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(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femcRaw measurements of temperature, humidity, windspeed, precipitation, and solar radiation at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Station Forest Ecosystem Monitoring CooperativeTomManleycontentProviderKenSturmprincipalInvestigatorEmilyWeicontentProviderMonitor meteorological variables at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge stationMissisquoi National Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Data June to September 2012 - RAWRaw measurements of temperature, humidity, windspeed, precipitation, and solar radiation at the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Meteorological Station VMC.310.286mySQL/femc/data/archive/project/missisquoi-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-station/dataset/missisquoi-national-wildlife-refuge-meteorological-data2012-06-21DateDateDate of collectiondatetimeYYYY-MM-DDTimeTimeTime of collectiondatetimehh:mm:ssDate_TimeDate TimeDate/time of collectiondatetimeYYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssTemp_OutTemperature at Time of CollectionTemperature at time of collectiondecimalmeterrealHi_TempHigh TemperatureHighest TemperaturedecimalmeterrealLow_TempLow TemperatureLowest TemperaturedecimalmeterrealOut_HumHumidityHumidityintmeterrealDew_PtDew PointDew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled for saturation (100% relative humidity) to occur, providing there is no change in water contentdecimalmeterrealWind_SpeedWind SpeedAverage wind speed for the intervalintmeterinteger0100Wind_DirWind DirectionMost frequent compass point for wind direction during the intervaltextWind_DegWind DirectionDecimal degree representation of most frequent compass point for wind direction during the intervaldecimalmeterreal0360Wind_RunWind RunWind run is a measurement of the "amount" of wind passing the station during a given period of time; calculated by multiplying the average wind speed for each archive record by the archive intervaldecimalmeterrealHi_SpeedHigh Wind SpeedHighest wind speed recorded during intervalintmeterintegerHi_DirDirection Highest Wind SpeedDirection of highest wind speed during the intervaltextWind_ChillWind ChillWind chilldecimalmeterrealHeat_IndexHeat IndexThe heat index uses the temperature and the relative humidity to determine how hot the air actually "feels"decimalmeterrealTHW_IndexTemperature Humidity Wind IndexThe THW index uses humidity, temperature and wind to calculate an apparent temperature that incorporates the cooling effects of wind on our perception of temperaturedecimalmeterrealTHSW_indexTemperature Humidity Sun Wind IndexThe THWS index uses humidity, temperature, the cooling effects of wind and the heating effects of direct solar radiation to calculate and apparent temperaturedecimalmeterrealBarBarometric PressureBarometric pressuredecimalmeterrealRainRainfallRainfalldecimalmeterrealRain_RateRain RateRain rate is calculated by measuring the time interval between each rainfall incrementdecimalmeterrealSolar_RadSolar RadiationWhat we call "current solar radiation" is technically known as Global Solar radiation, a measure of the intensity of the suns radiation reaching a horizontal surfaceintmeterintegerSolar_EnergySolar EnergySolar energt is amount of accumulated solar radiation energy over a period of timedecimalmeterrealHi_Solar_RadHigh Solar RadiationHigh solar radiation is the peak solar radiation measured during the archive intervalintmeterintegerUV_IndexUV IndexThe UV index measures the intensity of UV averaged over the intervaldecimalmeterrealUV_DoseUV DoseUV dose, measured in minimum erythemal dose (MED) scale, defined as the amount of sunlight exposure necessary to induce a barely perceptible redness of the skin within 24 hours after sun exposuredecimalmeterrealHi_UVHigh UV IndexThe Peak UV index measured during the archive intervaldecimalmeternaturalheat_D-DHeating Degree DaysOne heating degree-day is the amount of heat required to keep a structure of 65 degrees F when the outside temperature remains one degree below 65 degree F threshold for 24 hoursdecimalmeterrealCool_D-DCooling Degree DaysOne cooling degree-day is the amount of cooling required to keep a structure at 65 degree F when the outside temperature remains one degree above the 65 degree F threshold for 24 hoursdecimalmeterrealIn_TempSensor Internal TemperatureSensor internal temperaturedecimalmeterrealIn_HumSensor Internal humiditySensor internal humidityintmeterintegerIn_DewSensor Internal Dew PointSensor internal dew pointdecimalmeterrealIn_HeatSensor Internal Heat IndexSensor internal heat indexdecimalmeterrealETunknownunknowndecimalmeterrealWind_SampunknownunknownintmeterintegerWind_TxunknownunknownintmeterintegerISS_ReceptISS ReceptionThe ISS reception rate shows the percentage of wind data packets that have been successfully receiveddecimalmeterrealArc_IntArchive IntervalInterval over which data was archivedintmeterinteger