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

本气象数据集涵盖布设于13个监测站点的自动气象站（automatic weather stations）观测数据，各站点间距介于5至80千米之间。各气象站初始观测要素为气温与降雨量；2010年新增的一座气象站同步增设风速与风向观测项目。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（data logger）中。该监测网络以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动态变化，及其与关键驱动因子的关联关系，这些驱动因子包括不可预测的降雨与干旱事件、火灾、野生捕食者及放牧活动。作为沙漠生态样地网络（Desert Ecology Plot Network）完整计划的一部分所采集的相关数据集概要，可通过以下链接获取：http://www.ltern.org.au/index.php/ltern-plot-networks/desert-ecology