Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Daily Precipitation Standard Rain Gage Measurements, 1956 - present

Precipitation has been measured using rain gauges located in or around
each watershed since 1956. Three types of rain gauges have been used:
standard, mechanical weight recording, and electronic weight
recording. Between 1956 and 2014, precipitation was measured weekly at
standard gages located at 24 stations in or near gaged watersheds and
at the headquarters building. Weight-recording gages were located at 7
of the 24 stations and capture a continuous strip-chart record. Weekly
totals were prorated using daily totals from the nearest recording
gage. Beginning in 2011, electronic weighing rain gauges began being
implemented to measure 15-minute precipitation. The number of
precipitation stations was reduced to 10, when each station was fully
converted to an electronic gauge for measuring 15-minute and daily
precipitation beginning in 2015 (Green et al. 2018).

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

Publications related to this dataset:

Bailey, Amey Schenck; Hornbeck, James W.; Campbell, John L.; Eagar,
Christopher. 2003. Hydrometeorological database for Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest: 1955-2000. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-305. Newtown
Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station. 36 p.

Green, M.B., Campbell, J.L., Yanai, R.D., Bailey, S.W., Bailey, A.S.,
Grant, N., Halm, I., Kelsey, E.P. and Rustad, L.E., 2018. Downsizing a
long-term precipitation network: Using a quantitative approach to
inform difficult decisions. PLoS one, 13(5), p.e0195966.