Desert Ecology Plot Network: Weather Data (daily and monthly), Simpson Desert, Western Queensland, 2012

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

本气象数据集涵盖分布于13个监测站点的自动气象站观测数据，各站点间距介于5千米至80千米之间。各气象站常规记录气温与降雨量；2010年增设的一处站点同步开始记录风速与风向。气温、降雨量、风速及风向数据均存储于仪器支架内置的数据采集器内。本监测网络以12个站点为核心，旨在定量追踪生物多样性与生态过程的长期演变，并厘清其与关键驱动因子的关联，这些驱动因子包括不可预测的降雨与干旱事件、火灾、野化捕食者以及放牧活动。作为沙漠生态样地网络完整计划的一部分，已采集的相关数据集概览可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology