Summary & Purpose
Dry Creek Experimental Watershed (DCEW) provides long-term environmental time series data to support hydrometerologic, ecosystem and climate change research. Numerous theses and peer-reviewed publications have utilized these data. This data set provides continuous hourly net radiation (incoming shortwave and longwave minus outgoing shortwave and longwave) data for five measurement sites in DCEW.
July 20, 2018: This net radiation data set, for five meteorologic measurement stations in Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, replaces that published in 2017 as a cumulative time series data set. Errors were found in the originally published data sets and corrected as described in an included Readme file.
All net radiation data published herein, as sourced from NR-LITE sensors and/or as calculated from 4 Component Radiation sensors, is hourly average net radiation.
Date of Publication or Submission
6-16-2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18122/B2BG6T
Funding Citation
This publication was made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR)
Data Source Credits
This installation is supervised by Dr. James McNamara. Sites and data are maintained by Pam Aishlin.
Single Dataset or Series?
Single Dataset
Data Format
Comma-separated value list (*.csv)
Data Attributes
The five sites are compiled into one dataset to support multi-site analyses. Sites are named as follows (lowest elevation to highest): Lower Weather (1151 m), Treeline (1610 m), Shingle Creek (1720 m), Lower Deer Point (1843), Bogus Ridge Weather (2114 m). Coordinates for each site are provided in the section below, as well as a DCEW map image. Lower Deer Point is the first site from which net radiation is produced, fall 2007. Data gaps, including prior to data initiation, are represented in this published dataset using -6999 as hourly values. This net radiation data should be considered a processed data product, acquired from various solar sensors. Processing includes outgoing shortwave and longwave radiation subtracted from incoming shortwave and longwave. This dataset will be added to annually. Further information on this data, sites, methods and publications may be found at https://earth.boisestate.edu/drycreek/data/. Data attributes are defined in the header of the data file. Sites provided in lat/lon and UTM: LW 43.68853 -116.16991, 566899 48337614; TL 43.73019 -116.140143, 569250 4842265; LDP 43.73708 -116.122113, 570694 4843045; SCR 43.71105 -116.9911996, 572577 4840175; BRW 43.758765 -116.09040419, 573221 4845482.
Map Area
43.8N, 43.6S
Map Area
-116E, -116.2W
Map Area Coordinate System
GCS North American 1983 projected to NAD 83 UTM 11N
Time Period
1999 to present
Update Frequency
Annually
Privacy and Confidentiality Statement
Boise State is explicitly compliant with federal and state laws surrounding data privacy including the protection of personal financial information through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, personal medical information through HIPAA, HITECH and other regulations. All human subject data (e.g., surveys) have been collected and managed only by personnel with adequate human subject protection certification.
Use Restrictions
Users are free to share, copy, distribute and use the datasets; to create or produce works from the datasets; to adapt, modify, transform and build upon the datasets as long as the user attributes any public use of the datasets, or works produced from the datasets, referencing the author(s) and DOI link. For any use or redistribution of the datasets, or works produced from it, the user must make clear to others the license of the datasets and keep intact any notices on the original datasets.
Disclaimer of Warranty
BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SYSTEM FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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GIS Shape File showing DCEW Sites
Recommended Citation
Dr. James McNamara, Boise State University. (2017) Long-term hydrometeorologic data time series, 1998-present, Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Southwest Idaho. https://doi.org/10.18122/B2BG6T