NGEE Arctic Rainfall Simulator Validation Data from Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, Summer 2022 ...

• Main Authors: Renner, Caleb, Thomas, Lauren, Conroy, Nathan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Next Generation Ecosystems Experiment - Arctic, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US) 2023
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > LIQUID PRECIPITATION > RAIN; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT; Rainfall Intensity; Rainfall Uniformity; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > DATA VISUALIZATION; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > CALIBRATION/VALIDATION; Los Alamos National Laboratory; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION; Arctic; Gulch; Paige
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5440/1960551; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1960551/

Experiments evaluating the uniformity and intensity of rainfall produced by the NGEE Arctic Rainfall Simulator (NARS) were conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, over summer 2022. Petri dishes were placed in a grid within the NARS plot. Simulated rainfall was collected in each petri dish and the intensity and uniformity of the simulator was subsequently calculated. This data package contains two .csv files, one that summarizes the rainfall intensity and uniformity for each experiment, the other that contains individual petri dish water volume and intensity for each plot location and experiment. The Python scripts to control NARS are also included. The NGEE Arctic Rainfall Simulator (NARS) is a variable intensity rainfall simulator (RFS) with a frame design based on the Humphry et al. (2002) RFS and a water delivery system based on the Walnut Gulch (Paige et al., 2004) RFS. The NARS uses an aluminum frame that is fully deconstructable for transportation to field locations and a water system ...