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Methods

The methods followed in the creation of the dataset, including description of field, laboratory and processing steps, and quality control procedures

Current Methods

  • Precipitation
    Started: 1984-01-01

    Continuous precipitation amount. Accumulated weekly wet-only precipitation samples. Measurements include precipitation amount, field pH and conductivity, lab pH and conductivity, Ca, K, Mg, Na, NH4, NO3, Cl, SO4, and PO4.

Dataset Fields

Detailed documentation of the fields comprising the dataset, including the type of measurement, units where applicable, and any controlled vocabularies or code lists present in the data


Field Name Caption Description Additional Information
conducconduc

Measurement type:
Criteria1Criteria1

Measurement type:
Criteria2Criteria2

Measurement type:
Criteria3Criteria3

Measurement type:
daysSampledaysSample

Measurement type:
lastDatelastDate

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: M/D/YYYY hh:mm
pptppt

Measurement type:
seasseas

Measurement type: Nominal
siteIDsiteID

Measurement type: Nominal
svolsvol

Measurement type:
yryr

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: YYYY
CaCa

Ca Concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
Precision: 0.001
ClCl

Cl concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
CondConductivity

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: ms/cm
Precision: 0.01
Crit1Criteria1

Percentage of the summary period for which there are valid samples.

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
Crit2Criteria2

Percentage of the summary period for which precipitation amounts are available either from the rain gage or from the sample volume

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
Crit3Criteria3

Percentage of the total measured precipitation associated with valid samples.

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
Crit4Crit4

Crit4

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
DaysDays_sampled

Number of days included in the summary period.

Measurement type: Interval
Units:
EndDateEndDate

The ending date of the last sample included in the summary period

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: MM/DD/YYYY
FldCondFldCond

Field conductivity

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
FldpHFldpH

FldpH

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
KK

K concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
MgMg

Mg concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
NaNa

Na concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
NH4NH4

NH4 concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
NO3NO3

N03 Concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
pctPptFChempctPptFChem

pctPptFChem

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
pHpH

negative log of the hydrogen ion concentration as measured at the CAL, in pH units

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
Ppt_cmPpt_cm

Total amount of precipitation, in centimeters, measured by the rain gage during the summary period. This value includes precipitation amounts calculated from the sample volumes in cases where the weekly rain gage measurements were unavailable.

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
RatioC-ARatioC-A

RatioC-A

Measurement type: Ratio
Units:
SiteID__SiteID

Site Identifier

Measurement type: Nominal
SO4SO4

SO4 concentration

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
Svol_mlSvol_ml

Total volume, in milliliters, of precipitation collected by the sampler for VALID samples during the summary period.

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mm
StartDateStartDate

StartDate

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: other
ValidSamp_FValidSamp_F

ValidSamp_F

Measurement type: Nominal
ValidSamp_LValidSamp_L

ValidSamp_L

Measurement type: Nominal
YearYear

Year

Measurement type: DateTime
Date/Time Format: DD/MM/YYYY
BrBr

Br concentration, mg/L

Measurement type: Ratio
Units: mg/L
fullChemlabfullChem

Number of samples used in calculating the laboratory means. Only VALID samples with complete, valid LABORATORY (CAL) analyses and a valid measurement of precipitation amount (from the rain gage or sample volume) are used.

Measurement type: Interval
Units: mg/L

Sampling Equipment

Equipment and software used to collect data, including how that equipment was used.

No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

Site Characteristics

The spatial extent of the dataset site coverage, and descriptions of the spatial extent and context for the data collection

No site characteristics recorded for this dataset