Coram Experimental Forest daily meteorology data for Desert Ridge and Terrace Hills weather stations: 1996-2015

This data publication contains daily meteorological data collected at the Desert Ridge and Terrace Hills weather stations located on the Coram Experimental Forest (Flathead National Forest) in Montana. The Terrace Hills weather station was installed in May of 1996, and the Desert Ridge weather station was installed in May of 2001. Data are included up through 2015 for both stations. In August (Terrace Hills) and September (Desert Ridge) of 2015 the meteorological sensors, new data loggers were installed and the program updated to collect data on an hourly basis. We are more confident in the new data (not yet published) than the data included in this publication because the old sensors were not maintained as recommended by the manufacturer - as detailed in the accuracy report.
The Coram Experimental Forest (CEF) was established in 1933 to address research questions concerning the regeneration and growth of western larch forests. Many silviculture experiments have been conducted at CEF over the years (Shearer and Kempf 1999) and weather monitoring was established to enhance the scope of these and future studies.
Precipitation, air temperature and relative humidity were collected at the Coram Experimental Forest's Lunch Fork and Abbot Creek flumes between 1997 and 2004. At the time of this publication, these data have not been archived. Additional local climate data are available from a Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS; 2001 to present) located at the Hungry Horse Ranger District and a SNOTEL station (1976 to present) located in the Emery Creek drainage just east of Abbot Creek drainage.