Burton Island Meteorological Monitoring: Quality-Controlled Burton Island Meteorological Data V2 - 2026 and later
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- Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative
- Address:
705 Spear Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
United States of America
Phone: (802) 391-4135
Email: femc@uvm.edu
Website: www.uvm.edu/femc
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Continuous monitoring of measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation collected at 15 minute intervals at the Burton Island Station on Lake Champlain. Live data from this station can be viewed at the 'Live Meterological Data' page.
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- Carl Waite: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
- dataset_eml_peopleEndDate: 2016-04-29
- Dick Furbush: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- dataset_eml_peopleEndDate: 2012-12-31
- William Lowell: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
- dataset_eml_peopleEndDate: 2012-05-01
- James Duncan: dataset_eml_peopleprincipleinvestigator
- dataset_eml_peopleEndDate: 2022-03-28
- Steve Cluett: dataset_eml_peoplecontentprovider
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- dataset_eml_datatabletitle: Quality-Controlled Burton Island Meteorological Data V2 - 2026 and later
- dataset_eml_datatablestartdate: 2026-07-13
- dataset_eml_datatabledescription: Measurements of barometric pressure, temperature, wind, humidity and precipitation collected at 10 minute intervals at the Burton Island Station on Lake Champlain. Basic quality control measures have been applied to the data.
- dataset_eml_datatablepurpose: To continuously monitor meteorological variables representative of Lake Champlain for use by researchers, recreationalists, commercial boaters, Champlain Water District and the National Weather Service.
- dateset_eml_datatableshortname: Z0234_BI_QAQC_V2
- dataset_eml_datatablephysicalobjectname: VMC.234.4160
- dataset_eml_datatabledatatype: mySQL
- dataset_eml_datatablecitation: Forest Ecosystems Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC). 2017-current. Quality-Controlled Burton Island Meteorological Data V2. University of Vermont. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring
- dataset_eml_datatableonlinedistribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring/dataset/burton-island-meteorological-monitoring-qaqc-v2
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- dataset_eml_attributelistname: AIRTEMP
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Air Temperature
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Measured air temperature
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: BAROPRESS
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Barometric Pressure
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Barometric pressure reading for atmospheric pressure
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: MAX_WINDSPEED
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Maximum Windspeed
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: The fastest wind speed recorded in a 10 minute interval
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: MEAN_WINDSPEED
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Mean Windspeed
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: The average speed of wind, regardless of its direction
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: MEAN_WIND_DIRECTION
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Mean Wind Direction
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Average direction of wind
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: PYRANOM
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Pyranometer
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Pyranometer reading of amount of solar irradiance
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: RECORDTIME
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Record Time
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Date/time of recording
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: datetime
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: RELHUMID
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Relative Humidity
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: The amount of water vapor that is actually in the air, compared to how much water vapor potentially
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: SAMPLEDAY
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Sample Day
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Day of sample collection
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: SAMPLEMONTH
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Sample Month
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Month of sample collection
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: SAMPLETIME
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Sample Time
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Time of sample collection
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: SAMPLEYEAR
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Sample Year
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Year of sample collection
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: int
- dataset_eml_attributelistname: STATION_HEADING
- dataset_eml_attributelistlabel: Station Heading
- dataset_eml_attributelistdescription: Change in heading from due N when buoy rotates
- dataset_eml_attributeliststoragetype: decimal
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- dataset_eml_sitecharacteristicsdescription: Station is located on the southern tip of Burton Island (Lat: 44.7666, Long: -73.2134) which is owned by the State of Vermont.