Desert Ecology Plot Network: Weather Data (daily and monthly), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 1995+

This weather data package comprises weather data for automatic weather stations situated at 13 sites separated by distances of between 5 and 80 km. The weather stations record temperature and rainfall (in 2010, one weather station was set up so that it also began recording wind speed and direction). The air temperature, rainfall, wind speed and wind direction data are recorded in a data logger housed within the instrument stand. The network program uses a core of 12 sites and aims to quantitatively track long-term shifts in biodiversity and ecological processes in relation to key drivers, including unpredictable rainfall and droughts, fire, feral predators and grazing. A synopsis of related data packages which have been collected as part of the Desert Ecology Plot Network's full program is provided at http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology

本气象数据包包含布设于13个站点的自动气象站观测数据，各站点间距介于5至80千米之间。各气象站均可记录气温与降雨量；2010年，其中一台气象站完成功能升级，新增了风速与风向的观测项目。气温、降雨量、风速及风向的观测数据均存储于仪器支架内搭载的数据采集器（data logger）中。本气象监测网络以12个站点为核心观测节点，旨在定量追踪生物多样性与生态过程的长期演变及其与关键驱动因子的关联，这些驱动因子涵盖突发降雨与干旱、火灾、野化捕食者及放牧活动。作为沙漠生态样地网络（Desert Ecology Plot Network）完整项目的一部分，已采集的相关气象数据包的概要信息可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology