Bonanza Creek LTER: Hourly Precipitation Measurements from 1993 to Present in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed near Fairbanks, Alaska

• Main Authors: Chapin, F Stuart, Ruess, Roger, Mack, Michelle Cailin, Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2022
• Subjects: Bonanza; Fairbanks; Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/568345d904f2999dddf1ed759304a243; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.167.24

Precipitation is measured at many sites withinCPCRW using TE525 tipping buckets. These sensors are able to detect .254mm of precipitation and record hourly totals of rainfall or throughfall. It should be noted the tipping buckets within forested sites are subject to clogging by forest debris whcih c...