Manitou Experimental Forest hourly meteorology data: 3rd edition

This data publication contains hourly meteorological data collected at the Manitou Experimental Forest (MEF) near Woodland Park, Colorado from 06/18/1998 through 06/26/2021. Data include hourly average air temperature, relative humidity, dew point, wind speed and direction, air pressure, net radiation (shortwave and longwave, incoming and outgoing), photosynthetic photon flux density, soil temperature and soil water content at 5, 20, and 50 centimeter depths below the ground, and precipitation.
The Manitou Experimental Forest is part of the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Established in 1936, its early research focused on range and watershed management. Currently, diverse research at the site expands our knowledge of the ecology and management of Colorado Front Range forests.
Additional information about the Manitou Experimental Forest can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/experimental-forests-and-ranges/manitou-experimental-forest.

The first edition of these data was published in 2011 (Asherin 2011). The second edition included the additional of data through 2018 and corrections to data errors found in 5 and 50 centimeter ground temperature measurements (Asherin 2016). This third edition (1) repairs sensor errors in wind speed, photosynthetic photon flux density, and soil temperature, (2) removes erroneous data from wind speed as well as a few data points from soil temperature, (3) adds additional sensors installed in 2020 for atmospheric pressure, net radiation (shortwave and longwave, incoming and outgoing), and soil temperature and soil water content, (4) adds precipitation from the upgraded sensor at the CO21 NADP site installed in 2019, (5) adds dew point which was derived from air temperature and relative humidity, and (6) converts all units to SI.