Talladega Meteorological Data (AIMS_SE_TAL_METS)

This study was conducted in the Talladega research watershed (outlet location: 33.76219799, -85.59550775) in the Talladega National Forest (Cleburne County, AL, USA). The watershed drains a non-perennial unnamed tributary of Pendergrass Creek, and contains 0.92 km^2 of mixed coniferous and deciduous forest in the Piedmont Upland physiographic section. Located near Anniston, AL, the watershed spans an elevation range from 345 to 456 m above sea level and is a tributary to the Coosa River (within the larger Mobile-Tombigbee basin). The region has a humid subtropical climate, with mean daily January and July air temperatures of 5.3°C and 25.3°C respectively, and mean annual precipitation of 1,400 mm/yr.

These data were collected in support of the sampling goals of the Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS) Project. A HOBO U30 weather station was installed approximately 4 km from the research watershed outlet in an open clearing (site name: TLPPT). This weather station collected barometric pressure, rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and speed, and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). This sensor collected this meteorological data continuously throughout the project, and was set to collect all parameters at 15 minute intervals starting from Jan. 2022 to Oct. 2024. Each .csv file is associated with all sensor parameters for a single year.