Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaBurton Island Meteorological MonitoringContinuous monitoring of measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation collected at 15 minute intervals at the Burton Island Station on Lake Champlain.Burton Island Meteorological MonitoringWaiteCarlFurbushDickLowellWilliamDuncanJamesCluettStevemeteorologyair temperatureprecipitationwind directionwind speedmonitoringQuality-Controlled Burton Island Meteorological Data2010-09-30Measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, wind, humidity and precipitation collected at 15 minute intervals at the Burton Island Station on Lake Champlain. Basic quality control measures have been applied to the data.To continuously monitor meteorological variables representative of Lake Champlain for use by researchers, recreationalists, commercial boaters, Champlain Water District and the National Weather Service.Z0234_BI_QAQCVMC.234.261mySQLJames Duncan. 2016. Quality-Controlled Burton Island Meteorological Data. FEMC. www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/burton-island-meteorological-monitoringhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/burton-island-meteorological-monitoringRECORDTIMERecord TimeDate/time of recordingdatetimeYYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssSAMPLEYEARSample YearYear of sample collectiondatetimeYYYYSAMPLEMONTHSample MonthMonth of sample collectiondatetimeMMSAMPLEDOYSample DayDay of year of sample collectionintnominalday1integer1356SAMPLETIMESample TimeTime of sample collectiondatetimehhmmAIRTEMPAir TemperatureMeasured air temperaturedecimalcelsius0.001real-6060RELHUMIDRelative HumidityThe amount of water vapor that is actually in the air, compared to how much water vapor potentiallydecimaldimensionless0.01real0100BAROPRESSBarometric PressureBarometric pressure reading for atmospheric pressureintmillibar1integerPYRANOMPyranometerPyranometer reading of amount of solar irradiancedecimalwattsPerMeterSquared0.01realMAX_WINDSPEEDMaximum WindspeedThe fastest wind speed recorded in a 15 minute intervaldecimalmeterspersecond0.001realTIME_MAX_WINDSPEEDTime Maximum WindspeedThe time to the minute of the fastest wind speed recordedtimehhmmMEAN_HORIZONTAL_WINDSPEEDMean Horizontal WindspeedThe average speed of wind, regardless of its directiondecimalmeterspersecond0.01realMEAN_RESULTANT_WINDSPEEDMean Resultant WindspeedWind speed normalized for its direction using a vector approach, this is vector averaged wind speeddecimalmeterspersecond0.001realMEAN_WIND_DIRECTIONMean Wind DirectionAverage direction of winddecimaldegree0.1real0360STDDEV_WIND_DIRECTIONStandard Deviation Wind DirectionThe standard deviation of wind directiondecimaldegree0.001real0360PRECIPPrecipitationAmount of precipitation during collection intervaldecimalmillimeter0.001realWATERTEMPWater TemperatureMeasured water temperaturedecimalcelsius0.1real