Daily air temperature, relative humidity, vapor pressure, PPFD, wind speed and direction for climate stations at the Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, North Carolina

The data included consist of daily climatic information recorded at five climate stations at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Macon County, North Carolina, USA: CS01, CS17, CS21, CS28, and CS77. These stations are operated by the Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service. Data include daily air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure (CS01 only), wind speed and direction, photosynthetically active photon flux density (PPFD), and solar radiation from 1983 through 2021 (starting year varies per climate station).
The Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory was established in 1934 and is world-renowned for its research in forest hydrology. Coweeta was established to determine the fundamental effects of forest management on soil and water resources and to serve as a testing ground for theories in forest hydrology. To facilitate this, a network of climate and precipitation stations was established across the site. The research program has since expanded its focus to encompass watershed ecosystem science. The original climate and precipitation network continues to facilitate these studies and serves as the foundation of the long-term data record.
Original metadata date 10/27/2015. Updated cross references on 12/07/15. On 01/19/2006 data updated to include measurements through 2015. Minor metadata updates on 12/15/2016. On 02/28/2017 data updated to include measurements through 2016. On 02/08/2018 data updated to include measurements through 2017, and on 02/13/2019 data through 2018 were added. Additional minor metadata updates were made on 09/06/2019. On 01/27/2020 data were updated to include 2019 measurements. On 03/02/2021 measurements for 2020 were added and some additional metadata updates were also made. Data for 2021 were added on 03/03/2022. Minor metadata edits were made on 07/06/2022. For more information about Coweeta: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/coweeta/research/lter/.