The Jefferson Project 2020 weather data from seven surface weather stations on Lake George, NY, USA.

The Jefferson Project at Lake George – a partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, IBM Research, and Lake George Association – combines Internet of Things technology and powerful analytics with science to create a new model for environmental monitoring and prediction. The project is building a computing platform that captures and analyzes data from a network of sensors tracking water quality and movement. These sensor data are combined with other monitoring and experimental data to create a thorough understanding of the factors that drive the lake's food web, hydrology, and water quality. More information about The Jefferson Project is available at https://jeffersonproject.rpi.edu/ In 2020, The Jefferson Project had seven weather monitoring stations around the lake collecting data on precipitation, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure, and relative humidiity. These stations are WX_CedarLane, WX_DFWI, WX_GullRock, WX_MossyPoint, WX_WhaleRock, WX_PilotKnob, and WX_Glenburnie. The stations have a sensor payload that include some combination of the following sensors: Rotronic HC2-S3 sensor, Campbell Scientific CS616 soil moisture sensor, Li-Cor LI-200R pyranometers, RM Young 85006 anemometer, Vaisala Weather Transmitter WXT series (520 & 530 models), HyQuest TB3 tipping bucket rain gauge, and N-Con wet deposition sampler. The sensors collect data at high-frequency (~1 sample per minute) and the data are transferred in near real-time to off-site databases for monitoring and review by Jefferson Project researchers. The data provided here are level 4 data which has undergone data correction and downsampling to an hourly frequency.