Cary Environmental Monitoring Program 3-Minute Meteorological and Solar Radiation Data (2012-2025)

This dataset is a contribution to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Environmental Monitoring Program. This program is a long-term data collection program designed to understand how the environment changes over time. Originally, the program included variables related to air pollution, such as acid deposition and ozone, water pollution and other streamwater chemistry and solar radiation, including diffuse and global photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), diffuse and global shortwave radiation, net radiation and ultraviolet radiation. In 2025 the pollution and solar radiation measurements ended. The program currently includes the co-located US Climate Reference Network (CRN) station, NY DEC ozone monitoring, the Cary Institute stream gauge and meteorological data not collected at the CRN station.Data provided in this dataset include three-minute summaries of meteorological and solar radiation variables. The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies furnishes data under the following conditions: The data have received quality assurance scrutiny by our program, and, although we are confident of the accuracy of these data, Cary Institute will not be held liable for errors in these data. Data are subject to change resulting from updates in data screening or models used. Those wishing to publish data from Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Environmental Monitoring Program are encouraged to contact data manager Vicky Kelly, [e-mail].