording rain gages (RRG) at Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, North Carolina
Author(s):
Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Laseter, Stephanie H.; Swank, Wayne T.; Swift, Lloyd W. Jr.
Publication Year:
2017
How to Cite:
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Miniat, Chelcy Ford; Laseter, Stephanie H.; Swank, Wayne T.; Swift, Lloyd W. Jr. 2017. Daily precipitation data from recording rain gages (RRG) at Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, North Carolina. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. Updated 05 July 2022. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0031
Abstract:
These data include daily precipitation measurements from nine different recording rain gages (RRG) at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Macon County, North Carolina, USA. These stations are operated by the Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. Data include total daily precipitation for the following recording rain gages: RRG05 (1992-2021), RRG06 (1936-2021), RRG12 (1942-2021), RRG13 (1942-2021), RRG20 (1962-2021), RRG31 (1958-2021), RRG41 (1958-2021), RRG55 (1990-2021), and RRG96 (1943-2021).

Keywords:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; Climate change; Climate change effects; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Hydrology, watersheds, sedimentation; Forest & Plant Health; Climate effects; climate; precipitation; Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Coweeta Lab; Coweeta Basin; North Carolina; Macon County
Related publications:
  • Douglass, J. E.; Hoover, M. D. 1988. Chapter 2. History of Coweeta. Ecological Studies. 66. New York: Springer-Verlag. pages 17-31; In: Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta (W. T. Swank & D. A. Crossley Jr., eds). http://coweeta.uga.edu/publications/425_2.pdf
  • Ford, Chelcy R.; Laseter, Stephanie H.; Swank, Wayne T.; Vose, James M. 2011. Can forest management be used to sustain water-based ecosystem services in the face of climate change?. Ecological Applications. 21: 2049-2067. https://doi.org/10.1890/10-2246.1
  • Laseter, Stephanie H.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Vose, James M.; Swift, Lloyd W. Jr. 2012. Long-term temperature and precipitation trends at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina, USA. Hydrology Research. 43(6): 890-901. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2012.067
  • Swift, Lloyd W. Jr.; Cunningham, G. B.; Douglass, J. E. 1988. Chapter 3. Climatology and hydrology. Ecological Studies. 66. New York: Springer-Verlag. In: Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta (W. T. Swank & D. A. Crossley Jr., eds). http://coweeta.uga.edu/publications/425_3.pdf
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