Hill DF Research Data
Introduction
The Hill Demonstration Forest is a mixed pine-hardwood forest that is owned and managed by North Carolina State University and covers more than 2,600 acres in the Carolina Slate Belt Ecoregion. It is a cooperating experimental forest within the Forest Service Southern Research Station Experimental Forest Network – a status that preserves its current ownership and management while recognizing its vital contributions to the Network.
More information can be found on the Hill Demonstration Forest website.
Data Description
Forest Service and North Carolina State scientists have conducted long-term forest management experiments and collected hydrology data at Hill Demonstration Forest to better understand forest and water processes in the North Carolina Piedmont region. The agreement also creates additional research opportunities.
Queryable databases
- Climate data
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This database contains hourly climate data from a weather station that was located in an open area on the Hill Demonstration Forest (HF) from 2007 to 2020. The HF is located north of Durham, North Carolina and owned by North Carolina State University. Given the proximate location of HF to Umstead Research Farm (UF) (5 miles), the climate data from HF can be used to represent the climate conditions at UF (due to limited funds, there was no weather station installed at UF). UF is located north of Durham, North Carolina and is owned by North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Measurements include air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, solar radiation, vapor pressure as well as wind speed, gust and direction. Measuring site climate conditions (air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed, gust speed, wind direction, solar radiation, and vapor pressure deficit) will help refine the interaction between the hydrological cycle and atmospheric conditions. - Precipitation data
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This database contains hourly precipitation readings collected from a tipping bucket on the Hill Demonstration Forest (HF) and Umstead Research Farm (UF) from 2007 to 2020. - Riparian buffer climate data
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This database contains hourly climate data from a weather station that was located in the riparian buffer in a watershed (HF1) on the Hill Demonstration Forest (HF) from 2010 to 2016. - Sap flow data
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This database contains hourly sap flux data from three locations (defined as HF1 riparian buffer, HF2 riparian buffer, and HF2 upland) in a pair of watersheds on the Hill Demonstration Forest (HF). Sap flux density was monitored at the HF1 riparian buffer location in the following species from 2010-2016: loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), red maple (Acer rubrum), white oak (Quercus alba), and tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). At the HF2 riparian buffer location sap flux density was monitored from 2010-2016 in the following species: loblolly pine, sweetgum, red maple, tulip poplar, American beech (Fagus grandifolia), white oak, and Virginia pine (Pinus Virginia). Thirdly, sap flux density was monitored at the HF2 upland location from 2015-2016 for the following species: loblolly pine, sweetgum, red maple, tulip poplar, chestnut oak (Quercus montana), and Virginia pine. - Soil moisture data
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This database contains hourly soil moisture data from three locations (defined as HF1 riparian buffer, HF2 riparian buffer, and HF2 upland) in a pair of watersheds on Hill Demonstration Forest (HF). Hourly soil moisture readings were monitored from 2010-2016 at the HF1 and HF2 riparian buffer locations at depths of 10 centimeters (cm) and 30 cm. At the HF2 upland location hourly soil moisture readings were monitored from 2015-2016 at depths of 10 cm and 60 cm. - Streamflow data
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This database contains hourly streamflow readings from three pairs of watersheds on the Hill Demonstration Forest (HF) and Umstead Research Farm (UF) from 2007 to 2013. Both sites are located north of Durham, North Carolina.
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