Evaporation at LZ40 Platform, Lake Okeechobee, Palm Beach County, Florida, 15 November 2012 to 31 December 2015

Daily measurements of evaporation using the Bowen ratio method were made at USGS station name LZ40, a platform-based station constructed by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) (26° 54" 06.254' N, 80° 47" 21.301' W). The associated USGS site number is 265405080472100. Data collection began on November 15, 2012. Meteorological and environmental variables were measured at 30-minute resolution until February 7, 2013 and 15-minute resolution thereafter to December 31, 2015, including: precipitation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, net radiation, incoming solar radiation, and water temperature at various depths. The SFWMD also maintains meteorological and stage measurement equipment on the platform, and lake stage and precipitation were downloaded from the SFWMD web site DBHYDRO for use in the attached spreadsheet. Metadata record is included in zip file.