Paint Rock Meteorological Data (AIMS_SE_PRF_METS)

This study was conducted in the Paint Rock research watershed (outlet location: 34.96861724,  -86.16501705) on privately owned property in Jackson County (AL, USA). The watershed drains a non-perennial unnamed tributary to Burks Creek, and contains 2.97 km^2 of deciduous forest in the Cumberland Plateau physiographic section. Located near Estillfork, AL, the watershed spans an elevation range from 211 to 550 m above sea level, and is a tributary to the Paint Rock River (within the larger Tennessee basin). The region has a humid subtropical climate, with mean daily January and July air temperatures of 4.4°C and 25.4°C respectively, and mean annual precipitation of 1,390 mm/yr.

These data were collected in support of the sampling goals of the Aquatic Intermittency effects on Microbiomes in Streams (AIMS) Project. A Spectrum WatchDog 2000 series weather station was installed approximately 250 m from the research watershed outlet in an open clearing (site name: PRPPT). This weather station collected rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and solar radiation. This sensor collected this meteorological data continuously throughout the project, and was set to collect all parameters at 15 minute intervals from Sept. 2021 to Oct. 2024. Each .csv file is associated with all sensor parameters for a single year.