Locally verified evaporation data from a NOAA evaporation pan at USDA Jornada Experimental Range headquarters, southern New Mexico USA, 1953-1979

This data package contains locally verified monthly total pan
evaporation data from a NOAA National Weather Service station
located at the USDA Jornada Experimental Range headquarters in
southern New Mexico, USA. The evaporation pan measurements commenced
in 1953 and ended in 1979 when the instrument was decommissioned.
Pan evaporation observations were made using standard U.S.
climatological service instrumentation and procedures. The included
data were verified and transcribed directly from records retrieved
from NOAA in ~1995 and have since undergone quality control and
assurance procedures different than those in place at NOAA. These
data therefore differ from those directly downloadable from NOAA
servers. There is no further data from this decommissioned
instrument, so this dataset is now complete and data will no longer
be updated here. All observations from this weather station have also undergone NOAA
QA/QC procedures and those data are available by accessing the
Jornada Experimental Range, NM US GHCN station through the National
Climatic Data Center portal
(https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GSOM/stations/GHCND:USC00294426/detail
- monthly pan evaporation data are available back to 1930, but there
may be data issues prior to 1953).